Posts by jadeseal7

swiftmaker12 said:I mean, those mercenaries are folding left and right—mostly because their bosses have stopped handing out the cash and little trinkets they used to rely on...

The atmosphere at the track was absolutely soaked in Toyota and Honda flags...

It’s honestly pretty sad—what can you even do? It’s wild how some people don't even have the guts to cheer for their own side anymore.

It seems like people are shifting their allegiances toward different teams...

Maybe they're gravitating more toward Ford, McLaren, or Williams lately. I honestly can't tell how many Red Bull fans have drifted away since Sebastian Vettel moved over to Ford—or how many new Mercedes-Benz supporters showed up once Lewis Hamilton made his move.

rowdyrider12 said:I’m not quite sure where else to go, so I figured I’d ask here: what on earth is going on with this forum? Every time I log in from my desktop, I get constantly redirected to these random shady websites—plus, there are just endless pop-ups appearing on the side...
It seems to work perfectly fine when I'm using Tapatalk on my phone, though....

Just to be clear, I’ve already checked—I definitely don't have any malware on my system...

Honestly, Adblock is the ultimate cure-all—even if it occasionally acts up and forces me to refresh the page once in a while.

Honestly, if Nico Rosberg were behind the wheel at Manor Racing, they’d probably be outperforming McLaren at the SS—they are getting incredibly close right now 🤣

rowdyrider12 said:Could it be the push rod? 🙂

I'm actually leaning in that same direction myself.

Well, it’s not like he was out there setting blistering lap times once the Halo cockpit was introduced—it’s a shame Joe’s theory didn't quite pan out 👍

And what were the lap times looking like after that first flying lap?

Just take a look at those lap times for F1 and STR on the ultrasoft tires. I honestly can't seem to get anywhere near the pace the Ferrari and The Bear are putting down.

stormybadger8 said:Is this actually for real...
It feels a little off that Kimi Räikkönen clocks a 1:23.009 on the soft compound and then jumps to a 1:22.785 on the ultrasoft 🤔
I’m struggling to find the logic in an ultrasoft being a full 0.200 seconds faster than the soft—that's a massive gap to bridge just to shave off a bit of time...

Because if that's really how it works, then there’s honestly no point in even having a super soft, let alone an ultrasoft...
What kind of logic is that—having two different tiers of rubber softer than the soft, yet each one only offers a tiny 0.100 per lap? 🤦

Maybe on a track like this, the ultrasoft doesn't actually matter much because it just falls apart too quickly—have you considered that possibility at all?

On the software side, Kimi managed to clock a 1:23... and honestly, it’s not even about whether Ferrari beat The Bear in terms of raw lap time—it’s more about how he actually pulled it off.

Do you think he's finally finding his rhythm?

I mean, at this rate, they might as well just start installing roll bars in NASCAR races too....🤦

ruggedhawk20 said:Exactly.

If you don't quite take my word for it, you should probably check in with Goofey—he’s basically the last living witness of the 1987 season still hanging around this forum.

That's exactly how people will be reminiscing about the 2010 season twenty years from now. 😁

stormybadger8 said:I honestly feel like I was having mini panic attacks every single season from 2010 through 2013 whenever I looked at those Vettelov cars—it was a constant state of high alert!
I haven't really followed things closely since back in 2014 and 2015—my memory is a little fuzzy on the specifics from that era—so I suppose I’m officially due for another bout of mild panic. 😬

So, I guess those attacks finally paid off for you, huh? 😁

It feels like you're just getting hit with random panic attacks out of nowhere.

Jason Campbell70 said:Well, that actually works out quite nicely for your argument, doesn't it?

👋

stormybadger8 said:Was that lap time set during the opening stint or the final one?
And besides, are you absolutely certain that stint lasted for ten laps??? Where on earth did you find that data 🤷

All I can see is a time of 1:24.611...
EDIT:
Sebastian Vettel : out-lap - 1: 24.6 - 1: 26.2 - 1: 26.6 - 1: 26.8 - 1: 33.3 min - Inlap..
It doesn't actually look like ten laps—though, honestly, even these five aren't bad at all, in fact 👍...it's just that last 1:33 really catches me off guard 🤔

A simple mistake, lifting off the throttle, stuff like that—nothing particularly mysterious about it.

mellowtiger83 said:It’s not about that—it’s more about those moments when Lewis Hamilton gets a slightly better car, just so he can enjoy a little win.

When exactly are we going to see that? By the time he's already clinched the championship!

Everything really started shifting after Monaco 2014.

I can't recall every single race from that era—not that it really matters right now.

rowdyrider12 said:Sure, Nico Rosberg can choose to ignore team orders—but if he does, he’s going to start seeing some real issues pop up mid-race... things like overheating brakes or even a cylinder failure. 🙂

We've actually seen this happen before. When Nico Rosberg is given the green light to do his own thing, he really can outpace Lewis Hamilton.

Timothy Castillo6 said:Well, we actually caught onto that one ourselves, my friend.
8. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:26.661, medium tires, 23 laps;
9. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:26.923, medium tires, 42 laps;

Sometimes, you really don't even need the data—you can just take one look at the car and know exactly where it belongs on the grid. 😁