Posts by stormybadger8

Kimberly Cruz said:😂 😂

This one hits the spot too 🤣

Any idea why I can't get this video to open? 🤷
It's telling me the video is private. Great. 🤔

Amy Castillo4 said:Honestly, watching a procession where passing is actually difficult is more interesting than those races where we just see constant, mindless overtaking. But this is Los Angeles—Shanghai is coming up next with that insanely fast, long straight, so we'll see how things actually hold up then.

Exactly 👍
The way the British media is losing their minds and crying over Lewis is honestly hilarious 🤣
I mean, who even are they to him? 🤦

The tires actually hold up, unless you're Lewis...
Hey, come on, Pierre Gasly pulled off a 33-lap first stint in the US 😳
The Medium is about 2 seconds faster than the Soft, so it’s a total joke that people are acting shocked Lewis couldn't pass Max in the Red Bull Racing during the US race 😵
Look, at that moment Max had his tires at maybe 60-70% wear, and even if they were only 1 second faster instead of 2, that's basically the entire gap between Red Bull Racing and Mercedes...

So, realistically, you'd expect them to have some pace if Lewis came out behind him, maybe giving him a second advantage in those first two laps when the tires are fresh. And let's be real: trying to pull off an overtake with only a one-second gap is never easy, and probably never will be...

Bottom line:
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?p...wis%20Hamilton

Just look at Lewis's lap times after Max pitted; they aren't actually that much faster than before...
Sure, he struggled a bit in those last few laps of Max's first stint, but that was likely due to defensive driving rather than Max's tires falling off...
In the end, once Max was back on track, he was just as fast as Lewis, if not slightly faster...
So, Red Bull Racing isn't slow enough in the race to make it an easy target.

Linda Peterson43 said:I wonder if anyone else (like Nico Hülkenberg, for instance) sitting in Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari today could have actually arrived and challenged Valtteri Bottas?

Could someone please explain to me what Kimi might have actually been able to do today?
The Mercedes-Benz was simply nothing special... 🙂
Sebastian Vettel won the race primarily because of Max Verstappen; had Hamilton not run into trouble, the result would likely have been reversed: 1st - Hamilton, 2nd - Vettel...

I am certainly not diminishing Vettel's victory with this; it was purely deserved, professionally executed, with perfect tactics and everything else...

The fact is, Vettel won the race on Saturday, and Kimi lost it on Saturday...
Because realistically, Ferrari might be somewhere near Mercedes, but they definitely aren't fast enough to just blow past them on pure pace (and let's be honest, Mercedes isn't even that much faster than Ferrari right now)
The whole point of the game is to get a good launch and maybe jump Mercedes at the start. Since they failed to do that after qualifying or at the lights—leaving them lined up 1, 2, 3, 4—all that was left was to manage tires, hold the position, and then pray for an undercut or overcut during the pit stops depending on how things looked on track...
And that’s where Vettel shined in the first stint, while Kimi... well, he didn't.
Everything after that was just pure damage control and saving the engine by all four drivers...

Kimi didn't drive a bad race, really. He basically blew it in qualifying, his first stint wasn't anything to write home about, but the rest of the run on softs was perfectly fine...

Seriously though, how many years has it actually been since an Australian Grand Prix went without a Safety Car?
And does anyone even remember the last race where not a single driver got penalized? 😲
Not even Hulkenberg for a restart or those two guys at the start. 🙏

Damn, it just hit me how insane that sounds. 🤣

Ashley Ramirez4 said:and why did both Haas cars just completely fall apart?

we'll see...
That disaster looked more like a lawnmower engine 🤔

https://wtf1.com/post/12-dramatic-mo...utm_medium=rss


Man, I totally missed that 🤣
Did anyone actually catch that on the live broadcast? 🤷

neonfox65 said:Look, I’m telling you—it wasn't his fault during the race. What did he actually mess up? It was qualifying...

It’s honestly wild—this kid can jump straight into Formula One with zero experience, pull off qualifying sessions like that, and drive a race without completely binning it... meanwhile, one of the guys from Christian Horner's "elite driver lineup" can't even get it right. Just crazy...

Sebastian Vettel acting like he’s never made a mistake? Give me a break—Tibi, seriously, quit the trash talk...

Of course he's to blame...
If he wrecked the car the way he did, it was obvious he'd run into the exact same issues during the race...

