Posts by stormybadger8

They really went all out trying to dump a pile of crazy messages on YouTube🤣

Rob Smedley is a legend 🙏🤣🤣🤣

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Honestly, I am constantly floored by the sheer level of nonsense these journalists will cook up just to snag a few more clicks with a sensationalist headline.
Now they’re actually trying to spin it as if Felipe Massa was given some shady instruction to go out there and cause an accident.
🤦

🤣🤣🤣

I just saw this myself, and honestly, they've lost their minds.😂

Objectively, there's nothing to it.🤣

mistybear87 said:Destroy his race!!! 🙂

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFmVpkglFc

Vettel's message: chill out, grab a drink, and stretch where you can't stretch. 🤣

Man, that took me right back to Kimi in a split second.😂

If you wanted to kill him, the reply to this message would be:

Can I just pull over for a second and take a massive dump right on the track?🤣🤣🤣

Michael Lee4 said:Yeah, sure, best move is to just play dumb and pretend the team principal never said a word ☕

Who exactly are you calling the boss here? Helmut Marko?🤷

I don't bother memorizing every little thing Christian Horner or Mathezić says, and honestly, nobody takes Marko seriously anyway—not even more than they took Niki Lauda.🤣

Michael Lee4 said:With that kind of team support, it should've been easy... obviously, it's his own fault. ☕

So what was the team actually supposed to do?🤣

Throw a bazooka at Kovalinen so Webber wouldn't slam into him? Or bring in an excavator to tear down the wall so he wouldn't hit that either? What specifically?🙄

He had a massive opportunity and completely blew it with his own mistakes. What more could the team have done besides giving him the best car and a shot at the title? Maybe if Webber had missed just one race to let Vettel slip up this year or last, he might have won the championship. But no, instead they burned him in Turkey, and management didn't even bother to bail him out after that.

I don't recall many instances where some Red Bull mechanic forgot to tighten a bolt on Webber's wheel.

Webber had the chance of a lifetime because Vettel made tons of mistakes, plus he dealt with a mountain of car failures. If Webber had been the one having those issues, everyone would be screaming about Red Bull sabotaging him. Based on everything we saw last year, people would've claimed Vettel was the one lacking support since his car broke down way more than Webber's did.☕

Michael Lee4 said:I get it, I really do... I was just replying to stormybadger8 regarding those stories about Jenson being the lead driver and how they pushed Hamilton out of McLaren.🙂

Regardless, even if everyone labeled Jenson the number one driver and he didn't have that trophy under his belt, nothing changes. Who could actually catch those aliens? 14 races, 9 wins, 13 podiums. His worst result was 4th. Let's be real.🤣 If he doesn't crash one of them out before the finish, nobody stands a chance of passing him; they'd have to screw up big time to even get close.😁

Nobody was pushing Hamilton out. That poor guy would've ended up in an even worse team anyway, just like Alonso did.

I’d bet money that Hamilton would still be in a McLaren by 2013.

Michael Lee4 said:If it were really that simple, Webber could have locked up the championship much earlier last year instead of waiting until the final race to see how some random Russian driver performed.☕

If he had been able to win it back then, he would've won it. Period. ☕

He messed up two races straight. Seriously, don't even try to convince me that Red Bull is the reason he failed in Europe or Korea. 🤦

Michael Lee4 said:I think Jenson Button is smart enough to realize that jumping to any other top-tier team means accepting a supporting role. He doesn't have to deal with that here—or if there were hints of it before, they’re definitely gone now.

The only real question is how much longer he stays in Formula 1 while still having a shot at the title. Nothing else matters to him anymore; he’s already been a champion, and now his only motivation is winning another one (which, as we can see, is going to be a massive uphill battle). Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he looks into racing in other classes like GT soon... he’d likely get McLaren's backing there and could actually contend for titles again...

If they don't come up with something to make Red Bull less dominant quickly, next season is just going to be a total snooze fest. People only needed one Schumacher; we don't need another one like him. 🙄

Regardless of what Red Bull does, if the McLaren leadership actually had some sense and treated Button as their number one driver this season, he’d still be right in the title hunt. The gap would probably only be about 50 or 60 points. It's just stupid how they keep pushing Lewis Hamilton, who basically sabotages his own title chances by the end of the season anyway.

Even if Button doesn't "need" anyone, he needs to stay at McLaren and become the clear number one. Hopefully, even Watkins realizes that's the smarter move now.

Hamilton to Ferrari 😈

Interesting

Look, I’m not trying to defend Vettel and the rest, but this stat is actually pretty wild:

Massa has been cursed since the start of the year.

While Vettel seems to have everything going his way this season, there’s another top driver on the grid who just can't catch a break. Everything that can go wrong, does. We're talking about Felipe Massa. Here’s a quick rundown of his nightmare season so far:

Malaysia: lost time in the pits
Turkey: lost time in the pits twice
Spain: gearbox failure
Monaco: collision with Hamilton
Canada: hit a trailing HRT fan
Europe: lost time in the pits
Germany: lost a wheel nut in the pits
Canada: went off track, damaged front wing
Belgium: punctured tire
Italy: hit by Webber
Singapore Grand Prix: hit by Hamilton and a puncture

Despite all that chaos, Massa has still managed to score points in every single one of the last eight races.

