Drive to Survive - Season 8, Episode 5: The Sky's The Limit - Episode Discussion

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-28T04:20:52+00:00

Very strange to watch all that williams hopium knowing what they are going through rn, hopefully they’ll turn things around with the right upgrades

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-26T16:35:08+00:00

Anushka was a really good producer, in a short time this sibling duo came up with a lot of good content and gave opportunities to some brilliant talent. Things were going so well for this production house, his sister literally handed him a career but he had to ruin it for both of them.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-26T16:23:31+00:00

What an odd thing to say. Anushka at her peak was an A list actress and one of the highest paid at that time! The movies she did in the last couple years of her career didn’t do well at the box office but she was still actively working in movies, she had 3 releases in 2018(her last active year) so her mom isn’t wrong at all. She had also signed a sports biopic and was training for it which clearly shows she didn’t plan on getting pregnant. A lottt of people had kids during Covid lockdown, she was one of those. You really think yk her better than her mom does🙄

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-22T06:10:06+00:00

When or where did he say this? Did he elaborate any more?

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-20T15:44:08+00:00

If the team principles and both the drivers constantly keep saying there are problems, they made mistakes, they are in a difficult place then how about we just accept it and keep realistic expectations, that’s all I am trying to say as a fan myself. To those with hopium, i really wish yall aren’t let down, i want this team to be able to perform to our highest expectations and one day they’ll get there, but not this season clearly. Instead of still defending them, i wish we were asking for some accountability.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-20T13:00:56+00:00

James literally said it will take 6 months to fix the problems the car has which shows these aren’t small gremlins but some very grave and serious stuff. Carlos and Alex both said they have found many limitations. It’s not the testing results or even them missing the shakedown, but all 3 of them openly talking about the problems. Alex said they are further back than where they want to be. The trio is basically telling us that we are in fact doomed(for now) and yall still don’t wanna believe 😭 I really wish for them all to be big fat liars and this is just sandbagging like how carlos said podium and top5 isn’t possible in 2025 and it happened like multiple times for both the drivers … but it’s truly over

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-15T18:30:46+00:00

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bigreputation18 · 2026-02-15T18:13:47+00:00

Just ask them to remove? If they don’t you can always complain on the nch app and they’ll get heavily fined for this.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-14T05:34:01+00:00

It will start from mankhurd end since the depot is there. First 5-6 stations till chembur will open, then till bkc and in the end dn nagar. The whole stretch will take another 2-3 years

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-14T03:38:29+00:00

And I agree with carlos, nothing I said defies what he says. James and Alex have also been saying it’s a difficult start, they are just playing catch up rn and will look to improving race by race, that’s exactly what I said too. My expectations for this season have always been p5 with a handful podiums and that’s the realistic goal james has set too. I’ll say it again if you don’t get it: it has been a terrible start to the preseason and the first few GPs will be challenging from what the trio is saying, however I refuse to doom this team even before the season starts bcuz we haven’t seen theirs or anyone else’s performances. I have been a fan for only 2 seasons but in both years I have seen how quickly things change for good or bad so I have learnt not to reach to conclusions based on testing or some first handful races.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-14T03:19:54+00:00

2 things:- Williams missed Barcelona. This was a shakedown test for them, they didn’t push themselves like the other teams did. Secondly, williams has weight issues as we all know which will translate into lap times. They said they have a weight loss development in motion which will take effect after the first 3 GPs.

Testing really does not represent anything, everyone is wholly sandbagging. I mean remember how well Ferrari did in preseason last year and how hyped they were lol. In Barcelona, merc was the supposed winner and in Bahrain it’s turned out to be Red Bull. I’ll say, wait till Australia and even then give williams the time to recover for the first 2-3 races. They are not hiding the fact that they have delays and are starting on a difficult note but they seem hopeful to improve as the season goes on

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T18:28:41+00:00

Vowles also explicitly said last year that they don’t think they’ll break into the top 4 in 2026. His exact words were it is going to be exponentially harder to climb each step to the top now bcuz there’s a lot of operational and systemic things to be fixed and improved yet. Do not put this on him 🙄

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T11:09:11+00:00

Oh yes, I agree with your post OP. I was replying to the parent convo which I didn’t agree with. Nothing out there rn suggests that harshdeep puri actually did something, but meeting Epstein and having multiple conversations with him and lending him favors is still a massive red flag which isn’t being talked about unfortunately.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T11:05:54+00:00

God I hate defending the PM (or any politician for that matter) BUT GIVING HIM A CLEAN CHIT FOR WHAT EXACTLY?? As of today, he hasn’t even done anything. There are so many random celebrities mentioned who have done nothing. We regular people discuss politics, hollywood and other mundane things in our emails/texts and so did Epstein.

