Posts by Maria Nelson2

I couldn't bring myself to get out of bed, though looking at the chaos, I think I made the right call 😁

Qualifying? Please. They’re just letting everyone out of the pits all at once, so it's basically a survival test to see who's left standing 🤣🤣

stormybadger8 said:all I saw in the rearview mirror was a flash of silver, and honestly, those mirrors shouldn't be covering the runoff areas anyway😬
as for the red car, there’s nothing left but a cloud of smoke🤣

the smudge would've been yellow😉

P.S.: Not like I could really compare a dry practice session to one in the rain, anyway😂

You're overthinking it 😁

And looking in the rearview—Mark Webber's car just keeps getting closer and closer and closer and... 🤣 🤣

stormybadger8 said:practice is a total joke🤣

Practice times don't mean a thing, and honestly, you could probably bet your life savings that Sebastian Vettel's pace right now won't be enough to even sniff Q3☕

I mean, sure, if it starts pouring rain, the track will look lightning fast again, but let's look at the reality—last year at the US Suzuki circuit during qualifying, we saw a 1.30.341, and not a single race this season has even come close to being that slow under normal conditions☕

While Nico Rosberg was sitting there with a 1.31.286, trailing by eleven spots and missing out on Q3 entirely☕

You can dream about some turbo-charged dominance with a 1.31.465 if you want, but I doubt it🤣

So practice is irrelevant, yet here we are comparing this year's practice laps to last year's qualifying times👍
When those guys finally get the RB6 out on the track, all you're going to see are two tiny blurs in the rearview mirror—one red and one silver🤣🤣

Seeing the RB6 out on the track😲...I mean, what's there left to expect?🤷 The car is such a beast that it feels like the circuits were practically paved specifically for it; it’s just this half-baked crew making rookie mistakes, colliding with each other, and barking out terrible orders. It's honestly frustrating because if they hadn't tripped over their own feet, we probably would have seen one of the greatest engineering minds of the last 15 years—Adrian Newey—blow the competition away by mid-season and build a points lead so massive that nobody could even dream of catching them.☕

By the way... my guys had their crash tests today🤣 , so let's just hope this streak of bad luck stays stuck
on this specific day🙂

Stinger, you really shouldn't have 😁

It's only Tuesday, so I'm not holding my breath for anything yet 😬

Congrats to all the Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel fans out there 🙏🙏🙏

P. S. If Mark Webber happens to vanish from the public eye, the first person you should suspect of kidnapping him for a little old-school, heavy-handed interrogation involving some blunt force and rapid acceleration is definitely me 😠

I mean, what happens if it actually starts pouring 🤷 (purely hypothetically, of course 🙂 )

Between the track lights, the rain, and all that glare coming off the asphalt... apparently some of the drivers are sweating the whole situation

http://en.espnf1.com/singapore/motor...ory/29003.html..

Total hacks 🤣🤣

redheron12 said:This subforum is basically full of conspiracy theorists—last year, everyone was convinced every new user was some kind of bot, though they couldn't even agree on whose clone it actually was.

It seems this year, everyone is obsessed with finding hidden team orders in every single radio transmission.

Look, just tell me—if Sebastian Vettel is sitting in 3rd, five seconds back, while Mark Webber is in 6th, over twenty seconds behind him, but right on the heels of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton... what's the point of slowing down for Vettel? Isn't the actual goal to take points away from McLaren and close that gap?

We’ve all heard that same old line: "Alonso is just faster," and honestly, once you hear that excuse, you realize there's really no point in even asking for an apology anymore.😁

Honestly, the only thing more idiotic than that is watching the Ferrari pit wall actually reach out to Red Bull just to point out that Alonso is faster than Vettel—as if they didn't already know exactly what kind of mess that creates. 🤣🤣

It’s all just one big, exhausting joke, isn't it? 🤣

silvercobra68 said:Estoril 1991, except he was driving for Williams back then; look at that damn English team go.

All jokes aside, I completely agree that this was pathetic, sloppy, miserable, and just plain cowardly.

But what's the deal with New Zealand?

