Posts by Brian Campbell36

Bravo Sebastian Vettel, what an absolute masterclass in how you just dismantled Lewis Hamilton. 🙏🙏🙏

ruggedcyclist56 said:Exactly, and don't forget that Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas carry similar statistics as well. 👍

If you’re going to go looking for trouble, don't be surprised when you find it. 🍿
Bottas isn't allowed to win; he is nothing more than a damn number two driver, a fact we saw clearly during the last Singapore Grand Prix.
He actually had to throttle back by three seconds just to ensure he didn't overtake the British person.
And yet, despite being second in the WDC standings, they humiliate him just so guys like you can sit around pointing fingers and saying, "well, the statistics show this and that..." 🤣
Time and time again, he has been forced to hold back his competition simply to secure a victory for Lewis Hamilton.
He is merely a subordinate to Hamilton, expected to follow the rules and keep his mouth shut.

Rosberg took the title and walked away, having realized early enough that there is no profit in dealing with a devil from Germany; after all, Hamilton doesn't earn ten times more than the team's errand boy for no reason. 🤦

ruggedcyclist56 said:Oh, by all means, my friend, if you insist. But perhaps you should take a moment to reflect on how utterly disgraceful it is for your favorite driver—who, aside from his very first full season, has spent his entire career piloting a top-three car and thus maintains a significantly lower win percentage than Lewis Hamilton—sitting at a mere 22.65%.

Or shall we narrow our scope even further to the top two cars? If we look specifically at Ferrari from the moment Sebastian Vettel made his move in 2015, we can observe his supposed "disgrace" (to borrow your own terminology, 🤷):
96 starts, 14 wins, 14.74%

Compare that to Hamilton: 96 starts, 48 wins, 50%

Feel free to ignore these statistical realities for as long as you find convenient...

Precisely. Even without accounting for his return, he holds 243 starts, 91 wins, and a 37.45% rate. That is marginally higher than Hamilton's 33.20%, yet I suppose that too would be considered shameful if we were to follow the esteemed logic of our colleague TBF1D. It seems that because Sebastian Vettel sits at 22.65%, he is somehow superior to everyone else, while anyone more successful than him is simply a "disgrace."

The statistics you are citing are utterly meaningless; they are nothing more than hollow numbers on a page that can be manipulated any way one chooses.🤦
Since 2014, Hamilton has possessed a dominant car on the grid; his competition has been scavenging for mere crumbs until this summer break.
You may write endless odes of praise and attempt to exalt Hamilton to the heavens, but any driver currently on the grid would possess those exact same statistics if they were handed the keys to such a machine.🍿

Why isn't Valtteri Bottas behind the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG? Where on earth has the runner-up from the Formula 1 World Championship vanished to?🤔

Well, there it is: Sebastian Vettel is letting Charles Leclerc through.
It was a direct order from the pit wall. 🍿

mellowtiger83 said:A massive top speed isn't exactly the game-changer for Ferrari; it’s nothing out of the ordinary. The real issue is their terrifying acceleration rate getting up to that top speed. At this moment, nobody seems to have a clue what they've actually stuffed into that engine.🙂.

I came across some information suggesting they might be somehow pumping in excess fuel during a lap.

It seems Fiat has stumbled upon yet another "stroke of genius," though one can only wonder how long it will take before the truth comes to light.

The FIA will likely bring this to the attention of Christian Horner and Toto Wolff shortly. We should expect sensors to be installed very soon, and I suspect both Wolff and Horner will be right there on the scene when the FIA delegation arrives to conduct their inspection. 🍿

James Harris34 said:I fail to grasp what you are attempting to imply, but looking at the big picture, Ferrari possesses the premier car this season; if they failed to secure an additional four or five victories during the first ten races, one can only attribute that shortcoming to the sheer incompetence of their drivers.

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It appears Mercedes was merely playing with its competition during the early stages of the season; furthermore, perhaps the reason you have concluded that Ferrari is dominating the grid this year is simply because your interest in Formula 1 only began with the US Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

Had you followed the sport with even a modicum of depth, you would be aware that Mercedes possessed the superior race pace under actual racing conditions—not to mention the fact that these Pirelli tires seem to suit them perfectly, despite the reality that Mercedes was instrumental in their development.

