Those aren’t exactly “waking” hours.

To me its clear that Red Bull is not a model of how to manage/run a team. Not that they don’t have talent, but that they concentrate or lean into that talent too hard. When you look at the other teams such as Mercedes, Ferrari in the MS years, McLaren this year, you see a cohesive team that cares about all its pieces…

It’s cute anyone think Musk actually runs any of these companies. I’m sure he just drifts in, doesn’t really understand what anyone is doing, makes a bunch of ridiculous demands that hinders or reverses any progress anyone is actually making, and then walks out with an unearned feeling of having done a good job.

But the driver’s WC doesn’t pay like the Constructors does and RB have been bleeding staff all year long.

As mentioned, Yuki was never going to get the seat, they know he will follow Honda to Aston Martin in 2026, so it would be a waste to give him the seat instead of a driver likely there for a longer time that can grow into the role.

As long as Liam understands that he better always be second, then he’ll get along at RB just fine. An actual 2nd driver that could challenge Max would make Nico-vs-Lewis look like a romantic comedy.

The problem with this approach by RB is *for the team*, it stinkin’ works. Overpromote these guys until one of them can stick. Odds are he will dominate. Keep that guy there and keep running through more kiddies in the 2nd seat until one of them dethrones him.

I fully anticipated Yuki to get the job but I fear it came down to sponsor politics. If Honda were going to be the engine supplier for RB moving forward, I think Yuki would have been promoted but, because Honda and Red Bull are splitting ways after 2025, he was snubbed.

Around there there are signs on the interstate on-ramps that say “Minimum speed 45mph” even.

Nobody is making you buy one. 

Awwww ya. Bring back cool vans. The current van market is abysmal. And the EV chassis is perfect for a van. It’s just a box on a skateboard platform.

“Fastest lap” and “quickest lap” are essentially the same thing, there is no practical distinction between the two terms in this context. Both refer to the lap with the shortest time recorded, meaning the lap completed at the highest average speed.

From 2003, the white Stig appeared on our screens with touring car racer Ben Collins playing the man behind the mask for seven years. However, Collins elected to burst his own bubble when he wanted to release a book about his career and time at ‘Top Gear,’ so he was soon kicked off the show.

That’s Rig Stig

Schumacher drove because Ferrari wouldn’t let anyone else drive the FXX. The Telegraph reported the next day that a Top Gear spokesman confirmed Schumacher had played the Stig, due to Ferrari only allowing Schumacher to drive the FXX

Oh wow there’s loads

Chinese cousin

Trucker Stig

Let’s not forget that Stig comes from a very large family with cousins across the globe. Big Stig, African Stig, Australian Stig, etc...

Supposedly there were a number of “spot Stigs” either for a gag (Schumacher, Tiff Needell) or because the owner of the car brought their own driver and that was the only way TG could get access.