Posts by fadedpanther51

copperdrifter26 said:Sebastian Vettel spun because the track was "dirty." He didn't stay on the racing line; he stepped on the gas while on the dirty part, lost traction on the rear left tire, and—well, that just leads to a spin.

Fine, five out of five, but he isn't the first or last driver to find himself in a situation like this. Generally speaking, other drivers haven't been doing pirouettes.
Shouldn't Lewis Hamilton have spun too when he was chasing Sebastian Vettel while running a less than perfect line?

copperdrifter26 said:A cylinder went down. They aren't sure yet if it's a total loss or if they can salvage it like Kim Kardashian's situation in Spain. Once that cylinder failed, they switched to a different engine map, which dialed back the turbocharger regeneration and sent fuel consumption through the roof.

Thanks, man, though I actually managed to stumble upon a different explanation in the meantime.
Who knows exactly? Honestly, who can say for sure? :/
From what I understand, an MGU-H is insanely expensive to build, and trying to get the mapping right is a total pain in the ass.

Leclerc is basically out of luck—it’s all down to the turbocharger, not some issues with the MGU-H.

mellowtiger83 said:Is it even remotely sane to think about a 1,000 hp turbo engine shoved into a 700kg car with nothing but rear-wheel drive and zero traction control? It’s absolutely insane that they can spin it like that.

I honestly can't believe someone actually sat down and wrote this!

Every tiny tap on the throttle sends over 400Nm of torque straight to the wheels, and you’re actually surprised by that?

You’re spot on, mellowtiger83. It’s just common sense. With rear-wheel drive, a lightweight car packed with massive horsepower, you have to be incredibly precise with every single throttle input. That’s basic stuff they teach you in driver's ed. This was a pure Sebastian Vettel mistake and nothing more—though, like someone mentioned earlier, Lewis Hamilton actually had a much higher chance of spinning out while trying to make that pass.

That race was absolutely brutal.
Such a shame for Leclerc 😢
Does anyone actually know what went wrong with his car?
I see some comments above suggesting they ran out of fuel? Are you kidding me?
I just really hope it isn't some massive technical failure that's going to haunt them all season long. :/

crimsonhawk23 said:Oh, Sebastian Vettel... the undisputed king of reckless spins and ramming people. And then everyone acts like Max is some kind of wild animal, when even on his first go, Vettel can barely manage to hit someone. If Max were in Lewis's shoes right now, people would be losing their minds over how he slammed into Bahrain 🤮

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The guy mentally checked out a long time ago.
Instead of staying composed and waiting for a real opening to attack, he just floors it immediately—even the commentator on SK is pointing that out right now.
But hey, that's just Max being Max. Nothing against him; honestly, Formula 1 actually needs a personality like that. 😁

Hahaha, oh man, that is absolutely hilarious!

What on earth is this strategy? If I caught both Fords correctly and Alexander Rossi is on softs, while Lewis Hamilton is running supersofts... what is this guy thinking, pitting again?

crimsonhawk23 said:The front end has zero grip—honestly, there isn't a single corner where he isn't sliding all over the place like Idora Hegel 😳 And Sebastian Vettel is pulling away from him again, just like always.

So far, the Mercedes-Benz has been a real disappointment as a car. :/
And brko is just something else.

crimsonhawk23 said:Lewis Hamilton might be in some serious trouble 🤔

Obviously. Though I doubt Lewis Hamilton is just going to throw in the towel that easily.

In my opinion, Ferrari made the right call here. They brought their lead driver in just like Mercedes did with theirs. Besides, Vettel would have messed it up regardless; like someone else mentioned earlier, the guy is just losing his edge as a driver 😁

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crimsonhawk23 said:Bravo, spot on 👍 Perfectly written 👏👏

Plus, it’s looking almost certain that Max Verstappen heads to Mercedes in 2021 (unless Honda pulls off some miracle by then), because Toto keeps insisting he wants him ( ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ). It's time to keep that dominance going—besides, Max is going to stack up enough MVPs to give someone on this forum a total nervous breakdown 😬.

I've said it before: if Ferrari were actually smart, they'd grab him. Otherwise, don't expect any titles from them for the next decade. 😁

ruggedhawk20 said:Just one, back in 2008.

In this high-tech era from 2014 onwards, nobody besides Mercedes-Benz had a car capable of winning titles. Absolutely nobody. Not even Ferrari 2017-2018, regardless of what Vettel haters claim.

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Honestly, in some alternate universe, Ferrari might have actually won last season if they’d had Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel instead of Sebastian Vettel.

ruggedhawk20 said:Mercedes-Benz definitely won't let themselves get into a spot where Lewis Hamilton can tell them, "If I walk, you lose all your championships."

Amen to that!
Though the real question is how many titles Lewis Hamilton would actually have if he hadn't jumped ship to Mercedes-Benz.

neonfox65 said:Now that they've realized how much stronger Honda is, they're starting to add the DF and maybe even a Spec B chassis.

