Race direction was definitely a bit lacking

Nah, it was gripping getting to watch a lonely Mercedes instead of Bortoletto’s battle.

There will always be limitations unless massive changes occur such as Google open sourcing their Play Services as part of AOSP. MicroG has limited resources to implement compatibility.

Then you are off-topic as well.

No. Pelespirit asked about Jolla which is mentioned in the article posts’s text body. I gave context for Jolla’s Android compatibility. It’s 100% on topic.

/e/OS is based on LineageOS.

And: “The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.”

I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.

This article is about Fairphone with /e/OS, not some other OEM with a proprietary Android variant.

I think if they find a solution to whatever is going on on the straights

Solutions exists since a long time. The teams vetoed front axle recuperation.

Are there any downsides to this? There has to be, right.

SailfishOS userland is proprietary software. AOSP is more open than SailfishOS. The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.

Upside of SailfishOS: There is a decent chance that the upcoming Linux ARM version of Steam + Proton will run directly on that device.

No backups, no pity.

Could you give examples?

AMD, Intel. To a lesser degree Qualcomm. (I wrote platform designer, not notebook manufacturer.)

I don’t really understand which models to look at specifically.

As long as it’s without NVidia graphics and WiFi/Bluetooth not by Broadcom, it should be alright.

I’m not sure Newey had any oversight into Red Bull’s Powertrain division.

Neither had I and I still learned about the broad strokes of the personnel transfer of Honda to Red Bull PT. Pretty big thing to miss when you’re in the top 5 of that company.

IIRC Red Bull were recruiting heavily from Mercedes and other teams PU divisions too, not just bringing in everyone from Honda.

Honda’s UK team was for the hybrid unit, the Mercedes HPP poaches for the ICE. That’s well known. In fact, only a year ago (pretty late) Honda bought back their original UK factory from Red Bull https://www.motorsport-total.com/formel-1/news/fabrik-von-red-bull-uebernommen-honda-legt-wieder-in-europa-los-25030404 (in German, the first source I could find).

Aston Martin team principal Adrian Newey said Friday his group was blindsided by the fact its then-incoming works power unit partner Honda had only retained about 30% of its original world championship-winning staff going into the project.

He was at Red Bull when they bought the entire Honda/HRC UK facilities and workforce. How on earth was he blindsided by this after moving to Aston?

Fully agree.

Last year’s DTM finale was among the most gripping motorsports events ever and they race GT3 cars without any hybrid unit. Not even a second of that race did I think “ooooh, that sound” (especially not on TV because I didn’t attend that race). Great action speaks for itself.

Not if rising fuel costs make the customers go for the alternative and all the ICE cars gather rust.

If I want something, I have to pay for it myself as well. That’s how capitalism works.

Putting the MGU-K in a rigid case right next to the battery was a late Aston Martin decision driven by their aerodynamic concept.

why can’t someone do the same here?

Ask the owners of all the courses that don’t host F1 races in Africa.

They didn’t ask Verstappen to sponsor the Dutch GP

Zandvoort secured the funding, then pulled out after Verstappen said he’ll not be in F1 for much longer.

so why does Lewis have to be the one financing or making the case for a race in a region where he has plenty of fans?

Because he said he wants a race to be there.

Stroll’s only hope to not start the GP on P22 is gone.

asking the sport’s bosses “why are we not in Africa?”.

Money. Lewis can afford to sponsor it if he cares about it.

Which apps are launched from their website?