Posts by swifttiger75

Feels like vividlynx68 is back in the running for the bottom of the barrel again 👍

neonfox65 said:Sebastian Vettel ended up spinning out right in front of the hairpin.

neonfox65 said:You don't need to write "Sebastian Vettel messes up"—just leave it at unknown.🙂

neonfox65 said:Unknown, those are just nicknames.

Sebastian Vettel's little spin.

finger

And of course:



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neonfox65 said:He claimed Red Bull Racing has the best race pace—now I'm just waiting for him to get roasted in the other thread.

neonfox65 said:He needs to vent—he's clearly frustrated, and honestly, I don't hold it against him. 😉

neonfox65 said:If it wasn't my mom, who would even bother trying to make me laugh? 🙂

neonfox65 said:Not good—they're the best. If we’d actually listened to that guy, we’d be finished by now.

neonfox65 said:

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neonfox65 said:There it is—he's finally saying it. Everyone was running on unknowns, except for that poor soul on the Goodyear tires.🙏

Look at your posts from the last few pages... you're quoting people left and right, yet absolutely nobody answers you!!! 🙏:

What a joke you are... (rhymes with nothing)

Hey 👍

Is the link broken?! 👍

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel

4. Leclerc
5. Gasly
6. Hulkenberg
7. Grosjean
8. Ricciardo
9. Sainz
10. Kvyat

11. Raikkonen
12. Norris
13. Perez
14. Stroll
15. Giovinazzi
16. Kubica

NOP Verstappen
NOP Russell
NOP Albon
NOP Magnussen

PP Hamilton
FL Bottas

darkmarlin16 said:It’s just that Hamilton used to drive for McLaren.

McLaren totally misplayed their hand here—it's pretty obvious.

Exactly! 👍

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel

4. Leclerc
5. Gasly 6th
6. Hulkenberg 7th
7. Romain Grosjean
8. Daniel Ricciardo
9. Kimi Raikkonen
10. Kvyat NOP

11. Carlos Sainz
12. Norris 14th
13. Sergio Perez
14. Stroll 16th
15. Giovinazzi Pole Position
16. Kubica 18th

Verstappen NOP
Russell Pole Position
Albon NOP
Magnussen Pole Position

Bottas Pole Position
Bottas Fastest Lap, Bottas

Richard Walker38 said:If you cave in like that, you aren't championship material—period.

Look at Hamilton and Alonso back at McLaren. Lewis knew exactly what he was capable of and didn't show an ounce of deference. From the jump, he stepped up to challenge Alonso—just a kid going against a two-time world champ—and refused to play second fiddle.

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So, who actually takes the title? 🤣

cosmiccyclist8 said:I heard Mika thinks so too... though he probably knows just how much of a mess Leclerc's pit stop was during that first race. Look, Leclerc might be their long-term guy, but acting like Barrichello after just one race is a bit much.

edit: what if Leclerc actually outperforms everyone at the Bahrain Grand Prix?

Here’s my take—I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again.

Imagine you’re Leclerc, cosmiccyclist8. You're signing your contract and they tell you: "Look, we see you as our long-term championship project. We’re going to give you a shot by handing everything over to Sebastian Vettel this year just to keep him in the title hunt. We'll do whatever it takes to help him win. In the meantime, you'll settle in, gain some experience, get to know the crew, and then next year, you'll be our undisputed number one." 🍿

And Mika should stop whining—unlike Leclerc, Barrichello was never championship material to begin with.

If Ferrari—or rather, Vettel—doesn't stay competitive throughout the season, I'm certain the kid will get his chance to show what he can actually do.

We really need to wait until we get to FC Barcelona to see who actually delivers...

The whole dogpile on Pierre Gasly following Australia was way too much. First, the team made a questionable call by not switching to fresh tires for a better qualifying time, then he deals with those overtaking button issues... people are jumping to conclusions way too fast. We’ll see how things shake out in a few days.

darkmarlin16 said:It’s called opening 🙏🙏🙏

Seriously, go get some help... 👎

Nicholas Newman2 said:I assume some people won't agree with me—and just to be clear, I don't consider myself a nationalist. Still, it bugs me that the thread title is in an American dialect. When you're just posting comments, I don't care; if it bothers someone, they don't have to read. But seeing the actual topic heading written that way feels unnatural.

Anyway, the thread itself should have been opened properly, but clearly you had some issues since you missed adding the grid girls. Blaming forum limitations isn't a valid excuse.

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Agreed!

And about those grid girls or pit babes... 🙏
instead of just all this plastic stuff...

Lock this thing up... this isn't a preseason test. ☕

brighthound8 said:The Bahrain thread is open, but from here on out, keep my previous warning in mind. If you keep up with the bull****, expect a report and a potential ban.

Don't bother posting with both a burner account and your main handle on the same thread—it’s useless. 😁

Can you drop a link to the practice results? brighthound8?

Giancarlo Fisichella and Aleksvurc at Benetton... pure charisma, total avant-garde—the literal essence of this sport. 🙏

Like Alonso and Bottas.

Maminho has the most posts here (over 20), yet can't land a single decent prediction for Australia—so brighthound8 decided to turn this into a guessing game. Apparently, he thinks he’s been analyzing things since the Spanish Grand Prix... what a championship, what a spectacle!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Nicholas Newman2 said:I completely agree, man—I actually wrote a few pages about this earlier. My handle and signature pretty much say it all.

My only thought is that the people on the pit wall lacked any sense of tact during that mess. They could have just politely told Leclerc to come in for fresher rubber or to try making that single point work with the FL. The gap to the guy behind him was more than enough.
That would have been the classy move.

And while I don't think Lec was throwing too much of a tantrum about the call, if they actually plan on building a future around him, it’s not healthy for his spirit or his confidence to be shut down so bluntly right at the start.

"Lack of tact" is putting it lightly—honestly, they aren't worth the breath.

Regarding what you said about Leclerc: yeah, I can see that. Though, I suspect they sat him down and laid out exactly what their expectations and goals are for this season and how he fits into the long-term plan. It's an adjustment year for him to get used to the crew and the setup—seems like a win-win situation. My only real fear is that Ferrari won't have anything to throw back at Mercedes.

What this user is pointing out could be huge, and because of that, I'm worried that fighting Red Bull might actually be a reality.

Ferrari's decision to put Vettel ahead of Leclerc is fine by me—they made their choice, and that’s their right. They laid everything out clearly from the start, which should make it easy to avoid those messy teammate showdowns down the road. (Remember last year at the German GP when Kimi was asking over the radio if he should let Vettel through? Yeah, that kind of thing.)

Basically, they've decided which card to play and who they're building their championship ambitions around. I don't have an issue with that, regardless of my own personal take. At the end of the day, we're talking massive amounts of money, reputation, sponsorships, and a whole web of interests that turn this circus into an actual circus sometimes. This romantic idea of "let them fight" or "just let them race" is a total fantasy. Honestly, I think those days are long gone.

Congrats on grabbing those first points of the season, especially you, silentbear49. 👍
Along with TAZ, the Prašinari crew are the only ones with both cars scoring. 🙏

bluepuma9 said:I’m not defending Sebastian Vettel—never was his biggest fan—I’m just using common sense.
Now, according to some people, Vettel should have compromised his entry and exit just to let Charles Leclerc past... for what? On the entry, Vettel is clearly ahead and taking the standard racing line. Tires and brakes are cold, the car is carrying a full fuel load—of course he’s going to use the full width of the track, just like everyone else.

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Maybe it’s because it’s the first race, or maybe it's just fear of a bad season and a boring race itself—people are just fighting ghosts and talking nonsense. 🍿