Posts by graniteharbor502

Gentlemen, let us offer our utmost respect and a heartfelt tribute to Kimi Raikkonen 🙏

rowdyrider12 said:You head over to ESPN.com, and you find yourself clicking on "convert to local time"...

Yes, I am well aware of that possibility, truly; however, the site is still displaying 8:00 for me. I suppose we are all navigating a bit of scheduling chaos right now, isn't that just the way it goes, given how some places simply refuse to adjust their clocks?

Tyler Bennett5 said:Could the thread starter double-check the weather one more time? I’d hate for anyone to oversleep or end up waking up way too early just to miss out.

I find myself inclined to join that appeal! I mean, are we looking at 10:00 AM according to the old time or the new time? It would be quite unfortunate if we were all caught off guard by that whole Daylight Saving Time shift, wouldn't it?

Motorsports driver ratings:
Rosberg 9
Hamilton 10
Sainz 8
Verstappen 7
Ricciardo and Kvyat 7
Kvyat 5
Grosjean 8
Maldonado 6
Massa 7
Bottas 8
Vettel 9
Raikkonen 8
Magnussen 5
Button 8
Ericsson 5
Nasr 10
Perez 3
Hulkenberg 9

darkmarlin16 said:Why would anyone push the car unnecessarily hard, especially during this early part of the season when you really need to be careful with the engine management?

Is Lewis Hamilton actually Alain Prost? He certainly isn't.
Did Lewis Hamilton pull away from Rosberg during the second race of last season—while sitting on a twenty-five point deficit—by simply "pushing the car unnecessarily hard"? He did.
And didn't Nico Rosberg himself admit that he had the pace to win, yet found it almost impossible to overtake a car of identical performance on this particular track? He did.
So, was Lewis Hamilton merely copying Rosberg's setup? It seems he was.

Roger Wright94 said:The edge Lewis held over Rosberg during the race wasn't exactly a comfortable lead, was it? If anything, I’d describe it as razor-thin.
It is the kind of advantage that vanishes the moment you hit a single bump in a corner.
And frankly, I didn't see him making any real attempt to stretch that gap further.

So, we are left with two possibilities,
a) Hamilton is simply so supremely confident in his own pace that he felt no need to push harder, calculating that even if he suffered a minor setback, he could reclaim his position effortlessly. Perhaps he just possessed those ice-cold nerves and spent the afternoon playing psychological games with Rosberg.
b) He actually wanted to pull away, but he just couldn't find the extra tenths needed to build a buffer of at least five or six seconds—which, in my opinion, would have provided some actual breathing room.

Personally, I am leaning toward option B.
Though, if option A turns out to be true, I wouldn't mind being proven wrong 🙏.

if Hamilton had been able to break away, he certainly would have; I recall him managing to do exactly that a few times last season, specifically during the Grand Prix of Malaysia and the Grand Prix of China, if my memory serves me correctly.

Tyler Bennett5 said:On top of all that, Ferrari had Alonso on the roster last season, whereas this year they’ve brought in Vettel.

It really just provides yet another compelling reason to favor Ferrari 🙂

Tyler Bennett5 said:I honestly can't fathom why Ferrari would let someone go after five or six races if they hadn't already decided it after the very first one.
Are you truly so certain that their development path this season will actually yield improvements, especially when we've seen how much Williams can stumble when they try to roll out new upgrades?

With all due respect to Williams, I simply don't see them having any real chance of standing up to Ferrari at all this season.

stormybadger8 said:I honestly can't seem to find where the speed trap data is located for this race🤷
but if I am reading these numbers correctly, it appears there is at least a 12 miles/h gap between the Sauber and the STR🤔

Well, if you check that championship link you provided earlier, you will see:
http://www.fia.com/championship/fia-...classification

it actually indicates that Sainz was clocked at an even higher velocity through the speed trap

silvergull10 said:If that silly 107 percent rule were actually being enforced, McLaren might just be packing their bags for Sepang right this second.

But isn't that regulation still technically on the books? 🙂

If you take Kimi’s recent comments at face value, it seems like Ferrari actually possesses some truly impressive race pace.
The impact triggered the anti-stall system and unfortunately caused some damage to the floor of the car. It was quite a puzzling turn of events, wasn't it? We actually showed incredible pace during the race, managing to hunt down the Williams and put ourselves right in the mix to fight for the podium, yet everything seemed to unravel during those two pit stops. I can't say for certain what went wrong in that moment, though I do know I lost something in terms of downforce.
So, considering he was running with a damaged car, the fact that he managed to maintain that kind of pace is nothing short of impressive, don't you think?

jadeseal7 said:I see my previous entry was deleted, so allow me to reiterate my thoughts.

The most frustrating part of this entire situation is contemplating how this Lil Wayne will likely walk away with three titles under his belt, especially when the only one truly giving him a run for his money is Nico Rosberg (🤦), only for us to spend the next fifteen years hearing endless tributes to the greatness of Lewis Hamilton. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must attend to some urgent business in the restroom.

Come now, it is only the very first race of the season. He struggled against Rosberg just last year, didn't he? But then again, one must simply find oneself in the superior car. Or, as Jenson Button once eloquently put it:
There are always three people picked out as being better than the rest; I totally disagree with that. I think they've found themselves in the right position at the right time on more occasions than others.

Jack Kelly5 said:If Fernando Alonso had happened to be sitting in that Ferrari seat today, one might reasonably question whether the dominance of Mercedes would still be so absolute.

Much like what we witnessed back in 2014. 🙂

On another note, I would rate the race a 6/10. The only real spark of interest was watching Kimi's attempt to break through, though we have known for quite some time that Kimi is a bit of a strategist who plays the long game. Perhaps a larger issue is that Kimi is such an exceptionally polite driver, which inevitably leads others to take advantage of him during those chaotic maneuvers in the first corner. It would be quite fascinating to observe what kind of pace he could maintain on medium tires, given that he was certainly pulling the fastest laps while on the softs.

Prost, maestro 🙏

A winner, Prost... what an incredible sensation, truly 😁

And just like that, we find ourselves sitting at the very top of the championship standings, don't we? 🙏

rowdyrider12 said:The only way I can see this working is if Kimi manages to pull off something significant while operating with one fewer pit stop than the rest of the field.

go Kimi 🎉

shadowhawk24 said:I’m not entirely sure what kind of visual quality you’re hunting for 😁, but personally, I’ve been streaming every single race through here: http://www.filmon.com/channel/itv4

thanks 👍

Does anyone happen to know where one might be able to catch the race live?

shadowstag10 said:I find myself harboring a quiet, perhaps somewhat cynical, hope that Ferrari remains as underwhelming during qualifying as they have been over these past few seasons; after all, if they continue to struggle to find that elusive single-lap pace, wouldn't that simply make the upcoming race far more unpredictable and engaging than the current projections suggest? 👍

I cannot help but find myself wondering if anyone at the Formula 1 Australia race will actually be able to stand on equal footing with the Mechanics, though I fear the answer may be a rather somber one. It seems quite likely that we are looking at an insurmountable gap, does it not? Perhaps, if fortune favors us, we might see a more balanced contest once the season moves toward a different circuit later this year.

silvergull10 said:If that silly little 107 percent rule were actually being enforced, McLaren might as well just pack their bags right now and head straight to Sepang.

I find myself disagreeing with that assessment; if a 1:34.690 had actually hit that 107 percent threshold, wouldn't we have seen it?

Come on now, let us all prepare ourselves, for it is this coming Sunday when the points are finally awarded 😁

Tyler Ross56 said:here you go

http://live.drakulastream.eu/players...a-1-27571.html

it works 🙏