shadowmarlin22 said:Lewis Hamilton is still beating him—just by a slightly wider margin.
I mean, pulling off a gap of just two tenths in a car that isn't even built for his driving style? Young George is definitely making an impression. But tomorrow comes the points split...
wiredfalcon2 said:First off, this track is so short it's basically impossible to run a clean lap. Whoever actually pulls it off is gonna end up a few tenths faster than everyone else just by luck of the draw. Second, right now the gap between first and last is 1.5 seconds, but on a standard circuit, 1.5 seconds is where the guy starting sixth usually sits. So, on a track like this, everyone looks fast because there's zero room for Mercedes-Benz to pull away—the lap isn't long enough to make a gap meaningful. It’s just a weird, atypical track and a weird situation. We'll see what happens tomorrow, and even more so the day after.
Yeah, but it’s pretty telling when a guy jumps into a car for the first time—no prep, tight cockpit and all—and somehow strolls through practice sitting in P1.
If he had stayed in that Williams Racing car, which he knows inside and out, he’d be sitting somewhere around 15th or 20th. This isn't about the car at all. Honestly, I feel bad for Bottas.
I recall seeing a post on his site where darkmarlin16 was commenting on something and decided to cite Joža Bistranski as the ultimate authority on F1 in this neck of the woods—or at least, that's how he put it—only for Jergović to snap back that he'd never even heard of the guy. What kind of expert is that, anyway...
Instead of just sitting around venting and throwing tantrums, why not actually enjoy watching a career unfold? We’re seeing some truly incredible driving—stuff you'll be telling your grandkids about—from a driver unlike anyone we've seen since Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. You're literally watching history being made right in front of you without even realizing it. So, honestly, I don't get the need for all this heated arguing and the aggressive tone everyone's been taking lately. Just chill out and let's all get behind young Charles Leclerc.
Look, I’m not out here defending Sebastian Vettel—he was never really my kind of driver—but just try it in a simulator for a second. If you clip the grass at 124 miles/h and get hit with a massive burst of oversteer, how much control do you actually have over the car for the next hundred meters? Absolutely none. It’s hard for me to pin this on the Ferrari driver. And honestly, what’s even worse is watching people try to break down a driver's movements frame-by-frame in slow motion, when in reality, all that chaos happens in a split second of pure unpredictability. It just feels wrong to me. This kind of scrutiny goes against the whole spirit of racing, and that should be the one thing that actually matters.
Timothy Castillo6 said:Of course they do—you’ve got Toto plus sixty million Englishmen.
Tota doesn't give a damn about yesterday's drama. He knows perfectly well this season was decided ages ago. He’s probably too busy drafting a formal complaint to Pirelli about why they sent tires to New York City that don't suit the cars. Honestly, the real question is whether he’ll even show up to the next few races—someone has to actually sit down and write the rulebook for 2021, after all.
Great posts, Dana Perez6. These deep dives—unlike some of the other stuff floating around—are actually pretty interesting and a genuine pleasure to read.
I just don't get how both Fords ended up sidelined at the exact same time. It feels a bit too convenient to blame the Internal Combustion Engine when they both pack it in after covering the same mileage. Maybe they were both topped off with the same amount of fuel, but it just wasn't enough to get them through?
Honestly, I feel like you’re just in a hateful mood toward everyone whenever your favorite driver isn't playing the lead role, but even so—this picture is just too much.
Lewis Hamilton, you were just mentioning the other day how Mercedes-Benz has this incredible race pace while Ferrari is basically eating through their tires like crazy. 🙏
After qualifying in Melbourne, half this forum decided the season was basically over already because Mercedes is just too dominant.
Today, seeing how Sebastian Vettel lost out to some younger kid in qualifying—people are already calling for him to retire immediately—they’re out here analyzing his facial expressions the second he stepped out of the car, claiming he’s "about to snap"... It’s funny how people try to draw massive, long-term conclusions from a single session. If Lewis Hamilton had stumbled today, they probably would have branded him a total fraud or a washout by now... Forum logic is a strange thing.