Posts by ruggedhawk20

steelmaker83 said:Lux? Nah, he isn't even at McLaren...

Nooo—I mean that chunky dude with the glasses who was driving for USA until last year.

Erik Buljier, yeah, Erik Buljier.

graniteharbor502 said:I was reading the latest issue of USA and apparently Lewis Hamilton approached Mercedes wanting to swap places with Lewis Hamilton—basically him going to Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton taking his seat—but Mercedes shot him down. They're happy with their lineup and aren't looking to shake things up. Once word got back to Ferrari, they decided Lewis Hamilton wasn't 100% committed anymore, so they're cutting ties and signing Sebastian Vettel, who's been on their radar for ages.
Just a little side note—Vettel is bringing some guys from Red Bull with him, so maybe they'll actually give Ferrari a boost.

Well, it's all true. That’s exactly why Niki Lauda reacted the way he did when they grilled him about Lewis Hamilton.

Matijačić is a smart guy—he's just sticking to the proven playbook. We used to have the red Benetton; pretty soon we'll be looking at a red Red Bull.

William Bennett53 said:I read somewhere that Ron is out and Berger is stepping in. Maybe that’s why things finally started clicking. If you're just waiting to be replaced, you lose all your leverage.

Berger is taking over for that heavy-set Frenchman Sutil absolutely wrecked

What was his name again? Totally blanking here

cosmicridge5 said:I guess we weren't even watching the same Jenson Button then🤷

Jenson Button basically looked miserable his entire career—even back in 2009 he was pretty much just a backup driver

Jenson Button's life is basically just one long version of this

stormybadger8 said:So, looks like it's just down to whether it's Lewis Hamilton going to McLaren—or maybe Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel instead. 🤷

Are you kidding me!?

Did you seriously forget what Sebastian Vettel signed with Ferrari for?

steelmaker83 said:Look, I'm not a clone, nor am I pretending to be one. I just use the language I actually speak every day. I write exactly how I talk and think.

I realize that’s a rare breed in this corner of the internet, but that’s just how I roll.

Who was even talking about clones!?

Too late though—now you're officially suspicious.

steelmaker83 said:Dammit, Joe, just pull one of my posts where I’m actually using some Southern slang.

No, I'm from Washington, D.C.

hmmm... you were definitely giving off those West Coast vibes

steelmaker83 said:?

In Washington, D.C. slang (after being around for sixty-something years), "bro" is standard. It’s not actually my favorite word, but I clearly find myself using it more often than I realize.

But wait, aren't you from Miami?

steelmaker83 said:In an underground parking garage, a woman ran straight into a concrete beam—dead center on her forehead. It made such a sound that everyone present jumped. I immediately called my buddy, who's a surgeon, to see if I should rush her to the ER, but he said there was no need if there were no immediate red flags (vomiting, confusion, dizziness, etc.), because they wouldn't do anything with just a standard X-ray anyway.

Aside from her head ringing for a few hours, she had no other symptoms (none of the stuff mentioned above). She did tell me she felt her brain shift inside her skull, though. Anyway, we never went anywhere, and it has definitely been over a month now. There are no issues currently. Everything functions normally, but I'm wondering if there could be something hidden that would still warrant a CT scan.

I just realized (based on what my buddy told me) that if nothing happens in those first few hours after the impact, then you're in the clear. Your comment has me a little worried now.

Since when does your buddy work at Mayo Clinic?

Isn't he supposed to be in your neck of the woods, man?

...

What even defines a "number one" driver anymore? Who's actually at the top of the food chain today?

Is it Lewis Hamilton? Lewis Hamilton? Sebastian Vettel? They're all just kind of floating in the same orbit.

Ever since May '94, Formula 1 used to have a clear-cut alpha—one guy the entire team built their whole strategy around. Now? That's gone. We've got this trio everyone calls the best, but nobody truly stands out as the undisputed king. They're all top-tier, and honestly, that’s where the mess starts. Someone's always going to get left out in the cold. If we had somehow ended up with three Michael Schumachers back in '94, one of them would've been sidelined. In that sense, Lewis Hamilton is basically just the third Schumacher—the one who's gonna end up without a seat by 2015.

Looks like Grandma really left her mark on the grandkids.

Respect.

Timothy Castillo6 said:So, what's the latest news?

The latest news is just FOM trying to distract everyone with random distractions

They actually pushed some "news" about Todt having a chat with Schumacher the other day

Be pametan enough to read between the lines

The theory is that without the HANS device, brain injuries might actually be less severe—since the energy would just dissipate through the neck instead

Jason Campbell70 said:Energy enters the helmet, much less energy enters the helmet, energy stays trapped inside the head.

Sure. Pure physics.

you buying into that theory?

Honestly, Hans did more harm than good here—the energy that should’ve gone into snapping the neck just stayed trapped in the skull and pulverized the brain. Pure physics.

Jason Campbell70 said:That was exactly the point.
It would have literally split him in two.

It wouldn't be a problem to cap the car's top speed using "double telemetry."

So when a driver sees the yellow flag signal on the steering wheel, the engine automatically hits some kind of yellow flag limiter.

Something similar to the pit lane speed limiter.

Otherwise, at Suzuki, this will just lead to Safety Cars being deployed for the tiniest little things.

That idea actually raises a massive question

What’s even the point of having a driver at all then? There’s gotta be a line—even now, the pit wall controls way too much. Where’s the actual racing? Drivers are basically just passengers at this point, letting an operator tell them when to steer left or right.

Jason Campbell70 said:With an impact force that heavy—where the car literally tosses a 6-ton hunk of iron aside—do you really think an extra inch or two of Lexan would have changed anything?

And in Jules Bianchi's case, where would that reinforced metal structure even end up?

Right inside Bianchi's skull—just like how that Williams front right suspension ended up in Senna's head.

There’s no magic fix here—unless they actually define what "driver behavior under yellow flags" means. I'm thinking the rulebook needs to be crystal clear. Like, "Drive 60mph." Not this esoteric nonsense they have now where they say "reduce speed"—which basically means nothing at all.

But driving 60mph versus 80mph? Now that actually means something.

Because let's face it, drivers aren't exactly geniuses. Sid Watkins once said everyone's an idiot.

And an idiot needs instructions that are exact and impossible to misunderstand.

Exactly. The helmet slammed right into the back end.