If he called them “variable speed window motors with pressure-sensitive switches” he could have avoided all of this confusion. 

No Bottas masks = incomplete blog

Yeah, that looks like something. Over in CT I’ve seen a few that look like they just share a wall and maybe parts department with Hyundai at most. It does look like Genesis is sold at some of the other Hyundai dealers in the area, but I wouldn’t have known because there isn’t Genesis signage at those. So who knows

S3 isn’t as light as those but it’s plenty capable

There’s a few that share lots by me but the customer entrances are totally different and there is zero overlap if they’re not entirely different buildings. 

Genesis is a different dealer network dumbass

Exactly. Maserati and Aston guys always say if you’re unsure about the seller, check the tires.

One thing the people need to remember when they say “unlap the cars earlier” - which i generally agree should have happened - is if they do it much earlier the marshalls are still on the track and are sitting ducks for cars going like 70% to get back to the train. Masi and the clerk’s first responsibility during a…

The GLA doesn’t have the right size tank and the Pathfinder doesn’t take premium, so this is still bullshit.

What stops me from saying “masi did nothing wrong” is he didn’t send it out to Merc on time. What stops me from saying “Masi fucked it all up” is I don’t think Toto would have gave up track position for fresh mediums knowing Max was on softs. If they weren’t going to finish under yellow, Merc lost the race as soon as…

I did say I agreed that Masi should have made this decision earlier so that Merc had the option to pit (I personally don’t think they would have based on Toto’s strategies earlier in the race, but they should have had the option). And P12-P15 weren’t competing for points at that point so I don’t have an issue there.…

What I’m saying is if the race was a lap longer we wouldn’t even be talking about this, so I don’t personally have an issue with trying to push that up from a procedural perspective so it doesn’t end under yellow. I don’t watch to see the race end under yellow, and doubly so strictly because of a procedural hurdle in…

It’s hard to have a crystal ball and know what was intended, but I said elsewhere that in my opinion the primary officiant of the rules (currently just masi, but shouldn’t be) should be someone who has some latitude to enforce the spirit and intent of the rules rather than a parliamentarian who stands on process. I…

What I’m hearing is if Bottas was a good teammate when he got to T1 he would have gone straight

Yes and no. Agreed that Masi or someone else should be dealing with safety and safety only. And the stewards should be focused on racing (both in terms of fairness and making sure that it happens) above the ceremony that comes with a totally inflexible reading of the regulations. I don’t agree that Masi or the…

That is incorrect. The regulations explicitly give Masi the discretion to modify the regulations, and inarguably so where related to safety cars.

He had to start on the tires from Q2, which were mediums. Max wanted to start on mediums as well but locked up on his lap in for his first attempt in Q2, so he had to pit for the softs that he started on. Merc switched to softs in Q3 to try and best his time and couldn’t, but they still got to stay on the mediums from…

A collective of stewards and former drivers who don’t change based on what time zone they’re running in. We can start with that.

Yeah, looking back at it, it looks like the gap was bigger in reality than in my memory. He was in good shape.

Technically Masi is the only one who can override the rules.