Well Checo had been able to do the one thing Albon and Gasly couldn't, which is consistently finish one or two places behind Max (in both quali and the race).

That doesn't seem to be happening anymore, for various reasons. It was enough to get drivers canned mid-season before, but with a car this dominant and the rest of the field much closer, they're not under any sort of pressure when it comes to the WCC, so who knows.

That's easy: they've spent more than ten thousand hours practicing!

Peronism is not a coherent ideology.

don’t pretend that the fall of the berlin wall wasn’t celebrated on both sides of the wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the replacement of a socialist government with a capitalist one are different events.

My point being primarily that support or opposition to state socialism in formerly (or presently) communist countries is not universal and not of a single character. Just like everyone who was cheering for the Berlin Wall to come down was not cheering for corporate domination or microplastics in their blood, not everyone who wants a return to state socialism is cheering for the Stasi or the NKVD to come back.

Ask anyone? Or just anyone who immigrated to the west? There's a lot of selection bias inherent in the people who most westerners talk to about state socialism.

So my wife and I do this thing where we try to have a meal or a beverage that's emblematic of the country they're racing in on the week of the race. This week we'll be going to a good authentic-ish English pub. They serve Welsh rarebit which I enjoy. And they meet my criteria for a good English pub, which is that the floor is carpeted.

Any word on if/when Piastri might get the upgrades?

As always, stars not playing is bad for the league, which is why it will never be an ejection.

not the good kind

he literally bought one of those new zealand prepper bunkers

Good for him.

This is why Bernie wasn't completely mad when he suggested sprinklers.

Is Alonso washed!?!?!

Especially considering the car has so much pace he didn't even need to push it that hard.

Mark Jackson please!

Gonzalez is going to kill it.

the smaller teams should slowly catch up to the big teams infrastructure wise because the teams with better facilities have less room to improve when spending the same amount of money

I don't think this is totally true. Technology marches onwards always, and while newer tech is more expensive, the teams out front are spending every cent to get further ahead, whereas the disadvantaged teams are playing catch-up.

Tech development would have to stop for the back teams to catch up in a reasonable timeframe. Relying on the asymptotic nature of improvement probably isn't enough.

This is all because they changed the carpet.

He's not serious, right? The NBA has a development league. They're a competitor to his product.

This is Cube just blowing smoke trying to get coverage of his investment, I have to hope.

ACAB as usual.

Even with a supportive governor, I feel like there's no way the Red Line happens.