Posts by Jason Campbell70

Joshua Wood5 said:Comparing the crashes of Sebastian Vettel in 2018 and Lewis Hamilton in 2021.

Vettel after sliding into the barrier.




From the moment of impact, it took him less than two seconds to start pounding the steering wheel, swearing, and crying. The guy literally broke down in under two seconds.

The GOAT after sliding into the barrier:
"I remember just sitting there looking at the barrier and I refused to think the race was over. "

I refused to think the race was over.

It's because of moments like these that we love Formula 1.

ruggedhawk20 said:"Li-la" only happens when you have one Mercedes-Benz

The second Mercedes is just dragging along in the middle of the pack, struggling against someone like Williams.

One Mercedes was sitting three seconds behind the leader after the first 25 laps.
The other Mercedes was also three seconds behind the leader after those first 25 laps, but per lap.

It comes down to the car, and luck... nothing else really matters. 🙂

wiredfalcon2 said:Interesting. Out of those three races, he scored points in all of them, won one, and finished second in another.

Meanwhile, his teammate walked away with exactly zero points in those same three races.

Obviously, it all comes down to the car. 🙂

copperdrifter26 said:The W12 is a great car. They looked slightly faster than the Red Bull Racing all weekend, until Q3 when the Red Bull caught up and Max lost pole position.

With a W12 that good, Mercedes' second driver finished near the back in Q3, dropped two spots at the start, and then spent nearly 30 laps unable to overtake a single soul on track. It wasn't even just about overtaking; he couldn't even pull away from George Russell in that damn Williams. A Williams, mind you—a car that didn't manage to score a single point the entire last season.

No matter how much Mercedes pays Hamilton—rumored to be around 40 million pounds this season—it’s an absolute bargain. There isn't a single development area for the car that could yield as much performance gain as Lewis Hamilton himself.

What Hamilton is doing here is only comparable to what Michael Schumacher did at Ferrari during the latter half of the 90s.
This is exactly why we love Formula 1.

stormybadger8 said:Alright, you've managed to find two instances involving Charlie spanning a twenty-year gap...

Fine.

stormybadger8 said:Massi makes calls like this all the time, even in a single race, and this season has already been a complete mess...

Massi has operated this way from day one, especially when technical car details are on the line.
He waits until the end, reviews the telemetry, listens to both sides, and then makes his call.
Think back to how Kubica snagged that lone point for Williams during that rainy chaos of a race.
Are you just being difficult for the sake of it?

stormybadger8 said:How exactly was there no deviation?
When we see a race where officials decide whether someone left the track during an overtake nearly six hours later—hello? Six hours? Or roughly 55 laps plus three and a half hours after the actual incident on track? 🤔

Under Charlie, those calls were made almost instantly. Maybe within five to ten laps at most...

The winner of the 2008 race in Belgium wasn't confirmed until 16 days after the finish.
Charlie Whiting was the race director for that one.
He was also the race director back in Brazil 2003, and now that was a total circus.

Ever since I started following Formula 1, this kind of thing has been happening.
You're just making a fuss for nothing.

stormybadger8 said:This penalty just perfectly highlights how incompetent both the officials and Massia are. 🤦
An absolute disgrace. 😵

The penalty itself is clear as day; there's no debating that...
It was obvious to anyone watching that Stroll didn't just overtake Gasly off-track—he literally cut the corner entirely...
We aren't talking about him clipping the edge of the track; Stroll was several yards wide of the line. 🤦

And what’s truly pathetic is receiving a penalty after the race for something that happened back in Lap 7!
They had Will Buxton and the rest of the crew on F1 TV pointing it out clearly during the post-race coverage, and then the officials act surprised, wondering why they seem so blind and incapable...
Honestly, where are these officials? What kind of amateurs are we dealing with if they can't spot something this blatant and fail to make a call during the actual race for such a simple, obvious infraction?

Then there's the situation with Vettel, which is even more absurd. The rule is straightforward—there's no room for interpretation. If the tires aren't on the car in time, you get penalized. Period.
So why does it take them nearly half the race to make the call? And to deliver it right after he pits, when he could have already served the penalty?
They effectively ruined his pit sequence and turned what should have been a 10-second penalty into a 30-second loss due to their own delay...
Sure, Vettel's race was already a mess regardless, so maybe it doesn't matter much here. But if this happened to Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton, the media would be tearing them apart, and everyone would be demanding Massia's resignation...

