Posts by Jason Campbell70

Who’s going to crack first?

Massa?
Raikkonen?
Grosjean?
Maldonado?

Well, well. Looks like we've got umbrellas in the mix now.

Like I mentioned at the start:

Jason Campbell70 said:Regarding the forecast, we're looking at typical gloomy weather in the UK.

Tyler Bennett5 said:I didn't really double-check things before jumping in today, so I'm not sure if
you actually meant the English or the women from Scotland. 🤷

Look at the Andy Murray case.

darkmarlin16, you should probably explain it to him. ☕

shadowhawk24 said:Actually, I think there’s a tiny mistake here. Shouldn't that bolded part say "slow"? 🤷

It was intentional.
I just wanted to see if anyone was actually reading the intro with any level of comprehension.

Roger Wright94 said:It’s pretty obvious who really knows their Formula 1 and how it all works.

Google.

gentlecobra23 said:didn't realize his daughter was playing the slut...

Take it easy.
If she’s doing it for money... well, of course she isn't.

She does it because she loves being in the spotlight.

And thank God, she certainly has plenty to show. 😍

Mark Ruiz8 said:Besides, Susie Wolff drives for Williams.

Or rather—why we can't stand the English. ☕

silentbear49 said:this is pure discrimination against women!!!!

Good morning. ☕

One guy is rambling about sand runoff zones, while the other is lecturing us on track limits and F1 racing back in the late 90s.

God, what a bunch of experts! :es:es:es

electricmaker40 said:Modern Formula 1 cars just aren't built for driving in the rain—not in the way you’d actually want to experience it. Everything feels so sanitized now; just listen to the sound of those tires squealing through the corners... it's all so controlled.

I'm not sure what you used to get behind the wheel of, but it's clearly been a long time since you've actually driven anything.

Sent from my iPhone.

Five years ago, they could. Now, all of a sudden, they can't. Why the change?

Just think back to the '96 Spanish GP.
Or maybe both Monaco races in the same year?

Belgium, '98.
The 2007 Japanese GP.

With today’s mindless rules, would we even be holding these races anymore?

electricmaker40 said:Modern Formula 1 cars just aren't built for driving in the rain—not in the way you’d actually want to experience it. Everything feels so sanitized now; just listen to the sound of those tires squealing through the corners... it's all so controlled.

I'm not sure what you used to get behind the wheel of, but it's clearly been a long time since you've actually driven anything.

Sent from my iPhone.

ruggedhawk20 said:They were being loud as hell even before this—you could barely hear anything over the engines

Look, Formula 1 existed way before 2014 too

ruggedhawk20 explained. ☕

The 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway



Lap count: 52
Lap length: 5 891 metar
Race distance: 190 miles
A new lap record: 1:30:874, Lewis Hamilton (2010)

Land. Extremely unattractive women. I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. What can I help you with? Are there any men even uglier than that? The next Formula 1 race is right here on home soil.
It’s pretty obvious if you look closely. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built right on the remains of a US Air Force airfield from World War II. You can still see the layout. Even at first glance at the track itself....
Thinking back—could we have seen MotoGP races held at Indianapolis if the track hadn't been such a mess a few years ago?

Thirty years ago, Indianapolis was a lightning-fast circuit. Almost nothing but straightaways? Not really. Hardly any high-speed corners at all.
Twenty years ago, Indianapolis was still a damn fast track, with maybe only one or two slow corners.
Today's race at Indianapolis was a total Formula 1 disaster. Just a complete mess.
Modern Formula 1. 🙂

That doesn't mean we shouldn't be expecting a hell of a race. 😁
Mercedes-Benz owned this track last year. Will we see a repeat performance? It seems highly likely.
The previews and predictions are all pointing toward the same thing: the other teams—especially Red Bull Racing—are looking to close that gap with Mercedes-Benz. It mostly comes down to the specific layout of this track. Will they actually pull it off?
We'll see.As those perpetually tipsy folks from the Midwest might say.

Tires:
Prime: Tough (orange)
Option: Medium (white)

As for the weather forecast, expect that typical United Kingdom gloom.

Schedule of events:

Friday:
11:00 AM. First free practice.
3:00 PM. Second free practice session.

Saturday.
11:00 AM. Third free practice session.
Qualifying starts at 2:00 PM.

Sunday:
Race starts at 2:00 PM.

Just for a moment, try to ignore the first sentence. 😁

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Let's get some constructive debate going! 🙂

Why bother with safety?