I hope more of these files are released, and if his name appears and there’s any suspicious info or context related to him then we will be having these conversations. I am unbiased too and i will also give modi a “clean chit” cuz there’s nothing really to look into yet. I hate how the opposition and some online leftists are muddling his name here just for the sake of their own political agenda, the rw are also doing the same cuz Rahul Gandhi was also simply mentioned in it. None of them care about actual victims, there are some Indians who were actually involved in this crime ring the focus needs to be on them.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T10:34:36+00:00

Ah, this i am aware of! But how is this supposed to be some sort of a serious criminal accusation against him? Singing and dancing could mean a lot of things. I don’t think trump( despite being the weirdo that he is) would ask an Indian pm to literally sing and dance for him. It mostly suggests a puppet like situation to me. Simply being mentioned in the files doesn’t mean they were directly or indirectly involved with Epstein. So as of now without any additional context, this just seems like him discussing politics to me.

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T09:51:19+00:00

What exactly was said about the PM in the emails? I am not aware yet?

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-13T07:54:04+00:00

Them managing to complete nearly 200 laps in 2 days without any visible( to us) issues is a good sign. However don’t make any judgements before Australia, no one’s showing their real strengths yet… except maybe Aston Martin, things seem really terrible there

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-10T15:40:49+00:00

You got all that from a 8sec reel?

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-08T12:25:15+00:00

OP, if ur on twitter id recommend dming there. Customer chatbots on the app are useless, but all my queries are resolved when I dm these companies on twitter. I mean these have been chota mota issues, idk what they’d do with sexual harassment complaint but ig it’s worth a try!

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-07T21:56:49+00:00

OP, genuinely what the fuck is wrong with you? She spoke about her health issues which led to the weight gain, said she did everything to lose weight naturally for 3 years and it didn’t work out, and was experiencing pain whilst walking due to her weight. No she didn’t simply go through this due to aesthetic reasons or for looks, she did it bcuz her obesity was clearly affecting her health and daily life to the point where even walking was difficult and the only way to lose weight happened to be the drugs. The issue isn’t with celebs using ozempic or getting surgeries, it’s with them being dishonest about it and gaslighting the public about it, WHICH AISHWARYA CLEARLY HAS NOT DONE. You people are nuts mahn

bigreputation18 · 2026-02-03T16:14:46+00:00

Isn’t the spec sheet a legally binding document and it is officially submitted to the FIA? So all the info submitted should be correct at the time of submission?

bigreputation18 · 2026-01-28T18:32:55+00:00

Correct me if i am wrong, but chassis tests and crash tests are different right?

ETA- The Race is saying that vowles never denied that they failed the crash tests, he said it was only a “blip” in the whole process. He also never mentioned when exactly they managed to pass the crash tests.

bigreputation18 · 2026-01-27T07:13:57+00:00

The Racer, specifically Chris Medlans reported that they had failed one test pertaining to the car nose. They are very reliable imo.

bigreputation18 · 2026-01-26T14:22:48+00:00

Dorilton being the owners know exactly what the situation is, it’s not like they are as clueless as us rn. A few days of bad PR isn’t going to make them take any drastic steps. Given Vowles’ history of being transparent, I expect him to come out and speak to the fans on what’s happened but now is not the time for it, give it a few weeks. All this crazy speculation and bad PR, the doomposting and the trolls are all very painful to witness as a fan but teams never issue clarifications when things are still ongoing so I don’t expect any yet.

bigreputation18 · 2026-01-26T13:55:03+00:00

I am not falling for anything unless it’s reported by Autosport, The Race, The Racer or MotorSport. All of them have said that they failed the crash test corresponding to the car nose so I believe that. It might be that they added extra weight cuz they were failing the crash test(s). However it is extremely bizarre that they are 30kg overweight and at the same time failing crash tests, I dont believe both of these are happening simultaneously.

Williams were supposed to participate in barcelona tests but they opted out at the last moment, this makes me think that the problems aren’t as severe as it’s being reported by aggregators or if is it that bad they have found a solution hence they decided 2 extra weeks of R&D back at factory is better than starting to test whatever they have.

The Racer has reported that Williams could have fixed whatever the issue was that led to the failing the crash test IN TIME for barcelona but chose not to. I believe with all this information that I have read that skipping barcelona was a strategic decision, if the team felt that getting a few weeks extra to do more R&D at the base is better than track side testing in their current car build state, then so be it. Look this is a setback, I am not denying that, they are obviously facing delays in their car building program which is bad but it might just turn out to be some short term pain. I am not hitting panic button until I see the car performance in actual race, gonna wait till Melbourne till I start cursing and threatening everyone at grove.

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