And then, holy sweet jeesus bananabatman they managed to make the dialogue even worse than they were. Twice the wordcount, half the substance (which was excruciatingly low to begin with), it all reads like a student stretching a two-sentence idea into four pages in order to hit the wordcount. Ten minutes into the main…

Sauber employees will be retained because they already have experience in Formula 1. That, and it’s going to be pretty hard to get engineers with Formula 1 experience to move from the UK.

Something like that, more like Sauber management wanted to still be in charge, just with Andretti money.

The Porsche/Red Bull deal isn’t even guaranteed as word from AMuS is that Red Bull isn’t willing to give 50%.

Alfa leaving doesn’t preclude them from still using Ferrari power units.

This. The stigma of karts being for boys needs to go. Look at Gina Marie Schumacher, who by all accounts was faster than her brother Mick at karts (by Mick’s own admission), but decided to pursue other sports because of the idea that kart racing wasn’t for girls.

Nitpicking on Domenicali mislabeling the W Series feels like it’s missing a chance to look at the problems with the series. The issue with the W Series is that there’s no path out of it to the other junior series at the moment. Until recently, everything was run by HiTech so there was no incentive for other teams…

That Audi is buying Sauber is the worst-kept secret in motorsports. Legal documents unearthed by German journalists show that Audi is looking to buy 75% of Sauber, leaving 25% at the hands of current Sauber co-owner Finn Rausing. In addition, Audi is likely to buy this in chunks of 25%, starting as early as next year.

Legal documents show that Audi will be buying 25% of Sauber per year for each of those years.

Andretti was originally going to buy Sauber, but the deal went sour when Michael said he wanted control of the team.

It’s because current Sauber leadership is retaining control. Andretti wanted full control of the operation which Sauber management didn’t agree with.

That’s a W198 300SL roadster. Now why they decided to have a photo of one in an article about the Pagoda (W113), I have no idea.

I mean, all their previous engines were based on the Nissan VRH35.

Meanwhile, ASICS is straight up sponsoring Tokido (a former Evo champ) and even has him in one of their commercials.

It’s such a crime that Slam Dunk never aired on TV in the west. The series shows such a great love for the NBA, from drawing inspirations from NBA stars to drawing inspiration from clips and magazine covers for certain panels.

It’s not about “opening them up to everyone,” it’s about opening them up so you can have your choice as to who repairs it and not having to continue to pay John Deere like they have your livelihood hostage.

My favorite Paul Newman memorabilia related story is still that of his Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. This was the watch that Joan Woodward had given him as a present with the words “Drive Carefully Me” engraved in the back, as a reminder for him to stay safe when he was racing. That watch eventually became one of the most…

FWIW, it looks like they’re running F2 cars, so they can always just claim that it’s meant to be some other event that’s not F1.

Wasn’t C. Viper from IV African American? Or was she just really, really tanned?

Apparently, Gaiman has stated that it doing the eyes that way didn’t look right and it robbed Sturridge of his ability to use his eyes to act.