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In my defence, those are only 30 minute episodes but yeah, I kind of got carried away there a bit

So I just binged-watched all 10 episodes of Cobra Kai, the series-sequel of the original Karate Kid, and it's great! Didn't really expect it to be, but somehow, it works. Having the same actors from the original movie really makes it really feel like a continuation of the story after 34 years, that was a brilliant idea by the producers. First two episodes are available on youtube, if anyone's interested - pretty sure those who loved Karate Kid back in the 80s will love this, too

Very true, and for me, the most iconic one too...well the whole Spa circuit is... so exciting, dangerous, and so unforgiving. Here's how it looked back in the 60s: How's that for safety, haha. Unbelievable. Racing drivers back then really must have had massive balls of steel.

Well, two broken legs probably means he's a little bit less than OK haha, but yeah, I get your point Could indeed ended much worse... I watched the quali live and somehow didn't think he got hurt, then saw him being stretchered away and put into the ambulance... Hope he has a full and fast recovery. Eau Rouge is brutal if you lose control of your car.

Bad crash for Fittipaldi in quali for 6h of Spa today, his car bottomed out at Eau Rouge and he hit the barriers head-on Both legs broken, apparently...

Fascinating read, thank you for sharing! Not that many spoilers in there, hehe - certainly nothing to make any impact on your further watching experience... Mine didn't have any subtitles, but sometimes I wish it had... I always watch Westworld with subtitles on as it's easy to miss some parts of the dialogue otherwise...

Yes, finished it last week

The series is apparently an adaptation of the book by Dan Simmons, that's where the supernatural aspect comes from. But yes, I felt that it wasn't at the center of the story anyway, so can't complain, and as you said, somehow it doesn't even feel too far fetched. Glad you liked it so far!

I was cautious too, mostly because I always loved exploration stories and read a lot about expeditions to find the Northwest Passage and so on, so the fact that it's supposedly a "horror" series (not a fan of horror movies, haha) with some supernatural stuff added to the story kind of put me off, but I'm really glad I watched it. Somewhat random, but The Adventures of Captain Hatteras was my first favourite book I can remember, particularly because of how well it depicted intense atmosphere and fear and terror people experienced in such harsh conditions (it was also based on Franklin's expedition), and this series is the first one to recreate it so well on the screen, it's really great.

The Terror is good, enjoyed it thoroughly, very well done and an interesting story. Been meaning to watch Deep State, too.

Karate Kid is back after 34 years!!!

Started rewatching the "new" Battlestar Galactica, starting with the miniseries from 2003.

According to Kicker, we're close to signing Köln's Leonardo Bittencourt (reported transfer fee between 6-8m €). I soooo hope it goes through, a class player, think he would suit us well too. The only disadvantage is his injury proneness, but it's definitely worth a gamble. Kruse, Bartels, Kainz, Rashica, Bittencourt, Johannsson + Johannes Eggestein and Josh Sargent as youth talents; our attacking options definitely sound good enough for me! Apparently Kevin Möhwald is also set to sign for us, so central midfield looks quite flexible too with Delaney, Maxi Eggestein, Bargfrede, Gondorf + Käuper and potentially Mbob as backup options from the youth. Defence should be OK, we have three reliable center backs in Moisander, Veljkovic and Langkamp, but there's a lack of backup (Caldirola will probably leave and there are no real options from our reserves/youth), and we only have TGS as the only option at RB (Bauer is definitely leaving), while Augustinsson and Friedl have LB well covered. If we manage to keep our current regulars and also sign a strong, robust defensive midfielder for the first team, a backup CB and a backup RB during the summer, I'd be very happy with the squad for the new season. Kruse, Augustinsson and Pavlenka probably are on the radar of quite a few clubs, but it looks like they are willing to stay, and I hope we manage to keep them all for at least one more season. We'll probably lose Delaney though, and he will surely be a tough one to replace...

There are no mandatory pit stops, so other than refueling, tyre changes and potential repairs if they're unlucky, the only thing that the teams have to take into account is the allowed minimum and maximum driving times per single driver. I know they still do mandatory pit stops in some GT3 and GT4 series though, such as Blancpain for example, where there are two mandatory pit stops, or even ADAC GT Masters, where they have a mandatory pit window each race.

Yes, Toyota is the only works team in LMP1, and the only hybrid too, so they'll have restrictions on fuel flow etc to allow the privateers who joined LMP1 to compete. We have a very nice grid of 10 cars in LMP1 for Spa, so while Toyota should technically have it easy, they'll probably still manage to fuck it up, especially at Le Mans haha. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for Rebellion Racing now that Porsche is gone... As for GTE, can you elaborate? I wouldn't say V6 is not really competitive; while Ferrari got the overall title last year with their V8 car, it was very tight until the very end, and both Ford and Porsche with their 6 cylinder engines finished above Aston Martin V8 in final standings... In this year's prologue, Ford and Porsche were well ahead of the other manufacturers, and interestingly enough, even Dempsey-Proton and Gulf Racing (both Porsche customer) in Am class outpaced the Pro class Ferraris, Astons, and BMWs, but that's of course hard to judge due to potential sandbagging... To be fair, I haven't really read this year's regs yet, but I don't think they changed much from last year in terms of Balance of Performance.

FINALLY - WEC Super Season is ON! Starting with 6h of Spa this weekend already. Best racing, best circuit, can't wait And then 24h of Le Mans next month, hnnnggggg.

Oh, I'm under no illusion that we have a chance of keeping him for much longer; we're nowhere near the level we used to be, and even back then we struggled to keep top-players in the club. It's just so annoying to lose our best ones each year for ridiculously low transfer fees, and fail to find proper replacements.

Finally, welcome back home, Thomas Schaaf I'd prefer him to stay so we can build a team around him and finally return to the upper parts of the league table and European competitions... But yeah, it will be hard to keep him, considering playing in England is his dream, too. We also have a horrible record for underselling players, so it probably wouldn't be an amazing business at all The new winger, you mean Rashica? He's got skill, but needs to work on it, as too often it just ends up in lost possession. Could develop into a good player for us, but I'm not too convinced yet. We need to keep Pavlenka, Augustinsson, Delaney, Kruse for a few more seasons, find a good replacement for Junuzovic in summer, get the best out of Kainz and Rashica, and develop youngsters like Jojo Eggestein so they can take the next step and become regulars for the first team.

Yesssssss.

Don't worry, he'll be fine:

I love Baku and street circuits in general, as it tends to reward those who have skill and take calculated risks, but punishes even the slightest mistake. Absolutely brilliant.

Did you predict him to win in GP Predictor?

Yeah I get your point, but then it would also be unfair to those who did all correctly... DRS is stupid anyway.

Told you No penalty for Perez.