Posts by Jason Campbell70

This is exactly what I was thinking when I wrote this:

Jason Campbell70 said:Auuu, just think about everything you could buy, pay for, or experience with those 325 bucks.

I have a soft spot for this track.

Can't wait for the race.
(Though Gufač, the race isn't even for ten days; you're getting ahead of yourself with the excitement)

swiftmaker12 said:I wired 325 bucks online to their Ticketmaster agency, only for the folks in the Emilia Romagna region to ban spectators just two days before the race. They promised a full refund. I was naive—acting like some wide-eyed intern turning in all my paperwork perfectly, only to get told my request is "under review"... and here we are, two years later. Still under review. Basically, they screwed me over and gave me the runaround. I'll never see that money again. Absolute joke.

Auuu, think of everything else you could have bought or done with that 325 bucks.
They really did you dirty.

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swiftmaker12 says: I'll post some photos from those races and the Historic meeting over the weekend when I have a moment.

Yes, please!

At this point, Red Bull is basically just making stickers to slap on those engines.
If they even do that. 😁

Even the folks at Red Bull Racing realized they were being a bit too optimistic when they decided to go fully in-house with engine production. So, they’re sticking with Honda for now, and they’ll likely stay tied to them for several more seasons.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...-2025/7677145/

And even if they finally manage to take over full design and manufacturing, how old will Dietrich Mateschitz be? Probably north of 80. 😉

silverviper44 said:I am not responsible if you can't grasp what's being written here. Maybe find someone to read it out loud and explain it to you.

If you want your life to be better and more successful—not just your presence on this forum, but in the real world too—I suggest you take the excellent advice found in one of the posts above;

If you don't have anything intelligent to contribute, perhaps it is better to stay silent.

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hiddensailor7 said:Dr Helmut Marko says that he expected more calmness from Max Verstappen after winning the title, noting that he drives right at the limit and feels the pressure during qualifying. He suggests that's why he messed up that final corner in qualifying, much like the mistake that caused him to completely shred his front tires during the race:

Helmut Marko, despite being a bit of a clown most of the time, is actually stating the obvious this time around.
Max Verstappen isn't quite where he needs to be, especially if he wants to contend with those faster Ferraris.

cosmicmoose2 said:Is Max driving worse than he did back in 2021? The data seems to suggest so, especially when you look at his qualifying numbers.

This. For the second time.

Besides the fact that Max Verstappen isn't quite performing at last season's level, there's also this:
Is the Ferrari race car finally faster?
Ferrari’s tactical execution was spot on. They did exactly what they needed to do.
Leclerc did exactly what he needed to do on his side. Everything was handled perfectly.

Given Honda's disastrous reliability issues through those first three races, anything other than a massive deficit compared to Leclerc would be a total shock.

silverviper44 said:It really all comes down to who’s driving which race car. George Russell was nowhere to be seen over the last few seasons because he was stuck driving for Williams Racing.Suddenly he’s a hero just because he's driving a Mercedes?

And how is anyone supposed to take you seriously? 😂

Once Perez actually manages to grab a PP, we'll have our answer regarding just how much pace this year's Red Bull truly has in a single qualifying lap.

But then again, I’m a reasonable man; I'm happy to entertain other perspectives, even the completely delusional ones.

During the debate after the last race regarding which car actually has the edge, nobody cared about the lead driver's take—everyone was too busy obsessing over the Constructors' Championship standings.

Following this latest race, the Constructor standings aren't even the focus anymore; instead, everyone is just fixating on whatever the lead driver says.

Fair enough.

cosmicmoose2 said:An interesting stat:
Perez's average qualifying gap to Max Verstappen in 2021 was 0.673 seconds. In 2022, it dropped to just 0.065 seconds.

Thanks for sharing this. I was actually starting to head down that rabbit hole and began running the numbers myself...

mellowtiger83 said:Is it because they only bring home a single point? 🤔

False Guy, you might not always be right, but we all love you plenty around here.

There were all those interesting theories and predictions about how the new cars would be so good at following one another that we might eventually see VAR scrapped altogether.

But looking at today, and even what we saw during those first two races... man.

It’s not like we were expecting anything more than some mindless little smiley face. Yawn.

Raymond Anderson4 said:Charles Leclerc put it perfectly: what kind of car we have today... nothing would be possible without this machine.

Meanwhile, Ferrari is making massive leaps, yet they're sitting there as the fastest on track.

How does that even work? How is that possible?

At least my neighbor's cow kicked the bucket.

Current Standings:

Mercedes-Benz 27 points
Ferrari 26
Red Bull 18

🙏🙏🙏

As I mentioned over in the other thread, things are looking really good for Mercedes-Benz right now.

Maximilianov's Honda just completely crapped the bed.

Anthony Baker84 said:Did Max burn through his tires in those laps after the pit stop? Charles Leclerc just snatched the fastest lap from him.

Leclerc is simply being incredibly cautious with how he warms up his tires.
He knows he has the race pace. Why push the rubber now when he needs to manage them until the finish line?

What a joke of a driver.

Gasly remains the same driver we've always known.
Alonso? He’s still the same veteran we remember.

Verstappen Rule. 😁

Good morning.