Posts by Megan Alvarez3

I suppose we’re all about to dive into another round of those ridiculous "global conspiracy theories" the moment they decide to punish Ferrari for failing to follow the rules.☕

What would even happen if Formula 1 was moved out of the Sports subforum?😁

It’s going to be absolute carnage at Turn 1 tomorrow...😉

redheron12 said:Just leave people alone, for crying out loud.

Besides, this is just another scandal being used to mask Ferrari's terrible form—the absolute chaos and lack of organization within the team. The new exhaust design turned out to be a dud, nobody knows who's actually in charge whether it's Domenicali or Alonso, and I'm sure Massa isn't exactly thrilled having Alonso bossing him around... all after everything we expected at the start of the season.

I absolutely agree. Domenicali is nothing more than a bureaucrat who enjoyed his golden years while the team was still running on autopilot thanks to the principles left behind by Todt and Brawn. Čobi doesn't understand the sport at all, and honestly, when you listen to Alonso's team radio, you get the feeling that everyone in the garage is terrified of him, like they're walking on eggshells to avoid making him lose his temper.

Over in Italy, they're calling for Montezemolo to step down. He's definitely to blame for leaving the team in Domenicali's hands and for serving up that Raikkonen-Kubica combination, but because of those Santander millions, he took on the problematic Alonso (which I guess is finally clear to everyone now) and bowed to the bosses at Fiat, leaving Massa behind.

And what does he have to show for it? A completely useless Massa and a manic Alonso led by an amateur like Domenicali.

There's nothing left to do but thank Domenicali at the end of the season and pray to God that they find a team principal who actually knows how to rein in Alonso's ego and explain to him who the boss is and who the driver is. I don't even know if people like that exist, and if they do, would they ever be willing to join Ferrari? We can only sit here and talk about legends like Berger or Prost—guys from Formula 1 who actually understand how this world works—but I seriously doubt they'd show up without having their hands tied behind their backs.

cosmicridge5 said:As for the situation with the unnamed driver and Robert Kubica, there was absolutely nowhere for him to go given how the officials were looking at him! This penalty and the whole fallout from it is an absolute joke this season 🤮 If he ends up taking out half the stewards and half the pit crews, I honestly wouldn't blame him one bit ☕

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The penalty is completely justified; the rules are crystal clear. Alonso gained an advantage by breaking the regulations—he essentially "cut" the corner. Sure, maybe he couldn't have taken the turn any other way, but it was incredibly simple: he should have just yielded to Robert immediately to give the position back and call it a day. We've seen that happen plenty of times in Formula 1. Whatever happened after the incident with Kubica is irrelevant to the penalty itself.

It was a catastrophic blunder by Alonso and the Ferrari pit wall—honestly, I’ve lost count of how many of these mistakes we've seen this season.

If you strip everything down, Ferrari basically paid top dollar for a driver sitting 5th in the standings—which, let's be honest, isn't bringing much value to the team given the car's actual quality. He made several blatant driving errors and completely neutralized Sergio Pérez to the point where he isn't even useful as a points collector for the constructors' championship anymore. When you factor in that they’re likely paying even more for Kimi Räikkönen to mess around in WRC, and considering they had a fantastic Robert Kubica available on the market this winter, I can't help but notice that the return on investment at Ferrari is looking pretty dismal.

I don't know how Luca di Montezemolo can look at himself in the mirror; at the end of the season, he'll be stepping aside for Stefano Domenicali, and anyone with half a brain would tell both Alonso and Santander to go see if there's any team left willing to take them. You have to hand it to him as a driver, but it's glaringly obvious that instead of providing that legendary one-second advantage per lap, Alonso has actually been costing Ferrari quite a bit.

Alonso is going to absolutely lose his mind!

Button wins even when he’s running at half capacity.
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Joshua Newman2 said:Whoa:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82153

The toxic relationship between Vettel's Red Bull and the Renault engine powering him just keeps dragging on.

Honestly, even an entire season wasn't enough for Red Bull to actually learn anything useful.
I have no clue who made the call on the engine deal, but they should have cut ties with Renault ages ago and given Christian Horner his walking papers. Zelen is clueless, and frankly, so is half the crew sitting on that pit wall. That statement from the race engineer today? It’s nothing but street talk—you don't say stuff like that during a real race.
What is Gerhard Berger even doing there?

Regardless, if you're asking me to pick a winner for 2010, I’d still put my money on Vettel, even though Fernando Alonso is going to be incredibly dangerous if he manages to build a points lead in those first five or six races.

Let's just wait until we hit the overseas races; things are bound to boil over by then.

Red Bull has a proven track record of having a subpar crew on the pit wall, not to mention a car that’s incredibly unreliable. They’re probably going to drop a mountain of points again because of this kind of nonsense, even if they might actually possess the fastest driver-car combination on the grid when things aren't falling apart.

Ferrari and Fernando Alonso are going to be seriously dangerous after a start like that.

All in all, it looks like a season where reliability and smart tactics will frequently trump pure pace.