I think you’re right...he’s not getting past STR. And considering that team is specifically for the development of young drivers, I don’t see him lasting long there either.

If Charles is number one, they will probably go with an experienced driver that is willing to play second fiddle a la Kimi, in return of a large paycheck, frequent podiums and the occasional race win.

I HATE seeing spoilers revealed about Formula 1 results in the automotive sites. And this is why when I get up on Sunday, the first thing I do is heading over to jalopnik. </sarcasm>

I would like to make a post in order to save the precious minutes of typing for the typical jalopnik posters critical of F1:

Then there was also this...

She has XY chromosomes according to Hogshead-Makar. This is an INCREDIBLY important detail that all the Deadspin writers intentionally omit. That, along with the highly elevated T levels should pretty much end the debate.

They make it in the Rich Energy factory, dontchaknow?

Unpopular opinion: people should support whatever team they want to support, because sports fandom is supposed to be fun. And it’s okay to support a team because a famous player plays for that team.

I’m a Canadian from Edmonton, Alberta who also lives in Berlin. I’m going to tell the next German who tells me they love the Oilers because of Leon Draisaitl to fuck off claiming false allegiance to my sports team and stop being a lame idiot.

What about people from other countries who support NBA or MLB teams? Or someone from Africa or South America who supports an English side?

This car feels like a rolling embodiment of all the ways NASCAR doesn’t understand millennials and illustrates the reason why apart from myself who races and my friend who races stocks cars, we are the only two people in my groups of friends who ever watch the sport. NASCAR is going to die off eventually and honestly,…

Well i’m glad you’re amused. But in my opinion, and in my experience, even the most shameful “pay driver” just bumps himself up from “Top 200" to “Top 30". When the nearest woman to a drive in f1 is “Top 1000" thats not enough. Feel free to articulate your point a little more so we can discuss it, unless you just…

To each his own. I find FE unwatchable... and I have tried. I keep watching and hoping for it to not be horrible.  I will try again if they try racing on a real racetrack in the future.

Contrary to your impression, the 270 HP F3 W-Series car is a VERY fast car. Exactly similar F3 cars are faster around a US track like Road Atlanta than a Trans-Am car with 850-900 HP (1:19's for the F3 cars in 2019, vs 1:21's for the TA cars in 2018). The car’s minimum weight is 1298 pounds, for a weight/power of 4.8…

> I like that there are no gimmicks here

He won FIVE races that year. Same as Alonso. One more than Webber. How is that dominating EVERY race?

Being able to see the top 2 inches of some dudes helmet is totally irrelevant and completely inconsequential to my enjoyment of racing. Also, you do realize that you will still be able to see plenty of in-car action, as you know they’re going to stick multiple cameras inside the cockpit (as they do already).

My favorite era of F1 was when Williams BMW with Juan Montoya tried to beat the Ferraris. They had this ridiculously powerful engine but not the chassis to win. None the less I loved Juan’s rather risky tactics to try to take on Ferrari and Michael. Its seemed to me every other team was simply scared to even try to…

I’m talking about the kind where you spend every waking minute trying to improve your driving and the car.