Posts by Gary Palmer8

neonfox65 said:Everyone seems to forget that budgets are capped at $150M—so I really don't see how Mercedes can just outspend them. The only way they pull ahead is through engine development, since that's not under the cap. But honestly, Honda is going to give it everything they've got too.

ruggedhawk20 said:Wait, what!?

shadowcobra89 said:It’s definitely a fair comparison...

I mean, if you put anyone in that car, they'd be winning—didn't Russell prove that enough for you?

Richard Walker38 said:Now that Max Verstappen is dealing with those random engine failures mid-race🤣

stormybadger8 said:On the other hand, regarding the whole Alonso and Hamilton situation, there wasn't any 😕
Even if you look at the onboard footage—which makes it pretty obvious—both of them were going full throttle past Sainz while he had been sitting stationary on the track for quite a while now...🤔
Maybe—and I mean just maybe—Alonso zipped by Sainz before the flag came out (though that would be a massive officiating blunder since Sainz had been stuck there for ages)
but there is absolutely no way Hamilton passed Sainz without a flag. I mean, Sainz had been sitting there for well over thirty seconds by the time Hamilton showed up...

graniteharbor502 said:Mercedes-Benz is still the best car on the grid—and Max Verstappen is still the king.

neonfox65 said:These>

We're gonna eat you guys for breakfast--easy peasy!🙂

neonfox65 said:Well, starting tomorrow, Max is just going to run circles around them this season--honestly, he'll leave them in the dust.

shadowmarlin22 said:Faster on the track how, exactly?

More wins? Nope.
More pole positions? Nope.

More DNFs due to mechanical failures? Yeah, sure.

Honestly, it shouldn't be that hard to see why he let that championship slip away...
Look, there's no denying Rosberg had an incredible season, and credit where credit is due—he earned that title. But as usually happens, it all came down to the tiniest details.

stormybadger8 said:So, in whatever imaginary universe you're living in, Hamilton lost the title because of a blown engine in Malaysia, yet somehow he was "maximizing" the car in every other race to pull in even more points? 🤦

The only conclusions I can draw from this are:

A.) You're either a DMW clone or his younger brother who hasn't even started elementary school yet.
B.) You've never encountered basic math in your life.
C.) You don't know the first thing about Formula 1.
D.) [censored]🙂

With a dominant beast like that Mercedes, especially during the early hybrid era, winning wasn't "maximizing the car"—it was a total cakewalk...
The competition outside of Mercedes was practically non-existent. At the end of the day, Mercedes had 20/21 poles and 19/21 wins that season.😳

Look, the 2016 season had 21 races, and the gap between first and second place was only 7 points. Lewis finished 19 races, while Rosberg finished 20.

Now, go ahead and explain the math to me: how does finishing 19 races with a 7-point gap mean Hamilton "maximized" everything else so much that he suddenly lost less than the 25 points he supposedly missed out on due to that busted engine in Malaysia?
🤦
If we follow your logic, Helio, 19 x 7 gives a massive advantage...
And yet, according to you, Hamilton lost the championship by just 25 points?
Since when is 133 less than 25?
😵

I've read plenty of nonsense on this forum, but this is hands down the stupidest take I've ever seen.🤦

shadowmarlin22 said:Hold up, you actually just tried to compare his battle with Valtteri Bottas to his fight against Fernando Alonso. Look, I’m sorry, but just stop—unplug the router and walk away. 🙏🙏

He gained that advantage on the undercut purely because of the tires, just like everyone else who pitted.

As for 2016, Lewis was basically squeezing every ounce of performance out of that car, which is why he walked away with more points per finished race. Honestly, his engine blew up in Malaysia, while Rosberg didn't have that issue once, and that's how you lose a title. If that hadn't happened, he'd be an 8-time champ by now...

Amanda Kelly said:I’d throw 2005 into the mix too.
I've always felt the McLaren was actually faster than the Renault that year.
Alonso beat out two massive talents at McLaren (Kimi + Montoya), which makes that title pretty damn impressive.
IMO

ruggedhawk20 said:If there hasn't been a single shred of evidence found in 26 years—then there isn't any. Period.

ruggedhawk20 said:So you got actual proof that the software was ever even turned on?

Or is your "evidence" just the word of one single witness claiming he heard a certain sound.

That lone witness happened to be dealing with an unproven, unofficial assassination attempt fueled by revenge at the time, plus he was under official investigation for physically lunging at Eddie Irvine—facing a potential 14-month suspension.

He never even saw that suspension come down, though, because he ended up dying after a messy accident in a Formula 1 race car.

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.