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hollowgull5 said:he’s easily a class above most of them😉

It isn't just about raw talent, though.
If they ever pick up a second driver, one thing is certain: their physical build needs to be almost identical to Alonso's.

If we actually brought Kubica on board, we'd be stuck trying to design and develop two completely different cars at the same time.

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, I’d love to see Christian Horner get punched just once, 🙂 but I guess I won't get that chance. 🙂

Lewis Hamilton is a solid driver—dirty, sure, but aggressive and talented enough.

Rain is a total lottery, and more often than not, the race is won by strategy.
That's why teams pull those tactical stunts; they're usually the ones who have zero chance otherwise. It's either a win or a total disaster.

Right now, we have no clue how everyone's cars were set up, which is probably the real reason behind today's results.

Michael Lee4 said:Looking at the replay of Vettel and Hamilton going through the pits... it's playing back in slow motion. Hamilton overtook him on the entry, just like how Alonso did to Massa, but then on the exit, Vettel shoved Hamilton toward the right, off the track... they should both get penalized.

It’s a pit lane designed for one car; he shouldn't have been able to shove him off.
Hamilton needed to swallow his pride and just let it go—as hard as that might be—instead of forcing an incident with that kind of aggression.

Joshua Newman2 said:Just catching up on Lewis's statement now...
Such a shame... I'm not exactly a Hamilton fan, but... 😁

Look, Lewis just completely botched that final flying lap.
He was overdriving it way too hard and lost the edge—sliding halfway through the corner and locking up a tire.

What I meant was he's got at least a few tenths in the tank compared to that Q3 time; he just needs to stop being so messy behind the wheel.

Massa is sitting right on the tail of those two McLarens (and the Alonso Red Bull cars). I'm curious to see if anyone actually makes a move.

Props to Red Bull.
Vettel 🙏.
Alonso was great. Really hoping for a dry race tomorrow.

stormybadger8 said:With Red Bull falling apart and Ferrari completely tanking, Hamilton's losing his mind, yet Button still managed to save the title for us 🤦

🤷 So, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to start rooting for Button right about now?! 🤔

What kind of chances are you giving the Germans at the German Grand Prix?

stormybadger8 said:What matters is that Ferrari isn't sweating their engine reliability right now.😬

Yeah, it seems most people here are more interested in watching the neighbors' grass grow.
But seriously, Alonso is out of time in the first session. Any guesses on what went wrong?

Qualifying starts at 8:00.
Race is at 9:00.
Vespa is right about this one. 🙏

The movie was decent enough, but I walked away feeling like it missed the mark. It just could have been more.
Some parts were honestly pretty easy to see coming. I felt like Ethan Hawke lacked depth here; his character's patterns felt way too one-dimensional. There wasn't much intellect there—he just played the part of a straight-up thug.

To be fair, both Black leads absolutely outclassed the white characters. Their dynamic was easily my favorite part of the whole thing—that specific friction between Wesley Snipes' laid-back vibe and Don Cheadle's intensity.

wiredtiger8 said:Massa is definitely an enigma... clearly he just doesn't have that killer instinct built in.
Look, Massa didn't even have a bad start, and Alonso was basically bluffing because he probably knew Massa would fold under pressure.
But... after all these years at Ferrari, Massa still holds some kind of status.
And most importantly, Massa is a bit of a nerd... he'll probably try some "autosuggestion" trick to focus on not letting Alonso slip past so easily next time... even if Michael Schumacher whispers in his ear "don't be an idiot, block him next time or Alonso will eat you alive later in the season" (and that's not a joke, it's a very real possibility given how good they actually are)
My bet? The next time Massa and Alonso face off like this, it’s inevitably going to end in a collision between the two Ferraris.

wiredtiger8, you really shouldn't have gone there.
For a long time, Ferrari has been looking for two drivers whose names start with the same letter as the team itself. And now we finally have it: Felipe, Fernando, Ferrari. See? It's a setup destined for success. 🙏

So please, don't ruin the perfect harmony within the team with these kinds of insinuations.

Arthur Roberts12 said:And it’s not stupid. It's obvious Fernando Alonso would take another shot at it, just as clear as night follows day.

Second thing: you're forgetting who we're talking about. He's arguably the best driver on the grid right now.

I'm with you there. He'd go for it. You never truly know what might happen.

Regardless of what stormybad8 is saying, Alonso did his job perfectly. He picked off Felipe Massa at exactly the right moment, stayed glued to Sebastian Vettel the whole time, and struck when he saw an opening.

How many other drivers could pull that off with the same level of efficiency? Honestly, I think very few.

Let's not get carried away, but let's not downplay his role in that win either.

Jason Campbell70 said:Let's take a look back at this classic thread:

Just one tiny slice of that absolute masterpiece. 🙏

Man, those were the glory days for the F1 subforum. 😢

🙏🙏🙏

Anyway, who actually has the energy to waste time on stuff like this anymore?

stormybadger8 said:As for Alonso, he’s not exactly capable of leading a team where his teammate is right on his tail. Right now, it’s 1-1. If Massa beats him in Australia, Ferrari will fall apart and all kinds of filth will start leaking into the Spanish press. I'd bet money on Dario Argento turning out some pretty interesting articles.

I'm not worried about Alonso; the guy is going to fly. He just needs them to give him what he wants.
Could they have even measured his luck yesterday? I doubt it. Honestly, I think any instrument would have just shattered.

