For the young’ns here, the essence of that quote is attributed to the esteemed Peter Egan from a 1983 issue of Road & Track.

Grumman makes the best plane ever, it even flies itself! Eat a dick V10omous!

George is a future WDC and a MB reserve driver with sim and seat time in those cars and a ton of poise for his age; there was 0 surprise from anyone in the paddock about his performance.

I mean, the take isn’t wrong, at least half the field could win in the Merc. It doesnt meant they would. Or would consistently enough for a title. Or consistently enough for multiple titles back to back. 

LOL it’s like 10 times as long as the article itself.

I’d imagine we might have seen our first Dutch, or third Aussie, F1 champion. Maybe?

I wonder what would have happened if Riccardo or Verstappen were in a Merc. I like to think they’d be doing pretty damn well, too.

Wow. Did you get paid by the word for this comment?

Almost all the staff at Jalopnik hates cares now so it isn’t surprising. “Brown diesel manual station wagon” used to be the meme. Now it’s “the Volvo EV SUV is the only acceptable car you can drive” Appliance-level Chinese CUV for you otherwise you are destroying the environment or supporting Musk who supports Trump…

Good enough for Otis Redding ...

You folks are looking at this all wrong. You’re not buying it for the high quality british wiring, the hair-raising engine. No, you buy this because it’s a street legal lotus 7 chasis that you can use as the beginning of YOUR OWN descent into madness... I mean project car nirvana!!

“Tired weak-assed?” Champ, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: it’s called, “power-to-weight ratio.” Maybe look it up.

If the car’s not in pristine condition and $2k, seems like they were destined for ND this week. 

Cheap is relative to the vehicle. Find a cheaper one.

NP. What the fuck is wrong with this commentariat? I think you losers have forgotten what the word jalopnik even means.

Cheap and dangerous. The Triumph undercarcass means you’ll never know when it’s running right, or for how long. It could take weeks of fiddling to get it out for a couple of hours of terrifying fun.

I think he should partner with Pastrana to do a bunch of Gymkhana videos. 

If he wins a record 8th championship, I think there’s a good chance Lewis retires on top. Maybe he comes back in a few years to scratch that racing itch, like Schumi did.

The CV-1 would receive all of its power from a mysterious sounding “revolutionary inverter.”

“It’s a hard pill to swallow, I know, but without the US, the world would be worse off.”