United States GP - Sep 26, 2010
in Formula 1 ·
Man, the pit lane is absolutely slammed right now 😂
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cosmicridge5 said:What actually happened with Jenson Button? Did he seriously smash his helmet into the wall during the pit stop, or what? 🤣 I was just scrolling on my phone and assumed he missed out on Q3 because of that, but now I see he finished fourth 🤣
Does anyone know what went down and who was involved?! 🤣 😬
mistybear87 said:The local forecast is calling for plenty of rain right during qualifying🙏🙏🙏🙏
mistybear87 said:I'm scrolling through here and I don't see any actual discussion about the race yet 🤷🤷🤷 ☕
Nicole Reyes97 said:Honestly, all this post-race chatter is just noise. It'd be way better if mistybear87 just locked every single race thread by Monday morning 😁
redheron12 said:Well, screw it, that's just how life works. Even a few years back, they started twisting the rules and interpreting them every which way just to help Ferrari—back when they had those secret deals going on with Fio and were basically the only ones the FIA actually listened to while everyone else was fighting over the new Concorde Agreement.
That whole mindset has led us to where we are now, where everyone is just dissecting the rulebook looking for loopholes, trying to outsmart one another. Races have turned into soap operas with zero actual action or risk, and honestly, the lawyers have become the most important people in the paddock.
Yesterday it was Hamilton being targeted, today it's Alonso, and tomorrow it'll be someone else. Honestly, when Ferrari was dominant and had all those connections—back when the old man was running things—everyone was fine with it. Now? They can just deal with the backlash.
Meanwhile, my guys have learned exactly how to bend the rules without actually breaking them, and they've still got plenty of credit left from all that nonsense in the past. Great for them, I guess, but bad luck for everyone else.
James Smith50 said:I mean, someone’s gotta step up and do it, since they aren't exactly fighting for the championship anymore...
James Smith50 said:He’s basically been martyring himself at this point—it's been going on for a while now.
James Smith50 said:I honestly don't know who's more clueless—us or Alonso and his little entourage of divas who—it just happens, you know—always find something to bicker about... I mean, who's actually going to take the fall at the end of the season? Unless it ends like that whole Prost-Ferrari mess, where he gets kicked out because the guy—well, he was constantly complaining about everyone else.
Michael Lee4 said:Look, here's my take:
- I saw what Alonso did. Right away, I thought—there's no way he can pull that—and I figured Alonso would just hand the spot back immediately. He didn't. I follow enough racing to know instantly that wasn't allowed. And honestly, they could've told him right then and there to give the position back, like, Alonso should have just done it himself. Who was actually playing dumb here? Was it Alonso, the wall, or just everyone collectively pretending not to notice... man, it's exhausting...
And I feel like I've already said everything worth saying on this, so I'm not adding anything else... I'm sticking to my guns.
cosmicridge5 said:I mean, if you’re just blindly hating on Fernando Alonso, then obviously nothing else matters 😁
At the end of the day, the whole debate really just boils down to whether it's more biased to be one of those people who can't stand him or the ones who worship the ground he walks on 🙏 🤣
Love this subforum 😍