This could lead to odd situations where championship contending cars choose to pit for fresh tires if they are secure in their late race positions to go for the extra point. 20 pts is quite a large haul over a season.

For future cases, it might be a good idea to show the license plate and maybe share the identity of the idiot involved in an incident like this. People like him need to be named, shamed and set up for an internet lynching as a deterrent for future behavior. Law enforcement might also want to have a look to see if they…

It’s not even particularly advanced as cruise conrol goes these days. Mercedes and Cadillac both have systems that are generally better at doing the same things autopilot does. It took Tesla years just to get back to the same baseline as the early system they sourced from a supplier.

This. Let’s also not lose sight of the fact that an expansion team nobody really rated last year is well placed to make the playoffs again in its second year. Gallant and McPhee deserve enormous credit.

They’re very nice. I seriously considered a current gen one (not the plus) a couple of years ago as my weekend/fun car. I really like the V10, the interior and the styling. What swung me to a 911 GTS instead was that I could get it in RWD (the R8 RWS wasn’t out then) and that the R8 has really bad ride quality for our…

A couple of years removed I’m actually with you on that. I’m hardly a regular gamer these days but I do occasionally pick up something recommended by a friend and did that with Bloodborne on a whim. To my enormous surprise not only did I enjoy it, I actually completed it and the expansion (after embracing the…

Explains why Tesla’s head lawyer quit on such short notice. If he wants to continue to be able to run public companies, he needs to delete his twitter account or at least give control over to a PR team. 

I do not think Brown is the problem. To his credit, he’s brought in more sponsors as well as a top tier designer in James Key. He’s also dialed down the arrogance that characterized McLaren in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The problem with McLaren is its lack of manufacturer backing. To compete in F1 you need to be a…

True about Red Bull Honda but its not like their Renault engine was particularly reliable last year and they still managed to win races. The Honda definitely looks fast enough - both teams were near the top of the speed traps, something which wasn’t close to happening last year. I also think some of Honda’s…

Agreed. The midfield is so close that it’s going to be decided by in season development. My 2c on the current post 1st test pecking order (with all the caveats that comes with) would be Ferrari slightly ahead of Mercedes and Red Bull with a gap back to Renault who themselves are well clear of the midfield. It is crazy…

To be fair, their 6th place in the wcc for 2018 was largely down to Alonso dragging the car to finishes it had no business competing for in the early season. On performance they were very clearly the 9th fastest (2nd slowest) car. Finishing 8th this year with one average driver and one complete rookie would be a huge…

This is all true but in some ways, it has set them up to be better positioned for the future than the top heavy USN. Investing in smaller, more numerous, multi role frigates and corvettes capable of doing everything from capital ship killing to long range land attack to theater air defense seems more future proof than…

Not uncommon on transatlantic or Jet Stream routes. Last time I flew the IAH-FRA A380, we landed ~1.5 hours early due to the tail winds. Of course this was an A380 so you didn’t even feel like it was moving, let alone exceeding 700 mph.

The stats are on point. This pretty much closes the gap to the C63 and the Alfa QF. Given the M3/4's much lower weight even in F8x guise I wouldn’t be surprised to see the new one give the M5 a run for its money with the comp pack. The S55 in the current M3/4 is very under rated from the factory so I’d suspect this…

There’s no question Elliot Abrams is a monster who should probably still be in prison. Rep Omar’s criticism would be taken more seriously however if her ambivalence towards what is one of the worst regimes on the planet made her more credible here. We need to see the left come out clearly against the Maduro regime,…

That’s the next M3/4 engine in there. Decent step up in output.

Fantastic headline.

I want them to collaborate with Renault and bring the Alpine A110 to the US market.

That part was incomprehensibly stupid. Even if it was meant to be Universal Basic Income thats plain stupid. I can’t believe that self professed socialists are suddenly for what was originally a libertarian folly that would replace benefits and entitlements with cash handouts. If that’s actually going to be Democratic…

This is probably not going to be a popular view around here but I think ever more ambitious pie in the skyism like this “Green New Deal” plan harm the fight against climate change rather than help it. I don’t think there is material disagreement any more that climate change is happening and is a threat. There is and…