Posts by Kyle Lopez2

darksurfer4 said:On October 22, 1992, a UN representative, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, stated that his commission's investigation uncovered crimes committed against captured American forces from El Paso. He explicitly mentioned that they had identified the exact location of the mass grave, which had been under the supervision of UN forces ever since.

It really looks like Mitterrand backed a crime he might not have even known the full extent of.🤔

bluerider63 said:If you want to look at it through such a narrow lens, then sure, the Libyans wanted a civil war too, but they wouldn't have ended up in that mess if the superpowers hadn't been pushing for the exact same thing.

Jason Campbell70 said:He really had those 2 or 3 seconds needed to dive into that first corner ahead of Sebastian Vettel without any trouble. Honestly, even with just a 2-second gap, he probably would have pulled it off quite easily.

But the guys on the pit wall simply gave him the wrong delta, which led to them missing the window—something they actually admitted after the race was over.

The VSC popped out later, and in that situation, Kimi Räikkönen isn't really the villain or the loser.
There was just one driver who happened to be in the right place at the right time, seized the opportunity, and grabbed the position.
It’s certainly not the first or last time a (V)SC reshuffles the order.

stormybadger8 said:............
It all felt a bit like a setup orchestrated by him to favor Kimi Räikkönen (and maybe Lewis Hamilton if the SC happened)
it’s possible he was just managing tire temps and prepping for that specific overcut the whole time 🤔
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The gap between Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen before the VSC was 17.2 seconds, which feels like just about enough to come out right near Kimi after the pit stop...
Whether he would have ended up ahead, alongside, or behind is anyone's guess, but it looks like it would have been incredibly tight...
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stormybadger8 said:If this analysis holds water—which I hope it does 🤷
https://www.racefans.net/2018/03/25/...in-melbourne/?

says:

So, according to this, Kimi lost 18 seconds to Lewis Hamilton during the pit stops...
Which implies those 17.2 seconds were just enough for Sebastian Vettel to pop up somewhere close to Kimi...

Joshua Rivera56 said:Which race were you watching? Look, Hamilton was over 0.6 seconds faster than Räikkönen per lap during qualifying. Mercedes is leading, while Ferrari is sitting 2 or 3 seconds back. ......

An undercut is obviously doable if you have the faster car, but today Ferrari just wasn't anywhere near Mercedes when it came to race pace. Plus, trying to manage a superior car like the Mercedes while trailing a Ferrari turned out to be a real headache—it’s pretty much the same situation we saw with Red Bull stuck behind Haas, Renault, and Ferrari.

For the numbers, Räikkönen's pit stop was 2.1s, his fastest lap was 1:26.373, and his top speed was 184 miles/h. Vettel clocked in at 2.7s, 1:26.469, and 183 miles/h. Honestly, Kimi was the better, faster driver for Ferrari today, just like he was in qualifying, but it doesn't always come down to that. Luck plays a massive role in this sport. If a Haas mechanic had messed up a wheel nut on Vettel, he would've finished third and that would be that. Instead, things just went exactly how Ferrari hoped they would.
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Jason Campbell70 Asks:
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Jack Kelly5 says: It’s pretty impressive how Lewis Hamilton manages to stay so consistent even when Mercedes is clearly dominating; he actually showed just how much he could close that 2.5 to 3-second gap on Sebastian Vettel after making that initial mistake at the start. How long did it actually take him to get back into DRS range? Maybe two or three sectors? If Nico Rosberg had this Mercedes-Benz right now, he would have secured the championship well before reaching Silverstone. ☕ It’s a shame nobody spoke up to Valtteri Bottas about that.

It’s not just Bottas who’s stuck in a jam here. For the last two years, Lewis Hamilton has been stuck right behind Toro Rosso Verstappen and Red Bull Verstappen. Car speed really only matters when you have clean air; it doesn't mean much when overtaking is basically impossible in Monaco.

Jason Campbell70 Asks:
Lewis Hamilton lost his position and the win because he was told there was no need to rush.
According to Toto Wolff, there was apparently some kind of software glitch.
Why did they tell Kimi Raikkonen on the Ferrari pit wall that there was no need to rush?

What could Lewis Hamilton have actually done during that VSC period?
He might have been able to claw back those five seconds, which would've been enough to stay in the hunt, but then he would've risked getting hit with a speeding penalty under the VSC.

It would be quite a challenge to figure out how they could possibly avoid penalizing Lewis Hamilton after his team tells him from the pit lane that he needs to make up a five-second gap during the VSC.🤣

It wasn't Vettel who got screwed by the VSC, it was Lewis Hamilton. It’s actually pretty similar to what happened last year in Barcelona when that same VSC situation messed things up for Vettel—same kind of circumstances, same main players involved.☕

mario550 Asks:
Kimi Raikkonen was sacrificed once again in favor of Sebastian Vettel. He was clearly faster than Vettel today, but that brainless strategy completely screwed him over. He had the pace in qualifying, and during the race, he was sitting three seconds ahead of Vettel right before they called him into the pits.

Kimi Raikkonen really made this one his own fault. You get that single pit stop window around lap 20, and suddenly he’s dropped 3.5 seconds behind Lewis Hamilton. I mean, seriously, what kind of undercut are you supposed to pull off when you're stuck 3.5 seconds back?

Take a look at Rosberg's undercut during the Australian Grand Prix 2018 two years ago when he almost snatched the lead from both Vettel and Raikkonen. The trick really comes down to staying right on someone's gearbox just before you dive into the pits.🤔