Honestly, it's no wonder Massa is frustrated. Sure, Hamilton has been his biggest headache among the drivers, but let's be real—the massive incompetence from Ferrari has cost him way more.🤷

Bradley Nelson2 said:Forget Button. Hamilton realized he can't just cruise on pure speed anymore. Since he lacks the edge, he's just frustrated.😁

Even the BBC analysts jumped to that conclusion, but Witmarsh shut them down again. He explained that they—especially him—prefer the old, aggressive Lewis over how he was driving at Monza.🙏

Then you've got Martin asking him to drive like he did before Monza, and the kid just does what his boss says. A total professional.🤣

mistybear87 said:What if they just held two separate races in a single day?🙏

Twice in Singapore🤣

I think the drivers would just drop dead.😳

Twice in Valencia😱

I'm pretty sure a thousand fans would pull the plug on themselves every single year.🤣

darkmarlin16 said:Honestly, if you ask me, trying to rank qualifying sessions is just plain stupid

It’s stupid if the person who takes pole starts 1st, but it makes zero sense to award points for pole if you end up starting 24th.☕

Look at this season. Vettel would have bagged pole points 11 times, sure, but actually winning 9 races? Yeah, right. That’s a much harder mountain to climb. Meanwhile, the smaller teams might actually stand a chance at a win or a podium just by playing the tactics game better.😳

darkmarlin16 said:

So, if they actually ran the race with a reversed grid—basically meaning whoever grabbed the last spot in qualifying starts up front and works their way back—it would be a total circus.

And honestly, how would that even affect anything? 🙄Everyone would just be timing their qualifying laps to hit right at 10 PM

Qualifying would actually award points, unlike the race, where we'd be scoring all 20 drivers.

Winning 101 points isn't the same thing as grabbing 200.😉

Sure, there’d be some tactical nonsense about qualifying 10th just to make winning easier, which nets you 108 points. But that still doesn't guarantee you're leading the pack. If someone takes PP 100 and finishes 7th, they've got 120 points. Go ahead, try your little tactics—if that person hits 4th or 5th, they'll absolutely bury you in the standings.😉

EDIT: This idea is starting to sound pretty dumb.😁

steelmaker83 said:And don't forget the water cannons spraying along the track...

No point. This would be plenty enough🤣

analogpilot16 said:If it weren't for Hamilton and Schumacher, we’d all just be watching a lullaby on TV again. With all those billions flowing through this sport and the massive paychecks these drivers pull in—I want actual entertainment on my screen!
Out of the rest of these amateurs, Webber was the only one who actually managed to overtake Alonso once; everything else has been about as exciting as watching paint dry—just two hours of circling the track, wow 🙄.
Hamilton was out there making moves all day yesterday, while Massa—given the millions he's pocketing—should either shut up or just head home. He’s spent his entire career playing second fiddle, and now he’s complaining that Lewis ruined his race. Honestly, he ruined his own career because he simply isn't good enough for anything else.
I want raw, unfiltered racing and a real show. Right now, Lewis is pretty much the only one among the leaders providing any action, and even Schumacher is trying to make things interesting—as for all that tactical maneuvering and "sportsmanship," I couldn't care less.

The only reason we ever move past names like Hamilton, Schumacher, and Webber is because some part of the operation absolutely screwed up.

Honestly, F1 is a joke these days. There’s zero action on the track unless someone completely screws up—you know, like a classic Webber start, one of Schumacher's qualifying disasters, or Hamilton just doing his usual thing with starts and overtakes.

Look, if McLaren, Mercedes, or Red Bull end up sitting outside the top ten, it’s totally obvious why there'd be a massive amount of overtaking. It’s simple math. Those big teams can easily slice through the field to pass Williams, Sauber, Renault, RB, or Haas. But when they're fighting each other? That’s where things actually get difficult.😳

Basically, if you're looking for actual drama, you might as well just flip all of F1 upside down.🙂
Those qualifying tires are basically disposable. They're lightning fast for exactly two laps, then they're completely shot.

Points system (race): 100-80-60-50-40-30-20-10-5-1
Here’s how the qualifying points would look under this system: 100-80-60-50-40-30-20-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

The race itself starts with a reversed grid, meaning whoever grabbed the last pole position spot starts at the front and works their way back.☕

It’s going to be a total circus. Guaranteed.☕

Amanda Kelly said:A middle finger to the FIA deserves a drive-through penalty.
That absolute trash needs a multi-race suspension. Maybe that would be enough to cool down his lizard brain for a second. At least he'd try.

Repeat offenders are the worst kind of people. Standard penalties don't work on them. You need to isolate those types from society.

