Well, that's you, but not everyone thinks the same way.

That's what I'm saying.

Yes, all public sector workers laughed their asses off. Taki Inoue himself is a joke, no need to attribute more importance to him or his comments he deserves.

'public sector workers should be shot dead in front of their families'

Exactly.

He's all over the internet now, he's a trending topic. He'll be all over the news by midnight. That's a much larger reach than 2k people.

Bad publicity is publicity, too.

You misunderstand me. Think what you will about him. You are right if you believe he's a dick and you're right if you don't, that's not the case, there's no judgment there. Fueling the fire on the other hand is making things worse. 1 billion hate comments won't help matters.

Great, now he has the biggest publicity in 20 years. Well done.

The Nürburgring is an old track with old standards - the drivers know that, the spectators know that. It was something in the cards, it is not an accident that in e.g. Britain they have a sign on race tickets: "Motorsports is dangerous" or something like that.

Well, the last iteration of Group C was the closed-cockpit F1-type anyway, where the 3.5-litre N/A engines were mandated. By that time costs were so high that many engine suppliers and teams jumped ship to F1 with their design and the sportscar world championship died for two decades.

I live next to Taszár in Hungary, which used to be one of the largest air bases in the Balkan operations throughout the mid to late 90s (even Clinton dropped in for an impromptu visit). A few years before it had been one of the most important Eastern bloc military airports in the Western part of it and most of the…

Distracted by BATS!

Yes, but he is very much responsible for the financial environment of F1 that is based on some people getting insanely rich and only top teams get a break.

The image of motor sports is shifting rapidly. It has become a bit of a no-no, a non-PC sort of thing. Not surprising the government wasn't helping it. Mercedes or any other manufacturer could have paid for it if they wanted to.

Honestly, that's not much of a relief.

Jeez, was it awfully painful to watch K-Mag's engine blowing up on the way to the grid. and then Button limping around, getting beaten by 3 laps.

No, it doesn't. It's just like the Eurovision contest. Most of the entrants are one-hit wonders, put together for the occasion. No one listens to them, ever. Heck, no one remembers even the winner's name the next day. It's like the European Parliament. People join the conversation because other people do as well.

Like Budapest? Everyone likes Budapest. We're getting a new office there.

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO