I guess the shell dies then? Either that or other cars' projectors could project the image of it?

I like the projector idea. But, it may be easier to mount a projector on each car. Firing of a shell could be projected by the car that fired it...

That figure is not "for spreading a new layer." If that's what you think resurfacing means then you are way out of your league for this rhetoric.

Yes, and those figures are for new construction, not resurfacing. Which the document I found has the same basic numbers as your's for new construction but also includes resurfacing costs of ~$500k per mile.

Google says you're bull shit.

ONLY?! That's a lot of cash for one lap. You think each car does 27 euros worth of damage? Figures like how many people drive it everyday would be nice. Then how much maintenance costs per year would be nice as well...

No other track does this because very few people want to pay 27 Euros for ONE LAP of a track. The Nurburgring is a very unique kind of place, not because of who owns it, but because of what it is.

You have any figures to back that up? If that's the case why is it done now?

But if they maintain it less demand will shrivel (and/or liability will increase). If demand shrivels then revenues shrivel. If either revenues decrease or liabilities increase then profit decreases. The for-profit model leans towards keeping the 'Ring in good working (safe) condition.

One of your sentences doesn't make sense:

Yeah, I like that math...

It's possible that prices will go up for people who actually want to use the track. The unknown thing in original story is how much government money is currently supporting the 'Ring. This money would be from people who don't even want to use the ring, is that fair to them? That's another discussion entirely (it…

In the case you describe the guy passing on the right is certainly in the wrong. There are also cases where the person behind is too much of a bastard to just wait the extra one second it would have taken for me to get over into the right lane after passing somebody. That guy passing on the right is also in the…

Their solution? A chrome bowtie with the center cut out. They call it the "flowtie," and while it seems like a simple and obvious answer, it's good enough to allow three additional cubic meters of air into the engine per minute. Chevy says dropped the temperatures of engine coolant and engine oil by 2 degrees…

Agreed, so many people hate for-profit companies, but 9 times out 10 they are better run than non-profits. Government entities are only worse.

If they have the chance to pass you on the right then 99% of the time you should have moved out of the left lane to begin with.

Probably my favorite BMW ever. Strange.. I know... M cars have their place and it's on the track. I drive my cars on the road.

Yeah, I don't think there's any way around those teams with more money almost always being faster. However, when big rule changes come along it usually adds such a huge unknown variability factor that even small teams have a chance to be successful.

I don't see how that argument holds any water at all? I assume your argument is that small teams would not be able to engineer a solution that could anywhere nearly as fast as the large teams?