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    Toyota (and Jaguar) is a cautionary tale of how too much corporate interference can kill an F1 team regardless of how much you spend. The insistence of doing everything the way the higher ups in Japan wanted (including basing the team in Germany, not the UK) slowed much of their development down.

    Toyota’s story is one of how too much corporate interference can kill and F1 team (same with why Jaguar also failed). For all the money they were spending, trying to do things “the Toyota way” meant that they weren’t as fast to develop their car.

    Brawns’s budget was 100 million for the year. But by then, Honda had already spent much more on the development of what would become the BGP001, as Ross Brawn had decided that they would start developing the 2009 car an entire year before, sacrificing the 2008 season.

    Brawns’s budget was 100 million for the year. But by then, Honda had already spent much more on the development of what would become the BGP001, as Ross Brawn had decided that they would start developing the 2009 car an entire year before, sacrificing the 2008 season.

    The years with the highest amount of technological development also had some of the worst racing. 

    For only about a third of its existence. For the most part, F1 has been a “throw money at the problem” sport, and it was started by none other than Colin Chapman himself.

    I believe Marlboro handles all of the sponsorship for Ferrari. The other part is corporate hospitality and B2B, with Marlboro entertaining potential business partners at the GPs.

    A good part of it is that the people in F1 are those who would be working on a good sized satellite program. After the British aerospace industry shrunk people started moving to F1, especially as the tobacco money started pouring in. By the late 70 and early 80s, people who would be going to school to work on planes

    This, it was a shady company to begin with, it’s just that they didn’t have someone as visibly wonky as William Storey running things, so they flew under the radar.

    The animation is only part of it though. What helps make Bebop appealing, especially now that many of us who saw it back in the day are older, is the characters. It’s this bunch of misfits who, despite all they try, are still heavily weighed down by their past and who’s character development is also equally weighed

    The animation is only part of it though. What helps make Bebop appealing, especially now that many of us who saw it back in the day are older, is the characters. It’s this bunch of misfits who, despite all they try, are still heavily weighed down by their past and who’s character development is also equally weighed

    Still on the fence about this. My worry is that they might not get what makes Bebop work. For all the “coolness,” and the “wackiness,” the show is still about a bunch of individuals terribly weighed down by their past that any sort of character development is defined by, or weighed down by that. At the end of the day,

    I don’t want Stephanie Beatriz as Batwoman. I want Rosa Diaz as Batwoman.

    Could be worse, could have been blinker fluid.

    ACA title’s have no online play. They’re just barebones emulations of the old games.

    Whatever Ahsoka did, and for however long, we know that by another 13 years later

    Battle tanks are terrible against a riot. They’re long-range ground weapons and are more vulnerable the closer you get to them.

    They’re better because they’re moving high grounds.

    Maybe they don't like to be reminded that they themselves got caught cheating. 

    With all the sponsorships Zak Brown has gotten, and their extra payout from F1, it shouldn't be surprising if the racing team is making money.