I don’t know, truck owners seem to be the most vocal bitchers about gas prices but they keep buying new trucks anyway, over and over again.

Yea I could see some people making the trek to multiple, but it can’t be that many. Especially here in the US where travel time are much greater than Europe and probably a bit more difficult.

I completely agree. I have looked at a bunch of the years schedules and wondered why they have it planned as such, but not a ton has changed. I would be interested to know if they actually have data to support it or if it just a “gut feeling”? How many people are really attending multiple F1 races in a year,…

That is 100% it. They don’t want back-to-back or closely set races where someone could maybe go to two of the races but decide on 1. There is also some seasonality that they take into account, but not as much as keeping close locations separated. 

It’s not a racing yacht, so it doesn’t need new sails and rigging every year. I know some of the 70' racing yachts in the Great Lakes have a budget of $250k per year for sails and running rigging. That said, billionaires always find ways to turn their money into CO2, so I’m guessing the genset on this ship is putting…

Hoping the family is ticked off enough to not settle and take this trial.

Probably none of them could afford to go.

By your math, that’s a $20/month operating cost. Still cheaper than just about any alternative you can think of. Regarding the burning batteries, that’s not a myth for sure and it does happen, but it’s rare and typically only happens with damaged units. As soon as we get UL approval requirements, those too will go…

We are on year 5 of owning two $1500 Rad Power Bikes. No appreciable decline in range so far on our original batteries as we approach 2000 miles use on each. Our regular 16 mile hilly loop uses ~1/4 of capacity at 1 to 3 levels of boost (~70w to 250w?).

Nice reflexes from the cameraman.  

I think the times are also pitched at Asian fans as potential Vegas tourists. Being on the US east coast I’ll be sleeping through it. Qualifying is 3-4am FFS. And given how the track is looking I won’t be in any particular rush to watch it Sunday.

I’ve been trying to figure out what the teams will end up settling on after practice. Too much downforce and you’ll suffer down the long straights. Not enough and you won’t be able to get any heat in the tires or control things into the turns. Cold means different things for different parts (including drivers!) and…

Put big nets around the boat like the Golden Gate Bridge!

Came here to say this. You wouldn’t catch me on a cruise at all, but a gigantic ship like that is not going to be helping in the search, nor does it make sense for them to basically cancel thousands of other vacations because one person was a drunk dumbass. 

No, 40 yrs and still going strong (or they put up a really good front).

I mean, they want Vegas lit up at night for the show. Vegas looks WAY better at night, kind of crap during the day in comparison.
But yea, 10 is way after dark this time of year. 

The dissonance between what Liberty Media professes to be the reason for this race and the actual logistics are so on-brand for a corporation with its head stuck up its own ass that I look forward to the inevitable ratings/revenue underachievement and shock from LM.

Thats a noshitter

Ya, I gotta say, that was completely next level. Did you type all of that from memory? Great job!

My college dorm looked worse than this.