How do you play the bottle game? Simple. You hit the bottle.

How is a driver allowed to stay on the track after a tire blow? when I saw the pack gaining on Vettel I was like “oh crap”. Seems like there should be a flag more immediate than return to pits, especially on a long track like spa.

The fact is that these are highly stressed components, just like the engines and brakes. Nobody squawked that Mercedes or Ferrari builds an inferior product when Hulkenberg’s or Sainz engines went out. This is not a video game where you have simulated forces and no external events to contend with. In the real world…

I know it’s easy to blame the FIA for this, but this is more about shared culpability than anything. The FIA has their role, but so does FOM for that matter, as well as Pirelli, and the fans. The fans bit might surprise some, but I believe so much of what we have is an outgrowth of casual fans whining endlessly for…

The FIA needs to get the fuck out of the tire making business. It is not their place to instruct Pirelli on how long a tire should last during the course of a race. Let's start with this glaring fiasco.

You don’t build a GT3 car to innovate. It’s a customer only category (although some marques push limits) designed to be really close, affordable, reliable, and allow you to run in a massive number of series all over the world.

Oh you’re such a clown, wear that grease paint with pride. You know bad things happen in this world and despite that people get up, throw on some clothes and walk in the public square. Remarkably the human race hasn’t been entirely wiped out or molested as of yet.

meh, my parents sent me in taxis to and from gymnastics when I was a kid, I got out of it alive and without uncle touchy fingers reaching back for me

That is theoretically a breach of fiduciary duty to the estate depending on the value of the collection.

North Korea is a stink bug. It has some limited ability to bite, but the real problem is the stink it would cause if we decided to squash it.

I learned how to wrench on my old 92 Sentra SE-R. I had that for 12 years, 250k miles roughly. Definitely a learning experience. I applied those principles to my just previously sold 140k mile, 9 year old car. My previous car was a MUCH better (and cheaper) ownership experience.

I think most Jalops want their wrench time to be like “I got this new ____ that I want to install this weekend” not “I have to figure out this intermittent electric issue on this 928. FML”

Making cars fast is the WORST.

Rich people showing off their equally-expensive, show-worthy cars. Jalopnik gets invited and posts 100 articles about it. I explain it to you with cynicism.

Stress cycles and liability. Carbon bicycles have been around since the 80s and the early ones tended to crack with riders crashing badly on occasion. Motorcycles at higher speeds give lawyers chills at the idea of something similar happening. That isn’t to say its not possible. The Britten was a carbon chassis with…

That is a pretty stupid lesson to learn considering the U.S. has been operating in Europe for 75 years.

Impacts are a major issue as is sudden fatigue failure, similar to bicycles, but bicycle designs are not subject to federal laws, etc.

Yeah that’s shockingly immense destruction for being apparently so little explosive compared to the destructive power of what we’ve already detonated on purpose.