The guy is a walking disaster. Race after race, he shows just how inept he is. Between the delayed calls and the bizarre, questionable decisions from the stewards, it's a mess...
And all Massia can do is ramble like an incompetent politician, acting as if 6, 12, or 24 hours isn't too long to make a dead-simple decision on a penalty. 🤦

Everyone who got penalized deserved it.
All the penalties were proportional to the errors made.
The officiating stayed consistent with what we've seen before.

Why all this bitterness?
Take it easy, you don't need this.

Raymond Anderson4 said:He was losing ground to Max Verstappen, but even so, I don't think he posed any threat to him.

Red Bull had the better car during that wet opening stint.
There wasn't much Hamilton could do about it, though his attempt to stretch the intermediates one lap longer than Max Verstappen was actually quite impressive.
Shame about that messy front-right tire change.

Roger Wright94 said:Yesterday's setbacks:

a) He was bullied at the start by Max Verstappen (who was in P3). Simply bullied.

b) He fell too far behind Max early on while the track was still quite wet.
At least 1.5 seconds per lap. In those conditions, his gap to Max would have grown to minutes by the end.

c) That excursion off track? Pure arrogance. I suppose he’s gotten too used to being able to overtake whenever and wherever he wants with this car. This time, he overplayed his hand.

Given how Valtteri Bottas seemed to be in his own world all weekend, there isn't much to go on regarding the car's actual pace. It’s entirely possible—likely even so—that Lewis was the one providing that extra push. I'd say Lewis was neck-and-neck with Red Bull, though I can't be certain about Mercedes.

That said, Mercedes had at least half a second (probably more) advantage in race pace over the rest of the field. So, watching him fight from P8 or P9 up to P2 over roughly twenty laps? It was about as impressive as a clay pigeon shoot!
Out of pure decency—respecting myself first and then Lewis as a driver—I would never publicly boast or celebrate something like that.

Fine.

Gary Palmer8 said:Look at these haters acting like jerks just because the man dragged himself to 2nd place, while Botko was basically out for a Sunday stroll in the same car...

Exactly.

An eruption of excitement, people already preparing their victory posts... and then, as Lewis Hamilton carved through the field, that joy slowly curdled into pure rage.
And then, to really rub salt in the wound, a flat spot in the penultimate lap.

Kimi Raikkonen hit with a 30-second penalty. 😢

raccoon, don't be so negative.

The track is drying out. It’ll be interesting to see if Mercedes and Hamilton opt for an alternative strategy.

Hamilton's car is clearly trashed.

Nicholas Walker40 said:He could easily pull off a quick sprint or a sharp maneuver and reclaim his spot, provided 😁
pushes just a little harder.

Meanwhile, the second Mercedes-Benz is locked in a heated battle with Williams.
It’s clearly down to the drivers, too.

Richard Walker38 said:Maybe that red flag was a bit much? Seems excessive to me.🤷

It’s either a red flag, or at least 10-15 laps under the SC while they clear the track.

Alex Barnes93 said:They've had them since day one, obviously, just not every single season.

Doesn't really matter for today's cars with 8+R.

Fair enough.

Alex Barnes93 said:They don't.

Of course they do. It’s been an F1 race since day one.

Gearbox: integrated with the engine, 5 gears plus reverse

https://www.f1technical.net/f1db/cars/11/ferrari-125

Alex Barnes93 said:It’s allowed. Back when it wasn't permitted, cars didn't even have reverse gear.

F1 cars have had reverse gear since day one.
And using it in the pit lane? That's strictly forbidden.

Raymond Anderson4 said:Norris defended like a pro, but once Lewis hit the start-finish line with about a 0.650 deficit, it was game over.
Just a few laps earlier, he held an 0.8s lead—that tiny one-and-a-half tenth difference was ultimately what decided if Lewis could make the pass or not.

In his previous attempts, Lewis played it pretty cool. No wild, aggressive lunges in the braking zones.
He knew there were still five or six more shots coming, and that Norris's tires would inevitably give out as the race went on.
Calm. Calculated.

Alex Barnes93 said:Lewis's era is over. He proved that with that recent performance under pressure—zero composure left. We’re going to see more of this throughout the season, much like when he was outmaneuvered and completely swept aside by Rosberg. It’s easy to stay calm when you don't have any real competition breathing down your neck...

Fair enough.

Drew Bennett68 said:It's obvious to Lewis that his time is up.

Fair enough.

Uh, uh.