nudge

They did simulations on Bianchi's crash with different variations of cockpit protection (including halo), and the verdict was that the impact was so strong none would have saved his life, not even a completely closed cockpit.

I thought this was bad... and then I saw this: Jesus

Or...or...just sign Kvyat!

YES YES YES!

I don't even get the safety reasoning behind it, I think the only fatality that the halo would have prevented in recent years is Henry Surtees' death, but seriously, that was just so incredibly bad luck, you can't ever prevent it completely in motorsports. Even then, strengthening wheel tethers sounds like a much better solution than putting on a halo which brings its own security issues, as Rando and Tsubs mentioned already. It doesn't protect (or only up to 17%, according to FIA itself) from smaller flying debris either, so the incidents like Massa still could have happened, or could have been made even worse by deflecting the debris. Weird solution, all in all.

Pandas are hilarious My spirit animal

Wow, that's amazing. Makes you wonder how such arrangements happen in nature. Anyway, saw this a few days ago and thought of you, @The Rebel CRS: Just listen to the call of that Steller's Sea Eagle Some cool footage from the wild:

That thing is so horrible, it makes the car look like a flip-flop. Might as well move on to closed cockpits now, that would at least look better aesthetically.

Yeah, but they also introduced that new stupid logo, so...

To be fair, I don't get it why F1 hasn't introduced official live streaming service with subscription so far. WEC has a very decent one for a very reasonable price, either for the whole season or per single race, replays included as well. Their app sucks though.

The stream is legal. My use of VPN is legal. Anything in between is a grey area and quite honestly I couldn't care less either way

VPN.

This one is the best

They are apparently not interested anymore... ORF coverage is perfect for me, legal online stream as well, so I don't care either way.

RTL don't have broadcast rights for F1 2018 yet either.

Finally.

I thought testing only starts tomorrow?

Last race without a halo, at least for the time being I wonder how 2018 cars will look like.

Glad you like it! I bingewatched the whole thing (7 episodes) in one sitting, absolutely great. One of the best things I've seen recently - it has a lot to do with my love for westerns for sure, but the quality of the show is unquestionable either way. And yes, Jeff Daniels is great! His character in Godless must be one of the greatest villains on modern television; not just your standard bad guy, many sided and unpredictable. Jack O'Connell does a great job too, he reminds me of those antihero protagonists of spaghetti westerns. In fact, the whole show recalls the westerns of the 70s, not only visually but also by taking all the "standard" character types and the tropes of the genre and twisting them a bit. Also, surprisingly strong supporting characters!

I just find it annoying, back in the day they called bright children smart, now they call them autistic lol. Just like active kids were called active, now they are automatically ADHD. Not dismissing the fact that there are kids who are autistic or have ADHD by any means, but it has just gotten ridiculously out of hand.

Just did a little bit of research, and his dad said he spends most of his free time watching documentaries, reading aviation magazines and researching different aircraft online. The kid seems to have great parents who support his thirst for knowledge, well done.

Or he's just a bright kid who learned to read early, has passion for planes and flying, and absorbs and memorises information quickly.

Just discovered Godless, a new western series by Scott Frank and Steven Soderbergh for Netflix. Three episodes in, and I'm hooked, I actually liked it better than Deadwood, Hell on Wheels and the likes - it's proper western with a very engaging story, good acting and beautiful cinematography. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5516154/ @Viva la FCB - sorry to bother you again, but you might want to check it out!!!

I love watching the faces of the drivers as they try to make sense of what he's saying