No, he was treated differently because he had a dog. WHY he had a dog is kind of irrelevant.

That's the point. I'll bet he was offered a loaner car by contract, not specifically a Mercedes. Or, at the very least, with the 'where available' caveat. If the dealer had been smart they'd have said 'we don't have any cars in stock you can take a dog in, so we'll rent you one instead'.

"That's discrimination against a physical handicap."

Fanatec wheels are excellent. I've used a bunch of them (although own none of them). The Club sport V2 base and formula wheel plus the V2 are a really good set up for racing.

Agreed. She never really got the kit after Atlantics. I'd love to see her a team mate with someone good in the same car and see how she stacks up.

Think so, yeah. Marussia are not happening - their kit is up for auction already.

I don't know if Simona would be quick enough on pure talent, either, if I'm honest. She never really shone in Indycar like I expected her to, but it's been a very tough field. Surprisingly good racing considering how terrible the cars are. But Simona (and to a lesser extent Alice Powell on experience mainly) are by…

Sainz was announced yesterday - no seat at TR.

The test driver role isn't just about a promotion, though, it's a means to make a link with a future race driver and being them up to speed. Give them the experience in the car that is almost impossible to get otherwise. F1 cars being so different from any other race car, it's a very big leap, so putting someone…

Whomever told you that is wrong. She would have won the Atlantic Championship outright - a level higher than any other female driver in open wheel has won championships at - if she hadn't been taken out by a backmarker at Laguna. I watched a lot of her races and she impressed me repeatedly.

My first car was a 1983 Ford Escort Estate (3 door). I drove it for precisely one week and 10 minutes before someone pulled out in front of me (a woman in a red mini metro). She hadn't even seen me and pulled out from my side of the road between some cars right into the middle of the road, right in front of me.…

"Some of the butt turrible pay drivers have more impressive lists of F3 and GP2 wins to their name."

Having your doors locked is not a legal requirement. Not stealing someone else's stuff is a legal requirement so your 'analogy' is nonsensical. It doesn't matter whether your doors are locked or not, stealing from you is wrong and the *burglars* fault, not the home owners.

Orlove Orloved this thread. That's a Flat 12, no matter what angle the inlet trumpets are at.

Never said it did. Not even close. Did you even read my post?

"It had Aston badges and everything"

Confirming it was a Lincoln steering wheel. I've seen the parts boxes they arrived at factory in, and my mate did the airbag integration (he's now head of Crash at Bentley).

Strictly speaking, Aston didn't come out with the DB7 at all. Jaguar did - it was the F-Type prototype that they decided not to go with and Ford just moved it over to a brand new factory with mostly brand new people and started calling it an Aston and just.. started afresh down the road with one of the best examples…

I've mentioned this before, but I did my industrial placement at Aston Martin and was lucky enough to do 177(.6!)mph at Bruntingthorpe in the other engineering prototype - not the black one Clarkson drive, but a more correct one externally and right hand drive. In fast I think it was the red one in that last picture.…

Made redundant is the same as laid off; the company is attesting that the job you had is no longer required. The job disappeared, basically. Fired means you were removed from said job forcibly/deliberately/with cause. Kicked out for something, basically. If you are fired in the UK (we call it 'sacked' more commonly)…