Posts by Jason Campbell70

Michael Lee4 said:We’re looking at a penalty for McLaren due to that false alarm. A three-race grid penalty from the back? Just to be safe. ☕

A penalty is definitely coming.

And honestly, it looks like Weber got caught in the crossfire too. 😁

Michael Lee4 said:What happened with Jenson Button?

They let him out, and right as he was released, some mechanic starts yelling, "Stop! Stop!"
But Jenson Button had already sped down the pit lane.

Looks like someone missed checking the rear tire pressure.

There’s this one section of the track where water pools up, and everyone just slides right off. 😁

USA '03 FTW!

Good grief, those McLaren drivers are such amateurs. 🤣🤣🤣🙏

How can they be talking about Michael Schumacher like this?

"The rain master... clearly lost his touch."

It’s not just drizzling; we're talking buckets. 😁

Hmm, it could have been a bit more punchy. 👋

Roger Wright94 said:I'm worried about those guys from Detroit. Even Our Lady of Grace won't be able to stop them at this rate.
Only a massive downpour could slow them down.

During First Practice at the Circuit of the Americas, the gap was even wider. 🙂

Felipe Massa was within just a second of Lewis Hamilton. 😁

Pastor Maldonado, just as usual.

Serious engine cooling problem.

Man, Kimi... what’s going to happen when we hit those 90-degree temperatures tomorrow and the day after? 😍

I can't recall the last time the Ford pulled into the pits with a full grid. 😍

Raymond Anderson4 said:I agree. Fernando was flying up to turn 6, then I think he intentionally backed off a bit... Seb and Jenson were staying right on his tail through sectors two and three, consistently lap after lap. Alonso would hit P1 in the first sector, but those two were always clawing back about half a second through the rest of the track.

Oh, there's no doubt about it—Alonso was definitely nursing those tires.

We watched Jenson Button constantly closing the gap to Fernando Alonso, looking for any chance to use DRS.

But Fernando Alonso kept him at bay by deploying the KERS at just the right moments.

Then comes that final team radio message in Italian: "Don't worry about the tires, just push."
And boom—suddenly he's pulling a 2-3 second gap in just a few laps.

What does that say? It suggests Ferrari doesn't fully trust their own tire degradation estimates, so they pivot to an ultra-defensive tactic.

It’ll be interesting for Canada, where we're expecting 86 degrees with a chance of rain.
If we get a quick shower, a track that's already sitting at 104 degrees is going to dry out incredibly fast.

A short stint on a track that dries this quickly—especially if a downpour hits in the second half of the race—is basically a recipe for disaster.

Michael Lee4 said:mostly, screw Canada without any rain.

Locally, the forecast shows it getting warmer and warmer as we approach the weekend. And Indianapolis Motor Speedway isn't far—just a few hours' drive.

Some rain would actually be great, especially for qualifying. 😁

stormybadger8 said:He’d probably break it down like this:
Temperatures around or below 25°C—Ferrari, Stake F1 Team, and Mercedes-AMG perform best.
Temperatures near 30°C—Red Bull Racing and McLaren Racing take the lead.
Temperatures exceeding 35°C—Lotus F1 is the one to watch.
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After watching those first few races and seeing how the track temperatures fluctuated, I tried to map out car speeds against the heat.

In the end? A wasted effort. It's impossible to draw any single, universal conclusion.

At the end of the day, you have to factor in the asphalt texture, the vertical load on the axles, and—most importantly in my view—the track layout itself. High-speed corners, heavy braking zones, and full-throttle exits from slow bends... that's what really eats through tires. And whoever manages that degradation is the one who actually controls their race pace.

A simple temperature reading doesn't tell the whole story. And let's not forget we're looking at cars that have been significantly upgraded since the start of the season.

Yeah, Hamilton was acting pretty defeatist yesterday.

Right after the collision, he was already saying they "should just give up." Then, once his tires were swapped, he kept insisting that "something still isn't right," which prompted his race engineer to basically snap back with, "we're working on it."

Not long after that, though, Hamilton was driving just as fast as the top three—at times, even faster.

And he ended up retiring without any mechanical issues at all.

I'm just sitting here waiting for some fanatic of Kimijev to show up and call Fernando Alonso a crybaby. 🍿

You held on long enough. You endured. 🙂

What happened? 🙏🙏🙏

🤦

Formula 1's greatest. 🙏

Alonso handled that perfectly. ☕

Vettel is off track. Pure fair play and total respect for the rules.

Let's go, Fernando! Let's go, Ferrari! 😍