But again, do you really want to butcher such a great circuit just for F1?

Spa has evolved, Silverstone has evolved, Imola, La Sarthe, Monza, Albert Park... Are they really great circuits? Or classical circuits needing a modern era upgrade?

Hence my post - can we take off the cherry blossom glasses and think about this track through a new lens?

"Simply isn't feasible" - so that's not a No? So I'm a chance to have my ideas inject oxygen and opportunity?

I agree with your thinking and would suggest that if you had to/were to - consider any changes to Suzuka you'd:

1. Regrade turn 1 so it becomes a natural braking/overtaking zone - yes its a great corner but TV coverage doesn't do it justice - change it to make it a tighter corner that values precision and exit speed before the next sequence
2. Rethink the Degna's - I love the Degna's but speaking candidly, this is a dead section of the track - rethink this whole sequence
3. Reprofile Spoon - reimagine it into a part of the track where the brave go around the outside...
4. Implement a permanent fix to the final chicane - something all classes of motorsport can live with - from tin tops, two wheels, to open wheel and F1 - How about the final sequence of corners be more like the current bus stop at Spa - where you sling-shot off a major balls to the wall corner before making a big commit or defensive move prior to the sequence.

As I've said elsewhere in this sub - spend an hour or so in a Qantas lounge in Perth, Brisbane, or Adelaide and you'll soon realise how thick as shit the FIFO community is - lapping up this tripe despite clear signs that they're going to get bent over and FUBAR if parasites like fat cunt get any semblance of BOP...

Like, did you doom scroll to get to that line?

I'm potentially open to increasing my offer, subject of course to whatever tariffs might apply

Edit: spelling

I'm with you on that - my second trip to the US was around that time and every single beer was costing me around $15... Almost changed my drinking habits...

Gen X here also,

Bring it on because I'm cashed up to the fuck this time and ready to splash some cash to set my daughters up as they transition into the workforce.

Sure, my Super will take a hit but I want to work another 10+ years so it'll rebalance... This should also be a good time to utilise SGC concessional contributions, something we'll likely also do for our daughters who've only had an SGC account for a few years...

I've got the Hulk and Carlos in my fantasy league - both were underwhelming in Japan. I'm thinking I need to swap in either Kimi or Ollie for Hulk and persevere with Carlos for a bit...

Nope, down near the OCR/Tarana intersection

Some new cupcake place up - Popps Pantry.

She had previously only had pop-up shops in Westfields - this is the first actual retail front.

That was a huge line - fuck that for (very overpriced) cup cakes

Yeah, fuck me, JD doesn't excite me... I don't think F1 is his premier league - maybe Indy, more likely WEC

Haha - yeah... I mean Hadjar absolutely fucking smoked him today... Liam should get out and go to IndyCar ASAP, I candidly don't think he's good enough for F1 or WEC

Having fallen foul of CBP before COVID - these clowns are a law unto themselves so it possibly took only a single comment that the Officer didn't like before old mate ended up in the room...

And Ollie - these three are preparing us for a great next 10+ years

I noticed that and thought he was looking after his tyres... but then as the race progressed I realied he just sucked today

That was pretty underwhelming from LL - I've seen more back bone from wet lettuce...

Love that you got the sewerage treatment pipes into the photo...

Kind of bizarre that they use an image of a Tesla battery given they don't actually manufacture batteries... and are clearly not the best product in market.

Yep, and then Moneybags Robb quits Parliament and takes up a $880k per year position with the same Chinese company

From my understanding the FIRB didn't have jurisdiction over this transaction (at the time) so once moneybags Robb got the deal past the point of no return the Feds were screwed

Joking my friend... but thanks for the clarification... RBR is starting to challenge Renault for the most fucked up, politics rule, results suffer team...