They say there are 4,384,265 people 😁

Honestly, it feels like you lost your mind back in your glory days 😬

There’s nothing but sparks flying in this place 😁

Joshua Newman2 said:There is a distinction here, and I will attempt to explain it: we can speculate that McLaren, Williams, or anyone else employs team orders; people can claim it and be certain, but they don't *know*. But when something like this actually happens, then it becomes a fact. And that knowledge "kills" the sport, the team, and the driver's integrity. Alonso might win the championship now, but he’ll always face the criticism that he couldn't beat his own teammate, and wouldn't have become champion if he hadn't been forced to move out of the way. That doesn't just cast a shadow on the title; it plunges it into total darkness. As for Massa, after this, he can talk all he wants about his form, tire temperature issues, or his ambition and readiness to win, but after yesterday, he's nothing more than a water carrier. Until he moves to another team, nobody will ever take him seriously again. From yesterday onward, his role is simply to fill the grid and look after Fernando Alonso's interests.

Did Button let Hamilton through, or did Hamilton overtake him? If we knew for a fact that he let him through, Button would be no different from Barrichello to Schumacher, Massa to Alonso, or some IT geek serving a powerful leader in a prison cell: just a tool meant to move when things get uncomfortable. But we don't know. We can only assume one way or the other, so Button still maintains some semblance of driver integrity, and Hamilton, if he becomes champion, will have the integrity of a true champion. That is the difference!

I’m sure you all remember how thrilled Alonso seemed just recently when they extended Massa's contract. Well, it turns out that wasn't just coincidence; with that deal, Massa essentially agreed to play his part. Unfortunately, since Ferrari clearly hasn't figured out how to get their actors to deliver a convincing performance, they really should have looked for a number two driver who wouldn't occasionally trip up Alonso. This current setup is easily the worst-case scenario.

Dedu 🎉

😬

Joshua Newman2 said:I absolutely agree that Vettel didn't do this on purpose; it was pure instinct. That said, the move was very much in the style of Schumacher (it’s hardly surprising that Jason Campbell70 is defending him 😁).
As for his later stint with Ferrari, I’m honestly speechless... But it goes to show exactly why I, someone who appreciates many different teams, can't stand just one...

What a perfect way for this to end 😁 😉

redheron12 said:I imagine Kimi is somewhere out in Finland right now—probably laughing his head off 😁

Honestly, I'm pretty sure Kimi couldn't care less about any of this right now, probably sitting somewhere in Finland just completely indifferent😁

Fix'd 😉

mistybear87 said:In the grand scheme of things, actual industrial espionage is a much heavier charge than this situation, isn't it?
plus, we still haven't heard the official word from the World motorsport Council regarding this matter.😉

Industrial espionage would probably be better described as Mosley's latest kiss off to McLaren 🤣 🤣, especially since Renault was found guilty in the McM spying scandal yet the fine ended up being exactly zero dollars 😂 😂....We really ought to take a long, hard look at the FIA's service menu..☕

By the way... honestly, seeing how clumsily Ferrari handled this makes me think such screw-ups were probably just standard operating procedure at their headquarters; I mean, listening to Massa call Ferrari a "company" today while he sent a radio message that even a half-witted customer of slava Raškaj wtf 😲 WTF??

redheron12 said:McLaren was slapped with a $100,000,000 fine for violating Article 151c—and they didn't even have Santander on board as a sponsor at the time.😁

Since they weren't 🤷 , they went after him and handed him the bill 😁

shadowtinker29 said:Major props to Paul Stoddard. I honestly don't know how he pulled it off, but his team (Minardi) is the only one that didn't end up facing the World motorsport Council when Alonso was driving for them... 😁

😁

Pretty much sums it all up...

I think I said this a long time ago, any team that falls into the trap of playing politics just goes straight to hell, and I mean big time.🤷

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=48924

A cool $100,000 😲 and then there's Elizabeth Hughes

hollowgull5 said:can the aero box actually mess with how the car handles on track? 😕

Wireless brakes... honestly, I don't know why people get so excited about this stuff. It sounds like one of those high-tech gadgets that works perfectly until you're halfway through a trip and suddenly realize everything is dead. I remember back when my old truck used to cut out on me in the middle of nowhere outside of Austin; there's nothing quite like that sinking feeling of losing control because some fancy component decided to quit on you. Everything seems to be moving toward wireless everything these days, but I can't help but feel we're just asking for trouble.

Just let some hack musician blast through a driver's headphones and you'll see exactly how much of a wreck the track becomes.

Fernando Alonso is claiming he honestly hasn't the slightest idea how he managed to slice past his teammate Felipe Massa so effortlessly to snatch up that US Grand Prix win.
🤣🤣🤣🤣

The guy’s clearly lost his marbles 😁