Posts by Maria Nelson2

mistybear87 said:Yeah, I suppose they really ought to be virgins... oops, sorry, meant Virgin. 🙂

Virgin GP😬 👍

So I’m sitting here reading that Brawn GP might actually be looking at another name change... especially now that Richard Branson has started winking at every single camera lens in the paddock...😁

hollowcanyon6 said:Did you not understand the word "fixed"? Is humor really that hard for some people?

You're just spamming now......☕ You wrote "Fixed" and then edited the post... that usually gets you flagged... but let's not ruin the thread with this........☕

hollowcanyon6 said:Fixed.

No, they can't. 😂

Messing with other people's posts isn't allowed here, and I've already flagged you to the moderators...☕

Donna Nelson23 said:What did he even do to you? 😕

What else is there to explain? Honestly, I feel like I've already laid it all out there.

Anyway... Lewis Hamilton just got slapped with a five-place grid penalty because they had to swap out his gearbox.😢

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if things actually go south.

mistybear87 said:I'm still waiting on those fuel load numbers for the cars☕

Honestly, I’m dying to see how the guys running KERS are going to handle the launch. Jenson Button mentioned he's actually a bit worried they might just shoot off the line like a bullet🤷

So, what's the order looking like? 😲 I can’t help but wonder what kind of absolute chaos we're going to see on the track tomorrow. As for those guys running KERS, I wouldn't be surprised if we see some total mayhem right at the start, especially when those cars struggling for grip suddenly get hit with that unexpected boost.

Fry, I swear, you’re driving me absolutely insane.👎

hollowhawk412 said:By the way... Whitmarsh isn't the one who decides what's legal...

And points 3 and 4 are actually just the same single event...

The stewards—just the three of them—decided they were legal. The FIA hasn't made its official call yet...

Obviously Whitmarsh won't be the judge of legality; he just gave his advice to his colleagues 🙏 😁

Michael Lee4 said:Yeah, but this is getting a bit ridiculous... honestly, it’s like kids are running Formula 1 instead of adults.

Damn, they’re old, and honestly, they're just like kids—they still need their diapers changed and don't have a clue what's going on around them. 😁

ahahaha 🤣🤣👍

Morgan Murphy7 said:total carnage in turn one 😁

Oh yeah... and being taken out by someone dumping a full KERS charge right into you.....🤣 🤣we're definitely going to see some people getting fried out there👍

fadedpanther4 said:Well, yeah... just think back to everything people were saying here during Ferrari's era of dominance. ☕

The real question is how they managed to dominate like that in the first place, 😉but this isn't really the place or the time to get into it...😁

mistybear87 said:It always seems to be the same story, doesn't it? As soon as someone manages to win, they’re immediately labeled a cheat, a fraud, a scoundrel, or whatever other insults people feel like throwing around ☕.

Look, if the FIA says those diffusers are perfectly legal, then the rest of the field just has to deal with it. They can either swallow the dust behind the leaders or get back to the drawing board and design a better diffuser themselves ☕.

I mean, Williams might try to develop one, but given the historical consistency of the FIA's decisions... good luck with that. 😬

mistybear87 said:tralalalalala 🙂

Just take it easy before you work yourself into a heart attack...😉

mistybear87 said:From what I can gather, they’re doing inspections at the next race too, but if they don't actually change the rules, those cars are going to stay legal

Then there's the international appeals court, which only gets involved if teams decide to officially protest the inspection results.

If that happens, you'll probably see that "dream trio" racing for at least two more rounds while the court deliberates before anyone finds out who actually won the argument. You can appeal the ruling, sure, but once that final decision hits, that's the end of the line.

So "theoretically,"😁 they can just drag this out halfway through the season, and then once someone finally realizes things aren't quite right, the points get stripped away and everyone just moves on...😉👍

Jamie Newman5 said:Those controversial diffusers actually got the green light for VN Australia👍

You really think they're just doing it for VN Australia😬
?

Raymond Ortiz89 said:They better make use of that KERS while they have the chance, because honestly, if Honda had actually realized the mess they were making back then, things might have gone a whole different way. ☕

Brawn GP doesn't even have KERS..☕

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Look, if that actually turns out to be the case, then every single one of them is going to be running KERS by the second race of the season anyway.🤷

Here we go again... honestly, if the system is nothing more than a potential "threat" to the car's reliability because it isn't behaving exactly how the engineers envisioned, the crew probably won't even bother touching it. It reminds me of that one time back in Chicago when my old boss refused to use the new software just because the interface felt slightly off, even though it worked perfectly fine—people in this sport are just as stubborn and risk-averse.☕

Raymond Ortiz89 said:I still can’t wrap my head around how that advantage actually works in practice. I mean, just look at a situation where someone like Jarno Trulli is sitting right in front of him; if he just engages the KERS, he could effectively shut the door and make sure nobody ever gets a chance to overtake him. 🤷

Jarno Trulli isn't going to have KERS. ☕ You already gave your answer.👍

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Look, that’s one thing entirely, but what I’m actually getting at is how much of a gap they’ll really put between themselves and the rest of the field—and whether or not they can actually pull it all together and make it work when it counts.

They’re definitely going to have the advantage because of the KERS system... whether that actually translates to wins is something only time will tell, but if you've got two cars that are basically identical in every other way—assuming the system doesn't fail and cause a disaster 😁—the one running KERS is going to pull away.

Raymond Ortiz89 said:Look, I was keeping tabs on several forums and staying glued to the official website, and when they were actually testing the KERS, nobody was even remotely this far off the mark.☕

I’m talking about system reliability here...☕It’s pretty straightforward, really—you just look at the guys who are statistically reliable enough to actually keep their cars running without constant breakdowns.

Raymond Ortiz89 said:But let’s be real, if those results were actually solid, ☕everyone would know about it by now.

Hold on... you mentioned you were following the pre-season testing... I’d say you weren't paying very close attention😉 It looks like you skipped over all the posts, threads, and debates on the US forums while the teams were out there messing around with the KERS system... the live streams and everything else...☕ 😉