Posts by neonfox65

stormybadger8 said:Good grief 🤦🤣🤣🤣
Seriously, neonfox65, have you forgotten how to read? 🤣

Where does it say that in the actual text? Aside from you reading a clickbait headline (which, by the way, claims things Vettel didn't even say...) and clearly not bothering to read the quote or think about it for a single second 😵.
In this article, Vettel is saying it was crucial that HE stayed ahead of Verstappen and that HE managed to hold him off on cold tires 🙂.

Vettel: Verstappen key to beating Hamilton

http://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/v...14/story.shtml

"I was struggling to keep up, but still hanging in there," Vettel said of his first stint. "I knew I needed to be right behind him.

"Once it was clear that he went in, there was no point to follow. We stayed out, the tyres were still holding on and the pace looked alright.

"It was very tight. I knew that Max would probably try something but I just kept in front.

"That was obviously crucial for our race, I tried to push for as hard as I could for the one or two Max was still out to open a bit of a gap and control the race.

"We did a very good race. I'm very happy with the calls today."

And you're still over here insisting Seb won the race on Saturday...
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Vettel is saying in this article that the key was that HE came out ahead of Max.

That goes without saying, but he wouldn't have come out ahead of Hamilton if Max hadn't pitted.

‘Sebastian owes Max a beer’ after today's race

Vettel: Max was the key to that win

Tacno—just like I said...

stormybadger8 said:Give it a rest.🤦

What you’re getting at is basically saying it’s all the wall's fault—that the wall caused Ricciardo's gearbox issues and breakdowns—instead of just facing the fact that Ricciardo went off track and slammed right into it...
So yeah, clearly the wall is the main culprit here and everything else is just a side note...
And if there wasn't a wall, everything would be just peachy.😍

You've totally missed the mark here 🙂

Elizabeth Mendoza said:🤣🤣, what a character. Seriously, just go ahead and enjoy your little fantasy world. Sending love. You actually heard him saying he was slowing down, yet somehow he was faster than Hamilton and at a distance where nobody could even touch him. 🤣 🙏

You clearly don't know the first thing about Formula 1 👋

Elizabeth Mendoza said:How on earth was he slowing him down when he couldn't even get close enough to make an attack? For real. 🤣

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jadeseal7 said:You really can't go betting on Ricciardo.

I'm not picking Hamilton either... 👋

jadeseal7 said:Hey neonfox65, go grab an Advil or something and just relax until we get to China.

Your previous favorite driver has been stuck in a mid-field machine for three years now—and as for your current pick, he pretty much ruined his own weekend. To make matters worse for you, he's sitting in a third car; seeing a four-time champion pull off such a masterful victory really makes me think you aren't having a great day today.

Strategy is a fundamental part of every single race, including this one—just look at how Ferrari stumbled in Australia and Canada last year, so what's the big surprise now?

The reality is that Vettel was putting the pressure on Hamilton until the latter completely cooked his tires. Ferrari proved they have an excellent car when it comes to following the leader. Hamilton took a gamble and pitted because that pressure forced his hand, but then he got stuck behind Max, and well—the rest is history. Honestly, nobody is to blame here except him and his team, though they did try to bail him out by bringing Bottas in.

It was a clean, beautiful win for Ferrari—there isn't much more to say about it. I’m looking forward to seeing some equally great racing in China.

The total number of overtakes is kind of a meaningless stat, anyway—who actually cares about 30 overtakes when they're all happening on the straights thanks to DRS? I much prefer watching it like this.

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In case you didn't know, I actually put money on him... where am I gonna find my cash now? 👋

stormybadger8 said:The real issue is that Hamilton absolutely trashed his tires, okay?🙂
If he hadn't, he wouldn't have spent the whole day staring at Max's rear end instead of seeing anyone else in front of him besides the rearview mirror.🙂

That’s true enough—but it isn't the final move. If you don't wrap things up properly, well... you're screwed.

stormybadger8 said:Definitely more than that...
That absolutely insane, millimeter-perfect move by Perez on Kvyat was incredible. 🙏
Then you had Hulkenberg and Ocon hunting down Alonso,
Stroll getting past the Nazi before his brakes gave out, and Kvyat Sainz on track before the pit stops...
Maybe there were others, but those five are definitely in my book.

But yeah, if those three mentioned above were the only "real" overtakes, 🙏
I'd much rather have three genuine battles than 1,000 fake ones aided by DRS 🙂 or that stuff they do in NASCAR. 🤦

People keep writing "a la"... but honestly, ALA is something else entirely—that animal... 😉

And what's the deal with all this overtaking talk in NASCAR? Honestly, that’s where you see the most natural passing—no artificial aids, no weird tire gimmicks, and none of those judges constantly sticking their noses into a driver's duel...

Elizabeth Mendoza said:It honestly doesn't matter who was behind him because there was zero chance of passing anyway. Even over the team radio, he was complaining that overtaking was basically impossible.