Look, I agree he needs to chill and the previous penalties were way too light.😳

Personally, I think he deserved a black flag in Monaco, but this incident with Massu doesn't really fall into that category for me.🤷

I don't see any malice or anything else here; it just looks like a bad call by Lewis Hamilton. It’s just a typical racing incident.
It’s no different from the Sergio Perez vs Michael Schumacher duel (though honestly, Damon Hill should have been penalized there, even if neither deserved it) or Sergio Perez vs Nico Rosberg.

Amanda Kelly, calm down with the fanboy rage and look at the facts. What you wrote above isn't even okay, and I wouldn't expect that kind of stuff from you.😢

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Look, I totally get where you're coming from, but honestly, how many times is Lewis Hamilton going to completely derail a race for Massu? It’s getting ridiculous at this point. It isn't just about how he treats Massu, either—there have been way too many other incidents that have gone sideways.

That penalty is honestly a joke. You get slapped with some ridiculous time penalty, only to end up popping out right in front of the driver you actually penalized in the first place? It makes zero sense. If they really wanted to punish someone, they should just tell them to leave the pits 25 seconds behind Massu Massa and deal with the consequences then. Just screw it.

Seriously, if someone pulls an idiot move like that, they should lose 25 points, get slapped with a 2-lap penalty, pay a million bucks, and be forced to sit in the middle of the Paddock while Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso laugh at them.
Nobody would complain about a penalty like that, but this incident doesn't warrant a penalty 🙂

No, you don't get it. By any damn logic, it shouldn't be. This is just the FIA making fools of themselves, nothing more. 🙂

God, what kind of twisted logic is this? Mark Webber didn't get punished for doing something twice as stupid at the last race when he slammed into Massa. And why didn't Massa act tough toward Webber? You know why—because he's a coward. He knows if he tried to push Webber, Webber would break his nose, and not even his own mother could save him from that.☕

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Look, I know you’ve got nothing but love for Ferrari🤣 but seriously, what’s the deal with Massa? What did he even do to deserve this much hate?

All this whining about how Lewis Hamilton could have caused some massive accident with that move? Give me a break. Sure, Lewis was being his usual overconfident self—it’s pretty clear the guy has zero sense of where his car actually ends—but let's be real. It wasn't even close to a major wreck, and there was no way it was going to turn into some horrific disaster.🙄

Honestly, the Rosberg vs. Perez duel was way more intense. This Hamilton vs. Massa situation? It was basically nothing—just a total misjudgment and a standard racing incident. If anything, Massa took a bigger hit from it than Hamilton did. But hey, that’s racing. They aren't freaking ballerinas; they shouldn't be whining every time there's the slightest bit of contact between cars, jebote.🙄

darkmarlin16 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abS5_hSryis

Man, seriously... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUVZXR18_4
Honestly, he kind of deserved a solid slap right across the face for that one. 😳

And darkmarlin16 says it too—Lewis definitely should’ve just walked all over Massu. ☕

Chris Ortiz said:Well, you have to consider that once the Safety Car came out and things started slowing down, the gaps shifted. Just a few seconds before the collision, they were showing some significant deficits, with gaps of about 18 seconds appearing.

Yep, though I suspect there might be something else going on. Jenson Button lost a massive amount of time there, but who knows if that was because of the SC, Kamui Kobayashi, or something else entirely.🤷

Anyway, Kamui got penalized for holding up Button, but I'm not sure if that's what caused this specific issue.🤷

And honestly, it’s not surprising Vettel said that. It’s pretty much certain he checked with the pits before heading in where Button was—assuming they actually told him his gap last. They probably just told him he was 30 seconds out, so there's really nothing to be shocked about.😉

Chris Ortiz said:What a massive disappointment. Honestly, I am absolutely livid with Kobi and that one driver over at Williams; Gumbek lost three whole seconds just navigating those three turns.🙂Still, seeing that +1.7 gap looks incredibly impressive, especially when you consider that fastest lap display around lap 50 or so. Sebastian Vettel being nearly two seconds faster than Gumbek—and even more than the rest of the field—is quite something.🙂There were moments where I genuinely felt like switching the channel and never looking back at this ridiculous sport again.
And yet, Gumbek really could have snatched it. Those folks over at Red Bull Racing, along with their lead driver, are honestly just amateurs, and I truly believe Sebastian Vettel would have faltered if he had seen Gumbek looming in his rearview mirror. Traffic is such a nightmare.🙂

And don't even get me started on those nine seconds lost in just 500 meters following the Safety Car.🙂Vettel pulls away while the ones behind him just sit there, and Gumbek isn't allowed to make a move until they hit the finish line.🙂

Did I hear that correctly during the press conference? Did Sebastian Vettel actually claim the Safety Car screwed him over because he supposedly had a 30-second cushion up until that point?😕😕

I am almost certain he said 30, though he actually only had 18.

Gumbek is a true class act; in the end, he doesn't even bother showing frustration toward those amateurs trailing behind him.☕

Haven't caught the presser yet, so I have no clue what Vettel actually said, but...



P.S. Chill out. No point getting worked up over nothing.🙂