Posts by hollowhawk412

#NiNo# said:
The most stunning car from last season was definitely the Williams, because that FW30 was just a work of art, though if you ask me, the absolute standout this year has to be the Red Bull and their RB4—it’s gorgeous! That said, Ferrari has always owned the throne when it comes to livery design, and I honestly doubt anyone will ever top their aesthetic game.

Ferrari has the best colors🤷

Ferrari only has one color, really...

Trivia question:

what's your favorite color?🙂

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, the start and that opening lap usually account for at least 30%, if not more, of the entire excitement of a race, so having to deal with a start under the SC is just frustrating because that's when you actually see who the real contenders are 😬 It’s basically a complete mess when they force a start under the SC during a race like this 🤷 when you can't even get a clean, predictable launch, let alone drive at a reasonable pace ☕

yet plenty of drivers were reporting that they could handle driving without any issues at all

stormybadger8 said:Look, you just have to accept it—sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. That’s just how the game works. 😬

Just think back to that absolute stroke of genius from the Renault camp—that whole "Piquet hitting the wall" tactical masterpiece. 😬 Fernando Alonso is heading into the pits.😁And there you have it—Fernando Alonso standing on the podium once again.😁

Honestly, they have nobody to blame but themselves for calling him out that early, though I’m really talking about how things should be handled moving forward. In my view, the Safety Car should serve one specific purpose: cleaning up any mess on the starting grid and then getting off the track as quickly as humanly possible so we can actually get back to the racing.

Roger Wright94 said:And what about the leader diving into the pits right as the Safety Car comes out?
I'm talking about that specific moment when the Safety Car made its second appearance.

Honestly, that’s just bad luck, if you can even call it that...

1. By that point, they had already built up a decent enough gap, and if my gut is right, they went straight into the pits to get the tires swapped before the pack could bunch up together.
Fernando Alonso was cruising, and let me tell you, on a wet track, he would have been significantly faster than those heavier cars, so I am convinced he would have built up a massive lead within ten or twelve laps, perhaps only dropping behind two Ross Brawn drivers after everyone finished their stops... maybe even staying ahead of Rubens Barrichello, at which point

2. It is quite simply an unpredictable variable... you never truly know when someone is going to crash out on you.

As for the start and how long they were driving under the Safety Car, I really feel like that could have been handled more efficiently; it's ultimately a human decision making those calls...

I am merely stating that the whole thing felt completely nonsensical to me...

Even the folks over at Renault mentioned they only headed to the pits because they were operating under the assumption that the Safety Car would be out there for another ten or fifteen laps; had they known it was coming out in the very next lap, they wouldn't have pulled the trigger on the pit stop in the first place...

There is one specific detail that I haven’t seen anyone bother to address yet... and that is the decision regarding the Safety Car start.

I can wrap my head around the initial start, but I honestly cannot fathom why they didn't deploy the Safety Car immediately after just two laps... they practically had them sitting right there at the front.
With the radar imagery showing the sky, it was blindingly obvious that conditions weren't going to improve, so I simply cannot make sense of that entire procession they insisted on running.

The whole point of these protocols is to prevent a massive pile-up at the start, isn't it?

Now, I'm not bringing this up because I think it hurt Fernando Alonso the most, though I do recall when Jergović was talking about the Fuji 2007 race about eighteen months ago—and the weather was even more abysmal then—that he claimed he would have been perfectly fine starting without a Safety Car at all.

By the way... I am quite certain that Renault is positioned right behind Red Bull Racing and Brawn at this exact moment.

It is just an intuitive gut feeling I have.😉

Nicole Reyes97 said:🤣
So, anyway... what’s your take... you think Fernando can actually pull off a podium finish tomorrow?😁

I really have no desire to make predictions
😉

darkmarlin16 said:please stop spamming this thread☕

you’re the one who should be trying to maintain some semblance of order here😁

Keith Jones19 said:it’s perfectly obvious now why he managed to pull off 21 laps on the track this morning... good old Alonso and Renault, what a legendary duo :hail!: :hail!:

I actually just stumbled upon a rather brilliant observation here... it’s entirely possible that they were essentially extracting more and more pace with every single lap they completed 🙏

The progress is undeniably rapid right out of the gate, though one has to remember we are dealing with a car that is practically a total newcomer 🙏

One really only needs to look at how much faster he was during Q2 compared to Q3

if they can manage to replicate that Q2 performance once more, anything could happen 🙏

Nicole Reyes97 said:🤣🤣

Are you actually planning on looking into that tomorrow?😳
🤣

I don't make plans in advance, ever.😉

slynomad32 said:Brawn is starting to slip, and once the Shanghai Grand Prix rolls around and that new Ferrari chassis hits the track, everyone is going to be scrambling to redesign their diffusers and all that other nonsense ☕☕ ☕ ☕That’s when we’ll see what Brawn is actually made of.👎

