Posts by stormybadger8

Jason Campbell70 said:🥳

What exactly did you see this time?
That Felipe Massa is driving a dominant car, so obviously he's better than Loeffler...
And did you notice how our STR suddenly became the dominant force again?😍

Rica at Red Bull Racing 👋

Emily Patel64 said:I swear they screwed him again, dammitttttttttttttt 🤣 JUST ADMIT IT!!!!!
yours truly :Hair pull: 🤣😢

Guess I'll have to hate Nando all over again
🙄 🤣 🤣

Man, what was Fernando Alonso even doing there...
No joke, he definitely deserves a penalty for that😳
Or at least for causing Felipe Massa's seal to snap😬

To be honest, I thought he was intentionally blocking Sebastian Vettel so he wouldn't finish the final timed lap...
Only realized later it was just a total fluke...

P.S. Mark couldn't have pulled that off in his wildest dreams😁 😍

Brian Campbell36 said:Pure troll 🤣

Finally someone actually called them out on their crap ☕

🤣🤣🤣
God, Mercedes is absolute garbage this season. They’re about as dominant as the RB 2011 ako 🤣

If anyone's lost the plot, it's Nico Rosberg 😉

Emily Patel64 said:ps. buddy, this doesn't even count because Nando was blocked
Mark would probably forgive him again anyway, lol 😁😁

Shame on them🙂
I bet they'll be screaming about Massu's penalty while pulling the seal off his gearbox🤣

Emily Patel64 said:Laughing Man

Isn't it just pure arrogance how we're out here pushing the limits while our competitors are busy messing around with bolts during FP3?🤣

God, what a joke of a team.🙏 🙏

P.S. I actually told them earlier that it’ll take those guys a few years just to catch up to us.🥳

A buddy told me Adrian Newey was getting bored, so he set up a little shootout to see if Ricciardo or Vergne is actually better...🤣

Too bad it's not on ESPN...
Luckily I've got cable🤣

At the finish line, though...
Without that, they’d be borderline terrifyingly dominant. Still, catching Vettel seems like a massive stretch given how big the gap actually is...

But it’s almost a lock that Mercedes takes the Constructors' Championship...
As for the Drivers' title? It’s going down to a fight between Rosberg-Vettel-Hamilton...
And honestly, that’s exactly what’s going to wreck Mercedes. Ross will make his call, Hamilton will end up looking like a fool, and in the end, Vettel walks away with the title.🤣

There’s really only one explanation here... it’s exactly what Adrian Newey used to say about building a damn masterpiece of a car that absolutely shreds its tires

It feels like the days of compromising or sacrificing qualifying pace just to save rubber and hope for a miracle during the race are over...

On top of that, Ferkan, Lotus, and Mercedes are going to get absolutely screwed by this tire deflection ban and the new pressure regulations...
I basically just wasted my money, so I'm heading out tonight to celebrate Sebastian Vettel's 4th title instead.😁🤣

Emily Patel64 said:I think I heard someone on the broadcast say he never actually caught Webber during qualifying. Chill out.

But man, he is insanely fast today.😲😲😲
He’s 2 seconds faster than the best Q3 time from 2007...
About 3 seconds faster than the fastest Q3 time in 2009...
Half a second faster than the 2011 Q3 time...

And that’s just in FP3... imagine when qualifying rolls around.😲

Maybe they shortened the track or something?😕🤷

Jason Campbell70 said:It can't be a coincidence.

There's a massive gap between them.

Looks like your vision is finally clearing up.😍🤣

darkmarlin16 said:We're screwed, aren't we?

If you’re already neck-deep in shit, you might as well hope it’s top-shelf stuff.😬

Amanda Kelly said:You missed a tiny detail. I said FORMALLY.

Nico is number 9, Lewis is number 10.
Rosberg has two wins this season, too. Pretty interesting.

It’s honestly amazing how Ross Brawn has rearranged things again. 🙏
A very fast German in a very fast German Mercedes. And the fastest Briton, who also happens to be the favorite and...
Pure magic. The guy’s got a nose for this, I'll give him that. Marketing, business, the whole thing...

And hey, "formally," Mark Webber was the No1 driver at Red Bull Racing too.😍 (2009 season - Webber 14, Sebastian Vettel 15)😁
Of course, in that exact same Red Bull Racing car, Webber had done basically nothing before that season (just one podium...) even though he'd driven two full seasons for RB... an RB designed by Adrian Newey...
Then 2009 rolls around, Sebastian Vettel shows up, and suddenly, miraculously, the car starts competing for wins, and along with it, Webber starts looking like a top-tier driver...

