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Yes, poor work ethic and bad attitude within the team. At Ferrari, Raikkonen was infamous for his unwillingness to do the appearances and other promotional work required of him, and for his antagonistic behavior toward most everybody working there. So much so that Ferrari fired him with two or...

Watkins Glen race day attire... "The Ice Man" won 21 F1 races from 350 starts, including the 2007 F1 championship driving for Scuderia Ferrari. His F1 record is impressive, but could have been even better. He was hampered, in my opinion, by a poor work ethic and surly attitude toward his team...

To keep doing what you've always done, and hope for different results... that's the definition of insanity. In other words, ya gotta change things up from time to time...

I agree, it's awesome. Daniel has had to endure a lot of xenophobic hate from knuckle-dragging cretins on social media and in the grandstands... "Go back where you belong, wetback" and worse. After Bubba Wallace, Daniel has been targeted with that sh!t more than anyone in Nascar, and it's flat...

Look at the size of that front airfoil windshield wiper on Kimi's car. LOL. I guess that's not yet a Nascar-issued spec part. Here's a spy photo of the new windshield wiper Gibbs and TRD are planning for Watkins Glen...

All you Flomeisters will get to watch the Knoxville Nationals I'm sure, but I'll have to follow along by reading your posts. Is there a Twitter feed you'd recommend for in-race updates? Speedsport breaks down the field...

I once read a book about anti-gravity. I couldn't put it down.

You're just reiterating your view that the flat, near linear Nascar points scale captures everything that matters. You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But a points scale like that under-rewards finishing up front and is too generous for guys in the midfield, relative to the...

Gino Rea's family issued a brief statement on Tuesday after arriving in Japan. It mentions "serious head injuries" and Gino remains sedated to control swelling in his brain. "He is due for another CT scan on Wednesday (yesterday) for a re-evaluation of his condition." Today there is this...

Fans: "The drivers are all so plain vanilla. I miss the good old days when they had some personality." NASCAR: "Introducing Noah Gragson..." Fans: "Bleh, can't stand him. We prefer Chase Elliott... he runs his car, not his mouth."

LOL. Chip Ganassi, McLaren, and Alpine F1 approve this message...

You're accepting that the Latford points system uniquely identifies the best driver and team, and every other criteria is "wrong." @wi_racefan in the original post implies a similar opinion... that the points tabulation correctly captures what matters. I have never accepted that, dating back to...

"There remains no official word on the condition of British racer Gino Rea some 48 hours after he was knocked unconscious in an accident during preparations for the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance event." There was a positive-sounding tweet from a paddock insider, but I'll wait for news to come from...

I sure hope this clusterf**k is not a preview of Nascar in Chicago next July. Both Nashville races have been an absolute embarrassment to IndyCar. The only good thing about this race was that my DVR was on NBC, not CNBC, so I only had to endure it half as long. I actually like the concept of...

Damn right. In 2016, Gene Haas gave several interviews where he discussed budget numbers candidly. I've lost the links due to a computer crash, but he said a championship-caliber cup team cost about $15 million annually per car EXCLUDING the cost of the driver. 2016 was Old Nascar. Most...

How about this... the manufacturers are satisfied to build the best racecar they can within the rules, and to associate with skilled teams to set it up within the degrees of freedom they all have, and to strive for flawless execution each week, and then leave it to their highly-skilled badass...

I'm not either. When the mostly-spec character of the Next Gen car first became known, I posted here about my opposition. I relish the small, mostly invisible differences that make a Penske Ford race better (sometimes) than an SHR Ford, or a Hendrick Chevy vs. a Childress or vs. a Gibbs TRD...

Interesting insight from Brad K on why Michigan is a "wild card" race that's hard to predict...

The largely-spec Next Gen car represents a new competitive philosophy and a new business model of team ownership. It came about because the team owners pushed for it, realizing that the prior mode of operating was non-viable economically. Engineering and development efforts approaching F1 levels...

I was disappointed that "bump day" didn't even happen at this year's Indy 500, but this "silly season" is the next best thing. LOL.