The focus on CEO salaries is probably good for their PR, and definitely taps into the “eat the rich” mentality...but paying them $1 isn’t going to solve the problem.

Although it’s not really my type of car, if the Prius/Prius Prime don’t win this they’re being robbed.

I think GM are counting on the fact not many of these will see a lot of track time, and to be fair they’re probably right.

Main problem with these is the intercooler/charge air cooler is woefully inadequate.

I....don’t hate this. I need to visit a doctor.

A big problem here is the way we pay for all of this, it’d have to be a federal thing if we want to make the tracks capable.

an engine that has lower emissions at the test profile than an engine with higher emissions will also have lower emissions than the other engine at different rpm, etc.

Yep!

I think a lot of very early engines could be named here, but everyone was still figuring stuff out and it was difficult to manufacture stuff reliably then.

“It doesn’t matter that nobody drives exactly the way the tests are run, because lower emissions under the test conditions translate to lower emissions under user conditions.”

Hamilton’s NEW deal is more than Max’s. Also, some new driver isn’t going to just fall into your lap. They have to do the research and develop someone....you’re acting like there’s going to be someone in 2026 ready to rock that’ll just pop out of nowhere.

He’s the highest paid driver at ~$60M/yr on his new contract. He’s getting paid like 10% more than Max, which is nuts.

That pretty much answers the question of whether or not these are over priced.

I watched Verstappen in F3 and it was one of those deals where the dude clearly had the outright speed, but he was not what teams traditionally look for in a driver. Leclerc is the template, he’s well spoken and works the media, is a team player, etc. There were questions about him being a team player and his ability…

You’re completely misunderstanding me. I’m saying we need to make the test more representative of real world use. No one accelerates as slowly as the EPA/CARB tests, let alone the ridiculous EU test. No one transitions their throttle inputs that slow. No one drives that slow.

With tech improving, particularly VR and augmented reality, I think the desire for this kind of travel only decreases with time.

You fly higher so the air is less dense.

I’ll admit Lewis has got some of his fire back this year, he looked very mediocre last year.

Maybe he did want Seb back, but any team can look at what happened and learn from the experience.

When the Hummer EV came out, I didn’t think anything could be worse. Tesla is trying to win all the things.