Posts by Jason Campbell70

Mladen, cut the chatter. ☕

Alex Fowler5 said:You don't even need consecutive wins to be a two-time or multi-time champ.

Oh man, I thought we were talking about Vettel.

Not some weird hypothetical scenario.

Michael Lee4 said:Look, I'm talking about safety here, so cut the nonsense. If that gravel trap had actually done its job, Rubens wouldn't have totaled the car. Bottom line: it’s unacceptable for a car to just fly over a barrier like that and slam into the tires. I'm not saying the barrier shouldn't be there, I'm saying they need to stop the car, not let it skip across the track like a stone on water. 🙂

It's neither the first nor the last time. 🤷

Williams. 😍

stormybadger8 said:They really went all out trying to dump a pile of crazy messages on YouTube🤣

Rob Smedley is a legend 🙏🤣🤣🤣

An excellent compilation. Kudos to the author! 🤣 🙏

I’ve never been particularly fond of this track. 🤷

It might actually be helpful if we saw some rain. 🙂

stormybadger8 said:Regardless of what Red Bull does, if the McLaren leadership actually had some sense and treated Button as their number one driver this season, he’d still be right in the title hunt. The gap would probably only be about 50 or 60 points. It's just stupid how they keep pushing Lewis Hamilton, who basically sabotages his own title chances by the end of the season anyway.

Even if Button doesn't "need" anyone, he needs to stay at McLaren and become the clear number one. Hopefully, even Watkins realizes that's the smarter move now.

Hamilton to Ferrari 😈

Button doesn't just win points; he collects them.

A lead driver like that isn't someone you want to lose.

hollowgull5 said:pathetic

What exactly is pathetic?

Look at the United Kingdom Grand Prix this year. That final corner... Hamilton hits Massa multiple times, forces Massa off the track, and "walks away" with an extra position.

A penalty? None.
In the very same race where the collision was caused by understeer—and in the rain, no less—the driver wasn't even given a drive-through penalty, just a stop 'n' go.

Oh, right. It's the United Kingdom Grand Prix, and the unpunished driver is a Briton, just like the chief steward.

Now *that* is pathetic.

crimsonstag84 said:It almost sounds like you're saying Lewis Hamilton is intentionally sabotaging his own races and everyone else's too. 🙄

I guess he’s just struggling to focus, who knows why... this is just one more bad call in a long string of them. Hopefully, he pulls himself together soon. 😢

Who cares about his personal struggles? If he can't handle the car, there are plenty of drivers waiting in the wings to take his seat.

I won't be as harsh as Amanda Kelly, but I agree. There needs to be some kind of escalation in penalties when a driver keeps causing incidents race after race—incidents that cost both him and his rivals their positions.

Do they really plan on handing out drive-through penalties forever? 🙄

Chris Ortiz said:Well, if I hadn't been watching, I wouldn't have been satisfied with just a +1.7 gap, but since Red Bull Racing was faster by nearly a full second per lap for about 80% of the race, this feels like a massive loss.

It was honestly incredible when they showed the fastest lap on lap 52.

Sebastian Vettel 1:48.8
Button 1:50.6

Button is already miles ahead of everyone else, and that's not even counting the rest of the field. Newey has absolutely ruined the season for the viewers; it would have been incredibly boring if his two drivers weren't such slowpokes.

That’s about how much time Sebastian Vettel was clawing back per lap—exactly when he needed to, and exactly when he wanted to.

Chris Ortiz said:Well, if I hadn't been watching, I wouldn't have been satisfied with just a +1.7 gap, but since Red Bull Racing was faster by nearly a full second per lap for about 80% of the race, this feels like a massive loss.

It was honestly incredible when they showed the fastest lap on lap 52.

Sebastian Vettel 1:48.8
Button 1:50.6

Button is already miles ahead of everyone else, and that's not even counting the rest of the field. Newey has absolutely ruined the season for the viewers; it would have been incredibly boring if his two drivers weren't such slowpokes.

And before that? Massin had the fastest lap, clocking in at over 1:52. 😁

Chris Ortiz said:What a massive disappointment. Honestly, I am absolutely livid with Kobi and that one driver over at Williams; Gumbek lost three whole seconds just navigating those three turns.🙂Still, seeing that +1.7 gap looks incredibly impressive, especially when you consider that fastest lap display around lap 50 or so. Sebastian Vettel being nearly two seconds faster than Gumbek—and even more than the rest of the field—is quite something.🙂There were moments where I genuinely felt like switching the channel and never looking back at this ridiculous sport again.
And yet, Gumbek really could have snatched it. Those folks over at Red Bull Racing, along with their lead driver, are honestly just amateurs, and I truly believe Sebastian Vettel would have faltered if he had seen Gumbek looming in his rearview mirror. Traffic is such a nightmare.🙂

And don't even get me started on those nine seconds lost in just 500 meters following the Safety Car.🙂Vettel pulls away while the ones behind him just sit there, and Gumbek isn't allowed to make a move until they hit the finish line.🙂

Did I hear that correctly during the press conference? Did Sebastian Vettel actually claim the Safety Car screwed him over because he supposedly had a 30-second cushion up until that point?😕😕

I am almost certain he said 30, though he actually only had 18.

Gumbek is a true class act; in the end, he doesn't even bother showing frustration toward those amateurs trailing behind him.☕

Anyway, did you catch the race? Especially those final ten laps? 😁

A truly fascinating race.

🙂

stormybadger8 said:I think there was some talk about introducing tires used exclusively for qualifying next season—basically ultra-fast rubber designed for just one or two laps.

Races would still be run on the current sets, obviously using new ones rather than what they used in qualifying.

No clue where I heard 🤷 but I think it was from the BBC and some interview with people over at Pirelli 🤔
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The Pirelli proposal.

Brian Campbell36 said:Is this the actual pace of the Ferrari, or are we all just experiencing a collective delusion?
Fernando Alonso sits in FP3, trailing Sebastian Vettel by a mere 0.051 seconds with a lap time of 1'46.396.
Mark Webber always seems to dominate during FP, only to stumble when it actually matters during qualifying or the race itself.
Today’s fastest FP3 time stands at 1'46.081.
Felipe Massa is currently over 2.5 seconds behind the leader, Mark Webber. What kind of "surprise" are Massa and Ferrari trying to pull on us here? I find it impossible to believe they are truly this slow compared to the frontrunners, especially considering how much that gap behind Fernando had narrowed over the last few races.🤷

FP sessions aren't really a reliable indicator of a car's true speed.

darkmarlin16 said:It looks like Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso were playing it a bit safe during the final practice session; they definitely weren't pushing for the absolute limit

Jergović jumped at yet another chance to hype up Lewis Hamilton while throwing shade at Schumacher Dijaković🙂
Dijaković is just obsessing over that sweepstakes thing again 😁

I'm watching the Germans.

When is qualifying actually going to wrap up? 5:00, 5:30...?

stormybadger8 said:

🙏

Flying Kamui Kobayashi 😁

🙂

There'll be more tomorrow. 😁

ruggedfox28 said:Is there any chance those Asian gods might finally spit out some rain over Singapore?

Do you really want a race that's mostly just driving under the SC?

Michael Lee4 said:A single SC would be quite useful right about now, wouldn't it? 🙂

Spot on.

Utterly boring.

👋

It's all so interesting, I think I'll head down to the beach a bit early.

Jason Campbell70 said:Let's go, Vitalij Aleksandrovič! 👋

Don't be such a pessimist! 🤦