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Morgan Murphy7 said:I didn't catch the race 🙏
Has anything shifted? I noticed the winner wasn't 😁
cosmicridge5 said:If you ask me, the real headache and the actual culprit behind all this chaos isn't DRS—it’s Pirelli. 😁 Tires. You could really see that playing out yesterday.
As for Ferrari, we’re basically sliding around on ice whenever we're on the hard compounds. We also took a hit yesterday because we burned through too many sets during qualifying. I guess if they could just stop obsessing over front-row starts and actually save some rubber for the race, things might look a little better. At least until they finally figure out how to fix this car, maybe then we won't be getting lapped by everyone else. 🙏 😁
Gary Palmer8 said:Alright, he finished 4th.
Alonso is honestly a joke—
the Santander sponsorship basically buys him his seat and that "number one driver" status, but the guy can't even hold his line for a single lap.
🤣
Edward Howard2 said:Alonso had an absolute rocket of a start... you can just tell the guy is a total master of his craft... even in a subpar car...
The McLaren crew seems pretty stoked, basically just patting themselves on the back... but here’s the cold, hard truth...
Vettel has stretched his lead to 41 points over Chemist... so what does that actually do for McLaren? Not much.
At the end of the day, finishing the season in second or fifth doesn't mean squat when people only care about the champions... plus, Hamilton just took another massive step backward during this race...
And he had a car that could have actually kept pace with Vettel... he just lacked the guts and the pure skill to pull it off.
Morgan Murphy7 said:Anyone actually want to hear my take on this?...
stormybadger8 said:,I guess I'm still the only one around here who actually called Raikkonen's championship win... 😍
Amanda Kelly said:Just a quick take on my Ferrari today:
Alonso was absolutely brilliant! 🙏
1. In qualifying, he was just two-hundredths behind Sebastian Vettel; everyone else was basically swept aside. A half-second gap in qualifying is a massive advantage.
2. At the start, if it wasn't for a poor launch and Sebastian Vettel's stupid, aggressive behavior, he would have taken the lead immediately. If that had happened, the gaps would have been even wider. Besides, Vettel couldn't do anything against Massa anyway.
3. Once things settled down after the pit stops, he was visibly faster than Massa.
4. One serious attempt at an overtake showed just how lacking Massa's situational awareness was. Alonso let him through. Smart move. Very smart.
5. After Massa laid down the law, he cruised to the finish.
Basically, a great weekend overall and a well-earned win.
I wasn't exactly thrilled by the post-race drama (based on what I'm reading here). I didn't watch much of it, but to me, the whole thing felt like excessive luck and over-the-top celebrating.
Massa drove a great race; I'm glad he managed to snatch those crucial points away from Sebastian Vettel.
Still, I find the misunderstanding of the situation baffling. We could have finished this without all the chaos.
I feel for him on a personal level, but if he can't grasp how things work, then he shouldn't be there.
All in all, a Luxury Ferrari performance.
We need another result like this—or something similar—to prove we're actually making real progress.
Amanda Kelly said:Just a quick take on my Ferrari today:
Alonso was absolutely brilliant! 🙏
1. In qualifying, he was just two-hundredths behind Sebastian Vettel; everyone else was basically swept aside. A half-second gap in qualifying is a massive advantage.
2. At the start, if it wasn't for a poor launch and Sebastian Vettel's stupid, aggressive behavior, he would have taken the lead immediately. If that had happened, the gaps would have been even wider. Besides, Vettel couldn't do anything against Massa anyway.
3. Once things settled down after the pit stops, he was visibly faster than Massa.
4. One serious attempt at an overtake showed just how lacking Massa's situational awareness was. Alonso let him through. Smart move. Very smart.
5. After Massa laid down the law, he cruised to the finish.
Basically, a great weekend overall and a well-earned win.
I wasn't exactly thrilled by the post-race drama (based on what I'm reading here). I didn't watch much of it, but to me, the whole thing felt like excessive luck and over-the-top celebrating.
Massa drove a great race; I'm glad he managed to snatch those crucial points away from Sebastian Vettel.
Still, I find the misunderstanding of the situation baffling. We could have finished this without all the chaos.
I feel for him on a personal level, but if he can't grasp how things work, then he shouldn't be there.
All in all, a Luxury Ferrari performance.
We need another result like this—or something similar—to prove we're actually making real progress.
hollowhawk412 said:It isn't exactly true that you can just overtake anyone if you happen to be faster...
You haven't really been paying much attention to Formula 1 lately either.
Chris Chase5 said:I wouldn't call myself a die-hard fan of either driver, but I have two guys at home who are pretty captivated by Alonso's driving skill and his sense of integrity... especially when you compare him to someone like Schumacher or Hamilton. Personally, though, Alonso has never really done it for me... he's just never been my type of driver...
Chris Chase5 said:All in all, I’m just glad that Alonso fans finally get to prove once and for all just how talented he really is as a driver😁
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Thomas Lee7 said:Formula 1 has become a total joke. People need to boycott these races—both in the stands and on TV—so those shameless, rich losers running this circus realize they're just playing games with each other. And guys like Mass? They deserve a leash around their necks for the rest of their lives because he’s lower than the most pathetic dog. Where's his dignity? Where's his competitive spirit? Honestly, what a complete loser.
Rebecca Fox4 said:Everyone keeps obsessing over what happened between Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello in Austria back in 2002, yet somehow nobody seems to care about the way Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard handled things in Australia during '98... 🙄
Amanda Kelly said:Why on earth should he be embarrassed?
He was faster during practice.
He was half a second faster in qualifying, which is huge for a lap this short.
And he was faster during the race, too—he just made the smart call to back off once he saw how much resistance Massa was giving him. Honestly, he probably should have kept pushing and let things go south. If Felipe can't figure out his job, someone clearly needs to sit him down and explain it to him.
Betty Moore34 said:Any team worth their salt would have done exactly the same thing in a situation like that.😉
Mark Ruiz8 said:I wouldn't go that far, though I guess those Italians can be pretty shady and evasive at times. 😬