Posts by Michael Diaz4

swifttiger75 said:Michael, seriously, no jokes or irony here—what you just wrote is pure trolling. If you actually believe this stuff and honestly think those arguments you laid out above hold any weight, then maybe you should switch to a less demanding sport. You know, like... darts... or...

@ ---> check out the TBF post for an explanation on this.

I really don't want to go back and forth with you. If you want to have a real discussion based on actual arguments... I'm here. We don't have to agree, but even the late Jacques Villeneuve would be turning in his grave at the sheer amount of trolling in your posts.

Take care!

🙂I don't see what there is to complain about...

stormybadger8 said:Of course.😁
That wouldn't have been Kimi's style... at the end of the day, I’m telling you, he just wasn't there. All those overtakes? They were really just a byproduct of what happened in Monaco.😉

Everyone knows Kimi isn't going to back down, even if they try to push him to the limit. That image is still burned into the team's mind—that message that he just doesn't give a damn about anything. Honestly, he’s even more unhinged than Perez.😁

You have to give credit where it's due—he was incredibly fair. It was a stellar drive, and he kept things completely clean. Look, we all know Perez has done some questionable things in the past, but Kimi stayed classy here. Seriously, he was nothing but professional.

swifttiger75 said:And you’re clearly just being old and out of touch by commenting on something new! Whatever, to each their own. 😁

@stormybadger8/">@@stormybadger8, I think if Kimi had two more names on the grid, he'd have the guts to go for it. Passing, like you mentioned, depends on a lot of variables, but I'll say it again: unlike most people, Kimi will play his trump card the moment he senses an opening or when he absolutely has to. 😁

Either you're projecting your own frustrations and senility onto everyone else, or you aren't reading carefully... Where did I ever mention Kimi...? Where did I say he wasn't trying or shouldn't have attacked? Those observations were about Alonso's performance, dear boy...

swifttiger75 said:Michael Diaz4, my boy... I love seeing you dominate, just like Ferrari or a ninja!

Thanks, kid. Even if you are a bit too young to be commenting on the old F1 days, I appreciate the vote of confidence regarding that dominance...😛

Roger Wright94 said:Everything here should have been phrased in the conditional tense.
In other words,
he could have watched,
he could have enjoyed himself,
he could have followed along,
he could have learned...

Yeah, and... I highly doubt you've even watched a race older than ten years ago... ☕

swifttiger75 said:If you haven't felt bad about it, then you clearly watched and enjoyed his driving. Which basically means you've been following Formula 1 for a long time. That leads back to the idea that after all those years of watching, there might be something left for me to learn from you. Unfortunately, any further logical reasoning just hits a dead end in your case. 🙂

Luckily, Russia managed to stop a dominant Syria from attacking the USA! 😲

😂 What a conclusion... And what does your rant have to do with the last race? Absolutely nothing...☕

Nathan Jones98 said:Just wait until next year when you realize none of them were actually good.

haha, keep telling yourself that... You can't fix a lack of raw talent. Fernando Alonso is just showing what an average driver looks like given the machine he's running... As for the team's long-term strength, we'll see about that in the coming years, but right now, Ferrari has the most convincing and fastest car on the grid... Their starts are nothing short of phenomenal... It’s no coincidence that Fernando Alonso consistently pulls off the best starts, only to lose momentum because of mediocre driving or questionable strategy... Even his tactics caught up to him this time, getting stuck behind Sergio di Resta when he wasn't allowed to make the move...

stormybadger8 said:The core issue is how the entire team’s strategy for years has just been "let's wait for Vettel's car to fall apart"... instead of actually building the fastest car and the best crew possible...

In the end, there really isn't much else to say. Trying to force a move in a situation involving Sergio di Resta would have just risked a massive collision. Besides, you simply can't get a driver like Vettel when he's stuck in a team like this...

But honestly, he brought this on himself...
He had the chance back in 2008. Red Bull Racing offered him a contract, but he turned them down because the Ferrari was a better machine. You can't really blame anyone else now, can you?🤷

If he had possessed the guts to join a weaker team back then, he’d be driving a dominant car today. We’d actually be getting to watch a legendary battle between Vettel and Fernando Alonso within the same garage.

