You seem to be getting all upset and forgetting the parameters - the job involved is getting an F1 team from zero to on the grid in 9 months. That is an *insane* deadline. Rookies are completely useless in that regard. They have no value in that requirement. You need to lean very very heavily on experience to make an…

I, also, could work on an F1 car. Given time to adjust. Would I be any good? No, not for a while. Neither would you. Working under that kind of pressure would highlight both yours and my weaknesses pretty damn quickly until we got up to speed. We'd also be a strain on the team and a weak point until we were up to…

I know that different rule sets - even ones seemingly similar take a lot of adapting to. I know that adapting to a new car of decent complexity takes time and a lot of effort. I know that it absolutely does not happen over night. I know, because I have done it many, many times. It doesn't matter how transferable…

Also, if you think there is even a passing resemblance between F1 engines and NASCAR engines, I find that very funny.

Mechanically, a NASCAR mechanic would be completely out of their depth even on a GP2 car, never mind an F1 car. They're completely different worlds. I've worked on NASCAR level cars and also almost every form of FIA/IMSA Motorsport outside F1 (Le Mans prototypes, F3000 and down). There is effectively nothing…

There is precisely zero use or worth in NASCAR infrastructure for an F1 team. A 'major NASCAR team' is about as relevant as 'a major grocery distribution chain'.

Talk about tying their hands together, though. They need to have a running car in about 6-9 months. With no team infrastructure at all . Just not going to happen. 2016? Maybe. 2015? Not a chance unless they run a customer car.

Also - fuck PR. That's also inappropriate.

"Sorry your family is dead, here's tickets to a decadent motor racing event in your time of grief".

Oh come on, this is just trying to generate a public sympathy story for the sake of it - "Hotel accommodates unexpected guests for prolonged period until unable to do so due to prior arrangements."

Who the guests are that are there now and arriving later is completely irrelevant. The existing guests are relocated to a…

Also: The people commenting about what they'd do in that situation (crash etc) and how the steering doesn't line up - did you even watch the video? They're not driving, it's an experience style simulator (pretty common) not a driving simulator. They don't have any controls at all.

If they're not actors, they're dumb. First of all, the 'simulator' is just a Brian James trailer on some actuators and the car inside wasn't even strapped down.

Sometimes?

It looks real to me. It's how a leaky fuel line would go up if it had been dripping for a while and then hit the exhaust.

It was the aesthetics police. They confiscated all the ugly bits, which is why the engine is still there.

Also: "the Bug does have its engine fully, completely behind the rear axle, which should give it a kind of traction other RWD cars couldn't expect."

What's faster: The Subaru.

But think of the money he's saving - he plays for 20 minutes until the tyre is down to the canvas and then puts the tyres on the other way and uses the other half. Er, quarter. Well, corner.

You guys get all the best press releases. I think I just messed up my underwear.

It's not on the rotor it's on a dummy hub, so it is precisely the same loading as putting the car on its wheels. It's pretty common race car practice.