Posts by stormybadger8

Robert Cox46 said:I don't think this is actually that bad. Qualifying on Friday, a sprint race on Saturday, and the main race on Sunday. There’s something happening every single day. It might even be better during those rainy US Grand Prix weekends.

In theory, sure, except they slapped together this incredibly stupid practice schedule...

Honestly, I don't think anyone actually understands the point of having FP2 in a weekend like this.
What the hell is the purpose of a practice session held after qualifying when the cars are already in Parc Ferme and teams aren't allowed to make any serious adjustments to the car anyway?
Seriously, what kid would ever want a practice session like that? 🤦

On top of that, the sprint itself feels way too short...
And you have to wonder: what's the point of qualifying if it's basically just qualifying for the qualifying? 🤦
It would make much more sense to go back to the old format: FP1, FP2, then FP3, where the final standings from FP3 set the grid for the sprint and then the main race.
That's way more logical than "qualifying for the qualifying" followed by a "race for the race." 🤦

Richard Walker38 said:If Verstappen had trashed his car like that, you’d have a bunch of people losing their minds, but since it was Alonso, suddenly everything is fine.

Right. When it's Alonso, nobody dares to question a thing or hand out a penalty...
Whatever. I guess the stewards just decided not to show up for this sprint isprdak.

I mean, we didn't see any penalty for Russell after he absolutely wrecked Sainz in that sprint isprdak, and apparently, nothing for Perez either after he cut back onto the track like a maniac through traffic...

Guess the officials are all on vacation this weekend.

Jacob Castillo70 said:Fernando Alonso 🙏

Solid drive, plus they nailed the soft tire strategy perfectly. 👍

Though honestly, this format seems tailor-made for Alpine...
For some weird reason, that car just wakes up and flies right around the 20-lap mark before the finish...
It’s nowhere near fast when it's heavy on fuel, and it’s garbage once the tank is empty... but it's shown a few times this season that it's the fastest thing on track during that final 30% stretch.

They even went ahead and handed out points for this absolute mess 🤦
I’m dying to know what their next "genius" move will be 🙄
Apparently, whoever has more Instagram followers gets a point now 🙂

darkmarlin16 said:at 5:30 PM

Yesterday was basically qualifying for qualifying.

Bradley King said:And today we've got a race for a race.

Sam633 said:

That's it. 🙏
Just when you think Americans couldn't dream up anything stupider, they go and throw in a fifth gear.🙂

vividlynx68 said:It makes sense to me before FP2—since this is the third component of the weekend this time around...

We’ve never, ever sent out predictions after qualifying has already happened. And qualifying was today.
Tomorrow isn't qualifying, it's a Sprint race.

This whole weekend is just set up with two FPs, one qualifying session, and two races...

07/16/2021
FP 1
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Qualifying
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

07/17/2021
FP 2
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Sprint Qualifying
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

07/18/2021
Race
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

So, they’re finally forcing this "Sprint Qualifying" nonsense on us...
We'll see if it actually works, but I'm expecting a total disaster—just like that absolute mess they made when they tried messing with the qualifying format before...

And there he is, your classic British old man...

Honestly, they really ought to get this done before Practice 1 kicks off, since qualifying follows right after that...
It’s basically just like having Practice 3 right before qualifying...

It’s all pretty confusing when you think about it—this race has standard qualifying, then another practice session, then some sort of quasi-qualifying thing called a sprint race 🤦, and finally the actual race...

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Sergio Perez
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Lando Norris
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Sebastian Vettel
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Lance Stroll 12th
11. Fernando Alonso 9th
12. Daniel Ricciardo
13. Esteban Ocon
14. George Russell 15th
15. RAI
16. GIO
17. LAT

NOP TSU
NOP MSC
NOP MAZ

Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Max Verstappen
3. Sergio Perez
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Lando Norris
6. Sebastian Vettel
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Lance Stroll

11. Pierre Gasly
12. Charles Leclerc
13. Carlos Sainz
14. Kimi Räikkönen
15. Russian
16. Gio
17. Lat

NOP Yuki Tsunoda
NOP Charles Leclerc
NOP Nikita Mazepin

Max Verstappen
Lewis Hamilton

1. Hamilton First Place
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Bottas
5. Norris
6. Sebastian Vettel
7. Ocon
8. Ricciardo
9. Alonso
10. Stroll

11. Gasly
12. Leclerc
13. Carlos Sainz
14. Kimi Raikkonen
15. Russia
16. Gio
17. Nicholas Latifi

Yuki Tsunoda Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
Nikita Mazepin Monaco Grand Prix

Hamilton Podium Position
Hamilton First Place

Always enjoy reading your posts...

wiredfalcon2 said:
God knows how you're raising your kids if you tell your daughter, "It's totally fine if some guy grabs your boobs whenever he wants and then posts it on his Instagram without your consent, don't worry honey, James Hunt used to pose with naked models."

Clearly my eyesight is shot; what kind of kid am I?
Still, it’s every father's dream to have wiredfalcon2 compare his daughter to some Instagram influencer who drives around drunk and half-naked with trust fund brats, posting thirst traps all over her feed...
Truly a beautiful comparison that every forum user craves...
And like I said, while this kind of trolling might not technically warrant a ban—which is why you didn't get one from me—it definitely earns an ignore :W

Oh right, now I see why I misread that...

wiredfalcon2 said:
I don't know which of those two modes is more dim-witted, this stormybadger8 guy...

