He didn’t dominate 2008. He won it by a squeak from Massa, remember? To the point that Massa is now suing.

I agree. There are far too many variables beyond mere human ability that decides the results of motorsport events. It wouldn’t be fair if someone were to lose a medal because their machine broke down through no fault of their own.

The best in what way? What were the metrics?

Yeah. I was in China during that period and it was huge news when the whole thing imploded.

The parent company of LeEco went bust around 2018 or so. So it’s pretty unlikely we’ll see anything come of it.

IKR. Excess Baggage was such a guilty pleasure film.

This, exactly. If the Z8 sold in the same numbers as the ID.4 you can bet your ass that people would complain too.

I think the past few years especially, there’s just been an immense amount of negativity in the world, resulting in lots of pent up stress and anger. As such a lot of people feel like they’re now right on the very edge, ready to blow at whatever is unlucky enough to trigger off the bomb.

It’s not just Americans. It’s happening in a lot of developed societies now too. It’s just worse in America because there’s the additional factor of firearms.

Wow. Just wow.

I’ve been to a few automotive museums, but one of my favourites is the Museo Auto in Turin, Italy. They have a tremendous collection of cars and concepts that are surprisingly not solely Italian. Sometimes they have themed exhibitions as well (like the one currently running now is about rally cars, which should be…

Came here for Las Vegas carpark, was not disappointed.

Certainly put the driver in a pickle there.

Some years ago, Mazda decided it was a good idea to send journalists on a road trip from Bangkok to Hanoi, via Laos. Now driving in Thailand and Laos was mostly fine, but if you’ve never driven in Vietnam before, hoo boy. Let’s just say it’s not for the faint-hearted.

Alanis in Shanghai with Geely, yup.

I mean, Vietnam is a Communist country, so it’s not unusual for them to want to keep a tight rein on things. The passport thing seems quite common for group tours visiting the country. I’ve experienced it too when I went with Mazda on a press trip there once.

By the way, Trump and Kim first met in Singapore. Hanoi was…

Why would someone voluntarily go through airport security to essentially do nothing?

They’ll just be called Sauber.

And all this while I thought he was just making up stories in his emails. I stand corrected.

I wish the Yaris Cross I’m driving is a different colour. But red (what we initially wanted) was a three month wait, whereas white (what we have) was available immediately. And we needed a car immediately.