no doubt, just wondering what the over/under costs of that would be. Could be she’s sitting higher than originally because she’s no longer fitted out and riding higher. I would think maybe pumping water into her to add ballast to lower her could be cheaper too if they hadn’t done that

I’m going to assume they have to wait to low tide to allow the smoke stacks to clear the bridges, but since its being sent to a watery grave, I wonder if it would have been cheaper to lop them off rather than spend money on closing the bridges.

If FIA doesn’t want to hear the swearing then lets stop broadcasting the in car radio chatter. I know the example would be putting a mike on say soccer or football players and boy would that be blue right? So lets not mike them up at that time.  I personally like hearing the banter as I’m sure most of the world does,…

It’s certainly an unintended circumstance of the multipurpose nature of the tracks to need this duality.  Maybe its revisiting the layouts for the race to be able to modify the track without affecting the other type of racing.

totally agree!

yikes, that’s harsh!

Back in the day there wasn’t spending caps. Tobacoo money was everywhere and there were qualifying only cars with spares at the tracks for them to jump into if they got wrecked.  I’m probably conflating a few eras but the first answer is, no there were no spending caps.

It’d be better if Piastri just steams into the side of Max and does a pit move on him.  That way Lando keeps going for the win!

Which is partly why these rules came into affect.  No one liked them when they did those egregious moves back then and we don’t like it now.

Theoretically the tracks could just scatter rocks over the tarmac runoff areas (like marbles!) and it would still be a deterrent. Next Moto race, they hoover them all up and stock pile for the next F1 race. Impractical? yes but could be done.

Part of being an amazing driver means you aren’t a giant man baby when things don’t go your way.  And I don’t mean the average post race winging that most of the drivers can dip into from time to time, but the Max level BS that he spews. He may be immensely talented but its partially wasted on him.  Most seasoned…

I’m old enough to have been a passenger in my buddy’s parents then new, Granada. His dad was a fan of MB and Fords. They had a 67 MB in baby blue with blue vinyl interior and the Granada was a dark metallic blue with tan interior and tan landau vinyl roof.  The MB was the special weekend car while the Granada was his…

Don’t forget the earliest beginnings of the cracks began with the spending limit issues (too much catering!). This reduced their wind tunnel time.

And had four doors with headlights and tail lights... Beyond a reach for Ford on that one

and you can still find many MB’s alive and running today!

But if you squinted, it could be mistaken for a Mercedes!

And they washed any goodness from its Alfa Romeo underpinnings right out of every part of that car.

Buddy of mine in HS got his hands on a Cosworth Vega. We were all tinkerer’s (this is 1983) and even this car left us no doubt as to what a POS it was. The minute he got it running right he dropped it like a hot potato as it was surely going to stop running right very soon. I will admit to thinking it wasn’t really a…

As a current owner of an 09 S5 with MT, I can say that Audi seems to have completely lost the plot. The S5 even in the earlier 5 doors versions still looked good. That new rear reminds me of a Ford ZX2 which is absolutely not a good thing. Interior is very nice though. I will tell you the seats in my S5 are all day…

Alfa Romeo Giulia in Quadrifoglio spec. 500+hp with the bugs finally worked out of them.  Already rarish to begin with so as a few self immolate and others are trashed/crashed/abused over the years, there should be a healthy niche for them.