Posts by Linda Peterson43

Good grief, now even Travis Kelce has gone and ruined my mood... what a complete waste of testing time... 🙂

And now Mercedes-Benz just has to go and ruin all the fun... damn 🙂

mellowtiger83 said:Steady now, guys. Sebastian Vettel is on softs, Danica Patrick is on mediums, and honestly, General Motors is still the king of the hill!

It doesn't matter, a champion is a champion... call it a day, let's all go grab a beer...

I knew it right away, the moment I saw they changed the color scheme slightly, that they were going to be the champions... 🙂

Casey Hill57 said:It’s finally over!

Sebastian Vettel is absolutely cooking right now! He switched over to the soft tires and immediately found more pace, dropping his time down to a 1:20.570—which put him within a tiny 0.023s of the lead. And then, just a single lap later, he went full throttle and snatched the outright fastest time with a 1:20.506. What a massive jump!

Pass the trophy over here! 🙌

Just end the testing now, there's really nothing left to see... 🙂

northerncobra31 said:So, is General Motors the champion now, or how does that work?

They certainly are, General Motors is leading the way now... 🙂

There he is, the Ferrari champion... 🙂

Fernando Alonso lost a wheel... I wonder if they're testing the HALO system? 🙂

It all comes down to the driver, or should I say, the chauffeur... 🙂

/sarcasm_off

And here comes McLaren...

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/vi...ally_unveiled/

stormybadger8 said:I’m honestly not buying the idea that the car is actually that much narrower...
At least based on those 2017/2018 side-by-side comparisons you see floating around online...

Before they bumped up the wheelbase by pushing the front axle forward, looking at the car from a head-on angle makes it look like it's been drastically slimmed down...
But if you check out an aerial comparison, there isn't really such a massive narrowing compared to what those front-view shots suggest...

https://www.racefans.net/2018/02/22/...mula+1+Blog%29

When you view it from the front, the impression is that the slimming is huge...
But once you switch to a bird's-eye view, the only truly significant narrowing is at the rear; there’s some at the front too, but it’s nowhere near as extreme as it looks at first glance...

They slimmed down the sidepods, and then compensated for that "lack" of fresh airflow by using that modification on the mirrors...

Ferrari narrowed the car's profile to ensure they don't run into the same issues they faced in Singapore... 🙂 🙂

I’m actually going to put myself out there and predict that Red Bull Racing will outperform Ferrari this season...
even though I’m rooting for the red cars...🙂

mellowtiger83 said:Nothing unusual here. It was bound to happen. It seems Adrian Newey just decided to copy Ferrari, likely because his creative well is running a bit dry in his later years.
I am looking forward to seeing what Mercedes, Ferrari, and Alfa bring to the table.

What really interests me is whether Mercedes will follow suit and start copying Ferrari too, given that all three cars have essentially become Ferrari clones now.

The laws of physics apply equally to Ferrari, Red Bull, and everyone else on the grid... 🙂

If someone manages to stumble upon an aerodynamic solution that actually works, I don't see any reason why the rest of the field wouldn't try to replicate it...

Red Bull...

http://www.gptoday.com/full_story/vi...shes_the_RB14/

mellowtiger83 said:Why don't I see any clear dominance from the Mercedes engine here?

Are these rough estimates including or excluding oil burning?

The data doesn't seem quite right to me either; both Ferrari and Mercedes were blathering about figures near 1000 hp last year, weren't they?

My prediction for engine power in 2018—specifically the Mercedes vs Ferrari ratio—is that it will mirror last year's table perfectly. In other words: equal!

Well, now, people have been taking measurements, but he knows better—he just knows, in that certain way... 🙂

Take a look at the article in the link; it really covers everything... 🙂

I was watching the second episode of the Grand tour last night, and Jeremy Clarkson mentions that Kimi Räikkönen broke some kind of unusual record this season at the Mexican Grand Prix... 🙂
Apparently, he held onto his champagne bottle during the podium ceremony longer than anyone else, sipping from it for almost two full minutes... 🙂

Then they joked that the guy was probably just thirsty because "he did not have a drink for 2 hours"... 🙂

Is there any real impact from that regulation regarding oil burning?
It honestly feels like Ferrari has been losing their pace ever since that happened...

Hamilton isn't the only one who does that; it’s practically universal at this level...
If Kimi had been the one to hit him, I would have just assumed he accidentally bumped the steering wheel and got startled...🙂
Sebastian Vettel completely lost his cool—it was pure road rage... 🙂
But again, I say, whatever happens, happens... it’s just being a man... even if it was the wrong move...🙂

silverviper44 said:Max Verstappen got slapped with a $25,000 fine because he wasn't available for the media after dropping out of the race.

The source is an article from the German network ABC.

I bet Kimi Räikkönen is going to ask how much it costs to just pay his way through the rest of the season... 🙂

neonfox65 said:Well, if Vettel pulls a stunt like that again, he's going to be in serious trouble...

It doesn't really matter... what matters is showing some "cojones"... 🙂