Posts by wiredseal7

George Diaz63 said:Can someone please drop a working stream?
Sportsurge is down again--classic.

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Uffff, he totally wrecked him—even after they clearly signaled it was under a red flag.

Robert Cox46 said:That penalty for such a hack job is a joke—honestly, it should’ve been a full race ban.
Ruining a race for three different drivers like this is just pathetic. Even if it involves Mercedes, it's way too much.

Since Pérez's power unit blew, he’ll likely face a grid penalty in Belgium. It gets even uglier when you consider how tight those budget caps are right now.

Pérez was already on his second unit, so he won't take a hit at Spa, but now Mercedes and Red Bull have essentially solved their engine issues by using four units.☕

believe it or don't, haha

Valtteri Bottas playing the team player👎

Jason Campbell70 said:Real class acts here, everyone.

Well, at least we weren't acting "classy" after the race at Silverstone 🙂

Raymond Anderson4 said:What was stopping Max from overtaking him during the outlap?

Who are you talking about?

That track limits violation... I have no idea how they didn't hand out a penalty, especially since he ended up being a second slower on his "fast" lap just to mess with Max's aero.

Someone should give him a good kick in the rear and call it even.

stormybadger8 said:If that impact really hit 51G, there's no way they let him back on the track—not after that.
If I recall correctly, the last time we saw anything like this was with Fernando Alonso—pretty sure he pulled about 46G back then. 🤔...who basically had no choice but to sit out the next race.

Yeah, but you have to wait and see what they actually say—I mean, if he just took a breather, he should be fine in two weeks or so.

The FIA just dropped their reasoning for why Hamilton took the hit during that clash with Verstappen at the #BritishGP—basically claiming the Mercedes wasn't hitting the apex and left way too much space on the inside. Just another day in the office, I guess.

So, the hamster had plenty of room to avoid getting hit. Since Max isn't the first one to get caught up in this kind of mess—it’s basically becoming his signature move at this point.

Jason Campbell70 said:Even Narain Chandhok—who’s usually pretty level-headed—is saying he personally would never have handed out a 10-second penalty for that.

The folks over at Sky jumped straight into defending Hamilton the second it happened.
Daemon Hill mentioned he’s all for the penalty—which makes sense, considering he actually knows what it's like to be on the receiving end of a shady call from someone like Narain Chandhok. He's been around the block, unlike some people.

So the penalty was basically pointless—he still had to deal with those half-baked Ferrari and McLaren cars, and since they were running lighter, Mercedes just kept pulling away (they even tossed Bottas's strategy under the bus just to make sure he finished behind him).

Klosarcic—aka the wrecking ball—definitely got handed a gift there, but you can't just hand out a +10 second advantage when a championship is on the line. Plus, you can't just pit whenever you feel like it; that should've happened within the first ten laps.

So, we finally see what that pro was actually doing on the simulator...
I’m guessing he’ll dodge a pit stop if they just slap a five-second penalty on him at the end.

At least Max managed to get out of the car—though walking just a few feet from those concrete barriers was a pretty sketchy move.

Jason Campbell70 said:Everything was fine—until they hit that section with the truck. 🙏🙏🙏

Who is this even for... just like that wreath Max got?

Raymond Anderson4 said:Valtteri Bottas being on the red tires gives him every excuse to dive at Max Verstappen early on. Since he didn't take the shot, we're stuck with this procession—he can't risk lunging at Lewis Hamilton.

Bottas seems totally humbled—is George Russell actually a threat now? I’d bet anything he waits until the summer break to claim the decision still feels right for another few months.

Maxov's start—pure brake magic 🙏
Lewis Hamilton was helpless against those brake issues, especially with the long wait for the final stints.

Fernando Alonso's start 🙏
Sergio Perez...🤦 He’s starting to look like Alex Albon, though I hope he gets just as much time to prove everyone wrong.

Aside from that, it's pretty dull. I really hope they don't make us watch this regularly. If they make it a permanent thing, I'm out—at least not on Saturdays.

F. Gulen snatched and thrown into a Turkish prison
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57304094

Turad is back at it—kidnapping people in Nairobi again. I wonder if the European Union will slap them with sanctions, similar to what happened with Belarus.

Gary Palmer8 said:"Masterful save" lol—Ferrari's guy finishing P2 wasn't just coasting because he felt like it... Max was off track, end of story.

He was off track for such a split second that the Ferrari driver didn't even have time to react and overtake him—that’s why it was a great save.

As for Lewis, he handled that like a pro—he saw how much of a mess things were, backed off, and still managed to climb from P10 to P2...

It's wild seeing these alternate-reality explanations where Lewis always has everything perfectly under control. I guess hitting the barrier was part of the master plan too.

If he also had to spend a few laps stuck behind a pretty quick Yuki Tsunoda—not to mention Sergio Perez "drifting" off course—would he even have had the time to catch Lando Norris?

A little detail from the race restart where Tsunoda actually managed to get past Hamilton:
View on twitter

But, because luck clearly favors the chosen ones, Tsunoda ended up knocking himself out by spinning off anyway 🙄
(the video starts with Verstappen wandering through the grass—absolute masterclass in saving it)

bluepuma9 said:Something about the restart procedure.

Tough break for Kimi Raikkonen—finishing 9th in that underdog car was a hell of a drive.
He spun during the warm-up lap and couldn't get back to his spot in time—if he had, he would've had to pit for a restart, though honestly, the race would've been over anyway.
I wasn't even aware of that SC rule regarding Sergio Perez; apparently, you lose the position if he overtakes you while you're off-track. Pretty harsh rule, if you ask me.

A five-second penalty for cutting the track to overtake Pierre Gasly—now they're swapping down to seventh.
The old man was already grumpy enough as it is...

Amazing Perez blew it at the end. At least Russel saved Mercedes 😂

Hamilton’s recovery drive was solid—definitely the fastest car out there on those mediums. Not sure if Max even bothered with a flyer at the end, or if he just wasn't feeling the risk today.

What a total kamikaze move by Russell—and Hamilton choked it too, though honestly, the guy’s got nine lives at this point.

Roger Castillo9 said:I don't get why everyone is acting like Perez's soft tires are some kind of edge—if he actually gains ground at the start, he'll just lose it all when he's forced into the pits 5-6 laps earlier than the medium runners. That's assuming the weather stays clear, anyway.

Goodyear sees the soft-medium combo as the fastest play, but going with softs means pitting way before the medium strategy kicks in.
https://twitter.com/pirellisport/sta...578694/photo/1

So Perez has a shot if his tire choice works out—but only if he can deal with the Hamster right at the jump.