Posts by Christian Harris11

dustycyclist19 said:It’s starting to rain out there, and Vettel mentioned he thinks he sees an oil leak coming from Rosberg's car.😂
Come on, America, just open up a little.🤣

That was such a tactical move... they tell him to slow down and he just takes off anyway. 😂😂😂

graniteharbor502 said:This race really highlighted two things for me: that the Mercedes-Benz is easily the class of the field right now, and that Sebastian Vettel truly earned his four world titles. Honestly, I think he deserves a massive amount of credit just for pulling off those qualifying times in such a slower car—nearly grabbing pole like that—and then managing to stay right on Nico Rosberg's heels once the track dried out. 🙏

Kimi's having a bit of a rough one again. 😢

I'm not really sure what to make of the whole situation with Vettel; it felt like Ricciardo was breathing down his neck from the very start, right up until things went south.

graniteharbor502 said:And I should probably mention that Nico Hülkenberg proved once again just how incredible a driver he really is. 🙏

That’s just how it goes, really—they're basically just sitting there waiting for a real shot at something, provided they don't go under before that chance actually shows up. 😢

It feels like either Renault and Red Bull were playing some kind of clever game behind the scenes, or maybe Red Bull is just doing an incredible job lately, because they seemed just a tiny bit slower than everyone else today.

I've been a die-hard fan of both Kimi and Ferrari for a long time, but honestly, seeing them struggle this much against a team like Caterham is just really hard to watch. 🤷

It really looks like everyone is playing it safe with their fuel management out there. You could see it in how Lewis Hamilton was pulling away, or even how Fernando Alonso was effortlessly staying within a second and a half of the pack toward the end; it’s obvious they're all being incredibly conservative. Even the Mercedes-Benz seems to be much more efficient than the rest of the field, and while Ferrari is slightly ahead of Renault, they aren't even close to the level of Mercedes-Benz. Honestly, the guys at Mercedes-Benz have done such an incredible job with their engine concept—they've managed to find more power and better low-end torque while still being more fuel-efficient. If the regulations don't change to allow higher RPMs by the end of the season, I don't think anyone is going to be able to touch them.

It looks like Massa basically signed a contract saying he’d have to let others pass, so I guess the folks over at Ferrari are just following their usual playbook to make sure he plays ball. If you ask me, it feels a little selfish that he held onto his position instead of giving Valtteri Bottas a shot, especially since Bottas wasn't really going to make much of an impact anyway.

I’m just crossing my fingers for a dry race, mostly because I'd love to finally see what the actual power ratio looks like without all the rain complicating things.

As for Kimi Raikkonen, I wouldn't expect him to really find his groove before summer hits; it took him nearly half a season back at Lotus to truly settle in, so we'll just have to wait and see how they actually perform once he's comfortable. I'm honestly just curious to see when he gets acclimated enough to reveal the car's true potential, though I suspect he might grab a tiny edge over Alonso in qualifying, while in the race,

George Ramos15 said:If they'd had slick tires back then, those track records would probably still be standing today.

I honestly think if they just let these engines breathe a little more by easing up on that 100kg/s flow limit between 10 and 15k RPM, we’d see those records falling instantly... and they might even find a way to make that happen this coming season.

I honestly feel like in Australia, and maybe throughout the whole season, we might start seeing a lot more retirements that aren't actually caused by technical failures. I have this hunch that a fair amount of teams might just decide to pull out near the end of a race if they realize there’s no realistic way to grab any points, just so they can save on mileage and wear