Posts by stormybadger8

Jason Campbell70 said:And that number 7 driver? Just straight-up garbage.

From what I can tell, those geniuses at Ferrari sent him out way too late, so he didn't even get a decent flying lap...
Did he even have a time to show for it? 🤷

Masterful qualifying. Absolutely MASTERFUL!🙏🙏🙏

The underdog just completely blew it out of the water.🤣🤣🤣

Basically, the issue is that every single attempt at a gutsy overtake gets slapped with a penalty. Whether the move was actually clean or just a complete momentary lapse in judgment, the result is pretty much the same...
Under the guise of "safety," they’re overregulating everything, which has basically killed off any actual racing. It’s not about making the cars safer; it's about rules that kill the spirit of competition in the name of safety, forcing drivers to either dive down the pit lane or wait for the DRS zone just to get past someone...

As for cars flying off track, that’s an easy fix.😁
If a driver goes wide, the team should just get an automatic software command that limits their fuel flow to 25/50/75% for the next few seconds, or maybe forces them to run at 90% fuel flow for the entire following lap.🤣
Since they already have the tech to mess with them using all these different software schemes, why not use it to hand out penalties?😁

Jason Campbell70 nailed it again. Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing Red Bull Racing take the win one more time.😁

P.S. Red, if you absolutely have to pick someone to crash this time, let it be RB No3.😬

Hamilton was trailing Rosberg by 1.073 seconds with 44 laps left before Rosberg pitted...
Rosberg hits the pits on lap 44, and then you've got Hamilton, who stays out wayyyyy longer because his rubber actually held up.😂 He comes in on lap 45—which is basically 82 seconds later if you're counting.🤣





You're right, it wasn't 3 seconds. I misremembered 6.5 instead of 4.5, but honestly, it doesn't change much...
Besides, Hamilton was only ahead by a few hundred meters before Rosberg blew past him. Hamilton obviously overcooked it and went wide, then tried to claw the position back, only to overcook it again and go wide once more...

P.S. Rosberg was definitely pulling faster laps than Hamilton on that old tire set before the pit stop... laps 40, 41, 42, and 43 were all faster from Rosberg, not Hamilton.😉

Emily Patel64 said:Am I seeing this right? Is the surrender party basically already gathering? 😁😁

P.S. It’s wild seeing the cultists still going strong even though the maestro has been totally MIA for years now. To all our misfortune, this is nothing short of a miracle. 🙏 tibi - mister 🙏🙏

Look, it’s just common sense. 🤷

I don't know about you, but I always find Vettel just plain exhausting. Everything he does is just too much.😁
Cut the crap about who "deserves" the title or why one champ is legitimate while everyone else is a fraud. All that nonsense is just a waste of time.
If he can't beat his own teammate, he’s got zero chance at winning the championship. Period.🤣
Ricciardo would probably take the headline right now—assuming Red Bull Racing could even find a way to beat Ferrari.

jadeseal7 said:That’s because those geniuses from Maranello showed up in Canada with a brand-new downgrade for the car, which clearly worked wonders. Only Ferrari could take a junk heap and make it even worse.

Lojzek says Ferrari can beat Red Bull😁

So if Ferrari is a total trash fire, what does that make Red Bull? A slightly smaller trash fire?😁

steelmaker83 said:Did you even watch the race? How on earth did Hamilton end up ahead of Rosberg?

Yeah, clearly you didn't...
Like I told you last time, just check fia.com and you'll get it...

Where do you even watch these races if you can't spot pit stops?
And how is it not obvious that if two drivers are running within about a second of each other all race, and the guy in front stays in the pits for an extra 3 seconds, it's totally normal for the guy behind to come out ahead?
But honestly, it's just embarrassing for Hamilton that Rosberg still managed to overtake him even after that massive screw-up by the team.🤣

Emily Patel64 said:

What part of this isn't clicking for you?😁

steelmaker83 said:Plus, in Formula 1, he’s getting undercut by pitting earlier, not by staying out a lap or two longer.

Oh, really?

There's no logic where you're faster on old tires than new ones, unless the guy who just pitted gets stuck behind a slow car or runs into some other mess.

Who did Vergne get stuck behind when Alonso overcut him by pitting later? And who did Rosberg get stuck behind when Hamilton overcut him by pitting later?

Since when were Vergne and Alonso teammates running the exact same tires and strategy?
And as for Rosberg and Hamilton, when exactly did Hamilton overcut Rosberg, and how?

Christian Harris11 said:I just noticed this and it finally clicked. Who the hell at Red Bull—or even Ferrari for that matter—thinks it’s a good idea to play bodyguard for Toro Rosso? Let's be real, they have faster cars, especially in qualifying... yet in these situations, they dodge one driver only to get stuck behind another. Instead of just running their own race and trying to grab a few fast laps once they actually have clear air, they end up babysitting drivers they have zero chance of overtaking anyway.

I don't get it either.🤷
It's probably just some hysterical tactic because we aren't invincible anymore. Since we aren't sitting comfortably at the top, they're suddenly terrified of anyone breathing down our necks...

jadeseal7 said:It’s about being a pro instead of acting like a total amateur like Hamilton. For instance, when they both burn through the same part at the same time, Hamilton—being the amateur he is—just keeps hammering the brakes trying to prove he's faster until everything's trashed.