Honestly, I'm happy for them. I really want to see Max pull off something big this season just to make the championship actually interesting. 👍

stormybadger8 said:Vettel isn't going to sit there and lose his cool during the race... he needs to know if he's actually going to tell Kimi to move over or not.
Stop worrying about whether someone’s actually going to step up today or if Kimi will finally remember he needs to get out of the way.

Well, he finally snapped, and it's officially gone down in history. Honestly, Kimi isn't even the one to blame here, and that strike was totally justified.
By the way, even though I'm not exactly a huge Vettel fan, if I were his teammate, I’d tell him right before the lights go out: "Hey, you take the lead into the first turn. I'll just tell the bosses and the media that I accidentally drifted off for a second at the start."

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, I think Germany is way worse.

I'm with you on what you said about striking—plus, yeah, Vettel's exit was a mess. 🤦

stormybadger8 said:From what I recall, back during the Jean Todt era, Ferrari actually had a boss who called the shots. They had clear priorities and everything was exactly where it needed to be—a team that ran like clockwork.
It’s a bit like today's Mercedes—everything is perfectly dialed in, everyone knows exactly what they're doing, and everybody knows their place.

That’s exactly what I’ve been shouting from the rooftops. Everyone knows how the game works—where everything happens, how it unfolds, and yes, even the whole team orders situation. People just tend to be way too cynical about it, especially the casual fans. It’s why Ferrari had such a massive wave of haters during their dominant era, and honestly, it's the exact same thing happening to Mercedes today.

stormybadger8 said:Red Bull during the Vettel era wasn't even close to being that kind of dominant powerhouse.

Both the current Mercedes and Schmiemann's Ferrari were absolute slugs, but they managed to look decent just because the cars were so dominant. They ended up backing Vettel since he had all the momentum—and honestly, I always preferred Webber—but in the end, it was the right call. It paid off big time with a mountain of championships.

stormybadger8 said:Right now, Mattia Binotto smells like a proper boss...
It’s totally possible I won't personally love some of his calls down the road, just purely from a fan perspective...
But for now, Binotto has definitely proven he can handle being the boss
No scams, no PR nonsense, no finger-pointing..

The new boss will be solid, that much is true, but this bolded part???
Look, without that stuff you can't even compete with the Bear, and you have to play the PR game—it's just how Formula 1 works these days. Like someone said, their PR department is basically stuck in the 15th century. The image below perfectly describes 😁

stormybadger8 said:At the end of the day, unnamed got punished because he refused to follow team orders when it actually mattered.

Everyone on VN Italy acted like a complete idiot in their own special way, from that unnamed guy all the way down to Sebastian Vettel, and even Kimi Raikkonen wasn't far off. The first guy was just being a total troll, second was too high-strung to wait for Kimi to move, and third? Well, he clearly wasn't thinking about his teammate's championship fight—especially knowing how short Kimi's fuse can be. Honestly, we're better off just forgetting the whole mess.

stormybadger8 said:And honestly, you’d find the exact same kind of idiots right here in the States if they hadn't treated Valtteri Bottas that way last year...

It’s all the same story. Whether it's Ferrari during the Michael Schumacher era or Red Bull Racing back when Sebastian Vettel was running the show, it's all just different versions of the same thing.

Come on guys, why all the arguing?

Unfortunately, I think it's obvious to everyone that the romance in Formula 1 is dead. There isn't a single team left fighting for titles that would actually tell their drivers, "Just go out there and give it your best shot, winner takes all."
If I were running a team, I’d pick my number one driver right at the start of the season—doesn't matter if it was Michael Schumacher or Lewis Hamilton, regardless of how much I personally liked them.
So what if Valtteri Bottas is seen as the "weak link" at Mercedes? Honestly, I'd rather be that than being the lead driver for some bottom-tier outfit. The guy helped Lewis Hamilton countless times, and so what? He did his job, and you can see that from miles away. It’s just a shame Kimi Raikkonen wasn't playing the supporting role last season at Monza, where the Ferrari crew looked like a bunch of amateurs.

I wrote this a while ago, and @Nicholas Newman2/">@@Nicholas Newman2 just reminded me of it: Mercedes is basically what Ferrari was back during the Schumacher era.

Nicholas Newman2 said:the epitome of evil and cliché

And that is exactly why I started rooting for them.

mellowtiger83 said:I can't help but wonder why they'd let Bottas win without having to fight for it.

Lewis, it's James 😁

He could have squeezed him a little less against the edge, just to give his teammate some breathing room and help them both leave Max behind.
Vettel is holding the line just fine, but honestly, it’s looking a bit too aggressive if you ask me.

stormybadger8 said:Max has grown up and he’s a legitimate contender now. The kid has pure talent and raw speed... his only issue so far is that he hasn't exactly proven he possesses much patience or common sense.

Whether you like him or not (try to forget those times he crashed into a Ferrari for a second), I honestly think he's the only hope for Ferrari to clinch a constructors' or drivers' title anytime soon. I really hope the Italians snap him up by 2021.