I still maintain my stance: Ferrari has a dominant car, they just don't have the right drivers. Felipe Massa is basically at the tail end of his career, and Fernando Alonso has been making excuses for years. Every time he runs into a faster driver, he starts complaining. That’s not what a great driver does. You either have it or you don't, and he isn't showing it. If Michael Schumacher had a car like this back in the day, he would have been the champion over Mika Hakkinen all those years ago. Fernando Alonso just doesn't have that class...

shadowstag10 said:And what exactly would change?

Result 1. hitting the wall
Result 2. Paul di Resta regains his prestige, so now what?

It doesn't have to go down that way. Just look at those flashes of inspiration from Nico Rosberg... He actually surprised me with how aggressive he got toward the end of the race. Maybe he'll turn out to be a solid driver once he settles in and finally finds his edge...🙂

Jason Campbell70 said:And if you had actually heard about Didier Pironi, man, you wouldn't even know where to start. 🙏

Look, he wasn't exactly a top-tier driver, but fine, let’s include him in the conversation (you remember that tragic accident on the water...). This race really showed who actually has the guts to stay flat out until the finish line. Even Lewis Hamilton wouldn't have dared to pull off what Sebastian Vettel did. And Nico Rosberg? He wasn't bad at all. Just watch how hard he fought—he was actually more aggressive than both Hamilton and Jenson Button. I have to say, he pleasantly surprised me. Now, whether that performance shift was due to a loss of focus, tire degradation, or some messy combination of both, I couldn't tell you. But before you reach the point where everything fails and morale bottoms out—where fear settles into your bones and you're too afraid to push the pedal to the floor—it starts right there.

stormybadger8 said:What kind of hate and what kind of objectives?
Look, it’s obvious. Any driver holding a championship lead is going to play the numbers, and anyone chasing them has to push at any cost...
Vettel needs to be calculating this year. Last year, he didn't really have a smart reason to calculate; last year, Alonso should have been playing the odds as long as he was leading.😉

That is, honestly, just how things work.
There’s no reason to be shocked by Alonso calculating while he held the lead. In fact, that’s a hallmark of great drivers—being able to think with their heads.
But then again, there isn't much to calculate when it’s the final race and you're the one hunting, or when the lead is so massive it’s only reachable in theory...

And personally, I don't see a major issue with him not overtaking Paul di Resta... Alonso probably should have played it safe there... it was a smart move rather than a stupid one.
It was easy to assume Paul di Resta would pit very soon, and making any risky move would have just been foolish.

The only time he shouldn't have been calculating was stuck in that line behind a slow Nico Rosberg. He should have used every ounce of strength to attack Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, and himself... especially since he had the far superior tactic...
Though, looking at it from another angle, he was on worn medium tires, so the question is just how worn they were and if an attack would even make sense.🤷

A defining trait of legendary drivers is that in the situation Alonso found himself in, they simply MUST attack the guy in front... They HAVE to because there is no more time left for anything else... And there wasn't even an attempt. Even Gerhard Berger, arguably the best second driver ever, wouldn't have let that happen, nor would Eddie Irvine, not to mention Alain Prost, the aggressive Senna, or even crazy Nigel Mansell who couldn't stop pushing even in situations that seemed settled... Alonso simply can't call himself a great driver if he doesn't try in moments like these, nothing at all... A racer just shouldn't allow himself to do that... He HAD to go for it... But he didn't.

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stormybadger8 said:It seems pretty obvious that Kimi Räikkönen was the real issue there... and honestly, it’s a well-earned title, no question about it.😍

The cars were all pretty much on par, honestly. And let’s not forget that Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso ran into the exact same issues Kimi did. As far as I can tell, neither of them really got enough seat time in the McLaren the season before that either.

Honestly, it feels a bit silly to claim that was some kind of championship conquest against a dominant McLaren. It’s just one of those nonsensical takes.

To pull off any specific goal, you really need a car that’s built for the task—one that dominates at least one specific area of the track.☕

So, there’s this guy floating around with his spreadsheets and his endless little calculations, claiming that Nico Rosberg won a championship driving one of the slowest—and honestly, most lackluster—cars to ever hit the track.
And once again, he’s forgetting that the car was simultaneously the most reliable beast on the grid. That title was won precisely because of that reliability and sheer consistency.

