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Haas are apparently claiming 35m in damages from Rich Energy... while they are still waiting for a 6m invoice to be honoured Combined with awful on-track performances, it's a disastrous season for Haas.

"They" is just one guy Who very obviously needs a doctor.

I've always been a fan but even I didn't expect him to be doing that well! He seems to be getting stronger with every race as well; very encouraging to see. To think that he had no sponsors and literally had to beg for a seat at DAMS in F2 last season...finished third and had already agreed to join Nissan at Formula E due to lack of other options this season right before Toro Rosso came knocking.

Ok, there has been an unexpected turn of events - my little prehistoric village will have to wait... because I got recommended another game and made the mistake of checking it out... and now I'm completely hooked. Has anyone player The Long Dark??? It's a hardcore open-world survival game where you take the role of a crash-landed bush pilot who must survive the frozen Canadian wilderness in the aftermath of a global geomagnetic disaster. Honestly I've never played anything like it. I'm in the story mode (in order to learn the game mechanics as there's no tutorial) but there's also a sandbox mode where the whole game worlds are open for you to explore and it's supposed to be the strongest aspect of the game. There are no zombies or anything like that; it's just you in an extremely harsh environment combating the natural elements in order to survive. Hunger, cold, thirst, wildlife. Absolutely amazing - and very challenging. I bled out to death within minutes on my first attempt, died of hypothermia on Day 1 (very realistically portrayed by the way with my vision getting blurry, feeling disoriented, and then passing out) on my second one, and now I'm slowly getting hold of it on my third attempt at last. Very realistic in the sense that even getting fire started is a challenge at first. Very eerie, almost haunting landscapes, gorgeous visuals and stylised art, superb soundtrack and brilliant game mechanics. Incredible immersive, slow paced and contemplative. Does a great job of capturing the feeling of struggling to survive in an unforgiving environment... The visuals as well as the sound and immersive atmosphere actually makes you feel cold and hungry and dizzy... What a masterpiece... @Bluewolf @Mel81x @Dr. Gonzo

Only 44 currently - I wanted to get the infrastructure in place first (food production, clothing & tools, etc.) so I limited the number of the inhabitants. Going to fully focus on increasing the population by constructing more huts now that I have ample supply of food and linen/wool. My inner farmer is happy

Another two hours and I'm about to advance to the 4 (out of 6) era. Took a few screenshots for you @Bluewolf:

Will do. It's worth mentioning that this is freeplay that I'm doing now - there is also "challenge mode" which you unlock by reaching certain milestones in the freeplay mode. There are also varying degrees of difficulty in both gameplay and terrain. The hardest one is the frozen terrain apparently and it's a real challenge to survive there!

Yes we'll see how that goes - I'm currently in the Neolithic era only so still a bit to go until I reach the Iron Age (that's the last one in the game I believe); so far every new era had new challenges even if the basics stayed the same. At any case it's perfect for a casual player like me...

Only 0.183s behind pole is very encouraging; especially on a relatively long lap and on a power track such as Silverstone. Last year the gap to P1 was 0.7s so it's a great improvement by Red Bull & Honda. Max was complaining about a turbo lag as well, so it's likely that there's even more to get out of the car... Race pace looked very good during the training sessions so it can get interesting tomorrow! Hope to see Max on the podium. Gasly improved as well; only a bit over three tenths behind Max and both of the cars starting between the two Ferraris could be helpful for the strategy. Albon in P9 is nice too - that's three Honda engines in top 10. According to AMuS, Honda is considering introducing its next engine specification before the summer break at the GP of Hungary. The upgrade should bring an extra 25-30 HP.

Don't care about that much tbh... Don't like it aesthetically but I'd rather they sort out racing instead of aesthetics anyway!

Just imagine: - bring back refuelling - bring back multiple tyre suppliers - get rid of too complex aero, simplify it, bring back more ground effect

I've played it for around 10 hours now and I like it a lot... Didn't expect such depth and complexity. Hunting, fishing, gathering, plant and animal domestication, knowledge gain, good and logical tech tree to research in order to advance further, a lot of things to keep in mind such as food source diversification, change of seasons, food processing, etc. At the same time, it is easy to master - so I think that it will get boring at the later stages.

Formula 1 is considering bringing back in-race refuelling as part of rule changes from 2021! https://www.grandprix247.com/2019/07/12/todt-we-should-go-for-refuelling-in-formula-1/

I'm not afraid of spiders but what the f*** is that thing???

It is! Been playing for about 2 hours now and I've enjoyed it so far... Quite slow paced though, so might not be everyone's cup of tea but I like that as it's more realistic than just progressing through thousands of years of human history in a blink of an eye. Very relaxing too.

I mean we still don't know his agenda... Maybe he's some eccentric weirdo just craving for attention. Or maybe it's something much more sinister and we might soon find out that a lot of people have been conned out of their money. I think he's far from being an idiot or otherwise he wouldn't have managed to get a bunch of rich investors behind the scenes and run a dodgy company as a one man show to sponsor an F1 team... Here's the tweet in question now that Twitter is back online:

Will do! Have you tried it yet?

This is just getting better... Bringing out the popcorn to see how the story develops Twitter is down now for some reason so I can't post the link to the tweet but the shady dude with the ZZ Top beard (William Storey - the villain of the story apparently haha) has posted from the official Rich Energy account again: Rich Energy‏ @rich_energy 7 min.7 minuten geleden Meer @rich_energy CEO @_williamstorey has commented "The ludicrous statement by minority shareholders cosy with @redbull & @WhyteBikes is risible. Their attempted palace coup has failed. I control all of the assets of @rich_energy & have support of all key stakeholders" #RichEnergy

Just got Dawn of Man today... Only tried the tutorial so far as I still have some work to do today, but it looks good. Starts with a small stone age settlement and the early objectives are the usual hunting and gathering, simple structure and tool building, crafting, tech research covering 10000 years of humanity's evolution and the likes; judging from tutorial it goes quite in depth with that but there are also ways to automate tasks if one is not a fan of micromanaging.

Remember when a scamming Nigerian prince became a co-owner of Arrows?...

It's getting even weirder - William Storey (the man with the beard) is said to have been removed as Rich Energy owners didn't authorise yesterday's tweet and they are willing to work with Haas and are trying to save the relationship now He apparently also called Haas "milk float at back of grid" What a mess.

Red Bull are running a James Bond theme for the Silverstone this year.

Maybe it's a bit of both? A part of if is definitely in his head due to pressure and expectations but I found the quote in that article about Gasly and his engineers experimenting with different setups previously and jumping from one extreme to the other very interesting as well; could be an indication that his driving style is not suited for this current RB15 and he hasn't been able to adapt and change his style accordingly so far?

This was their tweet to the company they stole the logo from: Classy

According to someone from the other forums who went there to check the place listed as their contact address it's now a medium-sized building in Wandsworth that operates on a rent-a-desk-by-the-week basis with a single receptionist for all the different companies/tenants. All about them smells like some kind of a bluff at best or a scam/money laundering at worst. Hope Haas got paid in advance.