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2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
graniteharbor502 said:I know you watched it. What I want to know is why someone who hasn't even seen it has the nerve to trash a driver who actually managed to win a title in an inferior car.

Too bad the internet didn't exist back in '82—we could have seen how the fans actually viewed those championship protagonists at the time.

I'm positive everyone would be losing their minds over the cheating and the drama. People would be claiming Alain Prost pulled some scam on René Arnoux, or that Patrick cheated Nelson Piquet—or vice versa. Then there'd be the endless debates about whether Jacques Villeneuve was a moron while Didier Pironi was the genius—it's basically just a mirror image of what happened in 2014.

At the end of the day, the championship outcome was basically like if Fernando Alonso won the title in this year's Ferrari. Even if he did win the championship with only one victory while Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg finished last—no one with half a brain would call my man Alonso a "fraud champion," knowing how much performance Ferrari is lacking compared to the leaders right now.

If anything, 1982 was even crazier because the teams were packed so much tighter in terms of raw performance. Like I said before, 1982 is a total anomaly—not because of the result itself, but because there were so many competitive cars on the grid that made that kind of outcome possible.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
graniteharbor502 said:Let me ask you again—since it looks like you totally missed the 1982 races:
How many laps did Rosberg lead in '82?
And what’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say blue and red?

Jean Maria Belestarie and those Elf mercenaries. They had ten of them, brother against brother. Everyone was planted in top-tier teams and bankrolled by the big boss—no question about it. Rosberg was never under the Elf patronage, and honestly, that's the only reason that noble world champion didn't clinch it before '82.

The truth runs way deeper than just raw numbers, but raw numbers always spit out the exact same result. And that result is Keke Rosberg = world champion

And that is non-negotiable. An absolute fact.

Any other theory about why Rosberg isn't a world champion is just guesswork, alchemy, or pure metaphysics...
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Looks like things are heating up over at Ilirija—now everyone's just talking nonsense again.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Jason Campbell70 said:What was the last race Pironi actually drove, and how many races did it take for Rosberg to overtake him?
Plus, which race was Rosberg's first career win—his one and only win that season?
And that single win was one of just five total across his entire nine-season Formula 1 career.
Man, what a driver. Just wow.
Total aristocrat, obviously. 😍

if Villeneuve hadn't died, Pironi wouldn't have had 39 points by Hockenheim—it would've been 29

Well, that’s certainly a new way to look at it.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Jason Campbell70 said:Not gonna happen.

Basically—I just don't have the energy to explain something crystal clear, especially when I'd be arguing against logic that defeats itself.

Are you seriously suggesting that Prost, Piquet, Arnoux, Lauda, and Mansell all just coincidentally died or got wrecked!? That’s why Nico Rosberg grabbed the title.

Or maybe Rosberg just slapped them all right in the face! 😍
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Jason Campbell70 said:Either you're Keke Rosberg—where the only title contenders end up broken or dead, leaving you to snatch the championship with a single win—or you're just lucky.

Looking at the competition, only Pironi got injured, and only Villeneuve died (let's be real about Palettia, even if he’d survived, he wouldn't have mattered)—"

All the other title contenders made it to the end of the season in one piece.

That would be: Nelson Piquet, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Michele Alboreto, and René Arnoux.

The "problem" with the 1982 season wasn't Villeneuve and Pironi. The actual "problem" was that Ferrari, Renault, McLaren, Williams, Brabham, and even Tyrrell were all actually competitive.

Early on, Prost was dominating in the Renault. Honestly, Prost is the biggest loser of that year because he should've walked away with the title. The Renault was a better car than the Ferrari. Sadly, back in '82, Prost was probably more interested in Larrousse's wife than driving his car. So yeah, Renault was better than Ferrari. Just slightly, but still. All the atmospheric cars were right there in the mix. McLaren and Williams were the top tier, followed by Tyrrell and the Brabham running the Ford atmospheric engines, while the ones using the BMW turbo were actually faster than both McLaren and Williams. If I had to rank them, it'd look like this:

1) Renault
2) Ferrari
3) McLaren - Ford
4) Brabham - BMW
5) Williams - Ford
6) Brabham - Ford
7) Tyrrell - Ford

Every single one of those cars won a race in 1982, plus the Lotus—but I'm ignoring them since they weren't even remotely competitive that year.

Beyond that, nobody won more than two races that season. That's an anomaly. No other season has ever seen such a massive spread of winners. Never. And it has absolutely nothing to do with Villeneuve's death—since he was never world champion material anyway—or Pironi's broken legs.

It was about having seven competitive teams—all of whom (along with Lotus) took turns winning throughout 1982.

Rosberg didn't miss out on the title because Villeneuve and Pironi crashed; he missed it because he simply scored the most points.

And get this—if Villeneuve and Pironi had both finished the season unscathed, neither of them would have been champion.

It would've been either Prost or Rosberg.

Also, don't let Pironi's 39 points fool you—in a hypothetical scenario where Villeneuve lives (and Pironi is whole), Villeneuve would've easily grabbed at least 10 of those points.

That puts Pironi at 29 + 11 (which he would've picked up after Hockenheim) = 40.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Su basically invented the term "Keplerian" just to describe someone talking absolute nonsense

Except in the end, all those "nonsense" claims actually turned out to be true
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Gary Palmer8 said:😂🤣

Go ahead and laugh—I'll take it as a compliment.

They laughed at Kepler too. So, where are all those jokers now, and where is Kepler?
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Jason Campbell70 said:I mean, what are we even talking about here?
Is the W05 not basically a space shuttle compared to the rest of the grid?
Total nonsense.

Yeah—but that lead is shrinking. The gap between Mercedes and Red Bull in Australia was massive compared to yesterday at the Canadian Grand Prix. That’s my point: Red Bull is catching up every single day.

