Posts by Elizabeth Mendoza

Sergio Perez's car is 🤣

Look at Lewis Hamilton testing out that grip during the formation lap—he just bolted straight ahead! 🤣

Kazoo Russell mentioned in his statement that we’re looking at temperatures between 50 and 54 degrees today, with winds hitting 50 mph.

I think we’re being way too hard on Sebastian Vettel here. The whole situation was pure chaos, especially with those two yellow flags popping up so close together because of Carlos Sainz and Nikita Mazepin. At the end of the day, he’s starting practically from the back of the pack anyway—he didn't gain any ground and he wasn't even threatening anyone. On one hand, there are much bigger problems to worry about, and now this tiny little hiccup right at the start of the season is being blown out of proportion just to make a point. 🤷

> I’ve spent two days straight defending Sebastian Vettel.

wiredfalcon2 said:Yeah, you can really see the massive leap Honda has made just by looking at how AlphaTauri is performing. Seriously impressive work.

I honestly completely missed that Gasly was starting in 5th, sitting barely a tenth behind Charles Leclerc. Tsunoda looked great yesterday too, though clearly his lack of experience cost him that Q3 spot—he absolutely should have been there.

They were such a complete disaster last season when they totally botched their car, but now? It looks absolutely incredible 😬

I honestly don't buy that Alonso is going to be this dominant during the race. He absolutely over-delivered in qualifying; there is zero chance that Renault is actually good enough to be sitting in 9th place. He basically did with that car what George Russell does with Williams Racing when he manages to squeeze them into Qualifying 2.

What I’m actually curious about is Vettel. I want to see what his realistic ceiling is during the race, especially since he's stuck driving that car.

Nicholas Walker40 said:Let’s try being a bit more logical before jumping to conclusions based on just one qualifying session.
In case you missed it, my man Fernando Alonso actually made it into Qualifying 3.

Look, man, you’re going to end up on my ignore list at this rate. I’d highly suggest you do the same—just skip my posts.

I missed a bit there—were the Ferkan drivers running on softs?

Enough about Sergio Perez

Carlos Sainz is absolutely destroying Charles Leclerc 🤣

James Harris34 said:Who even let that idiot Nikita Mazepin into F1 in the first place?

Facts.

The Carlos Sainz car totally let him down

Alex Barnes93 said:Mazespin

x2 haha looks like he just screwed over a ton of people 🤣

Edit: he totally messed up Vettel and Ocon 🤣

Tsunoda's gone full beast mode 🙏

Mazepin is already spinning out 👋

Joseph Flores15 said:Way to go Max! And Charles was solid too, finishing just three-tenths behind Lewis. That’s real progress right there.

What happened with Carlos Sainz? Was it just a mistake?

He was complaining about vibrations. It looks like his engine cut out at some point during qualifying.

Either way, the Ferrari looks fast, which is good news. Things are about to get interesting.

Alex Barnes93 said:If you set aside Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Pérez is literally the only driver on this grid I have zero doubts about. He’s going to drive a hell of a race regardless of how qualifying turns out. Especially since he’s finally got a car that's a massive step up from anything he's handled before. Albon might manage to jump three spots from where he starts, but Sergio is almost a guaranteed lock for the top 5. He's got total freedom with his tire strategy, and we all know he’s a master at making rubber last.

And what does that even matter for Max? Mercedes can totally wreck his day with their strategy setups, especially if Max has one of those shaky starts he's known for.

Max 👋. He was 0.4 seconds faster 🙏

I honestly expected a bit more from McLaren, but hey, having one car in third place isn't the worst thing in the world.

Then again, it’s just Max out there fighting against two Mercedes-AMG cars. Man, he didn't even get any help from his teammate today.

Raymond Anderson4 said:I guess I missed that part, fair enough...

He spun out and ended up throwing a yellow flag, which totally screwed over Sebastian Vettel and Esteban Ocon if you ask me.

Sebastian Vettel absolutely wrecked Nikita Mazepin, so let's all just chill on the armchair driving today.

When someone like me, who can't stand the guy, actually has to say it, you know things are getting serious.🤣