Posts by Jack Kelly5

Even Hamilton is working absolute magic in this underdog car.

Proper schooling, really. Can't argue with that.

James Collins said:What are you even talking about?
I mean, Lewis Hamilton was honestly incredible today. He basically treated everyone like they were kids on a playground right at the start, and then he just kept this intense pressure on those top two drivers like neither of their cars could even touch him. Later on, he managed to eat away at that massive gap with Sergio Perez just by being smart with his tires, and then he caught up through the pits too. I guess if it hadn't been for bad luck during the Safety Car, he would've been the undisputed driver of the day.
We should probably mention he beat George Russell in qualifying, too.
Anyway, let's not get carried away...

I suppose we’re still waiting on some observations regarding Alonso's masterful 17th place finish to really complete the picture.

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Ferrari feels like they're back in the Jean Todt era, which is pretty impressive if you think about it. I mean, it's not like they don't have the potential to totally blow it themselves, but this current setup looks really solid. Plus, it's kind of nice to finally hear The song of the Americans.
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Drew Bennett68 said:Charles Leclerc was absolute royalty out there.
Carlos Sainz just doing his usual thing, I guess.
George Russell ended up stuck in P7.
Alex Albon took P10.
Sergio Perez is basically running the whole universe at this point.
And Valtteri Bottas... man, I wonder what he’d actually pull off if he were in a real contender car.

He's still young, so maybe he'll get a real shot at it eventually.
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Alex Albon. He’s basically got it in the bag, I guess.

cosmicridge5 said:I mean, okay, if you actually sit down and think about it, I guess that makes sense. If they’re supposedly superior, then obviously they’d use their time more productively. Like, just imagine if Tesla had been anything like you, where on earth would we be right now... 🍿😍

I was almost tempted to ask what could possibly be more productive than good sex, but I'll be a gentleman and keep my mouth shut.
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George Robinson43 said:It’s just like any other commodity—that gas is going to flow toward the owner's home base where fuel is cheaper for $1.75 before it ever makes its way here.

Well, obviously.
Lately, I've been seeing some news outlets questioning why the US isn't just holding onto 500,000 tons of oil instead of shipping it off to Canada when there are actually legal ways to keep it.
Maybe it's because the refinery over in New Jersey is out of commission?
Or maybe it's just because we're being led by corrupt, incompetent politicians?
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Nathan Evans78 said:They completely moved the goalposts, didn't they? One minute it’s all "they’ll be bankrupt by tomorrow"—after paying out their coupons with crisp Benjamin Franklins—and now we’ve pivoted to "they’ll definitely be hungry by 2025."

Some good news for us sovereignty enthusiasts: those gas oligarchies from Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and the rest can go jump in a lake.

Gas has started flowing from a new ExxonMobil well on the Ika b platform in the Northern Adriatic, near the coast, according to HRT. Another well on the Marica platform is set to go live in early April, with a third planned in a few years once the new Irena 2. platform is built. This is actually great news, considering gas production in the Northern Adriatic has been on the decline for years.

Over in El Paso-Srijem County, the Canadian firm Vermilion has struck two gas fields—Cerić and Berak—so they'll be contributing fresh supplies next year too. On top of that, ExxonMobil has made the Severovac discovery following the latest round of exploration block allocations, according to Marijan Krpan, the head of the Hydrocarbon Agency.

I mean, if you're one of those sovereignty types, you probably ought to realize that the owner of that gas is actually ExxonMobil, so it isn't exactly "ours," I guess.
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1. Just when you think it's impossible for anything to go more sideways than what happened with McLaren, Red Bull Racing shows up and proves us all wrong. I guess they’ve basically taken the whole concept of a "team disaster" and raised it to a whole new level of chaos.
2. Ferrari actually looked pretty solid, though.
3. Honestly, if we ever face some kind of total nuclear apocalypse and civilization just goes up in smoke, I’m pretty sure the only thing left standing in the ruins would be a perfectly unscathed, incredibly lucky Lewis Hamilton.
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stormybadger8 said:They aren't...
https://www.formula1.com/en/results....ualifying.html

It’s weird, but for some reason, both Mercedes cars were slower in the Third Qualifying Session than in the Second Qualifying Session. Russell was actually a full second slower than his Second Qualifying Session time. 😵
And he isn't the only one. Hamilton wasn't quite as dramatic, but it's still strange that he was about 0.2 seconds slower in Third Qualifying Session than in Second Qualifying Session...
Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen—it's the same story...

Red Bull Racing is barely faster, and Charles Leclerc made the biggest jump...
The only logical explanation for me is the tires and how they're warming up. 🤔

On another note, it's interesting to watch Valtteri Bottas; all his times are hovering right around the same mark from First Qualifying Session through Third Qualifying Session...
Alpine seems fast, and consistently fast at that, though I think they have even more potential.
Because it's honestly bizarre how tiny the gaps are between their First Qualifying Session, Second Qualifying Session, and Third Qualifying Session...

I guess we should probably just sit tight and wait for the race to actually get going, then we'll see how every car decides to behave under these conditions, I suppose.

