I was thinking the same thing! And it was so great to watch Button doing the same thing 20-some seconds ahead. Read more

Yeah, all of our galleries default to 16:9. Expanding them will reveal all if they’re of a different aspect ratio. I usually crop images to be 16:9 but some of these couldn’t be helped. Read more

Oh, Bumblebee. Her real name was Phyllis. Here she is parked outside a Starbucks on Woodward, while Mr. Wert, Mr. Krewson and I were inside, thinking about the world’s largest cupcake. If I remember correctly.

Not this book, no. I’m about to read the book that describes the previous leg of their trip, a big loop from Buenos Aires to Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Maybe they have some details there. Read more

They’re all on my Dad’s shelf. Hi, Dad! I’ll have to find a way to process his mountaineering books into Jalopnik posts. Read more

Corrected, if a bit late. Read more

Whoa! Don’t worry though, Hungary is just like Italy when it comes to internal politics, especially these days. All we lack is the, well, the clothes, the great food, and the Formula One team. Read more

Thanks! The silly number of pitstops these days stretch my arithmetic skills to the limit. And beyond, I suppose. Read more

Yum! Read more

Wes’s site is [hellforleathermagazine.com] Read more

It was just like this when I was there for the 2009 event. A different assortment of cars, but the variety and quality is always way, way, WAY out there. Read more

It was messed up. It’s fixed now. Read more

That’s one hell of a public service announcement. Thank you! Read more

Horsepower figures from the turbo era are all over the place. I figure this has to do with the differences between qualification engines and race engines and varying boost levels to balance power with reliability, but I’m not an engineer. I’ve updated the figure to reflect the SAE white paper, which is certainly more… Read more

Never is a peculiar way of putting it!

Accidental Where’s Waldo moment! Behind the guy in the white shirt (that’s me) is Natalie, who picks the galleries for Monday afternoon’s Formula One posts. Unfortunately, the SM Opéra is not our car. Read more

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Quick, while it’s fresh: is the Marzal a she or a he? Read more

None! In fact, when I was a kid learning English, I found it puzzling that official forms had a field for gender. I mean, it’s obvious from your first name, isn’t it? Read more

Thanks. It’s called the Hungarian error! Hungarian, which is my native language, doesn’t have gender-specific pronouns. Read more