And just like that, Jacques Villeneuve is gone. A truly tragic loss.😢

stormybadger8 said:What part of this don't you get?
He pushed that stint to the absolute limit, but honestly, a huge chunk of that lead came from Nico Rosberg rather than just some superhuman Red Bull car...
And Sebastian Vettel pitted right after Rosberg because his tires were completely shot after 27 laps. I don't see why that's confusing.🤷

By the way, according to you, this Ferrari is some kind of miracle machine when it comes to tire management.😲
Doing 36 laps on worn medium tires...😲

But seriously, hitting those fastest laps after more than 20 laps on OLD tires—staying just barely above a 1:50—is nothing short of genius. Sebastian Vettel is a phenomenal driver. Truly phenomenal...

Daniel James8 said:...but he said it plenty of times on ABC (back when he was calling matches with König).
And his praise for Vettel? Please. What else would you expect from an Austrian working for a German team—kissing up to a German driver in an Austrian squad.

Besides, it’s not like Sebastian really proved anything today. I suppose those three titles were just "flukes," right? And this fourth one in a row is probably just a total coincidence too...😁

placidridge2 said:Exactly! 🙂

Just a small side note here. Fernando Alonso joined a top-tier team and, despite some irregularities—which were arguably even more obvious in little Jean-Pierre Picquet's case, though that mostly flew under the radar for the public—he managed to snag the championship. Then he got absolutely steamrolled by little Hamilton (who is also hitting a bit of a plateau lately...😁). After that, out of nowhere, little Vettel showed up and just started tearing the competition apart. Eventually, he landed in a powerhouse team and kept stacking up those wins...

Getting back to the race: that was a magnificent victory on a brutal track. It’s one of those circuits where mistakes are fatal and overtaking is nearly impossible. You really need guts and precision to pass the faster cars ahead of you... Why wasn't Alonso allowed to overtake Paul di Resta? Because he isn't quite on the same level as the others, even if he's driving a car that's technically superior to the world champion's. Vettel just proved once again that he’s in a league of his own, right up there with Michael Schumacher... Sebastian: hats off to you...👋

placidridge2 said:So, he finally landed at Red Bull Racing.

How did we suddenly find ourselves in a position where we’re comparing the greatness of Ayrton Senna to someone as average as Sebastian Vettel? Honestly, isn't that a bit of a sin? 🤣

So, why didn't he show up? Was it a Michael Schumacher situation? 🤣

There is absolutely no way he was the greatest. Only the most delusional myth-makers would even attempt to argue that point. 😉

Bravo. Schumacher joined a struggling Ferrari and transformed them into a championship-winning powerhouse over two decades. Then you look at Sebastian Vettel, who stepped into a top-tier team and just dominated. It seems the best drivers extract greatness from mediocre squads, elevating them to the podium until they eventually become the elite teams themselves.

jadeseal7 said:Why doesn't Sebastian Vettel just join Force India and turn them into a championship-winning powerhouse?🤣 Honestly, what am I even doing arguing with people like this?

And the money...? You really think they could afford him?

graniteharbor502 said:Hey there! Did you catch that? It was incredible how Alonso managed to tuck himself right behind Vettel like that. Truly masterclass driving.
😂

Yeah, a true driver wouldn't let themselves slip like that. Just look at the history books—not just the world champions, but plenty of others too. Take Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, or Mika Häkkinen. Even Nigel Mansell, David Coulthard, and Jacques Villeneuve. Though, honestly, I’m talking about the younger Villeneuve—he was a total washout. The old man? He was The Best.

jadeseal7 said:Ferrari was basically a joke of a team until 1996 😉

And then when did they start winning? It started when Alain Prost arrived. Sure, they weren't quite on the level of McLaren or Williams back then, but any driver worth their salt eventually tries their luck at Ferrari. Not that we're really dwelling on that, though. Sebastian Vettel showed everyone in this race just how much better he is than the rest of the field. It would have been incredible to see him during Michael Schumacher's era. Those would have been some legendary battles...

placidridge2 said:You could say Ayrton Senna was an absolute master in the rain. Hats off to him for that.

But honestly, he’s been turned into this massive myth.

Man, you can't judge just by the number of headlines. And when you consider that Vettel is still just getting started, I think your attempt to downplay today's World Champion says a lot.

I agree with the bolded part especially... He was just hyped up way too much...