wanderingbison9 said:I’m honestly getting so tired of Sebastian Vettel’s reactions lately! If he actually says "that's what i'm talking about" one more time, I might just lose my mind... I'm starting to feel this whole situation is becoming just as nauseating as that whole mess with Michael Schumacher and Ferrari back in the day.
Sebastian Vettel is sitting there just cruising through—like, he’s basically got 14 laps of pure easy mode left. Massa’s been out there for 16 laps on those softs—man, what a grind. Man, seeing Alonso pull off those 20 soft-tyre laps... just absolute madness. Honestly, you have to respect the grind. Lewis Hamilton was running on those soft tires for like 19 laps—absolute madness. Nico Rosberg was just cruising through those 13 soft-tire laps—absolute madness. Mark Webber—13 laps of pure, easy cruising. Man, I still can't get over it—Michael Schumacher, just absolutely tearing through those 15 laps like a man possessed. It’s honestly wild to think about. Jenson Button—17 laps of pure, unadulterated soft tire management. Robert Kubica—17 laps of pure soft-tire madness. Adrian Sutil—claims he's pulling 16 laps.
hollowhawk412 said:Here’s what I’m actually chewing on right now—it's the most interesting part
It looks like Felipe Massa was actually better in Q3 than he was back in Q2
And apparently, Fernando Alonso is sitting on the fastest lap right now
There's this theory floating around that everyone basically dialed in their Setup specifically for the race after Q2... since word is you can't touch the Setup once Q3 hits
If anyone here actually knows the deal with the regs and has more info, please, hit me up with the details
Sebastian Vettel - +0.3 Massa Massa - -0.1 Fernando Alonso - +0.5 Lewis Lewis Hamilton - +0.5 Lewis Nico Rosberg - +0.6 Mark Webber - +0.9 Schumi Michael Schumacher - +0.4 Jenson Button - +0.5 Robert Kubica - +0.9 Adrian Sutil - +1.4
Wait, how on earth are you thinking Alonso has the best time? What kind of time are you even looking at?
For real though—Lewis goes full throttle, thinking he's got it in the bag, completely forgetting that McLaren Racing turns like they're driving through wet cement :P
Tomorrow’s gonna be absolute chaos at the lights—Alonso’s got the clean side of the grid, and let's be real, he's already itching to snatch that number one spot from the other guy at Scuderia Ferrari. Honestly, I find it hard to believe Massa is just going to hand it over without a fight Plus, both of them are clearly obsessed with Vettel 🙂 I seriously can't wait ☕
So I was stuck watching qualifying on ESPN, Mark Webber is sitting there only 0.200 behind on his second lap, and then—get this—about 20 seconds later at the end of the lap, he’s suddenly down by more than a full second... Honestly, it looks like a massive unforced error on his part rather than just a massive gap in car performance...
Sebastian Vettel is clearly the better driver compared to Mark Webber—no contest there—but if we're talking about raw pace per lap? Yeah, he's definitely not pulling away by a mile.
As for the weight issue—if these faster guys (Vettel, Felipe Massa) were running higher downforce than the slower ones (Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso), then once the car gets heavier tomorrow, they're gonna be dealing with some serious graining issues. It’s gonna be a mess.
If Red Bull actually thought graining was going to be such a massive headache, they would've just handed the high-downforce setup to Webber instead of risking it all.😉
I mean, give me a break—they were out there grinding on the track while he was just sitting back, soaking up his retirement fund in some sunny corner of the States.😁