If you don't have the guts, stay off the track.

stormybadger8 Asks:
If Red Bull Racing actually manages to outpace Mercedes when it comes to pure power and speed, then even a driver like Ricci becomes a massive bonus for Vettel—a gift worth its weight in gold.☕

In what universe? Can Red Bull Racing actually overtake Mercedes when it comes to raw power and car speed?

steelmaker83 said:Now you're being more precise. There is a massive difference between someone picking up points because it's their only option, versus driving conservatively by choice. In 2012, Fernando Alonso wasn't just grabbing points because he wanted to; he was doing it because it was all he could manage. That's a huge distinction.

Go back and read my original post.
It was fairly concise.

steelmaker83 said:What about the moderators? Don't start whining at me now... where is this nonsense coming from?

And again, for the third time.
"Nonsense", "stupidity", and various other insults.

Arrogant, yet completely unsupported.

jadeseal7 said:Isn't that just academic? Exactly your style... ☕

Are you suggesting being "academic" means being slower than the competition?

ruggedhawk20 said:Are you implying that Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, René Arnoux, Niki Lauda, and Nigel Mansell all died or got injured at once? Is that why Keke Rosberg snatched the title?

Or did Rosberg just... slap them all around? 😍

Think about it. When was the last race Didier Pironi drove? And how many races did it take for Rosberg to overtake him?
And which race was Rosberg’s first career win—and his only win that entire season?
Just one single win out of five total in a nine-season F1 career.
A real driver, clearly.
An aristocrat, obviously. 😍

steelmaker83 said:Regarding the idea that Fernando Alonso was just coasting through the second half of 2012 to farm points.

Alonso was picking up points in the second half of that season because he had no other choice.
Both Red Bull Racing and McLaren were simply faster cars; he took what he could get.

In the end, he lost the championship.

steelmaker83 said: That's just pure nonsense born from a lack of intelligence. We can dive deeper into the proper thread.

Moderators?

swifttiger75 said:Not really, though it’s pretty obvious that the little aristocrat will capitalize on every single one of Hamilton's DNFs to the absolute limit.

LOL.

swifttiger75 said:Nico Rosberg is doing exactly what he's supposed to do, isn't he? Maybe even too perfectly for some people's taste!

Rosberg picks up the scraps and wins whenever Hamilton drops out.
He's perfect at that, and that's his ceiling.

ruggedhawk20 said:Among the contenders, only Pironi suffered an injury, and Villeneuve was the only one who tragically lost his life (we can safely ignore Palettia, because even if he had survived, he wouldn't have been a factor)

All the other title contenders made it to the end of the season healthy and sound.

That would be: Piquet, Lauda, Prost, Watson, Alboreto, and Arnoux.

The real "problem" with the 1982 season wasn't Villeneuve or Pironi. The problem was that Ferrari, Renault, McLaren, Williams, Brabham, and even Tyrrell were all competitive.

At the start of the year, Prost dominated in the Renault. In fact, Prost is the biggest loser of that season because he was the one who should have taken the title. The Renault was a better car than the Ferrari. Unfortunately, during 1982, Prost seemed more interested in Larrousse's wife than in driving the car. So, the Renault was better than the Ferrari. Marginally, but still better. The atmospheric cars were all right there. McLaren and Williams were the best, followed closely by Tyrrell and the Brabham—which ran some races with a Ford atmospheric engine—while those running the BMW turbo were actually better than both the McLaren and the Williams. Overall, this is how I would rank them:

1) Renault
2) Ferrari
3) McLaren - Ford
4) Brabham - BMW
5) Williams - Ford
6) Brabham - Ford
7) Tyrrell - Ford

These were all cars that won during the 1982 season, plus Lotus—though I’m not counting them since, realistically, they weren't a competitive car in '82.

Furthermore, no one else won more than two races that season. It’s an anomaly. No other season has ever seen such a wide dispersion of winners as 1982. Never. And that has nothing to do with Villeneuve's death—who honestly never had what it takes to be a world champion anyway—nor does it have anything to do with Pironi's broken legs.

It comes down to those seven competitive teams—all of whom (along with Lotus) took turns winning throughout 1982.

Rosberg didn't miss out on the title because Villeneuve and Pironi were gone; he missed it because he simply scored the most points.

And believe me, even if Villeneuve and Pironi had both made it to the end of the season unscathed, neither would have been champion.

It would have been either Prost or Rosberg.

And don't let Pironi's 39 points fool you—in a hypothetical scenario where Villeneuve lives (and Pironi is whole), Villeneuve would have taken at least 10 of those 39 points.

So Pironi would finish that hypothetical season with 29 + 11 (which he would have picked up after Hockenheim) = 40.

I disagree.

In other words—I don't have the energy to explain things perfectly clearly, or to argue against something that is already arguing against itself.

steelmaker83 said:I find it strange that you, among the more intelligent members of this forum, are still pushing the narrative about how Fernando Alonso was just hunting for points at the end of 2012. Why cling to that?

