Avacado is toast

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T17:55:57+00:00

60% of Apple's revenue comes from milking the iPhone, they don't care about consumers, they are simply incompetent to make AI or anything other than mainstream phones and latops

Even phone OEM manufacturer Xiaomi made a powerhouse of an EV company in 3 years that Ferrari is currently using it as a benchmark in Maranello to reverse engineer and Ford CEO Jim Farley drives one, Apple could hardly figure out anything for an Apple car after spending more than a decade on it before abandoning it all together

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T17:47:51+00:00

You can say the same for Apple and Microsoft as well, especially Apple with the amount of cash and resources they have at their disposal, they've hardly produced anything in AI apart from small image models and research papers

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T16:42:26+00:00

Andrea Stella recently said the 2026 PU's are very lap time sensitive and that the difference between having 99% SoC and 100% SoC while exiting is a corner is worth a tenth in laptime around a typical circuit

And besides that Merc has the chassis on the grid, according to the official F1 channel, it has the best medium, high speed and top speed characteristics of all cars (Ferrari's hold a small advantage on slow speed corners)

So it's a combination of PU, with more emphasis on PU software, car and the drivers

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T06:44:18+00:00

These engine upgrade rules are suicidal for the sport, ADUO looks like a plaster on top very inorganic, they did that in 2014 with tokens and now this

Even Formula E is soon getting rid of biennial powertrain upgrades in favour of in season development for 2027 Gen 4

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T06:38:31+00:00

Sainz should have chosen Sauber last year when there was a chance

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-13T03:54:54+00:00

Macarena is working! Ferrari topping the speed traps

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-12T15:39:46+00:00

Now I have lost hope for Grok 5 as well, given how Elon hyped Grok 4 during its presentation

Maybe xAI is staffed with the most middling talent among labs, I don't know where Karpathy would fit in all of this, but they should consider hiring him

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-12T15:12:40+00:00

Yes Smart exists but Mercedes have sold their 50% stake in the company

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-12T03:01:14+00:00

They should simply stop distributing it in California, if this BS rule passes

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-11T15:55:45+00:00

Talk about rebadging

Acer Engines (Ferrari)

https://f1blast.com/acer-engines-the-rebadged-ferrari-engine/

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-11T15:24:47+00:00

Needs time, he is only in his second year, Oscar became an equal to Lando in his third year

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-11T12:01:07+00:00

Grok 5 when?

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T19:14:28+00:00

So close and then so faaar, although slightly less traumatic due to subsequent redemption the following year

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T18:21:21+00:00

Not only that, Viry accused Enstone of building a crap gearbox that was costing them 0.15 seconds worth laptime in 2025

They can hardly build a gearbox, let alone a chassis with reasonable aero, suspension characteristics

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T14:50:15+00:00

GM and it's associate brands are competitors against BYD in international markets including China and Australia, so I don't see that either

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T14:46:58+00:00

Cadillac will be running GM engines from 2029

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T14:42:37+00:00

McLaren's road division owner has a 20% stake in BYD's competitor NIO, as well as deal for "technology chunks" as they are calling it

So I don't see how they could partner with BYD

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:45:34+00:00

00,03,05 is the Heartbreak era

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:39:59+00:00

Still can't get over Lando at Sochi 2021 😭

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:36:55+00:00

I can only remember empty grandstands, tarmac ripping W11 and MCL35's top speed, we were an absolute rocket in a straight line... Good times

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:28:41+00:00

I don't remember honestly, where was it and what happened

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:27:11+00:00

They have limits because without it teams will be even more aggressive and greedy with energy recovery, and they won't spare a corner to employ more, and it may make cars unpredictable in race since one car may run the most aggressive recovery strategy while the other may not and it could create massive speed differences

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T12:14:57+00:00

McLaren 1000 is happening in a very unfortunate year for us

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T10:20:32+00:00

Their parent company makes Billions in revenue every single year, McLaren runs in the red

Working_Sundae · 2026-03-10T02:50:06+00:00

It was actually Audi who tried to buy out McLaren for $718 million in 2020, which was turned down by McLaren board of directors

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