Let me reiterate: had Charles Leclerc been behind the wheel of a Mercedes since 2014, he would have shattered every existing record by now, rather than having to contend with regulations being constantly adjusted to favor Mercedes just so Lewis Hamilton might chase down Michael Schumacher's legacy.
They will likely need to expand the calendar to fifty races per season to achieve such a feat, given that he is currently piloting a machine so dominant that Formula 1 history has never witnessed anything quite like it.

ruggedcyclist56 said:LOL. Let’s stop playing pretend and acknowledge the obvious reality: Mercedes-Benz has already effectively locked down both titles, and they are already pouring their resources into developing the car for 2020. That is precisely why we aren't seeing any upgrades right now—they won't have anything significant until Japan—while Ferrari continues its Sisyphus-like struggle through this 2019 season, bringing every possible upgrade to a battle that was lost long ago. 😵

In 2020, Lewis Hamilton will once again crush the competition and secure the championship before the summer break, mirroring exactly what is happening this year. Why? Because Mercedes-Benz will possess a fully optimized machine, while Ferrari will inevitably find themselves one step behind in the development race.

With six races remaining, even if Charles Leclerc were to win at least four of them—assuming Lewis Hamilton either retires or finishes outside the points—they would only just reach parity. What are the odds of both those scenarios occurring simultaneously? Exactly zero percent. Ferrari can take this little display of drama and throw it in the trash for all it matters.

Even if Charles Leclerc were to sweep all six remaining wins and snatch every single fastest lap point, he would finish the season with a maximum of 356 points. For Lewis Hamilton to match that, he would only need to scrape together 61 points in that timeframe; a mere string of fifth-place finishes and one fourth-place finish would suffice.

Go ahead and celebrate if you must, but if Mercedes-Benz were truly a serious organization, they would actually allow Valtteri Bottas to compete for the WDC. Instead, because Bottas acts like a well-trained lapdog, they offer him a mere one-year contract extension. But really, who is to blame? Is it not Bottas himself for permitting such indignities?
During the first half of the season, even Ferrari found themselves questioning things, yet whether it was due to the green streak of Charles Leclerc or those persistent mechanical failures, they simply failed to capitalize. My prediction? By next year, Charles Leclerc will be leading the WDC standings well before the summer break even arrives.
Last year, the WDC title was essentially handed to the Briton due to the intense scrutiny surrounding Charles Leclerc and the FIA, specifically regarding those mysterious sensors that seemed to make Ferrari vanish from the competitive radar entirely.

The Mercedes-Benz camp is in such a state of desperation that they are back to complaining about the legality of the Ferrari power unit. They seem incapable of finding a way to innovate on their own merit; instead, everything is served on a silver platter. It appears the FIA would rather truncate the wings of the competition just so Lujo can artificially shatter every existing record. 👎

mellowtiger83 said:Jules Bianchi is likely looking down from above with immense pride at Charles Leclerc right now; they were lifelong friends, and Jules was essentially the older mentor who introduced him to the racing world during their childhood.

Jules, thank you for leaving us a driver of this caliber.

Look at him, suddenly a die-hard supporter of Ferrari and Charles. 👍
Is this entire persona merely a calculated attempt to rack up reputation points on the F1 Pulse forums? It seems you have completely abandoned your previous allegiance to Lewis Hamilton just to avoid being targeted by the Ferrari faithful.

Richard Ross11 said:Something just occurred to me: I’m a fan and I root for Kimi, but if he had stayed at Ferrari, they would be sitting there right now boasting about securing solid 2nd or 4th place qualifying results while everyone else talked about how Mercedes is absolutely dominant and how Sebastian Vettel is squeezing every ounce of potential out of his car.

At the end of the day, the driver is what makes the difference...

Let’s be realistic: Mercedes remains the superior machine under race conditions; Ferrari continues to struggle with tire degradation compared to the Mercedes-Benz. How many times has Lewis Hamilton managed to clock the fastest lap on tires that were already xy laps old? Countless times.

