Posts by Roger Williams3

stormybadger8 said:McLaren and Ferrari either have the Hybrid Energy Recovery System or they don't, but they're both absolutely loaded with fuel😕 ☕

Nico Rosberg is looking seriously weak, even though the car is pretty light🤷

It’s just the McLarens and Nick Heidfeld—those are the only three cars actually using the Hybrid Energy Recovery System

edit: Just checking the lap times... Fernando Alonso was way faster in the Third Qualifying Round than he was in the First. Either the guy is lightning fast or he was just cruising during the first round.

stormybadger8 said:I can't find the car weights anywhere😕

Anyone know what the deal is with 🤷

autosport.com

Pos. Driver Car weight
1. Sebastian Vettel 644.0kg
2. Fernando Alonso 637.0kg
3. Mark Webber 646.5kg
4. Barrichello 661.0kg
5. Jenson Button 659.0kg
6. Jarno Trulli 664.5kg
7. Nico Rosberg 650.5kg
8. Kimi Raikkonen 673.5kg
9. Lewis Hamilton 679.0kg
10. Buemi 673.0kg
11. Nick Heidfeld 679.0kg
12. Heikki Kovalainen 697.0kg
13. Felipe Massa 690.0kg
14. Timo Glock 652.0kg
15. Nakajima 682.7kg
16. Bourdais 690.0kg
17. Nelson Piquet 697.9kg
18. Robert Kubica 659.0kg
19. Adrian Sutil 648.0kg
20. Giancarlo Fisichella 679.5kg

Just like I thought, Alonso is running the lightest car on the grid. Looks like they're playing a high-risk game with a super short first stint on softs since those things shred after 5 or 6 laps, then they'll probably settle in on hards for the rest of the race.

Arthur Doyle70 said:Feels like Alonso is the only one with an updated car... not sure though...🤷

Yeah, only Alonso got the new parts, look:

Pat Symonds, executive director of engineering:
"Fernando's front row position is a tribute to the hard work from everyone back at the factory to get the new diffuser on the car following the result of our appeal earlier in the week. It's working as expected although we had some problems on the bodywork this morning as it burnt slightly, but once again the technicians here did a great job to get it fixed. Now we must get the same equipment for the rookie and give him the chance to move up the standings."

Now, I've got no clue if they'll actually have those parts ready by tomorrow's race or if we're waiting until the next US Grand Prix...

Morgan Murphy7 said:we're killing it ☕

Yeah, we're absolutely crushing it!

Piquet is basically locked in for 17th at this point, and honestly, nobody can even argue with him—the car is light, easy to drive, whatever. The kid is just freaking reliable.🙂 He’s solid.

And hey, Alonso isn't looking too bad this weekend either.

👋 magic Alonso 👋

Now I just gotta see the qualifying times...

Jonathan Booth5 said:I’m calling it now: Lewis Hamilton is going to absolutely crush it. Expect nothing less than a total blowout victory. ☕

😂😂😂😂

What kind of idiot are you? Seriously, what's your deal?

My expectations are getting a little higher here—if Renault manages to nail that double decker setup, I could actually see Alonso standing on the podium.
If they blow it, though, I’m sticking to my original call: Alonso finishes in the points.

I’m holding out hope for Alonso to grab some points. Honestly, I lowered my expectations big time after race two. 😬

Masa honestly had me cracking up...

Kimija, I didn't see how those losers were sending them out, what a waste.

stormybadger8 said:Word on the street is Red Bull already has their double diffuser 😍 ready to go—just waiting on the green light from the FIA, according to my little birdie 😉

Once that happens, you guys are all toast. No matter how you spin it, after China, it's just pure Red Bull and Vettel dominance coming our way ☕

Look, a double diffuser doesn't automatically mean better lap times
😉 Just look at KERS—everyone thought it was going to be a massive advantage, and now half the grid is struggling because of it
. Personally, I think Red Bull is going to pull ahead even more once those double diffusers are legalized for everyone. Right now, they're basically the only ones with a decent setup that can actually give Brawn a run for their money

I can't even begin to process this
absolute mess 😂
🙂 Just total
garbage.

If this race actually keeps going, the winner’s gonna be whoever brought collapsible oars into their cockpit 😂

Race is over!

Heidfeld takes 3rd. 😲

Brawn GP is just on a whole different level than everyone else 🙏

Ferrari is a total train wreck

Lap 7. 😲

Fernando Alonso 😢

Rain!!!!

Nicole Reyes97 said:Wait, is Hamilton actually saying it's about to start raining??

Maybe he's lying. Again.🤣

😂😂😂😂

Hell yeah, I actually died laughing at that one.

feralcanyon73 said:The clowns over at Ferrari are absolute idiots.😠

They don't even have their three main leaders left, so the whole ship is slowly but surely sinking.

It's basically the Titanic. 😁

Kimi 😲

absolute balls of steel

edit: I think he seriously screwed the pooch here. If the rain doesn't hit in the next lap, his tires are toast, and he's already looking way too slow right now.

Man, even McLaren is faster than Renault at this point 😢

Morgan Murphy7 said:everyone's whining about my guy Alonso😢

we need a downpour right now just to level the playing field since his car is such a piece of junk