If it were actually possible to fix a chassis that badly damaged—not to mention the gearbox, the suspension, the mountain of sensors and wiring,
and probably the power unit too—then damn well the crew could just build brand new cars right there in the paddock from Wednesday to Friday, instead of struggling to get them ready from one race to the next.🙄

neonfox65 said:You were claiming Renault was faster than them—but man, looking at my signature now... you really missed the mark there... 👋

Same goes for Ricciardo—he just wasn't quite hitting his stride all weekend...

Ricciardo wasn't just in Q3...

neonfox65 said:But you can't blame him for the race result... they didn't set him up right for the start (even with 24 hours to prep🤦) and then he topped it off with an engine failure.

And did Hulkenberg have an engine failure too? 🤷
If I'm "dead wrong," then I guess Ricciardo just got a free engine failure, because apparently, that wasn't an issue in the Renault car...

neonfox65 said:But you can't blame him for the race result... they didn't set him up right for the start (even with 24 hours to prep🤦) and then he topped it off with an engine failure.

So who's actually to blame?
Good grief, he’s the one who absolutely wrecked the car. It wasn't some kid crashing into him...

It's wild how some random rookie can jump into F1 with zero experience, pull off great qualifying, and manage a race without destroying everything, while one of "Horner's best lineups" just can't get it done.
Ricciardo is the one at fault here, plain and simple—just like Jolyon Palmer was responsible for that Renault disaster...

The only real difference is that Ricciardo has some class and knows he messed up, so he doesn't talk trash about the team.
Meanwhile, that wannabe driver Palmer actually blamed the crew, even though he was solely responsible for the whole mess.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/03/2...ime-team-won/?

Sergio is totally patting himself on the back 😁
but looking at this whole thing, this is the only part that actually matters 😳

Marchionne added “congratulations to Antonio Giovinazzi for his debut in Formula One”.

The kid basically locked in his seat at Sauber today; the only question is who's getting kicked out...
I bet Sergio was definitely pulling strings behind the scenes to get someone cleared out of that Sauber seat. Who knows, maybe they'll even score some new engines in the deal.

Jack Kelly5 said:What's not true?
And what kind of pace did Lewis actually have once they both ended up on the SS?
If Lewis could've actually maintained that rhythm on the SS, he definitely wouldn't have pitted when Sebastian went in for the DRS.
Sebastian was just faster than Lewis today.

Hamilton was struggling with his US tires (he wasn't even on the SS) during the first stint—or at least that's what he was whining about on the team radio... but the lap times didn't show any of that.
The real question is whether Sky was right about yesterday being a live timing error, or if Hamilton actually set his Q2 time on used rubber from Q1...
According to LT, his Q2 tires—the ones he started the race on—only had 6 laps on them (given the FL in Q1 and FL in Q2). If that's true, it sounds completely insane (I can't imagine why they'd be that stupid), which makes me think it was an LT error. But if he really did start on those old tires, it's no wonder they fell apart in the first stint...

Once they both pitted, Hamilton's pace leveled out, but only after Max cleared out of the way. By then, he was already a massive 6 seconds behind Vettel, so the whole thing was a lost cause.
Even if he had been driving qualifying laps the whole time, there's no way in hell he would've closed that gap without shredding his tires, let alone passing him...

Here are the times, take a look...
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?p...wis%20Hamilton

The gaps are almost non-existent. 😉
When you look at the fastest laps, it's 30 vs 27, so they were incredibly close...
Those weird time anomalies were just him fighting through traffic and weaving around the rest of the pack...

neonfox65 said:And that's when you actually have to start drawing... 🙂

Look, if Red Bull Racing is currently the third fastest car on the grid, what's even the argument? 🤷
Plus, Ricciardo was completely out of it all weekend. He totally blew it despite having a car capable of a great result, so yeah, he ended up behind Hulkenberg even though his car was faster...

It's not controversial that Renault isn't ahead of Red Bull Racing—not even close. But they started off strong, and things are going to get messy fast because there's no way Renault is going to keep handing those engines to Red Bull Racing once they're fighting them tooth and nail for position...
Based on how things are looking, it'll probably happen by the end of the season. 😳

Jack Kelly5 said:If this turns out to be true, then I guess that explains why the performance was kind of underwhelming. It’s basically just the classic runner-up driver narrative, isn't it? They're probably just testing out different setups during the race weekend, and I suppose they'll eventually stumble upon some conclusions or whatever.

Not really, I mean... I think Sebastian Vettel was actually putting up better lap times before they hit the pits, but then he and Lewis Hamilton tried that early pit stop strategy to see if they could make up for all that damage. Maybe it worked, maybe it didn't, but that's what they were aiming for, I guess.
I guess Sebastian Vettel was actually looking pretty quick today, if you ask me.

