Posts by neonfox65

Mercedes and Red Bull had to alter F1 suspension designs for 2017--

Just some food for thought...

William Bennett53 said:aaaaaa 🙂🙂
neonfox65, you're thinking about NASCAR, but this is F1. We're talking about machines with vastly different technical configurations here; Friday is absolutely critical. Especially when we're facing the first race following a major regulation change.

I didn't mean the results weren't important, that's not what I was getting at.

stormybadger8 said:Friday 🙄
For crying out loud, I’ve been prepping and training for days 😳
so I’ve already switched my internal clock to waking up at 2:00 AM just to make sure I don't miss a single preseason workout. Meanwhile, you skeptics are sitting there obsessing over the weekend. 😳

Dorian, step in and hand out a penalty right now. 😳
Do it quickly before I have to get up and clean this mess up myself. 😬

Friday doesn't even matter.

jadeseal7 said:I don't know about you all, but this off-season is absolutely killing me. I am counting down the days until Sunday—just me, my morning coffee at 6:00 AM, and the race on the screen.

So, what is it about NASCAR that gets you so hooked? 😍

And Saturday?

Just a bit 🍿

Man, if only Rick would win...

brighthound8 said:And just when you thought things couldn't get more ridiculous—now, starting next season after they bring the standing starts back—drivers will actually be lined up right there on the grid.

So yeah, just another chance for someone to absolutely botch the start 😁

Getting off the line is going to be a massive headache for drivers in 2017.

Honestly, I'm here for it. We might actually see some messy starts—maybe even someone like Hamilton stumbling at the jump... 🙂

Friday, March 24, 2:30 AM



😂

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, I'm worried this race ended up looking like this:
Lujo
+ 30 sec Bottas
+ 70 sec Vettel
+ 1 lap Kimi
+ 2 lap Max
+ 2 Lap Ricc
+ 3 lap Massa
....

And what about this part?

The Best NFL player said:Race results:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Kimi

Man, you really love playing games, don't you?

Let's go Rik—it's a home race, show us what you've got! 😁

You can't really call it a weather forecast if you're trying to predict two weeks out—that's just guessing.

jadeseal7 said:I'll just leave this right here:

7 - 2007 - 2017 - 70

And what's that supposed to mean? 🤔

Comedy Central tells Tibi—who isn't even expecting much anyway—🤦

jadeseal7 said:He actually went head-to-head with Alonso and Hamilton during that title fight, so ☕

Man, those were the days... In the last few seasons, Kimi was getting beat by both Alonso and Vettel while driving the exact same car ☕

Even Kimi isn't going to beat Vettel. And don't even get me started on Hamilton...

jadeseal7 said:I’m putting my money on Kimi☕—
he might just surprise us all!

For sure.

I honestly think he'll be heading to Munich in 2018...

Linda Peterson43 said:Red Bull was undeniably the second fastest car on the grid from the midpoint of the season onwards; Mercedes only managed to pull ahead because of their superior power unit...
If you can't see that, you're clearly missing the obvious 🙂

Maybe tell that to Vettel 🤣

stormybadger8 said:Back in 2016, RB was basically the undisputed second-best car, and that was purely thanks to Renault. On its own merit? Damn, that car was leagues ahead of everyone else.
The way that RB carved through corners and stayed planted was unreal compared to the rest of the field...
At the end of the day, you could have put any two drivers in that seat and they’d look like a championship lineup. Like, if Sainz and Kvyat were in the RB, and Ricciardo and Max were in the STR...
People just assume anyone driving a Mercedes is automatically elite because Mercedes is so dominant. It’s like people think every result is just a byproduct of the car, rather than the skill.
Meanwhile, everyone else struggles to show anything because their cars are garbage. But the moment someone even looks like they might challenge Mercedes, people start calling it "god-tier driving," even though it wasn't even impossible that the RB was actually faster than the Mercedes on certain tracks...

For me, that Ricciardo and Max combo wasn't any more impressive than the lineup at Manor or even Pascal and Ocon. Honestly, scoring points in a Manor looked harder than winning in an RB. Getting a Manor into Q2 felt like a bigger achievement than seeing an RB take pole...
Sure, Ricciardo and Max flashed some brilliance here and there and had some decent results, but consistency? Zero. Zilch.
If they actually had a dominant car, would either of them even be a champion? Hell, they both only had maybe 50% of those "great" races all season. Look at the stats: one on a podium, the other barely scraping 6th or 7th, sometimes even outside the top 10. It’s not the car, guys.

And look, I can't stand Alonso, but in that absolute wreck of a McLaren, he looked better than Max and Ricciardo combined. Seriously, it was almost shocking he even had the guts to sit in that thing, let alone drive it the way he did...

Vettel—we actually had a better car than Red Bull at one point.

I don't even know who to believe anymore...🤣

Christian Harris11 said:I have to agree... looking at the lineup on paper, they really aren't the strongest group. You’ve got those seasoned veterans out there who have already secured multiple wins and even championship titles, and honestly, those are the guys who have truly paid their dues in this sport.

Looking ahead to next season, if you just judge by the roster, they barely even crack the top ten, so they really need to prove they can stay consistent and hold their own over several years. They're definitely trailing behind teams like Mercedes and Ferrari, and I'd say McLaren is sitting right there in the mix—they've got that veteran presence paired with a rising star who, in my opinion, might be the next Max Verstappen, especially since she managed to grab points in her very first outing in that car.

On paper, sure, nobody has a title yet—but in reality, they absolutely do. Who has a better lineup than Mercedes? They've just got Hamilton. Ferrari? It's just Vettel. McLaren? They've got a fading Alonso. The rest aren't even worth mentioning.