Obviously I'm too slow to get it, thanks for explaining it to me so clearly 🔝

Funny how you never seem to have any issues with the other mods... weird.
Look, you're pulling the same old crap you tried back when we were dealing with that former moderator. I remember exactly when I handed you your first real warning.
So now your favorite hobby is just picking fights with me across every thread? Great. As long as you don't bring my family into it—which would've sent my blood pressure through the roof—I'll just leave you on ignore.
You can keep at it if you want, but honestly? The band’s effort is just going nowhere.

Honestly, you’re hands down the most exhausting person I’ve ever had to read on an F1 forum.
That’s exactly why I put you on ignore a long time ago. I honestly can't deal with reading that much pure hatred toward the drivers disguised as "subtle" sarcasm.
You’re actually the first F1 fan in thirteen years to get me to hit the ignore button. Congratulations.
Look, your technical breakdown might not even be worth a grade, but man, it’s an absolute slog to read.
And that's exactly why I’m just going to ignore it.

I told Fortin I don't even want to read your posts, which basically means I can't even bring myself to bother banning you.
If he actually has the energy to get this done, he should just do it. Tell him to hit me up when he needs a quick lift, but let's keep it brief—I'm not running a full-on shuttle service here.
Look, I don't want to see your posts, and I certainly don't care about your little disciplinary record.
And that’s exactly why Fortin is giving you the red card. Because I’m straight up ignoring you...

wiredfalcon2 said:
Even if my silence doesn't exactly make this PDF any more interesting, I’m with you on that. I won't be posting there anymore either.

If this turns out to be true, nobody’s having a better day than me.

1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Bottas
4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Ocon
7. Leclerc
8. Sainz
9. Ricciardo
10. Gasly
11. Tsunoda
12. Vettel
13. Stroll 17.
14. Raikkonen
15. Russian
16. Giovinazzi
17. Latifi

NO ALONSO
NO Monaco Grand Prix 20.
NO Mazepin Pp Max FL Ham

PP Hamilton
Hamilton FL

shadowstag10 said:What do you think? They're sitting at 15 points

edit:

Alright, here’s the breakdown for all 16 of us—I went ahead and crunched the numbers for the top 10, so those results are sitting just a few posts up above this:

cosmicridge5 26
Mirko_M 26
mobberzg 26
Amanda Kelly 26
stormybadger8 23
shadowstag10 22
Jessica Ramos12 28
Terry Carter2 21
Fortinbras 20 Mateo-nh 20 Life 20
Jason Parker2 20
Mars 19 19
briskhound76 19
silentbear49 18
sjenka 16 templarski 16
swifttiger75 15
maminho 8

My bad. You only listed the top 10, so I figured you hadn't tallied the rest yet...

Why doesn't swifttiger75 have any results for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix🤔

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Sainz
4. Norris
5. Vettel
6. Hamilton
7. Ricciardo
8. Gasly
9. Bottas
10. Alonso
11. Stroll 17.
12. Ocon
13. Raikkonen
14. Giovinazzi

NOP: Monaco Grand Prix 20.
NOP: TSU
NOP: LAT
NOP: LEC
NOP: Russian
NOP: Mazepin Pp Max FL Ham

PP: VER
FL: VER

shadowstag10 said:What if I just share a locked Google Spreadsheet instead?

It would be super clean, way easier for me to manage, and honestly, it makes it simple for everyone else to double-check everything.

That might actually be the easiest move...

shadowstag10 said:Give me an actual constructive suggestion and maybe I'll bother to change it—I don't want to spend two extra hours just so things look "cleaner" just because someone else thinks it looks crappy.

If you guys hate all these 0+0 entries, just say the word and I'll take the time to figure out how to make it just show a single 0.

Correction of your prediction and Amanda Kelly's below.

stormybadger821
1. VER 5+1
2. HAM 0+0
3. PER 0+0
4. BOT 0+0
5. SAI 0+0
6. NOR 0+0
7. VET 3+0
8. GAS 3+0
9. RIC 0+0
10. RAI 0+0
11. OCO 0+0
12. ALO 2+0
13. STR 0+0
14. GIO 0+0

NOP: MSC 0
NOP: TSU 0
NOP: LAT 0
NOP: LEC 3
NOP: RUS 0
NOP: MAZ 0

PP: VER 0+0
FL: HAM 4+0

Amanda Kelly16
1. VER 5+1
2. HAM 0+0
3. BOT 0+0
4. SAI 0+0
5. PER 3+0
6. LEC 0+0
7. NOR 0+0
8. ALO 0+0
9. RIC 0+0
10. VET 3+0
11. STR 0+0
12. OCO 0+0
13. RAI 2+0
14. GAS 0+0
15. GIO 0+0
16. RUS 2+0
17. LAT 0+0

NOP: MSC 0
NOP: TSU 0
NOP: MAZ 0

PP: VER 0+0
FL: VER 0+0

No clue, it’s too short to tell...
On my screen, it just looks like a messy pile of letters and numbers with zero logic. That's just how it hits me. 🤷
And yeah, those "0+0" bits are definitely annoying...

Maybe try putting it in a table with separate columns so it actually looks decent. You could have columns for: rank, driver, calculation, and total points per driver. 🤔
But use an actual table with distinct rows—doing it inside a forum post would look even worse...
Just take a screenshot of the table and post the image instead...

This layout is a total mess...
Honestly, writing up my picks like this feels like a chore because looking at these results is basically impossible...
Maybe I'll get used to the chaos eventually. 🤷

The one thing I do get, though, is that you didn't even count my prediction. I have no clue whose pick this actually is...
Maybe it's some old one of mine from way back when. 🤷
But the one up there definitely isn't mine.

Here is my actual latest prediction: