Posts by stormybadger8

mellowtiger83 said:It doesn’t change the fact that Lojzek joined this Ferrari specifically to win, and he actually did—he fought for titles. Vettel isn't going to buy that story. Plus, Lojzek was way, way more convincing against Kimi. That says a lot.

Yeah, Lojzek would’ve been winning just like he was back in 2014. 😉
The days when Lojzek was in peak form and actually capable of winning are long gone...
It sucks, but honestly, his comeback to Mercedes put him right on Grandpa's level.

As far as Kimi goes, both Lojzek and Vettel are basically irrelevant compared to the man himself. Neither Alonso nor Vettel looked particularly impressive against Kimi last year either...
The thing is, Kimi was absolutely terrible—nothing more. Comparing drivers then is like comparing a guy who's wasted drunk to someone actually prepped for a race and asking who runs the 100m faster.
This season, Kimi finally looks like himself again; everything before this was, frankly, a coma.

Whatever, the standings don't mean a damn thing.
Ricciardo is primarily a Red Bull marketing tool. Every driver in Formula 1 is talented, especially those coming out of the Red Bull Academy—no debate there...
But Ricciardo wasn't actually any better than Vergne; he just landed at Red Bull because the higher-ups found the Australian market interesting. 🙂
And look at Vergne now—it's the same deal as Sainz vs. Max. Max isn't even significantly better, but he lands at Red Bull and suddenly, magically, Ricciardo is washed.
And let's not forget that Daniil Kvyat accidentally absolutely smoked Ricciardo when they were teammates. It was a total blowout, even worse than Alonso vs. Kimi. 😉
I'm pretty sure if Kvyat had stayed at Red Bull, he would've accidentally finished the season being better than Ricciardo too.

Richard Ross11 said:Then what’s even the point of the points system if it doesn't mean anything and everyone already knows who's better anyway? 🙂
Honestly, let's just bring in a voting system like the Eurovision Song Contest. Screw the current scoring. 🙂

We’re heading straight toward it, more and more every day...
I’m just sitting here waiting for the day Bernie and his crew decide to start awarding points based on how much "artistic flair" a driver shows.

What’s even more pathetic? We’ll probably start getting points for Facebook likes before we ever see them awarded for things like Free Lap, Pit Position, or anything actually meaningful.

Go ahead and comfort yourself if you want, but it doesn't change the reality: Lojzek's ceiling is maybe a point or two at best.🙂

Timothy Castillo6 said:I used to track both the news and the stuff from FormulaPassion.com.
If someone gives an interview to the Gazette, then I'm basically the Gazette's unofficial reporter.
The Gazette is a massive powerhouse compared to our local sites.

So, did Vettel give that same interview to the Gazette as he did to that one domestic site, GP1 or whatever it was called? 🤣
That interview was just a translated statement he gave to Sky—basically to every journalist in the crowd—in English...
Plus, my Italian isn't great, but his English statement doesn't back up your claim at all about him being super critical or saying they're useless. 🤦

On the contrary, he just said they had a rough day and ran a different setup than the others, nothing more. He mentioned they have pace and expect to fight with Mečko on Saturday and Sunday...

Jerry Moore61 said:Poor McLaren got screwed. They weren't the first ones to realize this was an issue, so now they're playing the victim.

It’s not even about breaking the rules. And that whole tire pressure thing? Total garbage rule.

What’s actually surprising here? 🤣
They've been the resident whiners of F1 for ages...

Even if they're actually right this time, this nonsense with Pirelli and their tire pressure stupidity makes zero sense—especially since Mercedes didn't even get penalized for low pressure at the start.
Honestly, screw these rules that nobody follows, and screw them even more when the people actually breaking them don't even get called out. 🤦

Maybe you should focus on getting McLaren to actually beat Mercedes in Monaco instead...

I'm calling it now: either Vettel or Kimi takes the win 😁
the real question is which Ferrari driver is going to screw up the race more 😬

But honestly, one of them should pull it off. They're my two favorites, and it’s pretty cool that they're the ones who actually won in Monaco on this exact date 😁

steelmaker83 said:I was honestly wondering what Dietrich would decide... turns out he made the right call.

Like there was even any point in overthinking this...

Honestly, even the folks at Red Bull Racing can't make a fair comparison between the old and new specs if they give it to Max. They have zero clue how much faster Max could be with that old PU...
With Ricciardo, it’s a totally different story since they actually have all the data on how Ricciardo handled the same track last year...

Looks like Lojzek might be better suited for the football field than behind the wheel. 😁

Richard Ross11 said:If Alonso takes first, then we might as well have a massive pileup involving Unknown, Barbika, Ricciardo and Verstappen, Bottas and Massa, plus Button's car should just spontaneously break down... 🙂

You really think Perez, Hulk, Sainz, and Kvyat wouldn't need to get wrecked too?🤔

swiftmaker12, were you actually watching the races in Monaco, or just busy filming clips?🤣

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/an...boost-738277/?

I am so done with these Goodyear tires and all this tire nonsense. 🤦
Seriously though, do you guys think it's possible the Bear's advantage is actually just the Goodyear rubber rather than the engine? 🤔

steelmaker83 said:Actually, it's the exact opposite. Back then, Vettel had about the same amount of experience as Ricciardo does now. Vettel used to mess up constantly—just look at Kimi in the USA or Weber in Turkey—whereas Ricciardo doesn't make those kinds of mistakes.

Ricciardo is a better driver than Vettel, and he'll be the one taking over at Ford once Vettel completely implodes.

Ricc was at 93 career starts by the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, while Vettel was only at 56 starts during Spa 2010... so they're pretty much in the same boat. It's not even double the difference.🙂😁

And sure, because Ricc obviously never crashes—let alone crashes because of a totally brainless move...




🙂

steelmaker83 said:No. It's just that certain forum personalities resent seeing someone actually try. And Ricco is right—90% of the other drivers wouldn't even attempt it. Then people start whining about how they lack guts, but once someone actually tries, suddenly there's no logic left. Ricco made a solid attempt, clean, no contact, no shoving. It just didn't work with that inferior Ford. Next time, it will.

Ricciardo is a great driver, but he drove this race like he didn't give a damn...
He can talk all he wants, but he messed up because he didn't push where he actually should have, then tried those kamikaze moves where they made zero sense...
It’s not that Ricciardo failed because he pushed Vettel too hard; he failed because he was whining over the radio instead of passing Palmer, who he lost massive amounts of time to. Let's be real, that General Motors car is a total junk heap, and Palmer isn't exactly a world-class driver anyway.☕
Basically, if Ricciardo hadn't screwed up so badly behind Palmer, there's no telling if the Ford undercut would have even worked.

steelmaker83 said:Therefore Sebastian knows how it's done.

Lucky for us, things stay consistently terrible enough that you can find this kind of garbage every single weekend without even trying.
Given how old he is, you probably could've dug up some absolute nonsense from his karting days too.🤣

nimblesurfer17 said:And how exactly do you know that? 🤔
It honestly feels like Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen might actually be squeezing every bit of potential out of this year's Ferrari car.
Honestly, if we were just taking wild guesses, any other driver could probably be sitting right there in the middle of the pack—it’s all so unpredictable sometimes!

Yeah, those situations really are identical—it's almost uncanny how much they line up.

Back to the same question again: how exactly do you know that?
How can you ever truly know what might have happened if the story had taken a different turn? It’s one of those deep questions that keeps me up sometimes—you know, staring at the ceiling and wondering about all those "what if" moments. It's like looking back at a pivotal game for the Dallas Cowboys; if one single play had gone differently, the entire season would be a completely different memory. We try to map out the possibilities, but life doesn't really work in straight lines, does it?
How can you really tell if Sebastian Vettel wouldn't just burn through his tires before he even gets a chance to catch Max Verstappen?

I get that you and TBF1D Seb might prefer one driver over Kimi Räikkönen, but honestly—it feels like everyone is going a bit overboard just to try and tear Kimi down.

Honestly, Max Verstappen really kept his cool out there—he drove a phenomenal race and stayed incredibly composed even while feeling the heat from Kimi Räikkönen.

What's the actual difference here?
Is it okay to squeeze a driver into a wall, off the track, or into someone else's car, or is it not? There isn't really a third option, is there? 😉

The reality is that the start is a different beast compared to any other lap in the race. Because of that, penalties at the start almost never happen—unless you're some obscure driver without media coverage, then suddenly the FIA decides to throw a penalty your way...
Meanwhile, most start-line collisions involving guys like Kimi Räikkönen don't even get a second look, whether during or after the race...
Honestly, I wasn't even surprised by the stewards' decision regarding Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg. What actually shocked me was that they even bothered debating it, since it was obvious from the jump that neither one of them was getting penalized. ☕

darkmarlin16 said:bark bark, that driver who absolutely wrecked my ego back at Red Bull Racing was actually trying to overtake me, bark bark