Take Alain Prost, for example. He was slower than Ayrton Senna quite often, but Senna was a wild man who always felt the need to prove something to someone, which cost him a ton of points.

At the end of the day, you just count the points and move on.

Hamilton's issue is that he realized the problem was dirty air behind Nico Rosberg and overheating brakes, or whatever they told him the issue was...
And his gut reaction is just "attack and overtake Rosberg" rather than slowing down to build a decent two-second gap.😁

That's just who he is. It's why everyone loves him, but it's also exactly why he struggles to clinch those titles...
And no, I didn't just pull that stat out of thin air—the one showing he basically has one retirement for every single win in his career.😁

steelmaker83 said:How many times has a driver at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway finished ahead just because they pitted LATER?

You're quoting a post you clearly didn't even bother to read.🤦

Robert Cox46 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2bLIgJDNxE

Pure 🙏masterclass 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
If you can't see that, you're blind. 😁

Jason Campbell70 said:In what universe? Can Red Bull Racing actually outpace Mercedes when it comes to raw power and pure speed?

stormybadger8's universe 😍
That damn Red Bull just keeps hugging the podium and slapping everyone else in the face. It’s a joke, honestly. Typical. 😬🤣

steelmaker83 said:Since that thread got locked, I’ve gotta move the conversation over here. Just don't want this to get buried. So, basically:

And then the Canadian Grand Prix happens...

What on earth did you see at the Canadian Grand Prix that makes my quote so wrong? 😕

steelmaker83 said:I’m not exactly blown away by Vettel's performance this season (not even close), and definitely not here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. From lap 27 until everyone else pitted, Ricci absolutely tore it up...

Vettel wasn't any better or faster yesterday.

And honestly, after Ricci cleared Perez, it took Vettel three whole laps to do the same thing...

Maybe it's time you start watching actual professional broadcasts instead of this garbage on those amateur Max GP channels...

The only reason Ricci overtook Perez is because Perez was stuck without his 160 HP—basically, he had no KERS boost. Everyone else was just staring at his bumper because Perez was dealing with all that car bullshit.
The only reason Ricci "demolished" Vettel is because Vettel's pit stop was slower than Ricci's, plus they screwed him over with that premature pit call while trying to cover Bottas and getting stuck behind a slow Hulkenberg.

darkmarlin16 said:Red Bull Racing is going to be Hamilton's biggest ally.

Exactly the opposite.🤣
If Red Bull Racing actually manages to overtake the Mercedes guys, then Red Bull will be leading and Hamilton will be trailing behind...
So by that logic, Red Bull Racing's main ally would be Hamilton, since he'll be busy constantly outperforming Nico Rosberg... at least until their brakes decide to quit on them or whatever.

steelmaker83 said:Zero hope for Vettel. He’s gotta beat his own teammate first before he even thinks about touching those two in the Mercedes

And he’s slower than all three of them anyway.

Total joke.

Also, since the thread is locked, how many anomalies did you guys spot in this race?

That's exactly why there's zero hope—because of his teammate.☕
It’s what the fans haven't been able to wrap their heads around for years. They’re so blind they could start a fan club called "The Mole Club" and still be clueless.🤣

If hala ako RB actually manages to outpace the Mercedes in terms of pure power and speed, then having a Ricc like this is a massive win for Vettel. It's a gold-plated gift.☕
zakaj ??? What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
Because, bottom line, even a Ricc in a decent car can regularly beat the Mercedes drivers...
So, looking at the points gained from the win, it’s a +10 difference because of him, not +7. And if you factor in Lewis Hamilton, we're talking +13 compared to Nico Rosberg.☕

As for Vettel needing to beat Ricc first? That’s actually a damn good thing for him. If he can't pull it off, well, then he doesn't deserve the title anyway.

So, my take on the engine power after this race is...

General Motors actually made huge strides with their engine. Mercedes-Benz hasn't caught up yet, but Ford has definitely overtaken them.
It’s pretty wild that at a track where the engine is everything, Ford isn't even chasing Red Bull Racing anymore—they're actually struggling to keep up with AlphaTauri...

Alright, Kvyat DNF'd and Vergne only got one shot with Ford and didn't exactly have a stellar race, but still speed trap results tell an interesting story:
both AlphaTauri cars are ahead of Ford, Vettel is ahead of both Fords, Ricciardo is somehow just slightly behind Alonso and Räikkönen, and even Grosjean is right up there with Ford...
And that's despite the fact that Kvyat and Grosjean dropped out, so they probably didn't even show what their engines/cars are truly capable of...
The rest of the General Motors crew folded right at the start anyway, so they’re irrelevant to these numbers.

But the biggest giveaway for me? Sauber. One finished the race, and the other was hanging in there until almost the end, and basically, they were the slowest of anyone who actually made it to the finish line/near the end...

Plus, Mercedes-Benz showed they aren't invincible; when they floor it, things can go sideways fast...

Overall, maybe nobody will actually catch Germany before the season ends, but I think Red Bull Racing could give them a serious run for their money.
Also, regardless of the points standings, it feels clear that Alonso doesn't have even a theoretical chance at the title anymore. It's over.
But for Ricciardo and Vettel, there's still a tiny glimmer of hope...