Again, Ferrari, you’re close—just not close enough. Maybe next time.

She’s probably still fuming that they used such a cheap material as diamond.

I guess it’s because most people didn’t like having a separate fob dangling from the key. I know it gets annoying for me the umpteenth time it scrapes on my knee while driving.

Aren’t GT-R keys a thing for regular Skyline owners as well?

Mainlander Chinese parents.

It’s weird how backwards Bernie could be with stuff like this, while at the same time also being forward thinking with F1 experimeting with enhanced digital broadcasts with F1 Digital+ from 1996 to 2002. Perhaps the commercial failure of the latter turned him off on tech.

Back then, there was a lot if hype for Rossi moving to F1. His lao times in testing were less than a second off Schumacher's. Had Todt and co. gotten their way, he would have gotten Massa’s seat (indeed, he was even considered a possible replacement for Massa after his accident). 

Marquez got a ride, Rossi was actually being considered for a seat at Ferrari. Big difference. 

Marquez raced for Honda though. Maybe if this were a collab with Red Bull. Additionally, Rossi already has prior Formula 1 experience, having almost signed wuth Ferrari back in the mid 2000s.

This isn’t Vale’s first rodeo. He testedfir Ferrari in the mid 2000s and word has it that Todt wanted him to drive alongside Schumacher. Additionally, he was also considered as Massa’s possible replacement after his accident. 

Correction, rotaries were allowed in some form up until the 2014 regulations came in.

I actually daily drive the Vios sedan that this is based on (well, the pre-facelift one). It’s an econobox alright, but I’d still put it a step above similar offerings from Nissan, Suzuki, or Mitsubishi.

There is a Yaris that the rest of the world gets, while the U.S. market is given a re-badged Mazda 2.

Doesn’t this set a dangerous precedent and help embolden Twitch/stream thieves?

It’s not about the basic shape of the tyre. It’s about their shape under load, for example, how the contact patch squishes and deforms under acceleration and cornering. The teams have been using that for aerodynamic effect since at least the early 2000s (IIRC Ferrari actually complained about the Michelin teams doing…

The moment amber turn signals and the US not making them mandatory was mentioned, I knew that video was coming up.

Or that have no off position at all. 

Well, everyone has gotten used to the ‘19 tyres already, so for them, it makes sense to stick to the older set.

The problem was that they would have to adjust their equipment as well. The tyres were degrading as expected, but they were deforming differently from this year’s tyres, which the aero people didn’t like.

It's because the tyres messed with the holy grail of F1 - aerodynamics. According to Ross Brawn, the tyred performed as expected in terms of degredation, but they deformed differently from this year's tyres, messing up the cars' aero.