Baaa, if that was Ricciardo's attempt at an overtake, then he clearly doesn't have a clue how to pass☕
Look, if you want to say Sebastian Vettel whines for no reason sometimes, fine, he’s just as human as anyone else on the grid🤣
But this time? Not even close. That move from Ricciardo was pure Pastor Maldonado, not the usual Ricciardo style☕
Ricciardo obviously lost his cool when he saw where young Max Verstappen was positioned, so he started pulling stupid stunts...

wanderingharbor492 said:Nico Rosberg tried to take a defensive line just before the corner, while Lujo attempted to squeeze through a gap that simply didn't exist—and apparently, he completely forgot that cars actually require brakes... Honestly, if any other driver had been in Rosberg's position, they would have reacted the exact same way, but it felt like Lujo didn't even realize what was happening until it was too late...

Lewis Hamilton did the exact same thing to Nico Rosberg that Valtteri Bottas recently did to him. ☕
He's trying to make a point where there isn't one. Honestly, what Rosberg did to him was exactly like what Hamilton did to Bottas—just pushed him right out the door.
The bottom line? Bottas blew his penalty, while Hamilton somehow managed to dodge one. 😁
That would be it...

I don't think Hamilton deserved a penalty here, but I do think Bottas should've gotten one for doing basically the exact same thing...

Amanda Kelly said:Three seconds on the first lap.
Then about 1.2 to 1.5 seconds per lap after that.
In my opinion, he would've caught him in about 12 or 13 laps.
And then he would've passed him. Easy.

Correction on those numbers... Sebastian Vettel was actually 11 seconds ahead before he pitted...
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?p...x%20Verstappen

Here's the actual gap between Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel...
-2.865
-2.382
-2.660
-6.013 (Max Verstappen pits)
-19.213 (Max Verstappen in pits)
+0.276 (Max Verstappen's fastest lap)
Sebastian Vettel pits 😵😵😵

So therefore Sebastian wouldn't even have had a reason to chase him down. If he just stayed out on track, he likely could've fought his way back into first place in ten or fifteen laps once he finally exited the pits, assuming the tires held up.

briskhound76 said:I'll keep it simple: he got smoked by the Red Bull driver, he got smoked by his own teammate, and here you are trying to play defense for third place.🤦

The Pit Wall absolutely crushed him.
Kimi settled things right at the start.
I can't believe I'm actually looking back at this old thread about Kimi Räikkönen. It’s wild how much has changed since then. Just reading through these old posts makes me realize how much we all thought we knew back in the day. Honestly, some of these takes are hilarious in hindsight.
Just look at that pit strategy... absolute disaster.

Max's gonna pit later...
I can't believe we're actually seeing this happen. Max is just on another level right now. It’s honestly getting a little ridiculous to watch him pull this off consistently. At this point, you have to wonder if anyone else even has a prayer of catching him. He's making it look easy, which is the most frustrating part for everyone else on the grid.

Then there was that brilliant move by Ferrari to pull him off those old softs. He was absolutely flying on them—half a second faster than anyone else on track, even Max, and nearly three seconds per lap ahead of the field. Instead, they swap him to mediums with 29 laps left, despite being on a three-stop strategy. Pure genius. 🤦😵
I can't believe I'm actually looking at this. Honestly, watching the way things are going with Daniel Ricciardo right now feels like watching a slow-motion car crash. You want to root for him, really you do, but the performance just isn't there. It’s frustrating to watch such a talent struggle to find even a shred of consistency. At this point, it's less about "what if" and more about "how much longer?" Just my two cents.
It happened right before Ricciardo hit the DRS zone, too. The guy was shaving half a second off his lap time like it was nothing. Honestly, if you're going to beat him, at least give him a chance to show what he can actually do first.
It’s probably what you’d expect. Ricciardo got stuck right behind Jevon Palmer immediately after Sebastian Vettel pitted, so he just couldn't find a way past.

Honestly, I rarely see decisions this brainless. The Pit Wall hasn't been this clueless since the USA, and even Mckenna’s mess with Lewis Hamilton in Monaco wasn't even close to this level of stupidity. 🤦

Some guys actually thought Max and Kimi wouldn't last on mediums. They were dead wrong. Apparently, they thought because Sebastian Vettel had those three laps of medium tire advantage, it meant nothing. Total nonsense.
The second they called him into the ring, he knew he stood zero chance of finishing ahead of Kimi and Max.
The big question is: why on earth would they make such a brainless call? What’s actually driving this nonsense? 🤔