Yet here we see Ferrari being placed on a pedestal, acting as if their season only truly began three races ago. 🤦

Mercedes simply lost momentum after building such a massive lead leading up to the summer break—people grew complacent—whereas on the other hand, Ferrari finally hit the mark with their aerodynamics after xy years of trial and error.

Even Toto Wolff pointed this out, and frankly, he possesses far more insight than we do;

"We haven't made enough progress lately. The issue is that we haven't focused enough on the car's upgrades."

Jason Campbell70 said:Ferrari is starting on softs, while Hamilton is on mediums.

It will be particularly fascinating to observe whether Ferrari can manage to maintain a superior race pace for the third consecutive race.

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In those three races, Ferrari hasn't achieved the kind of dominance we saw from Mercedes back in 2014, where they would command a lead of over 30 seconds.

Consider what Toto Wolff had to say regarding your theories, which fall apart quite easily under scrutiny:

"Over the last three races, we haven't been able to secure pole position, yet we were always hunting someone down during the race."

According to his assessment, it appears that Mercedes actually possessed the superior race pace, but Ferrari managed to disrupt them by being faster in a single qualifying lap.

Furthermore, Mercedes demonstrates better tire management than their competitors throughout the entire season.

Bottas has once again completely botched the AMG Pirelli tires. 🤦
The FIA needs to slap them with a massive penalty; he is currently the closest contender for the WDC title, yet they continue to humiliate him in such a pathetic manner.
To top it all off, he actually claims this is his track? What kind of outfit is this? It seems their entire path to success has been paved with nothing but manipulation and deception. 🤦

Richard Ross11 said:Lewis Hamilton is thrilled with second place...
I honestly didn't expect him to stay silent about it...

He’s just too fake; we all know he’s internally weeping with frustration, especially since he should have broken Michael Schumacher's records by now.
If Charles had been behind the wheel of that dominant turbo-era car for five years, wouldn't he already be the undisputed GOAT?

Bravo, Charles. That marks four consecutive pole positions and six in his career. 🎉

He managed to pull ahead by four-tenths of a second against Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, who have been the absolute masters of this circuit. 👍

Sebastian Vettel made another error during his second outing on the track, effectively ruining his entire lap right in the first sector. 🤦

Timothy Castillo6 said:The silver cars are starting on yellows, while the red ones are on reds.

That isn't quite right; Mercedes actually hit the track a second time, and they were on red tires as well.
Now we can see them on screen, with a Mercedes car limping back into the garage on those red compounds.

Charles Leclerc managed to outpace Valtteri Bottas despite being on much slower tires. 🤣

Max is practically airborne during FP3, bouncing over the curbs with such intensity that he nearly clipped the barrier with the rear of his car. 🤣

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And frankly, I’d be more than willing to take whatever goods this user is peddling. 🍿

crimsonhawk23 said:They ought to be driving a Dacia Duster on Tiger Tyres.

Personally, I would find myself leaning more toward Tiger Tyres.

stormyviper2 said:xD 2. Gasly has undoubtedly secured (1)350% of the points for Red Bull Racing; his seasonal performance is of such a caliber that even Lewis Hamilton in 2007 should feel a sense of shame.

3. At Red Bull Racing, they don't require three months of grueling labor to refine their car; three minutes would suffice. They spend the remaining three months lounging on beaches and sipping radlers. xD While pre-season testing is underway, they are simply out partying in Barcelona. xD

Helmut Marko has finally explained why things stand as they do, and why Red Bull Racing finds itself in this predicament;

"We all had the opportunity to react, but the car concepts were already finalized for lower downforce levels. Only Mercedes chose to move in the opposite direction. They engineered a car with extremely high contact pressure and traction. Looking back retrospectively—we can now see that was the superior way to handle these new tires."

He was also being somewhat comical;

"In any case—trust isn't built by seeing Liberty's official Mercedes with plates from Stuttgart parked in the Monaco paddock, riding on Pirelli tires." 🍿

https://www.f1puls.com/40172/helmut-...itne-promjene/