Posts by dustycyclist19

Jamie Hall said:I honestly don't get who's out here looking for drama where there isn't any. If the Fernando Alonso fans are getting this hyped just because he's ahead of Kimi Räikkönen, it pretty much tells you just how much they respect Kimi's talent.

And look, for those of us following Kimi—and if you've been paying attention, you know we aren't here to tear anyone down—we respect everyone else's drivers, we just stand by our guy.

We're well aware. But do you happen to realize that the Maestro actually beats that "great" driver nearly 4 to 1 when they're sitting in the exact same car?😁

Jason Campbell70 said:Nah, that’s not an answer—those are just excuses.

Look, my friend, things have been absolute chaos while you were away, but once you're back, everything should settle down to some kind of normalcy.
I mean, when people claim we're just obsessing over internal team battles, we try to bring some order to the conversation, yet they just start throwing around nonsense about Noah's Ark. It’s pretty ironic considering a Noah's Ark is one of the fastest concepts out there, so really, who's being objective here?🤷

Jamie Hall said:Reply...

It’s just not Formula 1 for you.🙄
I get that Kimi Raikkonen is your absolute hero, but you've gotta face the reality that he got absolutely wrecked out there—you can practically see him dealing with a case of gastritis from all that sickness.😂

ruggedfox28 said:just let him be... you can tell he's just rambling nonsense. if you look at any decent US media outlets or listen to anyone with actual eyes on the forums, everyone agrees that Obrvan had a sub-par race and still managed to scavenge a solid 4th place, which is basically his whole career strategy—just lurking on the track and opportunistically capitalizing on other people's bad luck (or let's be honest, their mistakes)..

he's clearly blinded by it... maybe even more than his own mother, hence this post.

..and honestly, it perfectly captures how superficial Obrvan's fans really are. they love to mock all the Kimi Räikkönen fans for grasping at straws like they're in a desert, while completely failing to realize they're doing the exact same thing with Obrvan—clinging to internal team battles that are totally irrelevant to the broader championship standings, but since it's the only hit of dopamine they get, they take it.because realistically, they don't have anything else to actually celebrate... 🤣

Watching a genius like that drive was a total blast in its own way, so don't you worry about what brings us joy.☕

Look, let me set the record straight for you guys: neither of those examples you brought up actually involves a clash between teammates in the same car.🤣
Then I guess Daniel Ricciardo should just have 34 world titles under his belt by now, right?🤷

Jamie Hall I can't even begin to process this...
Here we go again... 🤦‍♂️

The numbers don't lie.☕

cosmiccyclist8 said:meanwhile over on the Kimi Raikkonen and Alonso thread, people are whining about how much Kimi was getting slapped😁

what a bunch of losers😁

And what part of that is even a lie?🤷

Nico Rosberg absolutely deserved that win.
Jules Bianchi was top-tier, scoring those first points for Marussia.
Daniel Ricciardo is hands down a better driver than Sebastian Vettel at this point, no question about it. If he hadn't dealt with all those mechanical failures and disqualifications, he’d be sitting on another 30 points right now. In my book, he's easily the driver of the season.
Kimi Raikkonen is honestly so overrated. Comparing Alonso to Raikkonen—it's 61 to 17, just pure shuffling. It’s almost on par with how much the Red Bull duo is struggling. ☕

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, Vettel’s got nothing to worry about; he's pretty much set unless some random engine failure ruins everything...
Ricciardo actually drove like trash today, though I think he might have even had a shot at pole😳

But then again, Kvyat should be seriously sweating both Vettel and Ricciardo, like, really worried, because the kid is way better than Ricciardo and it wouldn't surprise me if he lands a seat at Red Bull Racing next season😉
Red Bull Racing rookie was the first time he ever drove Indianapolis Motor Speedway, honestly the first time he's driven anything at all😉

Even though your post is basically just pure guesswork, I decided to pick out this one part: he drove Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, so it wasn't his first time☕
And Ricciardo probably had a car that was maybe three seconds faster than Vettel's😂
This season might not be that thrilling regarding the championship title, but the fights within the teams are definitely keeping things interesting
Lewis Hamilton is slightly ahead of Nico Rosberg
Ricciardo is quite a bit better than Vettel
Fernando Alonso is lightyears ahead of Kimi Raikkonen
And a quick thought on qualifying: Alonso was 0.8 seconds faster than the world champion—who many consider the fastest single-lap driver out there—while driving the exact same car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is arguably the toughest track
And then you have people claiming Alonso can't qualify, and I just had to laugh my head off😂😂

Sunderland AFC vs West Bromwich Albion x (2-0)

Both sides are basically playing for their lives here to stay in the league. Since West Bromwich Albion has already secured their spot and Sunderland just needs a single point to breathe easy, I'm expecting a pretty cautious, cagey affair.
If you want to take a smaller swing, you could always try tr 0:0.

