wiredfalcon2 said:I mean, Lewis is probably one of the cleanest drivers out there—he almost never gets into any dirty fights when he's battling others, which is pretty different from a lot of other champions I guess.
neonfox65 said:Wait, didn't he have a fresh set of reds?
The reds lasted maybe 3 or 4 laps before he just completely fell off the pace—it was rough. Just look at what happened with Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas.
Kenneth Cruz67 said:And let's not forget he's been testing for Mercedes since 2017. It was actually his very first time ever getting behind the wheel of a real race car. Honestly, it's almost like a Cinderella story unfolding in small steps.
Not exactly high-level testing if he's having to ask Valtteri Bottas what half the buttons on the steering wheel actually do... or what P0 means, or whatever else he's asking him.
Brenda Murphy3 said:The French and Germans will throw whatever money is needed at it...I mean, if they really felt like it, they could fund both Turkey and Greece at the same damn time...
But honestly? They’ll probably just go after Erdogan's wallet first. The whole setup surrounding Erdogan is incredibly shaky—it's an unstable mess, and even small setbacks could send that entire system spiraling into huge trouble.
From what I've heard, they're paying for those North American War costs too.😬
ruggedhawk20 said:If you have a niece who's 5, then you've got maybe 13-15 cousins max—which pretty much explains the quality of your posts here.
Man, you should probably realize it doesn't even work like that. I mean... I've got a few cousins who are 20 years younger than me, but also some who are 10-15 years older (my grandparents had tons of kids and most made it, so the gap between the oldest and youngest was almost 20 years). Plus, my 11-year-old niece is technically an aunt to a 25-year-old, etc., etc.
so look, soccer has rules, it has referees, and they're actually licensed—plus they’ve got VAR now too
F1 basically has its own version of VAR, but there aren't really any actual rules... they just seem to apply them however the team bosses feel like at the moment. No licensed officials or anything
my take is that if F1 is gonna keep trying to ban stuff, they seriously need some actual licensed refs. If they just want to "judge" things based on vibes like they always have, then honestly, they should just scrap the officials entirely and let them race how they know how—but then nobody gets to complain when things go sideways after a crash
It's pretty wild that the Sky commentators were all over this, but they never actually showed the 😬—they were even hinting he was about to get hit with a penalty. And honestly, the way they handled the Safety Car was just idiotic. Why the rush to bring the SC out when they haven't even cleared the car off the track yet? I guess they're just in a hurry to 😬
It's pretty interesting—since Bottas couldn't find a way past Max Verstappen during that first stint, it actually helped Lujo pull ahead of Kimi Räikkönen a bit earlier. He didn't pull enough gap to keep Kimi from catching him before the pit stop, otherwise he would have, though even if that hadn't happened, he probably would've just been overtaken three or four laps later than he was anyway.
So I'm looking at Kimi on two softs and Vettel on one soft??? I mean, it’s honestly no surprise they're struggling with the soft compound when they barely got any actual track time with them—it seems pretty wild to me. They basically drove half the race on those tires without even testing them properly (and Kimi was on 2/3 for most of it).
I don't think he could've held off Lujo for those last two laps on the super softs—he probably would've gotten passed on them too. Proof? As soon as Kimi broke away, Lujo clocked a lap that was at least a second faster (maybe even more). I guess Ferrari is just eating through tires way faster than the new Mercedes-Benz setup, or maybe Kimi didn't get them up to temp quite right... maybe he overheated them, and after that, they just fell off compared to Lujo's pace
@Brandon Evans5/">@@Brandon Evans5 Man, this is gonna cost him the championship—he’s basically throwing it away with all those stupid mistakes during qualifying. I mean, he ended up being like 0.1s slower than Kimi even after all that mess... just a total disaster.
btw. isn't it like... not even a penalty anymore when Mercedes does that stuff when Kimi pulls into the pits? I guess maybe they changed the rules or something
Man, what a mess... I guess Ferrari needs to have a car that's like a full second faster just to make up for those brainless pit calls and Sebastian Vettel's mistakes.
mellowtiger83 said:It’s pretty wild how Kimi is still outperforming Vettel at 39—even if, like you said, he's basically driving a lemon right now.🙂. I mean, I'm trying to imagine what Vettel would even do if he had a car like Hamilton's or Max's... but I guess we'll find out eventually, probably once Leclerc gets in there and we see the real deal, though he seems a little off his game lately too..
I honestly think it's mostly because the crew that actually tuned the car moved on to work on the 2019 build. But hey, maybe it's just Leclerc being difficult, who knows.
steelrider6 said:It’s "conclude," not "concludet." Honestly, it’s tough when you grow up without much attention—maybe your pet was the only one who actually cared. If you were out hanging with the guys, you'd probably experience things you can't get through a screen and some keys. You might even see some girls. And in a swimsuit, too.
He meant "conclude" on purpose. Maybe read a few more books and you'll figure out why there isn't an "et" at the end.
steelrider6 said:It's "conclude," not "concludit." I guess it's tough when you grow up lacking attention—like if your only friend was your dog. If you actually hung out with the guys, you’d probably experience things you can't get through a screen and some keys. You might even see some women. And maybe in a bikini, too.
hah, did nothing else pop into your head? looks like you're struggling with some words there