Animal.

I know he won’t be top of many people’s lists of favourite but he’s always been the one I liked. Might not be the funniest or have many lines in any of the shows or films but there’s just something I like about him.

The Lord of the Rings - watched these many times now, and a couple of those have been back to back marathons. And yes, extended editions every time.

The Little Mermaid - The original Disney animated version. It’s possibly my favourite of what is known as the renaissance era.

The Muppet Christmas Carol - I watch this every year on Christmas Eve. I think I’m up to about 15 or more years now. It’s without a doubt the best version of A Christmas Carol ever.

Top three off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s more but the won’t match the number of times I’ve watched these.

There’s only one film that has ever really given me the creeps and that’s The Descent. I think it’s the combination of the creatures and being stuck underground in those cave systems (plus the claustrophobic nature of it all). Plenty of times it gave me full on spine tingling shivers.

Also I will also say watch the full version with the extended (proper) ending.

I saw some out on Boxing Day in a local Sainsbury’s.

Yeah this is how I’ve read it now.

Overtake is the new DRS but it’s not rear wing moving and you have to be within a second.

Boost is similar to what they could do now. I think it may even be the same thing. ERS

And the Active Suspension is like DRS now, the wings move to reduce drag but it can now be used anytime in designated straights.

The active aerodynamics are perhaps the biggest change from a car perspective, with two separate modes simply called “Straight Mode” and “Corner Mode.” Corner Mode is effectively the car in its normal, full-downforce state, allowing maximum performance from the aerodynamics through corners. In Straight Mode, the front and rear wing flaps open up to reduce drag, providing an increase in top speed for less energy. This configuration is only available to cars in designated areas on each circuit, that will be defined by straights with a minimum length.

So straight mode is just DRS but without having to be within a second of the car.

Happened at Elimination Chamber so he could go after the WWE title at WrestleMania. He turned back face for Summerslam rematch and to finish the year out.

I don’t see fuel management mentioned anywhere. Another reason drivers don’t just push all the time is fuel. As is said many times, the cars are not filled with enough to actually get to the end. They always expect a safety car or slower laps to save fuel. Even during the middle of the race drivers may lift and coast a bit or generally drive slower to conserve fuel.

So just making changes to tires will not make drivers push harder.

The Italian Job. (I’m sure I don’t need to say the original and not the remake).

Totally agree. Even this past race, I get showing the McLaren celebration but I really wanted to see what happened with Hamilton and Alonso at the end there. Do Picture in Picture or something. They do that sometimes.

I feel this. Have had to put a couple of family pets to sleep. Never easy.

It was always great seeing Roscoe trundling down pit lane on F1 days. He even got a cameo in the F1 film doing just that.

There wasn’t. They have gone for the low downforce setup this weekend.

And they fixed the error there and then. Just pointing out what people may miss if they don’t read the article.

The person in question got in contact with Nintendo via their website chats and had his console unbanned quickly. There’s no information on why it was banned other than speculations.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will always be Buffy Summers to me.

I was wondering if that was some AR thing just for the TV audience.

It seemed way too crisp and clear a picture from those screens which are for the people in the stands. I caught glimpses of the other screens and they didn’t look that clear. Plus every time it was on it showed that exact same moment with the date each and every time.

Yeah. If he didn’t give the position back and the stewards found Max at fault he would then have gotten a penalty or told to give the position back. In that case he may have been 3 or 4 seconds ahead and would either had to lose that time to give the position, or try to gain a lead of whatever the penalty would be.

So team decided in that moment to give the position back as to then say look we didn’t gain an advantage. They made the call before any decision. Max didn’t like it and the rest unfolded.

From what I understand from the turn 1 incident on that lap with Russel, the team told Max to give the position back as he could have been deemed to gain a lasting advantage by going off track and keeping ahead. Max didn’t like the call and decided to show his team what George did to him. However it was clear that Max did it intentionally and in a what could have been dangerous manner. Completely against the code of racing really. There was no need for it and it seems in many peo0,e views he should have been/should be penalised more harshly.

My thoughts exactly. I’d like to see a similar list for all drivers and teams. To see if there are any other drivers with huge differences in points over a team mate. If the majority are similar in points then surely this is more to do with the RB car being suited to Max and the second driver just not being able to drive the way they would.

From the official F1 site under the F1 penalties section.

Time penalties Perhaps the most commonly used penalty, time penalties are issued as either five or 10 seconds. A driver serves this when taking a pit stop, with the car sitting stationary in the pit box for the given amount of time before the mechanics are then allowed to start working on the car. If the mechanics touch the car before the time penalty has been served, another penalty will be issued. Should a driver not pit again after receiving a time penalty, the amount of time will be added on to their finishing time which could potentially drop them down the order. A recent example of this happening was the 2024 United States Grand Prix, where Lando Norris received a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage during the latter stages of the race, resulting in him dropping from third to fourth in the final classification.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/the-beginners-guide-to-f1-penalties.5lne3FfE8IXpGOagsmfq90