Jamie Hall said:I guess they don't really need to watch what they eat... 😉

Fernando Alonso is looking a little heavy on the scale, honestly. 😉
I’ve got a feeling we might actually see some real progress from Ford this season now that they finally have a decent wind tunnel to work with.

ruggedhawk20 said:I'm literally just pointing out the hypocrisy here—it's not that deep.

Two identical drivers—and they trigger two completely opposite reactions from these internet trolls today. It’s hilarious because neither side actually watched the damn thing. Not one person. One crowd is probably watching because their uncle told them to, and the other is trying to watch via their grandpa’s dial-up connection.

Look, I’ve got nothing against Senna—really—but I couldn't stand seeing Google basically make him the face of F1 back in March. It's just not right. Not for the sport, and definitely not for the other drivers. Sure, he’s easily top 20 all-time—right up there with Clark, Schumacher, and about seventeen others depending on who you ask—but he shouldn't be the guy synonymous with the entire series. He’s got some serious baggage, let's be real. That day? Total injustice.

And honestly, that’s kind of why Senna became the icon for F1 in the first place.
Formula 1 was just way more mainstream during Senna's era compared to when Clark was running the show.😉

ruggedhawk20 said:I was reading that and realized—man, this guy’s just another Disney fanatic. He tries hard to act like he isn't, but it’s pretty obvious.

Anyone trying to claim KERS and DRS are the same thing is totally dismissed in my book.

I haven't criticized KERS once in any of my posts—let alone lumped it in with DRS.

DRS is just a gimmick—KERS was actual innovation. DRS isn't even in the spirit of F1 (or a Grand Prix, if you want to be fancy)—but KERS definitely was.

Oh, give me a break. He’s a total Disney guy too. Honestly, I read your stuff and the second I spot that Disney obsession, I start questioning who I'm even talking to. To borrow a line from someone else: "Smart people just chuckle and move on to a different thread."

stormybadger8 said:You just don't get what sports is actually about...
The whole point is proving you're a beast while driving for some underdog garage, which then earns you a seat at a powerhouse team where you help build their legacy from the ground up...

But this nonsense with constant rule changes? It kills that entire spirit...
I mean, seriously, what's the point of artificially boosting someone's points just to get them on a podium once or twice? At the end of the day, they'll just end up right back where they started...
And because of some idiotic regulations, a driver with talent on par with Hulk is stuck rotting away in that same mid-tier team instead of having moved up to a top-tier squad years ago...

It's actually because of all this artificial hype that Hulk will probably land a seat at a top-tier team one of these days😉

stormybadger8 said:You really nailed it with this one. Absolute genius.😉

In Formula 1, the rules don't change because drivers ask for them or because they make sense for the racers. They change because the fans want more drama. Period.
Drivers have always known the deal: if you want to actually win, you move to a better team. You don't go around crying that the rulebook needs changing.

Sure, the fans play a huge part, but honestly, the drivers have a massive hand in all this too—you really think they’re just sitting there with zero influence on how things go down?🙄
I feel like you’re totally missing the soul of the game here, which is really what it all comes down to. As someone who spends their entire life training just for the slim chance at a championship, how can you sit there and argue that a driver won't win simply because they don't have the fastest car? That kind of logic goes against everything sports should stand for. Honestly, I think the rule changes are actually designed to stop drivers in mediocre teams from just throwing in the towel, giving them a reason to stay hopeful—kind of like that whole underdog Brawn GP story.

stormybadger8 said:So wait, we’re talking about a restart from the grid on cold tires while just sitting there waiting for the lights to go out?
That’s absolute garbage. It isn't fair. Everyone except the leader would be losing their minds right now...
Basically, everyone's just overthinking a situation where there isn't even a smart way to play it.

Is it fair that the guy on pole has to sit there waiting for everyone else to line up after the formation lap? Probably not, but I'd take that over stripping away someone's hard-earned advantage any day.

ruggedhawk20 said:You’re just being dense because you don't get it—simple as that. You stared at the screen, saw the guy in third crossing first, and decided to come here and cry about it. Listen, thousands of people watching the race twenty years ago knew exactly why the leader was technically third—it was crystal clear—but since a few thousand people today are just as clueless as you, Bernie decided to play hero and simplify things for the masses, even if it meant screwing over the leader.

That’s exactly my point—F1 races used to be these niche little events that only a tiny handful of people actually cared about. For every fan watching, there were like a hundred others who didn't give a damn.