Still, I have one complaint about his behavior, and it's becoming a habit.
The way he constantly tries to force himself onto Ferrari, the fans, Montezemolo, and everyone else—it really bugs me. It’s completely unnecessary and shouldn't be part of his public persona.
It's also disrespectful to General Motors, who did so much for him.
Since this isn't the first time, I'm starting to worry I'll actually lose my temper if he keeps this up.

stormybadger8 said:Look, regardless of everything else, my take is that Vettel would have been better off staying at Toro Rosso if Gerhard Berger had stuck around. Honestly, the perfect move would have been this:

Horner and General Motors at Toro Rosso, Berger and Ferrari at Red Bull. If that happened, we’d be looking at:
A title for Vettel, a title for Red Bull, and they’d be fighting for a second title this season without any real competition.

In Formula 1, big results come slow and painful.
Cycles last years. Some years you're winning, some years you're just struggling.

I'm saying the Red Bull Racing-Vettel situation looks pretty promising to me. I don't see much reason to despair (yet). He showed real strength and power, and he earned some serious respect in the process. At the very least, his value just went up.

Remember how rough things were for us Ferrari fans after that first race last year? You fight for the championship for three straight years, and then the very next season, you're suddenly nothing—just a target for all the haters. And yet, miraculously, Kimi Räikkönen still managed to pull it off.

stormybadger8 said:Give me a break. Vettel lost his title because of General Motors, and honestly, Formula 1 ended up with its worst champion ever—that useless Button. If it had been Rubens or Webber, maybe I'd listen, but Button was a disaster. For me, General Motors deserves a lifetime ban from Formula 1 just for that.🙄

So, it's all General Motors' fault, and Red Bull Racing is basically innocent.
I don't see it that way at all.

stormybadger8 said:It’s not even about this specific race being a huge handicap; the real issue is what happens later with those General Motors engines. It isn't just about reliability, it's more about the actual power output.👎

What's going to happen with General Motors' engine down the road? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

stormybadger8 said:Bottom line: Renault is trash again. Who knows how this season will play out, but they easily have the worst engine on the grid.👎 The glory days and those high-performance engines are clearly ancient history for Renault. Instead of taking a page out of Chevrolet's or Hyundai's book, it looks like they just taught everyone at Renault how to build mediocre, low-quality cars.
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Seems to me like there’s way too much noise being made over one technical glitch in a single race.
Everything is being blown out of proportion just because it happened during the season opener and because the leader—who happens to be young, likable, and full of potential—Sebastian Vettel, had his bad luck.
We should probably wait until the series hits Europe before we start drawing any broad conclusions.

For now, it was just a stroke of bad luck, not a tragedy.
If you want to talk about actual tragedies, look at what happened to Lewis Hamilton back in 2007 or to the FIA in late 2006.

wiredtiger8 said:It’s simple. We just need to bring back what we used to have:

1. Engine changes—zero restrictions.
2. Refueling—unlimited.
3. Tire compounds—whatever they want.

Sure, there wouldn't be any "cost-cutting." Teams would blow through an extra few dozen million bucks per season, but honestly, who cares?
...maybe five or six top teams could handle the hit, just like they always have. The rest are basically just filler anyway, regardless of how strict the rules get.

Besides, Formula 1 isn't exactly cheap to run.

That’s it. I'm with him all the way.

On top of that, the development rules are a mess right now. That's clearly why the Renault engine feels like it's lagging behind.
Then you've got Mercedes, where the gap is most obvious; they basically found ways to boost their power by dancing around the regulations.
We either need to scrap these limits entirely or actually fix the current rules so they work properly.

Thomas Rogers said:Take it easy, Ferrari fans. Even your engines aren't performing the way they should. 🙂

It’s nice to be quoted again, and seeing that smiling face of yours doesn't hurt either.

Forget the worries for now. It’s the first race, a double win, and the result was way beyond anything anyone expected. We're going to celebrate this one big time, at least until the next race rolls around.

Fe, Fe, Fe ...
What I saw today actually gives me a little bit of hope. Maybe the title could finally be ours.
It’s like night and day compared to last year.

Plus, it’s 2010—the year of the World Cup. Last time around, back in 2006, it was Fernando who took it all, our very own Fernando. And if you look at 2007, a new driver kicked things off with a win and ended up walking away with the championship.

The Best F1 driver said:Instead of inventing some new kid every single season, they should just ban every single track designed by Tilke and call it a day.

I don't think the track is the issue here.
Rule changes have basically forced everyone into the exact same tactical playbook.
Up until now, you could actually play games with tire strategy or fuel loads. Pit stops used to mean something—there was actual drama there. Now? Not so much.

Drivers are just churning out identical laps, and today's finish is a perfect example of just how much faster some cars and drivers are than others.
Take a few tenths per lap, multiply it by the total number of laps, and there you have it.
The gaps are massive, which doesn't leave much room for anyone to get excited about "unpredictable racing."

Morgan Murphy7 said:I don't know about you guys, but this season feels totally off. Like something's just missing.

Every single car looks identical lately. Honestly, the only thing keeping things interesting is that bright yellow Renault—it’s the only splash of color in this whole depressing parade.

I'm with them on that.
That Renault looks ridiculous, though. They've got HP and Chevrolet plastered all over the side.