Exactly. Makes it all the more fairytale lol

It really would be the fairytale ending for his career in my eyes but after last year I’m being a lot more… realistic with myself.

Yep, I think enough people have caught on and called out teams over the years that they’ve changed their verbiage to be more honest.

Very true. Sometimes I manage to trick myself into thinking it’s still 2017, when car reveals were actual car reveals.

Perfect, ty

Honestly, I’m all for it. Love seeing Dakar get more attention. I’ve been following it closely for the past three years, and the 2026 edition has been really great.

Ah nice, thanks.

Those are… bigger than I expected them to manage; I wonder how much variance we’ll see between teams.

It’s a step in the right direction at least, and the explicit requirement to notify/ask users for consent is good for the sake of awareness. GM’s OnStar has been an insane source of data either way.

Nope, 403 forbidden.

Ah, fair.

Has that not improved with Kimi joining, or is Ferrari’s success really the determining factor?

Link doesn’t appear to work for me?

Exactly, and similar to the Ferrari bonus pay, it’s just become difficult to address at this point, so everyone kind of accepts it.

Around which parts exactly?

Very curious about the pushrod/pullrod design choice. Wonder if we’ll see a trend this year or a convergence over the next few.

Nice, the transparency is appreciated. How long have they been posting these in advance for?

Definitely interested in the concept, but $500 for the Clicks that’s described as something with considerably fewer features is… not convincing, unfortunately. Curious to see how these do.

That’s fair, the whole “pit wall” concept in American motorsports is interesting, has its pros and cons. Because of race length (and considering the amount of full throttle on ovals) refueling is pretty necessary, but in general, pit lane safety can be rough. Indy is also one of the most narrow oval pit lanes, despite the size of everything else at that track.

That being said, don’t look at Nascar lol. I’ve been watching it for 5-6 years now and the pit lane safety standards still irk me a lot.

I remember the Le Mans clash reschedule. Was (and still is) frustrating.

Yeah it would never be shortened lol. I was also not really sold on the 500 when I first started watching it some years back, but over time I’ve grown to appreciate the race (and all of the practice and qualifying sessions leading up to it) more and more. I get it though.

More than anything else, I’m bummed that I can’t sit down for the entire day and go from watching Monaco to the Indy 500 to the Coke 600. It’s become a tradition for me and many others I know.

That being said, it’s been really interesting to see some less American perspectives via this thread. Tbh I thought Indycar might have more value outside the US considering the variety of driver nationalities, especially with how many former F2 and F1 drivers are in their field.

Thank you and Happy Birthday!