Posts by stormybadger8

Jonathan Booth5 said:Don't worry, pal; we're keeping his originals from 2003 safe. We have no intention of using them, though, since we learned our lesson after what Newey did back in 2018 and 2019.😍

Bravo, you'll be stuck with that 4/19 stuff forever and that's that. 😳

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Jonathan Booth5 said:We aren't the ones copying; everyone else just copies us and brings it to them 👋
Well, what can you do? We’re a class act team
Just like our dear crybaby Teflons said, "It's not FER" 🙂

I've got some real inside info from the experts: Newey sent some blueprints to a buddy over at McLaren. Now you guys can watch your new race car start falling apart during races. 😬

Red Bull is staying one step ahead—they sent over designs with totally wrong parts just so you can mess around with nonsense. 🤣

cosmicridge5 said:It’s going to be painful when you lose the championship right at the finish line
and it won't even be from anyone else, just from that crybaby prophetess. 🧐 🙂

The prophetess has made her prediction. 🙂

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Kubica isn't a Crybaby 😳

Sorry lady, but forget about Alonso. Instead of actually driving, he just spends his time whining and making calls to snag an extra point or two. There's zero chance that way. If Massa beats him in a single race, Ferrari will literally fall apart from all the crying. That team is finished 😉

Just pass the torch to someone else. I suggest Kubica 😁

If you ask me, the fight is going to end with Vettel, Kubica, and Button. Alonso will keep whining, and Hamilton is already cursed by God. You can cheat and play dirty to get immediate results, but it always catches up to you. Just ask the Frenchmen or Grandpa; they know how this works 🤣

redheron12 said:What really catches my eye is the new exhaust and diffuser setup. Word is they’re trying to spit out a Red Bull-style 😁

can't wait for 👋

anyone trying to rip off Red Bull is going to end up looking ridiculous 🤣

Look at Mercedes, look at Ferrari, even Renault underperforming—just give it a rest 🤣

Rebecca Fox4 said:Hamilton wasn't leading, and the yellow flag was already out.

Actually, he was leading 😬
Because Vettel was just chasing his buddy Webber, hoping he'd lend him his race car so he could finish the race. But unfortunately, Webber had already left, so Vettel just kept driving around looking all depressed—that's why Hamilton caught him so easily.😉

stormyviper11 said:Yeah, but based on this, he retired five seconds later. 😬

Which means the FIA really needs to slap some massive fines on those marshals who rushed in to clear his race car, because they entered the restricted zone five seconds too early, which is potentially dangerous... 🤣 My guess? A tiny little fine for the organizers.

🙏🙏🙏 If Bernie understood American, believe me, he'd steal your idea in a heartbeat 🤣🤣😂

It’s just like I was saying, Schumacher exits the pits right behind Glock and ends up ahead of him in the standings, then the officials start waving blue flags at Glock😕 and now on top of all that, Glock gets hit with a 20-second penalty? What even is this? 😕

cosmicridge5 said:But you did say you were going to gouge his eyes out 🤣 How exactly do you plan on doing that without using your hands or a stick? 🤣

With a bulldozer or a crane? 😬🤣

stormyviper11 said:Anyway, let's take a second to talk about another driver who didn't exactly have a stellar race today...

What was his name again? 🤔 Oh, right, Seb Vettel... 😬

The joke is Webber 😉

Since Horner got fired early, he actually had time to think straight and the strategy was totally fine. But once they're both racing, Horner just can't process all that data at once and someone on the crew inevitably screws up. Clearly, they either need more admin staff and faster processors 😬 or they should just run a single driver. If they did that, they would've been champions ages ago, regardless of which current driver was behind the wheel.

stormyviper11 said:Webber isn't pointing the finger at Kovalainen, but he did mention the guy slowed down about 80 meters before the actual braking point... 😁 There's a massive difference in stopping power between that Lotus and the Red Bull... ☕

Webber is just being an idiot, no question. He’s got a race car that's 5 seconds faster per lap, yet he's driving like he's terrified, struggling even to catch a slipstream or find any momentum. 🤦

Simply put, he was terrible. You can't blame Kovalainen here; the guy just wasn't himself today. Maybe he got too cocky after the Australians crashed out and forgot how to actually drive. 🤷

Maria Nelson2 said:I mean, obviously, but I'm just wondering if that's the floor or if they can go even lower...

