I find this nothing short of astounding. He got hit in one of the most vulnerable places on the cage after he had already taken one hell of a nose dive into the barrier. The fact that he’s alive, let alone walking out of the hospital less than 48 hours after the accident....holy fuck. Someone give these safety…

Well-written and well-argued. Thanks for the great article!

Same here last F1 season I was much more invested in the middle of the pack than before learning about those teams.  

shut up

If you think you can do a better job after waking up at 2am, driving for ten hours, attending classes, then coming home and settling down with a drink on your day off to watch a race only to find out that you’re going to be up late reporting on a horrific accident, I encourage you to take my place and try your hand.

It is amazing how safe those cars are. The fact that wrecks like these are now survivable is a testament to modern safety innovations.

Official update available via NASCAR now: serious but stable condition and undergoing further treatment.

I was standing up hollering, all excited for such a wild finish. And within seconds I just felt so sick to my stomach. I'm hoping we hear something promising soon.

Probably the best for your sanity as well!

I complain frequently about missing my WRX wagon, I had a 2011 just like this one. People always suggest I just buy another one except that they’re all hooned to shit. This is one is actually nice compared to most on the market and it’s still too crackpipe for me to want. Subaru needs to bring back the hatch!

Do you still have the RX8?

Yeah, no heroes here. That said, I am definitely in the no-recline camp. Yes, my right to recline is implicit by the presence of a reclining mechanism in my seat. But this is one case where being technically correct is the worst kind of correct. There is a flesh-and-blood human behind me whose experience becomes measur…

Everyone here is a jackass: the recliner, the reclinee, the flight attendant, and (most significantly) the airlines who treat their customers like cattle.

I second this!

Run, don’t walk to your nearest bookseller and pick up a copy of Adrian Newey’s “How to Build a Car”. It is, amongst other things a fascinating account of the evolution of the modern F1 car and will allow the reader to look at stuff like this in a whole new light...

“Don’t put herbs in your vagina! Please!”

“Don’t put herbs in your vagina!”

I undertook a year long backpacking trip through Europe. I started in Denmark where there was a Danish girl I’d had a 3 month relationship with when she had been backpacking Australia. She’d helped me get through a vicious relationship-almost-got-married-but-instead-I-lost-all-my-money-had-to-move-back-in-with-my-paren…

I honestly love Michael Collins, he’s been a hero of mine for years. I’m fascinated by the bravery it took to be the only human on the dark side of the moon, with no contact from anyone. While up there, he actually had to tell himself “ok, if things go wrong on the surface, I definitely won’t kill myself, though…

Collins is a class act, I’ve always been impressed with his roll in the missions. random side note - i remember when i was 12 (30th anniversary year i would guess) I got one of those calls you used to get from actual telephone surveys and it was a single question: who was the third member of the Apollo 11 crew?