But let's be real, it was Max and that's that. He's the one who slowed him down. If anyone else had done it, people would be acting like they were the absolute key to everything, you know?...

stormybadger8 said:Stop talking nonsense.🤦
Los Angeles isn't a track where overtaking is easy. When you're dealing with such tiny speed gaps like we saw with this year's top three teams, that applies to pretty much any track on the calendar...

The win came down to grabbing P2 on the grid, holding that spot at the start, and then the fact that Lewis Hamilton didn't manage his tires properly while Sebastian Vettel did...
Max Verstappen is basically a side character in this whole scenario. It wouldn't have mattered who Hamilton was stuck behind.
If Hamilton hadn't shredded his tires and had just pitted with everyone else, he would've ended up stuck behind Max anyway because Max would have already been in the pits.🙂

The exact same thing would've happened if he was stuck behind Kimi Räikkönen, or even if Max had to pit at the same time as Hamilton...
Even if they were fast enough to come out ahead of them, he'd still be stuck behind Carlos Sainz Jr., Daniil Kvyat, Sergio Perez, or anyone else in the top 10 who isn't running more than two seconds off the pace of The Bear. He’d be stuck behind whoever because he burned his tires too early and pitted too soon.☕

On the flip side, if Sebastian Vettel hadn't started P2, Valtteri Bottas would've been right behind Lewis Hamilton. Even if Bottas had enough of a gap to pit and rejoin ahead, he probably would've gotten hit with a slow pit stop as a "gift" for the first race.🙂

The real turning point was when Ham lost all that time trailing Max—that's what cost him the win. I even heard it mentioned on the news.

because the exact same thing would've happened if he was stuck behind Kimi (or even Massu, Sainz, Kvyat, Perez, or anyone else in the top 10 who isn't lagging behind Russia by more than two seconds per lap)
and he would've been stuck behind any of them since he burned through his tires too early and pitted way too soon☕

Sure, that played a part, but I'm telling you—the key factor was Max. And honestly? Vettel won the race on Sunday, not Saturday...

Sure, qualifying was a big deal too, but let's be real—the win actually went to Max Verstappen ☕

And you claiming Sebastian Vettel won the race on Saturday? Man, that’s just plain wrong. Races are won on Sunday... unless maybe we're talking about Monaco, I guess.

stormybadger8 said:The fact is, Vettel won the race on Saturday, and Kimi lost it on Saturday...
Because realistically, Ferrari might be somewhere near Mercedes, but they definitely aren't fast enough to just blow past them on pure pace (and let's be honest, Mercedes isn't even that much faster than Ferrari right now)
The whole point of the game is to get a good launch and maybe jump Mercedes at the start. Since they failed to do that after qualifying or at the lights—leaving them lined up 1, 2, 3, 4—all that was left was to manage tires, hold the position, and then pray for an undercut or overcut during the pit stops depending on how things looked on track...
And that’s where Vettel shined in the first stint, while Kimi... well, he didn't.
Everything after that was just pure damage control and saving the engine by all four drivers...

Kimi didn't drive a bad race, really. He basically blew it in qualifying, his first stint wasn't anything to write home about, but the rest of the run on softs was perfectly fine...

Now you're actually starting to worry me.

Brian Campbell36 said:The moment Red Bull Racing had a rough start to the season and your darling Daniel Ricciardo started making mistakes on the track over these last two days, you immediately began to complain.

Honestly, you would probably be better off rooting for Fernando Alonso; he spends just as much time whining.

Why should I complain? NASCAR has always been more interesting than Formula 1. In NASCAR, you don't even know who the winner is until the very last stretch, whereas in Formula 1, you pretty much know right after the first pit stop. And don't even get me started on the passing—NASCAR is full of it, while in Formula 1, you can count the overtakes on one hand...

Elizabeth Mendoza said:I haven’t really been following Formula 1 closely for a few years now. Every single time a new season rolls around, it’s the exact same hype machine. They promise big changes, better racing, more intensity—blah, blah, blah. So, I’ll download the stream for the first race thinking things might be different, but then it's just more of the same. Just endless formation laps and boring little trains where everyone stays stuck in a line with zero overtaking or actual fighting.

It’s honestly just the same old story. Total boredom. The only thing remotely interesting was that little three-way scrap between Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg, and Esteban Ocon.

Maybe try watching MotoGP or NASCAR instead 👍

Sebastian Vettel: Luckily, Hamilton got caught up in that mess

I'm leaning that way too—this was the deciding factor.

Mercedes-Benz is just a slightly faster car than Ferrari... or maybe Hamilton is just a quicker driver than Finger 😁

Fernando Alonso: This was the best race of my life.

I can't believe 😂{{{{neonfox65}}}} actually said that...

Bas is totally losing it...

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No way... forget about it.

stormybadger8 said:And did Hulkenberg have an engine failure too? 🤷
If I'm "dead wrong," then I guess Ricciardo just got a free engine failure, because apparently, that wasn't an issue in the Renault car...

It didn't happen in Max's car either 👋

Tibi, you're totally lost. Renault is slower than Red Bull Racing, just like you wrote yourself.