Like, imagine getting slapped with a 1-second penalty. 🤣

Hamilton has a 0.3-second penalty
🤣

hollowgull5 said:there was
red light exiting the pits under the SC 😉

is just the one guy who pitted, even though the SC wasn't even remotely close—it was just a massive pack of cars driving in a line😉

stormyviper11 said:Mercedes thinks Schumacher shouldn't have been allowed to run with red lights on his exit from the pits

If they're actually right—and honestly, they might be—then this whole race was just one massive organizational disaster, easily the worst we've seen in years...

Is anyone else seeing this? I swear I saw the marshals waving blue flags at those gods in the back just to let Schumacher through. It makes zero sense because he was actually the last one out of the pits. I honestly don't get it.😕

Please tell me they didn't just freak out and wave them because they were terrified of a repeat of the Webber-Kov situation. 😕

What on earth 🤷 why would there even be two SCs on the track 😕

But man, what a weird situation. Vettel is leading the pack before those two silver cars even hit the track, and Hamilton is running parallel to them while they aren't even out yet. This is definitely ridiculous 🤷

Half of them have already pitted and the SC is only just coming out 🤷

All in all, it's just messy. What kind of kid waits around for an SC like that? 😕 Was the driver stuck in the pits or what? Seriously, Webber almost wrecked nearly two laps ago. This whole thing is pointless, and honestly, I don't get why Alonso and Massa are braking like that 🤷. They could have driven perfectly and nobody could have touched them 🤔

Frank Collins85 said:Did Grandpa manage to set some kind of fastest lap toward the end there? The race car is clearly struggling compared to Red Bull, McLaren, and even Ferrari. So, as those three bright sparks pointed out, was he basically just running a little test session while he had an empty track in front of him?

If your eyes are hurting, trust me, you haven't seen anything yet. You really haven't. 😍

It’s all five, but that could mean two things.😉

Either Brawn decided to start testing and developing the car for next season before this race even happened.

Or Brawn and Grandpa just choked.🤣 Seriously, they had a killer position, stayed inside, and were right up there. They could have cruised to points just like Kobayashi did without any stress. Plus, watch this: Grandpa was on Hard tires😉 meaning he could have easily gone to the end or at least the last 7-8 laps, which is exactly what I expected from him and Kobayashi. On softs, they would've cruised past that whole circus in those final 7-8 laps and finished high up in the points.😉

Their tactics were just plain stupid, though I guess that first explanation might actually make sense.🤔

Maria Nelson2 said:I honestly wish they’d just let the results stand as they are, maybe toss a grid penalty on the drivers under investigation for the next race at Silverstone, and just get on with the racing. I'm so sick of all this bureaucratic nonsense coming out of those incompetent FIA offices—just endless penalties and legal battles that serve no one. It feels like we're stuck in a loop of paperwork instead of actually watching cars go fast.☕

He’s frustrated, sure, but since when did we start bringing ambulances into this? Just because his rival had a rough run while he stayed clear doesn't mean we need to go there. At this rate, he'll be spotting UFOs on the track next. 🤣🤣

That makes sense, but there’s one other thing I don't get: if that Medical car was moving that fast, then Vettel must have overtaken it too, which worries me.😢

Isn't it a little weird? The Medical car came out ahead of the SC, and then the SC followed. If Vettel was ahead of that Medical car, then fine (if not, he's a jerk), but then Hamilton definitely passed both of them. He pulled into the pits right behind Vettel, which means he passed both. There's no way they lost time on track.😉

