Oh, completely agree, but I think point of entry cost to get to that point is a bit high isn’t it?

“Mostly” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that statement.  I think you may be underestimating how much slower those inters would have been in the dry.  I am not arguing that the right call was or wasn’t made, simply stating that lap times would have vastly different between the two tier choices had it stayed dry.

“As a result, the first new Integra to hit the market again after all these years is a somewhat re-styled four-door Civic with a 1.5-liter turbo making about 180 horsepower”

Anyone else shocked that a profession that has been reported on for years as going extinct can’t find employees?  Couple that with the crappy pay and working conditions, and well....

“Even if it stayed dry, inters wouldn’t have been that much slower than hard tires over a total of 4 laps even if it did overheat.”

And Mercedes could pit with no consequences. He had enough of a gap to 3rd that if he got it wrong it was no harm no foul, and he still ends up in 2nd.

The “shut up” line was because he was trying to stay focused under immense pressure.  I assume that you haven’t been in a racecar with someone talking in your ear?  It is the same as Kimi saying “leave me alone, I know what I’m doing.”

“or you didn’t, because there is more to life than Formula 1. Or, like me, you were lucky enough to turn it on with ten laps to go to find Lando Norris in the lead and Lewis Hamilton in second”

A tidbit of info on the top image...

Agree. Imogene, engineer, california, etc are way more pretty and more enjoyable in my opinion. One and done on BB, but glad I did it before it is closed.

Yes, cops must be in all places at all times....

Well, it wasn’t circa 2016-17.

I love driving COTA, but Barber is a really fun flowy track. You can tell it was designed with bikes in mind, and it is a beautiful venue.

Exactly. ;-)

Hopefully I can order the e-book with Robert Evans narrating. 

“depreciate like the Elise”

“Then Musk follows with Space X and Telsa...He generates a bunch of hype, gets a bunch of money and hires people to figure out how to build cars and rockets with mixed results.”

Bad take is bad...

Car claw machines maybe?  Clarvana?

Sure, but those are really more of an advertising prop.