Not quite...
Lewis Hamilton was about 0.5 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel once he exited the pits, he just completely fell apart once he ended up behind Max...
Honestly, Vettel definitely wouldn't have lost out to him given those pit strategies.

Before the pit stops, they were basically neck and neck—one lap Sebastian Vettel would be 0.100-0.200 ahead, then Lewis Hamilton would take it back by the same margin... essentially, they were both controlling the pace.

The only real silver lining is that Ferrari didn't lose their minds on the pit wall and try to play favorites with Lewis Hamilton...
Even when Sebastian Vettel was stuck behind a slow pack, they didn't panic and dive into the pits immediately; they played it cool. Sebastian just blasted past Lance Stroll and hit the pits the following lap once they had the window to come out ahead of Lewis Hamilton...

mellowtiger83 said:It has nothing to do with the clock; I simply fell asleep.🙂.

How excellent that little Nazi was; from what I noticed in the standings, he's down two laps!!

Bottas is better than anticipated, though his gap to Lewis Hamilton is being masked, or so I heard, because Max Verstappen stayed right on his tail.

And he finished ahead of both McLarens, both Haases, and the other Sauber 😳 all while driving the absolute worst, weakest car on the grid...
If that isn't worth a damn, I don't know what is...

The guy finished 12th in the first race where he didn't even get a chance for Free Practice or a proper setup!
Now he's 12th in the championship. Hey, hello, 12th!

Last year, Ericsson didn't manage to crack the top 10 once during the entire season...

neonfox65 said:Hey, there you are! I've been waiting for you... 🙂 So, you finally admit that Red Bull Racing is faster than Ford 🙂

Max is faster than the Renault.
Ricciardo definitely wasn't there today. Maybe he got his hands on the first shipment of those special bikes... but don't worry, I'm sure one will find its way to Max too. 😁

mellowtiger83 said:So, unlike last year, did Mercedes actually mess up their strategy this time? Interesting.🙂

It wasn't Ford that screwed up—it was Lewis Hamilton who blew it.
Bottas could have easily stayed out on those same tires just as long as the ones on the red car. Honestly, the only one struggling with tire degradation was Lewis Hamilton.

This isn't some massive strategy blunder. It’s just Hamilton being Hamilton—he spent the whole damn race whining over the radio about how his tires were completely shot.

Sam Roberts8 said:That’s all fine and well, but if Lewis Hamilton is camping out right behind Max Verstappen in such a subpar car, then either Verstappen is just that good or catching up is incredibly difficult

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Haven't we already seen Hamilton stuck behind Hulkenberg?🤔
There's nothing weird about it. Red Bull is the third fastest car on the grid, and Max knows how to drive—more importantly, he knows how to defend...
Besides, Hamilton was running two sets of slower tires. Honestly, it’d be more of a miracle if he managed to pass Max at all, let alone make it look easy...

It would be strange if he were camping behind a McLaren or a Sauber, but a Renault with Hulkenberg isn't exactly a powerhouse, much less a Red Bull on faster rubber...

Good grief, why is neonfox65 rooting for me? Why??? 🙂

Sam Roberts8 said:That’s all fine and well, but I'm a bit worried about how hard it looks to overtake. I guess Hamilton didn't really stand a chance against Verstappen

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It’s not like he had much of a shot last year either...
Overtaking a car that's roughly a second per lap slower has been an issue for ages now.

Nothing new here.☕
We've seen it a thousand times—cars getting stuck behind Williams Racing, Ferrari, or even Red Bull Racing... and then they struggle to pass a Ferrari or Red Bull Racing.

The only ones easy to pass are the backmarkers who are way slower. Even Red Bull Racing isn't going to be an easy meal for The Bear.

William Bennett53 said:Perhaps he was just managing his pace and staying out of trouble, but there is nothing impressive about being completely detached from the action, avoiding all the strategic battles, and falling that far behind your teammate in identical machinery. If he was simply nursing the engine, then fine, I suppose that’s one way to look at it.

To be honest, the way I see it, Pascal hasn't shown anything resembling teamwork. He's just acted like an individualist. We'll see how this plays out, but I suspect this move will hurt his career more than help it. It’s not news, either; people were already whispering last year about his difficult personality and how much the rest of the team struggles to work with him.

It’s kind of a bummer when you think about it. They were saying this morning that they had to swap out the battery and the electronics on Kimiev's car. 🤔
Maybe he was driving in safe mode on purpose just to avoid causing some more bullshit...