Look, I don't follow football—I have no clue who Arsenal is, how they ended up named after some coach, or what a corner even is... whatever. All I know is it’s basically 22 guys chasing one ball while only two wear gloves, and everyone else just wears cleats. Also, a 0-0 tie is mind-numbingly boring. So, if someone actually fixed the game for me—like, making the goals the full width of the field, killing off the offside rule, and getting rid of goalies entirely just to stop those zero-score snoozefests—what would a "real" fan think? Would they actually have a point if they told me to go jump in Lake Tahoe?

I’ve been obsessed with F1 since back when it was actually just a rulebook for building cars—not this circus we have now. Back before Google existed, before all the cheating, and before the constant drama—it actually made sense. If you started on pole, you won. Simple. You were the fastest in qualifying, so obviously, you were the fastest on race day—and if you're the fastest, nobody's passing you. It was common sense, period.

Then the Disney crowd showed up and decided the race was "boring." Those are the people who ruined my sport—I didn't change theirs, because honestly, I never even bothered to change their sport—since their version was boring to begin with, just like mine was to them from day one. Truth is, I never even noticed their sport existed, and I still don't.

It’s all just a mindset thing—honestly. If I don't like something, I just stop watching; if they don't like it, they go ahead and change it. Some people call that progress, others call it aggression—it’s a total gray area. Look, I’m not claiming I’m right, I’m just saying you and I aren't cut from the same cloth. You like one thing, I like another. You’ll probably call me a bully, and I might just call you some stuck-up, old-fashioned dinosaur whose time has passed. Maybe. Who knows?

Maybe my era is over—and yeah, it is. Was it better? Who knows. If F1 looked like this back then, I probably wouldn't have even noticed—actually, I’m pretty sure I wouldn't have given it a second thought.

I’m watching F1 today mostly because it reminds me of a sport I actually used to give a damn about—back when it was fun. One of my favorite things about following Formula 1 was being seen as a total weirdo for staring at cars driving in circles—and honestly? I loved that little bit of eccentricity. But nowadays, if you watch F1, you aren't some oddball anymore—you're just one of the masses—and that's where all the soul goes to die.

Then you get one of those days—totally polar opposite to how things used to be—where it actually hits you just how much the world has shifted. You’ve got two drivers, basically neck-and-neck in terms of talent and trophies, yet they trigger completely different vibes today. One guy practically breaks the internet, while the other is mostly just a niche topic for the die-hards.

and honestly, in the context of F1, they're basically the same guy

Really solid, high-quality breakdown here👍
But if we're talking about rule changes, there’s this massive distinction between soccer and Formula 1 that I think you missed. See, F1 is fundamentally a technical sport, whereas soccer isn't even close. That’s exactly why they feel the need to tweak the regulations; because how else do you tell an athlete they just aren't good enough? In soccer, you just tell them to hit the gym harder and the results will follow, but in F1, sometimes the only way to level the playing field is to change the rules itself.😉

ruggedhawk20 said:Nah, I'm not buying it. What silvercobra68 is getting at is that kids these days—who basically live on nothing but deep-fried junk food—expect everything handed to them on a silver platter. If it isn't served up ready-to-eat, they can't handle it—mostly because they're too lazy to actually process anything complicated. That fried junk might look great and taste decent enough—perfectly crispy, sure—but the meat inside? It’s low-grade garbage.

Look, if today’s F1 fans hadn't spent the whole time whining about one of the cleanest, most flawless races in history—and if we weren't dealing with this absolute dumpster fire of a spring season—I probably wouldn't care. But once those three things hit all at once? Yeah, I finally lost my damn mind.

Honestly, graniteharbor502 is the only one actually making sense here—props to them. 👍👍

Now everyone’s just dropping the act—and honestly? Watching them squirm is the best part.

They thought I was just rambling and talking nonsense—that my questions were totally out of left field—but every single one of them actually has a solid answer. graniteharbor502 nailed the last one, though. Respect.

Everyone else can just go to Disneyland—honestly.

Now I'm stuck because I actually need a costume for Disneyland, so should I go buy one since mine apparently fell off?🤷
I’d suggest you try writing sci-fi novels, since you seem to have a knack for it (judging by the start of your post).

stormybadger8 said:So wait, we’re talking about a restart from the grid on cold tires while just sitting there waiting for the lights to go out?
That’s absolute garbage. It isn't fair. Everyone except the leader would be losing their minds right now...
Basically, everyone's just overthinking a situation where there isn't even a smart way to play it.

We aren't even trying to be smart here, we’re just pointing out that his logic is completely flawed and unfair, yet all we get in return is some unsolicited advice telling us to go take a trip to Disneyland.🤣

stormybadger8 said:So, what's your big idea? What would actually be fair and logical in your book?🤷

I think the guy was basically saying that the only way to do this right is to stagger the starts based on those gaps before the flag drops, because there's nothing more annoying than some driver overtaking someone after a restart when they were actually ten seconds behind them to begin with.🙄
He wasn't even trying to defend how things went down today, honestly.😉