Yeah I'd always assumed 'external help' would be the dealbreaker, but I checked the onboard and you can see they jack the car up on to the 'skateboard' to move it back in to the garage (00:37 on F1TV feed). Perhaps it's external powered help, I guess that would get around cars being pushed back by marshals too.
davetapley
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Glad they did, but depressing when they called that out on the F1TV commentary.
“I’m a Red Bull driver,” he said. “All the Red Bull seats are filled and unfortunately for me that means that, for now, I’ll be reserve driver.”
Bet Alpine wish Oscar had felt that way!
I thought so too, and was surprised to see this:
Carlos Sainz has reportedly signed a pre-contract with Audi which is set to join the F1 grid in 2026.
The Spanish driver is currently in a contract with Ferrari until the end of 2024. However, it has also been reported that he has signed a 2+3 year contract extension with the Maranello-based squad, which would mean he would have another two years with the option of a third if it is true.
Long, long overdue but I'm so nervous for the first woman who makes it to the grid, going to be so much attention and scrutiny.
I wondered during the race: why were they allowed to put the car back on track after the 'retirement'?
Is there really no rule to stop that? Like could you conceivably crash, be brought back to the garage, repaired, get back in and rejoin the race? I guess there's little reason to (excepted in a contrived situation like this), but I'd always assumed that was not permitted.
Amazing summary, and I'm glad you mentioned landlords. I am having such a struggle lately when people tell me about their 'side hustle' as a landlord, and how they make so much passive income. I just wanna scream "so you feel good about making money doing basically nothing while there are so many people unsheltered, and living paycheck to paycheck?".
So, what hadn't clicked until I watch this video, is that federal taxes don't 'pay for things', they are just the mechanism by which federal government ensures the currency has value: They compel us to pay taxes (via courts, police, etc.) and those taxes must be paid in the same currency, and so we have to do work to acquire that currency, and so it has value.
This other video at 29:43 also blew my mind, I just never thought about tax in that way, and it's embarrassing.
There is video, but I can only find on Twitter presently: https://twitter.com/stoke_space/status/1703569700540883195
Why "never support"?