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mellowtiger83 said:The penalty against Sebastian Vettel seems completely baseless—honestly, the stewards are acting like total idiots.
I guess Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel really need to get aggressive about this—maybe.
What a complete circus.
Here’s another one. 😁
mellowtiger83 said:I've just rewatched that Max vs Kimi duel and the Max vs Vettel battle about a hundred times now—and I guess it isn't exactly difficult to conclude that Max is just a total loose cannon.
Regarding the situation with Kimi—a five-second penalty feels almost trivial, given how aggressive that move was. If you look at Max's onboard, you can clearly see the intent—and I really want to emphasize that—to dive back into Kimi's line just to block him from overtaking, no matter what.
Maybe once Max pulls it off—I guess.
"Such a joke of a penalty—they should just disqualify the idiot before he actually kills someone!!"And I guess—if Sebastian actually pulls that off—then what?
BUUUUUU—it feels like the mafia is just dismantling Formula 1 with these unfair penalties. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
mellowtiger83 said:Punishing Sebastian Vettel has absolutely nothing to do with anything—the stewards are, to put it mildly, idiots.
Ferrari and Vettel really need to push back hard on this.
What a joke.
Right, totally unrelated—funny how you said the exact same thing last year regarding Max when he did the same thing:
mellowtiger83 said:https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/w...clash/3191253/
I honestly wonder if Max is even sane—not that Whitening is the type to bother making excuses, either. wtf.
A five-second penalty is ridiculous, and instead of just staying quiet, the guy is actually complaining , I mean, he got a massive break and still finds something to gripe about while this other person is busy defending him.
Just being objective here. 😁 👍
After 21 races, this is probably how it'll look:
Seb 19 - 2 Charles
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Brian Campbell36 said:You're just talking nonsense—I guess.
It isn't as if we aren't used to this—I suppose.
That moment when the most paranoid F1 blowhard in history starts talking about himself in the plural—I guess. 🙏
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Brian Campbell36 said:Sebastian Vettel managed to shave off about two tenths from Luja—hitting a 1.10.240, I believe. 🎉
It seems that new PU spec didn't do much for Mercedes-Benz—I guess Ferrari finally pulled ahead.
A lot of people on this thread seem pretty stunned—I guess—that Vettel managed to outpace Charles Leclerc like that.
I suspect Mercedes will pull off another win tomorrow—despite how well Ferrari looked today. Qualifying strategy is much easier to mess up than race day execution, and Ferrari seems to be experts at throwing it all away mid-race.
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wiredfalcon2 said:Valtteri Bottas had a bit of a meltdown—it’s a shame, I guess.
I guess he didn't quite nail a single corner during that final lap—not even one. 😬
I suppose the Bears are about to tear through the rest of the field. 😏
EDIT: Or maybe not 😲 Vettel 👍. It seems Charles just isn't finding his rhythm—his season is likely over at this point, and he’ll probably need to focus on getting his head right for 2020.
wearymoose28 said:Max is going to have his work cut out for him tomorrow—it looks like it'll be a solid race.
True, though if we don't know anything for sure, I suppose it wouldn't surprise me if he charges through early on—even with the tire situation—and finds himself at P6 by lap five. Especially if he's starting from 10th because of that potential penalty for Sainz.
It seems when Magnussen doesn't have anyone else to take out, he just decides to aim for the wall himself. Quite the character—and he goes and ruins things for Max too. 🙄
Carlos Sainz seems to be messing with Alexander Albon every single qualifying session—including this one. Is there some kind of drama going on between them? I guess maybe he stole his girlfriend before the season started?
Brian Campbell36 said:For now...
At the end of the day—Q3 is really the only thing that matters.
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swifttiger75 said:
Maybe one of the greatest GIFs ever made—I guess. 🙏
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mellowtiger83 said:Juan Manuel Fangio was the greatest driver of all time, period. Perhaps I could consider Jim Clark, but no one else. Fangio stands above because he won in a wide variety of machines.
Ayrton Senna was the greatest pilot in history!
There is driving a car, and then there is piloting an automobile. They are not the same thing.
The only historical instances where Senna can even be mentioned in the same breath as a true driver are that wild stint in the NSX with Suzuki and that magnificent victory at the Nürburgring in the Mercedes-Benz 190.
People need to learn how to distinguish drivers from pilots. Those guys racing NASCAR today are drivers; those people behind V8 supercars are drivers. The principle is similar, but it is nowhere near the same.
Pilots react on the edge of instinct—they react digitally. Drivers operate analogously, and you simply cannot grasp the difference.
Just because someone is a Formula 1 champion does not mean they will be the best driver; history has shown us that many times over.
Senna proved he was the superior driver among the Formula 1 pilots of his era.
The only time pilots can truly showcase their driving skill—the only time they are forced to react analogically—is when it rains. A downpour, wet tracks, that sort of thing.
That is when true driving ability surfaces, and lo and behold, Senna was actually a driver. Only then can we draw some loose parallels with Fangio and Jim Clark.
I am not sure if your limited minds can even process this.
