In any case he did a pretty outstanding job to get them third and fourth which is worth a lot more than second.

I'd be amazed if they gave a shit.

I'm not convinced Hamilton's car would have exploded because Rosberg drove past him (although, going by past form... )

That's a very romantic view of things.

Did you not see Toto's interview with Ted after the race? He may have kept saying "that's an internal matter" but I'm not convinced his teeth actually came apart.

I just want them to put it back to how it used to be, to be honest. So much has been thrown at making it "interesting" (and "cheap", in fairness) that a whole lot of what made it good has vanished.

I think it's been on a gradual downward spiral with all the restrictions placed on the cars themselves (I don't really care about the drivers so much). I think my first big "whuuut" moment was when they banned testing.

What would it take to put you off the Internet entirely?

This place does a reasonable job - it's a good thing I'm immensely stubborn.

* These would be bigger, too. Thirteen inches is silly.

But perhaps the most intriguing part of the test will be Pirelli’s trial of 18-inch tyres. F1 cars currently use 13-inch tyres, but the Italian manufacturer has suggested that running with larger wheels and tyres would lead to greater technology transfer between F1 tyres and road car rubber. Pirelli have stressed, however, that they'll only continue with development if F1's various stakeholders wish to proceed.

Phew, eh?

But anyway, I'd just like them to actually be given their heads again, and build some sort of super-rocket. Something like "Here is a massive box. Your car has to fit inside this box without touching the walls or ceiling. You have to incorporate this safety cell, and [x] number of onboard cameras. You can use [x] number of megajoules per race in any way you want. It has to use these wheels*, and it can only drive through the back ones and steer through the front ones. You can't put any bodywork within [x] inches of the wheels. Try not to make them look like fucking dogshit, either."

That would do it.

* These would be bigger, too. Thirteen inches is silly.

I don't know if they've said something different privately, but if not you've got to imagine that they won't be using team orders again this season.

Bernie's court case is over - he's not going to jail.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28656050

[edit]Well, the news story says different to the tweet I saw - I guess it's likely to end soon with him not going to jail.

Oh well, at least he'll be dead soon. Good luck with buying your way out of that, Bernie.

Wait, so the trial about Bernie paying someone to get what he wants, was ended due to Bernie legally being allowed to pay to get what he wants?

Judge Noll ruled that $99m would go to the Bavarian state coffers while $1m would be donated to a children's hospital

Under German law defendants can in certain circumstances "buy" termination of a trial.
The legal proviso exists in order to ease the burden on the courts and to deal with cases where reaching a judgment could prove difficult.