Just look at Perez.  I’m not shitting on his talent, he’s a good driver, but clearly his car got him 2nd in the championship.  No one in their right mind would say Perez is a better driver than Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso... and yet, he secured 2nd without having a good driving season compared to his ones in the…

Where the heck are these numbers coming from? F1 hasn’t had in-race refueling since 2010, so I highly doubt that it’s worth $350k to fill a stationary car in the garage under no urgency.  That alone makes me question if these numbers are credible for anything at all.

There’s a hell of a lot more traveling team members that aren’t rigging and set up/tear down. Mechanics, traveling engineers, strategy, drivers, team management, coaches and trainers for the drivers...

I’d expect a vast majority travels back to HQ.  

I know why it happens; I’m well aware. I’m simply saying it exists, which is what the previous person to me claimed that it did not.

They go back to their HQ between every race though, right?  So what does it matter if you are going from Montreal to Milton Keynes to Austin, instead of Montreal to Milton Keynes to Singapore?

The vast majority of team members are not paid fairly well at all. If you’re a mechanic, or lower-level engineer, you are being paid far less than you’d get if you were an engineer in a more traditional field.

Sure would be nice if the lower level positions banded together to unionize (or whatever similar option is available at their main location) for higher pay, better conditions and such.

I’d say the Japanese interiors certainly held up better, but I wouldn’t call them nicer back in the day.

Even in base trim, it was a pretty nice place to be.  Especially compared to the base trim from domestic manufacturers at the time.

I’m not saying it has to be flashy. I’m just saying that their styling now is either bland or flat out bad.

The interior, powertrain, and suspension tuning choices of the last 5 years have certainly chased me away from the brand.

When?  Because order books kept closing shortly after opening for each model year until the 2024 was opened up.  That’s not exactly the dealer’s fault.

Which is a shame, because I’m interested in what Bill Gates (or whoever) is actually responsible for compared to the average American.  Would have been a hell of a lot more interesting and useful if it were what the title implied it actually was.

The funny thing is this guy is wearing a hardhat, gloves, steel toes, all other sorts of PPE while he’s doing it, while the guy next to him is just wearing safety glasses, loafers, and his organization branded Lands End fleece jacket. I mean, I get it, the worker is wearing more than actually needed, but come on.

It sucks, but the ruling makes sense. At it can become a slippery slope and thus result in uneven rulings, at least from the FIA standpoint.

Remember when sheet metal was thick enough to support the weight of a deer (or person) and not immediately cave?

They used to, and they weren’t good and didn’t sell very well.

Weird you didn’t mention that they only chose to leave Russian when sanctions made it difficult for their business to operate. They didn’t leave when Russia took Crimea. They left after stricter sanctions affected their business model. Not because of any moral reasoning.

His whole little speech that included the statement about changed demeanor felt like a poorly written, cringe worth high school principal trying to demonstrate their power in a shitty movie.