World Hockey Championships and European autos thread

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Ship carrying Porsches and Bentleys ablaze near Azores, towing boats en route

A ship carrying around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Audis and Bentleys, that caught fire near the coast of the Azores will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday.

www.reuters.com

In unrelated news, the tiny island of Faial is now home to the most Porsche’s per capita of any jurisdiction on earth. Locals credit an “incredible fishing season”.

 

[forty_three]

British GT3 team enduro racing's car for this season.

For every lap led, they will send feet pics.

 

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Probably some high quality British pron...

 

[forty_three]

Haas F1 has officially terminated the sponsorship contract of UralKali and driver (and son of Ural Kali's owner) Nikita Mazepin.

Here's what he had to say.

I notice that neither he nor his friend of Putin father have said one thing in particular. That the war is unjust and that Putin is a war criminal targeting civilians, hospitals and the press. Nah, it's WAAAAH I'm the victim here

Anyway, F1 is far better off without this jackass and his shit head dad in it. His highlights from ONE SEASON in F1:

 

[forty_three]

Read the room, you fucking imbecile.

Meanwhile - the current F1 grid before testing starts in Bahrain

 

[puckhead]

 

[forty_three]

Audi A6 Avant e-tron concept. I love all those words except "concept". I would sell one of my kids to buy one right now.

 

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^

They cut away from the commercial before Emma wrapped that A6 around a light pole.

 

[puckhead]

2024 road trip?

 

[forty_three]

 

[forty_three]

F1 awaiting information on oil refinery explosion in Jeddah

www.autosport.com

The Youthis, rebels from Yemen claim responsibility. It was a missile attack.

Here is where it landed in relation to the track where all of F1 is right now

Great idea to race in Saudi Arabia, guys

 

[forty_three]

What a clusterfuck.
First, here is the explanation the team principals got:

Essentially they bought the story from the powers that be in SA of "We know where they want to attack, and they won't attack the track"

The team principals agreed to race Sunday, but the drivers weren't convinced. They had a meeting that lasted 4 hours and eventually agreed to race. Every driver that spoke afterward basically said "I can't say anything. " Apparently a big concern was whether or not they would be allowed to leave the country if they boycotted as a group

If you are worried that you will be held prisoner in a country if you don't race, that's clue #2 you shouldn't be racing there. Clue one is a drone strike 7 miles from where the race is held.

 

[forty_three]

Apparently it has happened before.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah that’s a great way to ensure you never get another race there again (I would hope lol).

 

[forty_three]

Yeah that’s a great way to ensure you never get another race there again (I would hope lol).

The deal with F1 and Saudi Arabia is for 15 years at the track and the guy at F1 whose job it is to make the decision on what to do there is from the UAE.

It's more likely the F1 calendar would become 20 races in the Middle East and one each in Silverstone, USA and Monaco.

 

[puckhead]

that young stars team was so fun
every now and then i go back and watch the overtime between team NA and Sweden.
just awesome hockey, non-stop.

 

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that young stars team was so fun
every now and then i go back and watch the overtime between team NA and Sweden.
just awesome hockey, non-stop.

Pretty good last goal from Team North America.

 

[puckhead]

summit now!!!!
(or at least a best on best tourney where we can hopefully reclaim)

 

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summit now!!!!
(or at least a best on best tourney where we can hopefully reclaim)

8-1 scores where Canada has been on the receiving end have certainly sparked turnarounds.

1981 - Canada loses 8-1 to Russia at the Canada Cup
2012 - Canada loses 8-1 to Honduras in World Cup qualifying

 

[puckhead]

interesting article for some of you race nerds

MSN

www.msn.com