All in all, he wouldn't have been anything special or stood out at all if he didn't have Vettel. But then again, he hasn't stopped whining about this and that constantly—definitely one of the biggest "formal" No2 whiners in recent Formula 1 history...

And I can kind of see the same fate waiting for the current formal No1 and the future formal No2, Nico Rosberg...
I mean, sure, Rosberg has some podiums and even a win in the Mercedes-Benz before Lewis Hamilton arrived... he definitely looks way better than Webber did leading up to 2009... but still, almost nothing since the start of this season, and I seriously doubt he has any chance of being anything other than Hamilton's No2 driver...

Raymond Anderson4 said:Ferrari showed up with two different FW-ing versions and a Monkey Seat.
A Monkey Seat is never good news—experience tells us they only reach for it when they know their downforce is lacking.
They’ve reverted the FW to the Barcelona spec, which is another bad sign... development has stalled. Stefano will probably step in again to play peacemaker and tell everyone how to do their jobs, but hey, they’ve been at this for four years now and still can't build a car capable of winning consecutive races.
I'm dying to see the FP-ove and qualifying to see how they handle Sector 1.
The Ferrari looks sluggish in slow corners, like it completely lacks agility.

It's loud and clear: they need a driver who actually understands car setup and development, not some clueless kid who can't give engineers usable data. Maybe then they'd actually make something out of this car.

Like I said before the season started, Hamilton and Mercedes are going to be eating their lunch on a regular basis soon...
Everyone laughed their heads off back then, but honestly? It’s not looking so funny anymore.

Amanda Kelly said:Why are you making such a huge deal out of this already!?
Don't you get it? I gave your golden boy plenty of credit. For crying out loud, it’s not like I actually like him—I try to stay objective, even if it kills me.
Sebastian Vettel pretty much cemented his status as the No1 Red Bull driver during that race, while some others definitely failed to prove they belong on that level.

As for those miracles you're talking about, I'd say they don't exist. It’s exactly as I wrote it.

I'd say you're pretty far off...
Based on everything we heard on the broadcast, Hamilton clearly has the No1 driver status way more than Vettel does...
So when he starts singing about how he doesn't want it or didn't ask for it, save it. For Ross, Hamilton is No1, and at the end of the day, that's the only thing that matters.

Amanda Kelly said:Out of those three, only Vettel is officially the number one driver on his team.

Even if by some miracle that were true... who cares? It doesn't change anything.🤷
I said he was better in the race right up until everything went to hell...

Honestly, it looks like Fernando Alonso might have had the most luck out of everyone there...
Seriously, what happened behind Sergio Perez could've turned into a total disaster if he’d pulled into the wrong side or been just a few inches closer to the tire...

Dammit, it's not just rubber you're hitting; there's a ton of metal involved too...
All in all, I'd say everyone walked away pretty lucky considering how much crap could have actually gone down.

It’s pretty funny how tire issues and podium failures ended up putting three inferior teammates on the step instead...

If things hadn't gone totally sideways, the podium could have easily looked identical in terms of teams and suits—only difference being, it would’ve featured the actual top drivers from each squad...

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Massa


A helmet keeps your head safe, I guess.🧐 😬 🤣

Maybe...
Even without all that tire bullshit, I still think it would have been Felipe Massa first. 🙏
Man, you only see a start like that once every twenty years.😳

Just brilliant... just as good as Lewis's qualifying lap. 🙏

I don't see why anyone would call Alonso an idiot just because he knows how to calculate his moves...
The guy has a specific style, and that exact style earned him two world titles... damn it, Kimi didn't play the numbers game, and maybe that’s exactly what cost him those titles at McLaren...

Sure, Alonso might have missed out on a few trophies by being too calculated, but honestly, would he even be in the running if he wasn't playing it smart instead of constantly driving on the edge?

But calling him a moron for calculating his races? That's just not right.🙄

Maybe it wasn't nerves, but he was definitely driving way below his actual level...
If he had been biting harder like he did during those last few laps at Silverstone, he might have actually stood a chance at a podium...

As for Lewis Hamilton, I'm with you—he's easily the weakest one out there right now.