#always completely reliable

[thepotentialof2007]

Audi backing out of F1?

Mark Hughes, providing a little background in MotorSport Magazine, August 2023:

Sauber, in its final season under Alfa Romeo colours, is suffering a rather lacklustre season, way less competitive than last year when it finished sixth in the constructors championship. It is of course in a period of transition, set to become the works Audi team from 2026. But Audi doesn’t own it yet. It owns a minority stake which will be progressively upped until it’s the majority shareholder for ‘26 — and that’s perhaps where the current under-performance is rooted. This isn’t really a team giving the impression of gearing up to become the big entity it’s destined to be. Rather, it’s just carrying on as before, still with only around 600 people, with no big new investments being made yet. It’s ticking over. Ideally, this would be when Audi would be making those big capital investments and recruitments, financing the big expansion ready for the Audi-badged programme to hit the ground running in ‘26. But because Finn Rausing – the Swedish Tetra Laval business billionaire who rescued the team from oblivion a few years ago – is still the owner, that’s not happening.

Radio Le Mans' Midweek Motorsport, October 2023:

Ed Spencer for Total Motorsport, querying Audi in response to the above:

Sauber have denied reports that future owners Audi will pull the plug on planned takeover of the team before its scheduled entry into Formula 1 in 2026 Rumours have circulated that the Audi project might be scrapped, with speculation the company’s board would meet to decide whether to continue their F1 project at an upcoming audit meeting. A Sauber and Audi spokesperson told Total Motorsport.com that the suggestion of an Audi pullout is untrue, and preparations for 2026 are going according to plan.

Transcript of Radio le Mans snippet under the cut

Voice 1: I don't think the EU or anybody else should get involved if I'm honest and actually if Andretti just wait, they'll be able to buy Audi's entry probably at the end of the season when Audi decide to not get into it anyway. Voice 2: That's the third person, the third person today I've heard say that. Voice 1: Well I said that a long time ago, you know I did. I said that on this programme. Voice 2: Genuinely, I've had two other conversations today with exactly the same statements. So there we are, interesting. Apparently, it's not going well from what I've heard. Voice 1: No, what I heard, I'll say again, if you didn't hear it on the programme before, what I heard, they won't do it while the F1 season is under way, but it's under review and if it isn't to continue it will be announced at the cessation of hostilities at the end of the season.

[lonelyroommp3]

actually: surprising number of oxford alumni on this blog. what WAS your club of choice. i think i sampled most of them and had extremely strong opinions by the time i left. don’t all say plush btw the fact that we’re all gay is a given on here

[paranormeow7]

steaming hot take but there are just some things self diagnosed people just can’t talk over professionally diagnosed people about

[cowboy-robooty]

MANHWA WHY ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO LETTING THE YAOI BOYS HAVE A SEASON TO BE ESTABLISHED AND EXPLORE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER. WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO END ONCE THEYRE TOGETHER OR THEY HAVE TO KEEP GOING BACK N FORTH SO THE MANHWA CAN CONTINUE. JUST FUCKING GIVE ME THAT SLICE OF LIFE SHIT YOU HAVE GOOD CHARACTERS YOU CAN WORK WITH THEM WHEN THEYRE ESTABLISHED I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT

[dandyshucks]

i would make. so much more art. if i didnt get that a.utism or adh.d Rage bubbling up inside me so often when i'm unable draw smth the way i want to fdshgjkl, there have been many a night where i try to draw smth and end up closing out of the program in a huff after 30 minutes bc i get legitimately worried that im going to break the pen out of sheer frustration fdsjfkl

[insanechayne]

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[httpiastri]

wait I do wanna ask a question if I may! you’ve been mentioning dino n paul being separated… is paul going to f2??

well it hasn’t been confirmed yet but it’s very likely… both bcs he hasn’t been doing f3 testing and because there have been leaks (rumors) about him going to f2. most likely not prema though, since they already confirmed kimi and they’ll wanna keep ollie, so people have been saying ART is likely since he has worked with them back in the days. it could also be MP tho!

[inklingofadream]

Late breaking news: our reporters have just unearthed YET ANOTHER short story wildly misinterpreted by the AP Lit teacher i hated. He can't keep getting away with this

You'll never guess which, between "The Story of an Hour" and "Harrison Bergeron" is supposed to be an absolute gut buster and which is supposed to be primarily tragic

[cyreneduvent]

I don’t remember if I’ve posted this on here before, but the sentence “of course you’re lonely, it’s 2am” has genuinely done good for my mental health. Like no, it’s not that I’m doomed or that everyone hates me, it’s just that I’m tired and everyone’s been asleep for a couple hours

[vargaslovinghours]

In case it was ever a question

[235uranium]

all of science will alter your perspective and even unsettle you but physics has a tendency to take every reasonable assumption you make and mutilate it

[gece-misin-nesin]

Okay, but it would be soo funny if the Fatui turned out to be like. really weak. By that I mean, what if they get utterly stomped by celestia. Itd be funny as hell. All that bravado and they just. bam. I mean they are called the "fools" aren't they? What if they are fools because they actually think they can go toe to toe with Celestia?? I know it would be really anticlimatic but I would be laughing my ass off.

[snickersnackety]

got a little inspired by @deeum's art style :,)

[persephoneflouwers]

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[phagodyke]

the nitw ost was SO incredibly formative to my music taste idek who i would be as a person if alec holowka hadnt composed this shit

[jslittlebirdie]

Oh my, thank you for thinking of me and sharing this with me🥺 Your message about Joseph made me smile so big. Because I adore him so much, he's a sweetheart. So here's some more random babbling from me😅🤭💕 First, I wish I could've seen him again (and Gaten too, Eddie and Dustin are my favorites💖). Second, I will probably never be able to properly pronounce "squirrel". It's such a hard word for me as a non native English speaker🙈 But I think it's the other way around with "Eichhörnchen" too (yes, the spelling was right). Third, I heard that Joseph actually learns German, so this makes it even better. And I can totally see me teaching Eddie. The most random words and phrases and probably some swear words too. Just for the shits and giggles😌🤭 But seriously, it means a lot to me if he'd let me teach him. Omg now I see us reading the German and English version of Lotr together🥺😭 This made me grin, you're so right. He's such a silly and loveable dork. Thank you for that, my dear friend🥺💜💜