What kind of paradigm are you even talking about?

steelmaker83 said:That’s just pure nonsense. It’s nothing more than a display of superficiality and lack of intellect—honestly, it's just as bad as that whole mess we saw during the discussion about the Monaco GP.

Arguments, right? Or not? Ad hominem attacks. Really?

stormybadger8 said:Where exactly was Lewis Hamilton during those 2010 and 2012 seasons? With all that raw speed he possesses, how did he manage to go missing like that?
Looking back at the 2012 season... there were times when he clearly had the fastest car on the grid. Not just once, either. More than once.

He had the fastest car for a moment there, sure. But for the overall win? Not a chance.

stormybadger8 said:Sure, it’s definitely more exciting to watch. But let's be real—that cautious, calculated approach from Alonso paid off way more than Hamilton's "win at all costs" mentality. Is it worth the risk? Maybe not. But he plays it smart.

That’s the whole point. Alonso's approach just didn't pay off.

It’s simple. You either win, or you lose. There is no middle ground.

Are you Keke Rosberg? Is that the trick? Only your favorites end up broken or dead on track, yet somehow you walk away with a championship after just one single win?

The Best F1 driver? Asks:
Just look at what the stats show from the start of 2007 through today...
Hamilton has 26 wins and 22 DNFs... almost like he’s breaking even, isn't he? 😁
Nico Rosberg: five wins and seventeen DNFs... Just how does that happen?

No matter how you look at it, Lewis Hamilton was always the one driving the faster, more expensive cars. It stands to reason they should have been more reliable too, not less...

I don't see the point.

stormybadger8 said:Everything you're saying holds up, and I agree. But then there's that ridiculous final race...
If Hamilton—who is basically a guaranteed win—had just sat that race out, wouldn't we be sitting here arguing that Rosberg should have had four or five wins and Hamilton ten, yet Rosberg would still be the champion?

We'll see.

It seems there's this general consensus that Hamilton is mentally unstable and a choker.
In reality, it was Rosberg who cracked during that last race and the one before it.

stormybadger8 said:Look, that’s not really the point...
Just look at that 2012 season. 😉
I watched it back once and was honestly stunned it was even possible...

Consider Rosberg vs. Michael Schumacher in the races where they both finished:😳
7 wins to 2 for Schumacher, yet Rosberg walked away with 93 points compared to Schumacher's 49.😳

That tells you everything you need to know...
The issue is that Rosberg is the type of driver similar to Fernando Alonso...
Not quite possessing that level of raw talent, but certainly on par when it comes to racing intelligence...

And how did the "intelligent" Fernando Alonso fare in 2010 or 2012?

All that intelligence doesn't mean a thing if you lack speed.
Whether it's the car's pace or your own.
Was Jenson Button any less intelligent or resourceful during the seasons before Ross Brawn arrived?

When faced with the choice between a pure racer and a points collector, I'll always pick the racer.
Take Alonso again—by the end of 2012, he was just playing the points game.
He put himself in a position where he wasn't even in control of his own fate.

Lewis Hamilton relies on himself.
Nico Rosberg relies on Lewis Hamilton.

And that is exactly the point.

graniteharbor502 said:Got a link for this?

Just click the image.

stormybadger8 said:He might have the edge for the title, sure, but he isn't faster.
Dead serious here.

By the way, what’s the actual win ratio for the races where Lewis and Nico finished?

After seven races, Lewis Hamilton still has more wins than all the other drivers combined.

In those seven races, Hamilton made maybe one mistake—that was just now in Canada when he locked up his front right tire entering turn eight during the final lap of Q3, costing him the PP.

Everything else has been nearly flawless.

Look, I don't necessarily view Hamilton as some tactical genius on the level of Alonso... but let's be real, he isn't the choker people have been painting him as lately.

Based on what some people are posting on these forums, you'd think Lewis Hamilton had already blown half the races this season.

stormybadger8 said:Man, Massa and Perez really messed up here. 😳

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f8YrWb7i_Q

Honestly, Vettel handled that perfectly. I have no idea how he managed to avoid hitting Massa while dealing with that sudden jerk to the right...

Check out the on-board footage from Vettel's car. Only then will you see just how skillfully he navigated that.

jadeseal7 said:He’ll just argue that lower gears let you hit higher RPMs more easily, helping you gain speed—especially when you've got the DRS open while drafting in the slipstream.

I'm not saying Mercedes isn't fast or superior, 🙂 but it isn't quite 😲 what you're implying.

It isn't 😲"?

Are you really suggesting that a 19 miles/h gap at the speedtrap is just business as usual when teams are fighting for a top three spot?