Talk all you want, but I’m just not buying this whole idea that Mercedes is actually bad right now. There’s no way in hell they’re sitting a second or two behind everyone else; the other teams are basically right there in the mix, we just aren't seeing it yet.
I mean, we’ll have to see how tomorrow's race plays out, and probably the next couple after that too, while they're still trying to get everything dialed in properly. If you look back at those last four races from last season, the rest of the grid looked like they were moving in slow motion compared to Mercedes. And now, suddenly, they're supposedly on the same level as Alfe!?
Give me a break.

Well, looks like the prophet horse finally got the machine sorted out, assuming they don't mess around with the settings again...
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I mean, it feels like we already know who’s taking the title after just the second practice session, doesn't it? It's kind of wild how obvious it is that Mercedes-AMG is basically done for the season.
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Larry Fox5 said:Look, we’re just throwing out guesses here—you can’t predict this stuff without a crystal ball. All these sanctions being slapped on Russia are going to hit the West too, no question. It’s hard to say exactly how bad, but here in the US, they're already forecasting inflation north of 8% this year. Wheat prices are skyrocketing, and we're looking at massive shortages...
I don't know how much you guys actually realize, but even in places like Germany, you can barely find sunflower oil in stores right now—people are paying over $10 a liter on eBay! Seriously, go check it yourself if you don't believe me.
And don't even get me started on oil and gas. Diesel in Western Europe is hitting $2.50/L, and electricity and heating costs have absolutely exploded. This is going to bleed into every other sector because higher transport costs automatically drive up everything else. Families will have way less cash for vacations, so the tourism industry is going to take a massive hit too.

It’s just a vicious cycle that leads straight back to recession, business bankruptcies, unemployment spikes...

Stop being naive and thinking these sanctions are only hitting Russia.

Larry Fox5 said:I don't even follow him—just stumbled onto this news because they always seem to have the fastest updates coming out of Ukraine. Honestly, I don't know much about the micro-level stuff and maybe there really is a shortage happening around here in Baden... but I bet there are plenty of cities in Germany dealing with it too. That link you sent shows people over in Potsdam scouring different stores and coming up empty-handed...

Look, the point is—it wouldn't even surprise me if we start seeing shortages of certain goods during this crisis, or if they just become way too expensive to buy... I mean, look at the price of Nickel—it’s shot up from $28,000 to $64,000 since the war started...
Just imagine—every single industry that relies on this stuff to even function. It’s a total nightmare...

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Larry Fox5 said:This is straight from today's New York Post. I seriously doubt they have any real reason to stir up panic. Most likely, people just started hoarding because they're scared of shortages—which naturally leads to empty shelves. Besides, they already explained why there isn't enough oil.

So you managed to find oil in some random German village the size of Chicago at a Walmart? That just proves it's available everywhere... Honestly, where do you guys even come from. 🤣

https://www.bild.de/geld/wirtschaft/...7584.bild.html

Oh sure, you read it in the New York Post so you're an expert, while everyone living in a German village the size of Chicago is totally clueless.
I honestly don't know where you people come from...
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Larry Fox5 said:Look, we’re just throwing out guesses here—you can’t predict this stuff without a crystal ball. All these sanctions being slapped on Russia are going to hit the West too, no question. It’s hard to say exactly how bad, but here in the US, they're already forecasting inflation north of 8% this year. Wheat prices are skyrocketing, and we're looking at massive shortages...
I don't know how much you guys actually realize, but even in places like Germany, you can barely find sunflower oil in stores right now—people are paying over $10 a liter on eBay! Seriously, go check it yourself if you don't believe me.
And don't even get me started on oil and gas. Diesel in Western Europe is hitting $2.50/L, and electricity and heating costs have absolutely exploded. This is going to bleed into every other sector because higher transport costs automatically drive up everything else. Families will have way less cash for vacations, so the tourism industry is going to take a massive hit too.

It’s just a vicious cycle that leads straight back to recession, business bankruptcies, unemployment spikes...

Stop being naive and thinking these sanctions are only hitting Russia.

Total bedastoca, I just checked. I actually picked some up at the Walmart yesterday.
It kind of reminds me of those toilet paper panics and everyone hoarding stuff at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. In Germany, people were seriously rushing out to stock up, but from what I could tell, the market settled down pretty quickly after that.

Arthur Booth96 said:What was his name again?

I haven't really got a clue, honestly, I guess I haven't been following all the tiny details too closely, I just sort of remember the gist of what he was saying. Maybe it was that skinny guy with the braid or something?

Zachary Jackson4 said:An Analyst on CNN reports that while Russia might struggle after six months, they could potentially sustain this war for years before their economy actually collapses.

Analyst was on that exact same show back in February, though, claiming that a full-scale war wouldn't even happen, and if it did, he thought Kyiv would fall instantly—like, maybe within a week at most, the Russian army would be sitting right on the western border of Ukraine.
Analyst.

Morgan Morales4 said:You know, honestly, I feel like we’ll be running errands for the Federal Reserve long before we see any actual collapse from Russia—I mean, an employee at General Dynamics is going to run out of bread way before that famous Russian empire falls apart. We shouldn't be obsessing over what's happening in Russia; instead, we should really be looking at the fallout from all these sanctions being thrown around by those high-and-mighty European economic gurus. Because let’s be real: an oligarch will still find a way to snag something luxury in the West, whereas a blue-collar worker at a place like General Dynamics might actually struggle to afford a loaf of bread. And at the end of the day, how does that even affect us?

You're talking about our Secretary Marić...
I don't know, man, how's everyone else feeling about it?
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