Frank Collins85 said:Honestly, someone needs to step up and remove the mastermind behind all these machinations—and we all know that person is Bernie Ecclestone. If he were the one drafting these dramatic scenarios, wouldn't they actually drive up the viewership? He’d probably find a way to charge even more for the privilege of watching it all unfold.🙂

Bernie needs to lock himself in a basement with Max for a month, then we’ll see whose ass hurts more. 🤣

There’s no doubt about it: Bernie is a total jerk and quite literally the evil of this sport, but that's beside the point. 🤷

If that actually happened, then Alonso knew all about it. If so, they should have been banned from F1 for good, stripped of every single title and point they ever earned—including Piquet Sr.'s.

If little Piquet is lying, that’s actually the more likely scenario. I highly doubt he could pull off a move like that with such perfect timing. He’s just not an accurate enough driver for something like that.🤣Then it’s just a massive, dirty scandal. At that point, they should just penalize him and his dad by stripping away every single point and title they have, then scrub them both from F1 history entirely.

Unfortunately, since it’s actually true, we’re never going to find out anyway.

cosmicridge5 said:Well, bravo. 👏 I guess if Lewis can't make it to the podium any other way, we’re all just supposed to look the other way when it comes to the rules. 😍

Alonso & Kobayashi were the real winners today. 👋 👋 😁

Not "best man," just Kobayashi. 😳

Alonso, you brought this on yourself. No point overthinking it.
He and Ferrari are solely responsible for this disaster. They have a car that we all know could easily overtake others, could easily dominate a race on a single set of tires, and they knew everyone else had already pitted. Their decision was pure stupidity—for Alonso, it was bad, but for Massa, it would've been better if they just parked him in the garage. ☕

I haven't seen tactical idiocy this bad even from Christian Horner and Red Bull Racing. Only the old man managed to outdo them today; he always has to be the best. 😳

hollowgull5 said:Mom, seriously, tell Charlie that what he did was totally uncool and he needs to be penalized 😂

Man, I would have absolutely loved to see the look on his face when they told him Lewis Hamilton was right on his tail after the pit stops 😂

🤣 Absolutely priceless. 😂

Maria Nelson2 said:It's funny how they switch between calling it Scuderia and the medical car... ☕

Honestly, I think the only fitting penalty would be a bullet to the head. ☕

And throw in another one for Alonso for what happened back in 2008 when the kid lost his cool and hit the wall just so this guy could win. ☕

Look, nobody has a clue if Alonso is lying through his teeth or telling the truth. 🤷

But damn, I'll say it myself: overtaking the SC makes sense, everything seems fine there. The real question is why Alonso didn't do the exact same thing. 🤷 Did they signal that they weren't allowed, or was it just his own call? That's the heart of the issue right there. 😉

However, overtaking the ambulance under yellow flags (if that's actually what happened—weirdly enough, how does Alonso even know that?) is definitely not okay. You can't justify that, period. 🤷

This whole race is completely trashed because of that SC. Someone definitely needs to get hammered for this, though I have no idea who. 🤷 We need to figure out what actually went down. 😉

Potential penalties:
Lewis Hamilton - for overtaking if he wasn't told he was allowed to.
Alonso - if he was told he could go and chose not to, screwing everyone behind him.
Sebastian Vettel - if he overtook the SC too. 🤷
Race officials - if they're the ones who fucked this all up.

And finally, I don't know if anyone else caught this, but it looked to me like the marshals were waving blue flags while the old man was overtaking Ayrton Senna, Xavi Marcos, Timo Glock, and di Grassi. I don't get it—did he come out of the pits behind them and was just racing them normally? 😕
Maybe it’s just me, or maybe someone else was involved, but those flags were being waved from the side. 😕

As for Alonso and Nelson Piquet, they both should've been banned from Formula 1 forever for that (assuming it's actually true). I have zero doubts about that. ☕