The Jones saying the right thing?! At this time of history, in this part of the world, in this administration… vocalized ENTIRELY within their podcast?!
That was a banger line. You can use it in any context.
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… inside the borders of an authoritarian state.
These are the available scenarios right now:
Since the pole bonus is unavailable to any of the GT title contenders thanks to the #78 Akkodis Lexus, it means that for the #81 Corvette to win the title, it needs to either finish 2nd, with the #21 Ferrari finishing 6th or lower and the #92 Porsche finishing 10th or lower, OR the #81 needs to win the race, with the #21 classified in 3rd or lower, and the #92 in 6th or lower.
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Ooof… so forget about pole bonus… Van Rompuy qualified the #81 to 14th position. Out qualified by Keating to 11th in the #33 sister car, but more crucially for the championship, by the #21 Vista Ferrari to 8th. At least both Porsches are dead last, with the title leading #92 managing 17th, but the #81 has the most places to make (12 positions to even have a chance, before even considering where others are), so as usual, the hardest road 😩
For a fiver they might let you stick your head in to smell Antonio Garcia's piss 😌
I'll just wait for the YouTube upload…
There's no material to make a Maria Hill series that people would truly want to watch; the offbeat shield agent concept was already done by AoS itself. And she has no stories in the comics centered around her. Just because she's somewhat interesting doesn't mean she needs a series. Not that I'm condoning the decision to kill her character, but they really weren't doing anything with her.
They've done a great job; makes total sense to continue. Hope this leads to them taking the Corvette to GT World Challenge Europe with their pro lineups.
Eh… one death doesn't waste the potential of an entire story, particularly when she's never been a very important character even on the source material.
. The Thor series are really up there in terms of wasting great epic source material and acting talent. Ragnarok ended up being more sophomore humor than a reflective epic to fit, and let's not even talk about Thor: Love and Thunder. Even worse for the fact you know Chris Hemsworth has waited for a movie worthy of his character for so long, yet he keeps getting relegated to comedic relief.
. Once again, Corvette is a contender for another title heading into the season finale of the 2025 WEC season, and once again, the competition is fierce and the chances are slim… but when has that ever stopped Corvette Racing? 😄 This time the #81 Corvette is challenging 2 other cars in the LMGT3 class: the #92 Manthey 1st Phorm Porsche 911 GT3 R, and the #21 Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3. The #33 officially exited the picture in Fuji, so it's all down to Andrade, Eastwood & Van Rumpuy to net the Corvette another title this year, after the first 2 delivered in ELMS. Coming off another title should hopefully give them a boost and hope about the fact it can be done. However, they'll need a bit of luck on the side, as the #81 team is the third and last placed contender of the 3, with the #92 Porsche team enjoying a 24pt championship lead, followed by the #21 Ferrari which is 13pts ahead. They still have multiple winning scenarios, although each are easier said than done.
NOTE: The 4 sections are the 4 different scoring scenarios for TF Sport Corvette (marked on the header row with 2 (2nd), 2P (2nd + pole), 1 (1st), 1P (1st + pole), ); the 2 columns under each are for the 2 contending cars and how they impact TF Sport Corvette, from high to low. If each finish in any of their yellow scoring positions, TF wins; anything above that (purple), and TF cannot win.
The first and most precarious winning scenario requires the Vette team to score at least 27pts, which they can do by finishing at least 2nd, but it also requires the #92 to score no more than 2pts (ie, no higher than 10th & no pole position bonus), and the #21 Vista Ferrari cannot score more than 13pts (ie, cannot finish higher than 6th). So this is the threshold for TF Sport's winning scenario #1:
- #81 Corvette: 27pts (2nd)
- #21 Ferrari: 13pts (6th or lower)
- #92 Porsche: 2pts (no pole bonus + 10th or lower)
The pole bonus does change the math a bit for scenario #2, but not by a significant margin:
- #81 Corvette: 28pts (pole + 2nd)
- #21 Ferrari: 15pts (5th or lower)
- #92 Porsche: 3pts (9th or lower)
In any of these, the Corvette wins the title. Of course, winning the race gives them better chances under the following scenario:
- #81 Corvette: 38pts (1st)
- #21 Ferrari: 24pts (3rd or lower)
- #92 Porsche: 13pts (6th or lower)
And finally, in scenario #4, max points in which the #81 get the pole position + race win. It does make it so the #92 Porsche has to finish one place higher than without pole:
- #81 Corvette: 39pts (pole + 1st)
- #21 Ferrari: 24pts (3rd or lower)
- #92 Porsche: 13pts (5th or lower)
The odds are against the Corvette, but if they stay on the front row, anything can happen and they can be there when the opportunity presents itself. Hopefully that's how it plays out and they will be celebrating 2 ACO titles in one year.
Go Vette!
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