It was a nice run while it lasted, but I have a feeling the honeymoon phase is about to end quite abruptly.

darkmarlin16 said:it looks like Renault performs better without KERS
and by Renault I mean Alonso, because Piquet is basically third tier

Look, the kid isn't exactly a superstar, but we really have to emphasize that because they lacked in-season testing, the team had to resort to constant tinkering with the cars during practice sessions and even qualifying, which meant they were essentially experimenting on the fly, and quite frankly, Piquet's car was lacking several key components... they were running comparisons between a car without KERS versus one with KERS and
comparing a car outfitted with new parts against the old chassis... and naturally, since Alonso is the superior driver with far more experience, he was the one handed the updated car... the engineers weren't entirely certain about what the results would be...

What is actually quite staggering is the fact that they cobbled together a brand-new car on Friday night and then, by Saturday,
they managed to squeeze out five or six decent laps... I find myself wondering if that CFD center is truly as powerful as they claim 🙏 🙏 🙏

Give this a read

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74574

And that is precisely why Alonso was projecting such optimism🙏

He genuinely believes Renault is back in the hunt for major points again...

If you ask me, they've already overtaken Toyota and Williams... and they are definitely closing the gap on Brawn GP

Why do I hold that view...

Simply look at the Q2 results...

In Spengler, they were a full second behind Brawn in Q2, yet now they are only within three-tenths🙏

Red Bull has always been fast during qualifying, though they tended to struggle a bit more once the race actually started

From what I recall, Alonso has always maintained that DDD provides the greatest advantage regarding race pace, specifically when the car is heavier—more downforce, less tire degradation, and much better stability under braking (which was further improved by removing the KERS system altogether)...

Nicole Reyes97 said:If Alonso actually manages to snag a podium tomorrow, we’re going to have ourselves a serious celebration, mark my words.🙂😉

Honestly, you might find yourself having one of those rare moments where you just "leave your brain at home" for a change, 😉
(and I am certainly talking about that little debate we had yesterday)

because there will be plenty of predators lurking nearby when that happens. 😂

Morgan Murphy7 said:we're doing great ☕

I wouldn't call Alonso being pessimistic 😉

but I certainly wouldn't say he's overly optimistic either 🙂 🙂

It’s looking likely... Flavio is already whining about how impossible it's going to be to catch up to the DD diffuser gang

Jonathan Booth5 said:☕

they rolled out some sort of interim version for DDD...

Renault is bringing the DDD tomorrow... we shall see... it's definitely an improvement 🙂

mistybear87 said:I suspect there are a few ladies on this forum who would quite enjoy playing with hair ties🤣🤣🤣

but honestly, I think they’d much rather just marry Lewis Hamilton😁

so they could be the ones asking him to take that hair tie out😉

Arthur Doyle70 said:The upcoming specialist in tire destruction: Lewis Hamilton (1A) 😂😂👍

what’s your take, is Hamilton actually shredding those tires or just losing his grip on reality? 🙏

stormybadger8 said:Here is the translation 😉

http://www.f1racing.com/index.php...latest-news

It is truly unbelievable 😲 how completely normal and rational the thinking is on Alonso's part 😬 because this whole tire situation is pure idiocy ☕

Instead of actually gaining speed and grip from using Slicks, the geniuses managed to screw that up entirely 🙄 It’s an absolute disaster; they might as well just announce that Bernie and Max should decide to put wooden wheels on the F1 cars at this rate 🙄

the moment those supersofts are spent, the crew finds themselves lagging by as much as 6 seconds 🤣

for the first two laps they look like they're catching everyone in sight, and then suddenly, it's like they don't even exist anymore 😂

Jonathan Booth5 said:but then again, I haven't missed a single race in the last twenty years :D

🙏

I can't even begin to explain to myself why you'd ever find yourself questioning things so certainly 🙂

Arthur Doyle70 said:It wasn't just an episode; it was a straight-up horror movie. ☕
I have to admit one thing though, the loudest voices screaming about banning the diffuser are usually the exact same teams making the most noise about... well, let's just say Brawn's proposal... On the flip side, the start of this season has been so riddled with regulatory loopholes that I honestly believe if they had even voted on that proposal, we'd be stuck in courtrooms all over again because of some other system, not to mention the sheer stupidity of the FIA's rules, which I won't even get started on...

I honestly can't say I've heard anything about that specific proposal...

but they'll just have to figure it out as they go. 🙂
They are going to need at least two more races before any of these teams can even pull together a first version of the DD diffuser. 😁