From what I understand, Tesla sold 10% of its BTC holdings. Something along the lines of “essentially to prove liquidity of Bitcoin as an alternative to holding cash on balance sheet.”

I agree on the part of seeing more emotions from drivers is not a bad thing. Hell, that’s part of the reason why I was a Montoya fan back in the day. That and he didn’t seem to care who you were. He’s there to race you as hard as possible, number of titles next to your name be damned.

A lot of people read into the banning of NEW vehicle sales of ICE-powered vehicles in a little too binary-like.

Sure. Also different eras—Fangio certainly seemed able to get more out of the skinny-tired 1950s cars no matter what team he wound up at. Cars also were much more fragile back then. Maybe a lot of the 1950s-70s champions also simply had a better feel for how to simply take care of the equipment so that it would last…

Most racing drivers, especially ones who’ve had big success along the way to get to the top rung of motorsports, likely feel the same way... “If only I were in that car, I could be as good or better than the guy currently in it!”

Lol! I sold mine about this time last year, sadly. Fun little car. I currently have an 01 Golf diesel to replace it (the Beetle was diesel as well with a couple upgrades—injectors and a tune—it scooted VERY nicely).

I remember the days when qualifying was an hour long, free-for-all session. Lots of complaining about who held up who and it often times was not as climactic.

Okay, so, Second gear. Europe’s increase in CO2 output.

Don’t look now... but GME shares are up an absurd amount today. The r/wallstreetbets crowd aren’t done squeezing the shorts yet.

Absolutely should be developing them. Just look at the numbers alone. How many cars are currently in operation vs. how many new cars are sold every year?

Whoa! From what?

Mercedes missing out on the fines is a crazy thing to think about. The whole thing is predicated on how many of each kinds of vehicles they sell to hit an arbitrary CO2 target, and if it just so happens that the buying public doesn’t prefer the more CO2-friendly options in large enough numbers, Mercedes gets hammered…

Also lost in the melee of news from DC yesterday is the fact that Pat Patrick passed away at 91 years old.

Indianapolis Monthly did a fantastic biographical piece on Aldo a few years ago. It’s a great read to really get the full story of the man. Good way to remember him.

That’s disappointing. I could understand if the sponsor mag asked nicely if she would (hey, some women are fine with it—they can do it if they so choose), but making it a demand of her in order to take the seat is abhorrent.

I’ve been extolling the virtues of “Uppity” specifically for some time now. Willy is one hell of a character. Tough as nails, there to win, fuck your racism. Don’t like me? Then beat me!

Makes me miss him being in F1 just so I could check the website: hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com or whatever it was.

Well, this idiot never thought to look for F1 races there. Not sure how much I’d want a skeezy pornhub ad to kick off an F1 race anyway. Lol

Kind of, yeah. Though the mileage hit isn’t that much. 1-2 MPG on a car already getting over 40 MPG sort of idea, which really isn’t that huge of a difference.

Drivers stab the brakes all the time under safety car to put heat into the tires as well as brakes. Just because Seb got caught out from following a little closely under yellow doesn’t give him an excuse to come alongside and swerve into Hamilton.