I wouldn’t say engines (even after development) are cheap, but I don’t think bumping the limit to 8 and solving the issue of stupid grid penalties (that seems to be plaguing smaller teams that are already at the back more than the others) would put a big dent in any of the current team’s budget.

I think the bigger question is track day insurance. Most run of the mill car insurance will not cover you if you go to a track day, sign all the waivers and crash your car.

Pretty sure the ZR-1 cares a little more about function over form...

Isn’t the pushrod engine physically smaller (despite higher piston displacement), lighter and able to mount lower in the chassis (for lower center of gravity) than a comparable DOHC engine? I get it - DOHC can rev to the sky and make great power from moderate displacement (I see you Mustang), but is it arbitrarily…

I wasn’t a fan of his character because the stereotype wasn’t expressed in a new or creative way. There’s a lot of dumb, stereotypical redneck jokes that are old and busted. There’s also Jeff Foxworthy level clever which now defines the genre. His American stereotype didn’t really give me anything I didn’t expect so…

I love vintage racing! The owners are there as part of (an expensive) hobby and they are having fun. I’ve found the participants to be open and welcoming in the extreme and I’ve even been able to meet some big name pilots who are there for the fun of it, too.

PotbellyJoe sir, I have to thank you. “Our Tamed Racing Driver” makes so much more sense than either “Our Team Racing Driver” or “Tame Racing Driver.” Because the Stig was wild, and if he ever put a car in the grass, they’d show it. I’d missed the joke every single time Clarkson said it, and would’ve continued missing…

For me, Celebrity Brain Crash was the far lesser of two evils. The American segment was a cringe-fest every week, whereas at least we got “Is he not coming on then?” from CBC...

...does that mean he’s not coming on then?

On the other, I wasn’t thrilled with how Skinner’s character was portrayed. His hatred of import cars and undying love for fat-displacement V8s felt very heavy-handed and stereotypical. Perhaps this was funny for a non-American audience, but for me it felt tired and stale. Like, “Oh, look, here’s a twangy American…

Unless you’re holding them wrong

They just work.

They just work.

But...but...but...I’ve always been told that Apple products were PERFECT?!!!

Moores law only applies to transistors, not to any of the other parts of the system, so we can’t expect things like rotating radar assemblies to decrease in size with any sort of exponential speed.

Self-driving is what it would take to get me to trade in my 10 year old car. I’m looking forward to the tech being available.

Maybe so, but there have been plenty of “pay” drivers, those with very strong financial connections that allowed them quite literally buy their way into a F1 race seat, and I don’t recall one of them who went on to be a champion. Money doesn’t make you a great driver. It may open doors, but if you aren’t fast on pure…

I think trying to weight the importance of either is a bit difficult, insomuch as they are both critical. Without his money and connections, Nico would absolutely not be where he is. Without his talent, there is no amount of money that could have gotten him there.

So is this an opinion piece or journalism or what?

while i do agree with the specifics of privilege here - which he has had in spades, i do think there is a certain amount of genetics involved. like not everyone who got in a go-kart when they were a kid became an F1 driver, just like every kid who learned how to throw a tight spiral became the QB of the Giants or the…