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Spotted in the early Thursday evening, saying hei.

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Did you mean to post this in the Lotus Babes thread? 😀

@C8RKH I guess Red Bull were trying to take the precedent of when Verstappen brake tested Hamilton and then received a 10 second penalty. However the two incidents were totally different and the stewards rightly exonerated Russell.

"all is revealed" Probably something very private that might be best kept private.

My headlights are Bi-Xenon that I presume were fitted to the car originally. I think they are excellent apart from there is no spillage of light to the side. They throw a lot of light forward and I suppose for a car that can go so fast it is essential. I've noticed on some modern cars that when they turn the steering wheel the fog light on that side of the car lights up. My thoughts are that it was gimmicky but I don't know if something similar could be retro-fitted to the Evora. For me, even though I have experienced the issue, I probably don't find it enough of a problem to pay to fix it.

@HJ2 I recognise what you are saying. There is a bend on Mortimer Road that is sharp right and drops away, it's a country road so there are no street lights, there is no light spillage from the Evora's headlights to the side so you are effectively driving it blind at night. I only drive that bend occasionally so if I'm in the lead I drive it carefully and live with it. So, no solution from me.

The two mandatory stops - At the front end of the race it sort of worked, it was double the jeopardy. Further down, the Racing Bulls sacrificed Lawson for the benefit of Hadjar.... and Lawson still managed to finish in the points! The Williams team played the holding up tactics with the double switcheroo.... that was horrible to watch, and Albon apologised for it after the race, Mercedes must have been fuming. At the end of the race the Chanel 4 graphic put Hamilton in P9, I thought he must have had a crash but it turns out it was a faulty graphic.

Quite amusing. p.s. the small print - the liability disclaimer could be effective if your statements are reasonable. I'll leave it there. 🤣

Has F1 outgrown Monaco? I hope the mandatory 2 stops does put jeopardy into the race. I do wonder if team strategy will play a part, will they sacrifice 1 drivers results for the benefit of the other driver? Or could they do a double switcheroo? If they try that, it will be a total mockery.

Not animal, Swedish chef.

10% base line (inc. UK and Australia) BUT, 25% on all automobile imports. Trump's tariffs on China, EU and more, at a glance - BBC News It's a messy situation. I think Congress are trying to pass a bill where they can control the tariffs.

Holding my hands up. I started off generalising about Trump's tariffs and as the thread has progressed I have posted some inaccuracies. If you are concerned about this then you can look them up online. Bottom line is the Emira will have a higher tariff (trying to keep on topic).

You could argue that the tariffs have done the UK a favour. The UK only has 10%,the EU has 20% an China has 34%. It makes it slightly more attractive to build the cars in the UK if you are going to ship them to the USA. Good news for the Emira in comparison to a Ferrari, for example. However, Trump has based his tariffs on balance of payments, so if we do start exporting more to the USA then the tariff may go up.

The company will be adding value when working out and paying the tariff. The sucker, oops sorry, customer will end up paying $134 for the soccer top. "Make America wealthy again" for some Americans.