To understand this, you would have to be born a natural leftist. Right-handers, for some reason, are less capable of abstract thought. Everything for them boils down to numbers and math; they rank everything by points and reduce everything to a mathematical level.
Their entire existence revolves around material wealth, believing that being rich is the ultimate goal, failing to grasp the actual depth of life.
That is why specific forums exist, where you can ask someone who thinks differently than the masses.
Any decent leftist could prove to you that 1>5.
For instance, Tbf and crimsonhawk23 likely need a mountain of aids during a race just to figure out what is happening around them: PC, Tablet, mobile phone, a hundred different types of live timing, and so on.
Right-handers can track massive amounts of information. We leftists cannot. We just watch, tune everything out, and see only the racing and the braking zones. We know everything without any assistance.
And all this comes from someone who—if I recall correctly—can't even tell his left from his right. 🐔
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Just caught the Paris E-Prix...
OMG 😲 🙏 🤣 😂 What a complete mess 🤣 🤣 🤣 I'm actually loving this season so far 😁 Lotterer might just end up winning the championship without a single victory—funny enough, I guess.
Jason Campbell70 said:The core issue is the myth-making.
And maybe the YouTube view counts.
I'm not sure.
And why take things out of context when we're discussing the same topic? It isn't as if I didn't write:
crimsonhawk23 said:If Ayrton Senna had actually disrespected the sport, he wouldn't have died doing his job. 🐔
Alright, now that the trolling is out of the way... He was an incredible driver. 🙏 A massive loss—not just for Formula 1, but for sports in general, I suppose.
This might come across as tasteless—which isn't my intention—but I can't help thinking his death was perhaps the catalyst for the massive leaps we've seen in racing safety. It’s why we have drivers like Robert Kubica and Charles Leclerc today, who can hit a wall head-on and walk away with nothing more than some minor car damage—compared to how that would have looked back in the early '90s. Even though Roland Ratzenberger's accident was tragic, his profile wasn't quite at the level of Ayrton Senna's—he was a globally recognized superstar, even in the pre-internet era—and without that kind of impact, I doubt we would have seen such rapid progress in safety protocols.
On a different note—unrelated to the above or Formula 1, but certainly related to what only Ayrton Senna could pull off:
"No helmet. Moccasins with white socks. Ayrton Senna!"
Around that same period, Mikael Vatanen was mainly known by hardcore fans—mostly rally enthusiasts, rather than general motorsport followers. With Senna, however, people knew him who had never even watched a single Formula 1 race.
Jason Campbell70 said:Regarding that claim about "only Ayrton Senna being capable"... wasn't Mikael Vatanen doing the exact same thing? Driving a car far more powerful than any of Senna's Formula 1 machines, out on some dirt track, sliding sideways right along the edge of a cliff at 13,000 feet, steering with one hand while using the other just to block the sun from blinding him...
But sure, let's go with Senna. 🙂
I think you might have missed my point—I wasn't actually referring to his driving skill. I was just quoting a comment from YouTube, which is probably why the view count on that specific video looks the way it does. Besides, Ayrton Senna is still alive.
This. His video is probably my favorite—mostly because of those three wheels.
Well, there it is—Mikael Vatanen is absolutely killing it. 🙂
If Ayrton Senna had actually disrespected the sport, he wouldn't have died doing his job. 🐔
Alright, now that the trolling is out of the way... He was an incredible driver. 🙏 A massive loss—not just for Formula 1, but for sports in general, I suppose.
This might come across as tasteless—which isn't my intention—but I can't help thinking his death was perhaps the catalyst for the massive leaps we've seen in racing safety. It’s why we have drivers like Robert Kubica and Charles Leclerc today, who can hit a wall head-on and walk away with nothing more than some minor car damage—compared to how that would have looked back in the early '90s. Even though Roland Ratzenberger's accident was tragic, his profile wasn't quite at the level of Ayrton Senna's—he was a globally recognized superstar, even in the pre-internet era—and without that kind of impact, I doubt we would have seen such rapid progress in safety protocols.
On a different note—unrelated to the above or Formula 1, but certainly related to what only Ayrton Senna could pull off:
"No helmet. Moccasins with white socks. Ayrton Senna!"
Yesterday's race was something else—right on the heels of that Mexico Evans event 👍 I guess Evans and Lotterer ended up in quite the duel 🙏
The race is underway—no rain expected so far.🙂
Stream:
Walldoorne had a solid start, though Geoxi seemed to lose it all pretty quickly.🤦
🎉 😍 And Bird dropped out again—typical.😍 🎉
Absolute chaos involving nine cars:
😲
Geox finally made it into Superpole—though they'll be racing in the rain 😁 I honestly think Formula E is more gripping and intense than Formula 1 ☕
Stoffel Walldoorne seems to be killing it right now.
Edit: J. Maria Lopez 🙏
Edit 2: Evans is predictably solid. Lotterer nearly blew his chance at pole after a massive mistake, but I guess the track dried up just enough for him to clinch it anyway. Now we just wait for the race this afternoon. 😬
