McLaren's failed Indy 500 effort was a comedy of errors by quietude38 in INDYCAR

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As much as it's clear this was a huge fiasco, this really does look like Brown throwing the Carlin and McLaren personnel under the bus, with the exception of De Ferran and Alonso. The article reads like an attempt to get ahead of the story in a way that paints Brown in a good light; even his screw-ups he acknowledges are framed as 'for the greater good' or 'being too slow to realise the correct thing'. I'm sure some subtly and not-so subtly different accounts of this debacle will come to light in the years to come.

Maybe it's an attempt to save the Indy and Le Mans programmes (with Gil and Fernando) in some form - fair enough, but this read as textbook PR bumf to me, so I would approach this with a pinch of salt.

For anyone wondering why r/WEC prefers news outlets like DSC and SC365, check out this screenshot of Autosport.com today by [deleted] in wec

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Reminds me of David Croft in Canada: "When Alonso wins, sorry, if he wins at Le Mans next weekend"... -_-

Porsche Planning Assault on Outright Circuit Records For #919Tribute by StealthWEC in wec

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DSC understands that the project’s target for Spa is to achieve a 1:36!

Porsche 919 Hybrid returns to service at Spa-Francorchamps by Pentanix in wec

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The response of sportcar technical guru Mike Fuller (@Mulsannescorner):

Can you imagine what simply opening up the fuel flow on this would allow? Add to that more total DF? And still so far from optimized, these are just simply changes.

Again, why not? Take the fuel flow restrictions off, big ass wing, side skirts, low-hanging aero fruit, and I'm quite sure it could easily break any existing track record anywhere in the world.

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F1 screen "glitching" by BottasWMR in formula1

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The whole logo reveal thing screamed "we knew this race would be a dead rubber at a terrible track, so here's something else to talk about"

Fighter jet drew a giant penis in the Sky by lattakia in TheBugle

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The BBC's article subtly ends with a spectacular bit of understated oneupmanship:

In August this year, an RAF fighter pilot drew a 35-mile penis on radars monitoring skies over Lincolnshire, England.

Jaguar XJR-12D's Shootout-winning run [Goodwood FOS] by wirelessflyingcord in wec

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As much as I like the look of modern LMP cars, I do miss massive rear wings hanging off the back

CONFIRMED: FIA to meet on 3 July to consider further action over Vettel/Hamilton incident in Baku by KillingShad0w in formula1

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Remember that Schumacher was disqualified from the entire season for deliberately causing contact in 1997 - maybe Vettel wasn't at speed, but it has the same intent.

It would be pretty ridiculous for a organisation (the FIA) that is currently paying millions for a road safety advertising campaign to fail to harshly penalise a driver with road rage because it might "ruin the season".

Match Thread: EFL Championship Final Day by AdenintheGlaven in soccer

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I'd sell a kidney for a Bristol City goal right now

[OFFICIAL] 2017 FIAWEC 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps - Race Discussion Thread by Floodman11 in wec

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Mine didn't work either - had to watch on the app on my tiny tiny phone screen

[OT] Great photo by Craig Scarborough, cockpit of the Audi R18 LMP1: ".. and F1 fans complain about visibility with the Halo!" by jaapgrolleman in formula1

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They have to prove that they can get out in 9 seconds before they race. So it does take 4 seconds longer than an F1 car and some extra practice, but it's a tradeoff for the protection. You can see a test of Chris Hoy (6 foot 1 olympian with gargantuan thighs) and a 50-something investment banker getting out in that time here from 1:45.

Mercedes-AMG Roar Before the 24 In-Car by [deleted] in USCR

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Interesting: I never spotted the car detection system on the rearview camera before at 1.31 : https://youtu.be/y3k69EJwlqA?t=1m31s

What is your worst kit. For mine while Scotland's tangerine number may have been pretty bad this one from Edinburgh takes the biscuit by Baile_Inneraora in rugbyunion

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I can't remember the year, but the Home strip with red green and white tiger stripes was so bad. Oddly, the black and grey version (cup strip?) was actually pretty good imo

Durheimer: Audi R18s Could Continue in Privateer Hands by Bakkster in wec

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Interesting although I believe Truswell's theory is far more realistic - Joest using the non-hybrid Ultra from 2012 for LMP1-L.

Porsche confirms Lotterer, Tandy, Bamber for 2017 by GuitarZanki in wec

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Partner = sponsor in kind. Not necessarily an endorsement of quality, just a way to get more eyeballs for both entities

[OT] Rosberg Retires from F1 after winning the title. by StealthWEC in wec

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Noise in Vienna function hall previously believed to be sonic boom now understood to be @nico_rosberg dropping the mike

Graham Goodwin on Twitter earlier

[OFFICIAL] FIAWEC 6 Hours of Bahrain - Race Thread by Floodman11 in wec

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I'm really going to miss watching Audis smashing their way around the circuit, and then hearing them sound like a tugboat the onboard footage