And they haven't even "unlocked" the Renault engine yet.

Once that potential actually hits... well, we'll see.

A bunch of people mocked me for saying the Renault engine is mechanically superior to the Mercedes one—that it's got better, punchier torque. They just need to fix the software—that's the only real issue.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Jason Campbell70 said:And now, when you start talking about reliability—that’s the sign that the whole thing is just a total joke.
That car's just not it—period. That car is absolute lightning.
The driver... yeah, that's where the problem's at.

The car wasn't a bullet. It was only a bullet during those first 5 or 6 races when they were actually pushing it at like 80% capacity—

Look, the competition is catching up—especially Red Bull. I’m telling you, they’re gonna close that gap by the end of the season, performance-wise, even if the points don't show it yet. Mercedes can't just coast around anymore; they actually have to start pushing. Under these conditions, they aren't untouchable—and yesterday proved it.

Mark my words—that car is gonna be falling apart by the end of the season.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Gary Palmer8 said:so are you one of those people screaming from the stands and throwing bananas?

Since you asked, I'll give you an answer.

No. I’m not one of those people yelling from the bleachers and tossing bananas.

I don't even watch football. I haven't been to a single game in my entire life—honestly, I don't even know if a football team has 10 or 11 players.

Football just isn't my thing. It’s a sport for commoners. For the masses. For both the spiritually and materially bankrupt—people I affectionately call "peasants."

To me, football is like burnt soup or living on credit. I’m an aristocrat; I have no need for burnt soup, credit... or football.

But I see where you're going with this. No, I'm not a racist. I firmly believe all people are equally valuable, and I never judge anyone by their skin color. To me, skin color is a totally irrelevant detail. We’re all equals here.

However, I *do* see differences between people, but they have nothing to do with skin color. I see the difference in poverty—specifically spiritual poverty. You see it in a lack of education, in narrow, one-dimensional worldviews, in following dogmas, or believing in luck and fortune tellers.

I’m a firm believer in science and anything that can be proven. Luck isn't a scientific category. Saying Rosberg has a massive points lead because he's "lucky" is nonsense. Rosberg has a huge lead because he's the better driver—a more complete driver. That’s what his points show. Lewis, on the other hand, is the faster driver—which is obvious from his pole positions and wins. But at the end of the day, it's the points that count. So, Rosberg is the better driver, while Lewis is simply faster.

Alain Prost was the better driver; Ayrton Senna was the faster one. When they were teammates, Prost always walked away with more points than Senna. If the 2014 rules were the same as back in 1988—where not every point counted toward the championship—Lewis would have had a much better shot. But under today's rules, where every single point matters, every zero Lewis gets goes straight to Rosberg.

And Rosberg knows that, which is why he plays it that way. He’s smart. He knows he’s slower, so he knows if he tries to outrun Lewis, he loses. Instead, he plays the reliability card.

Unlike Lewis, Rosberg is more calculated, more thorough, and more intellectually grounded. Rosberg's father is a legend in global motorsports and a world champion. Lewis's father is a legendary third-shift worker. It's pretty obvious that Rosberg's father could provide a higher quality of upbringing and psychological development.

And none of this has anything to do with skin color; it's about approach to life. Some people live beyond their means and neglect proper education and a child's development just to chase elite athletic results. Others balance sports with a solid upbringing. Rosberg balanced it well. Lewis's father didn't balance it as well. And now we're left with an unbalanced, poorly educated Lewis who's prone to incidents—both on the track and off.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
jadeseal7 said:Didn't the exact same thing happen to that dark Catholic guy?

Whatever, man. You can see they're just guessing.

One thinks GP races are basically a game of chance—while the other thinks playing it safe through the chicane is better than grabbing a massive haul of points.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
Gary Palmer8 said:What exactly are you trying to say here?

It's all right there—you actually have to read.

If you were one of my favorite people on this board, maybe I'd bother repeating everything that was already explained—but since you aren't, go back and read the posts from a few hours ago.

Whatever.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
crimsonstag84;503501
That's just because iRacing doesn't have tire or brake wear said:


Maybe if you actually dropped a few bucks and moved out of the Mazda Cup, you'd realize tire and brake wear actually exist

You can't judge iRacing based on the Mazda Cup alone.

But you *can* judge people based on their iRacing habits. If someone spends years grinding the FREE Mazda Cup, they're definitely a scrub. Sounds harsh, but someone had to tell you.

Shell out some cash for other cars and tracks—then you'll see what real tire wear looks like.

In the NASCAR Xfinity Series, tires last maybe 5-6 laps, man—and races go 100 laps deep—so do the math.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
stormybadger8 said:...

Honestly, the ranking was basically Mercedes, Williams, Formula 1, McLaren... nothing for a long time, then Red Bull Racing and Ferrari showing up somewhere around there.
.

If you're just trolling, fine. But if you actually think Williams, Formula 1, and McLaren are way better than Red Bull Racing, then you’ve got some serious judgment issues. You're a drag to talk to—someone really needs to set you straight.

Red Bull Racing is easily the second-best car right now.

McLaren truth, Formula 1, and Williams have better engines—but a car isn't just an engine.

Besides, McLaren is basically a junker that's only kept out of the gutter by that engine.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
It wasn't Lewis Hamilton's brakes that failed—he basically sabotaged them himself.

What actually went south was the MGU-K, which crapped out on both cars at the exact same time.

Nico Rosberg actually had the skill to adjust his driving on the fly when the brakes started wearing down too fast, so he managed to save them. Lewis? Not so much.

Raw speed isn't everything—you actually need some driving talent too.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
darkmarlin16 said:I don't recall Nico Rosberg's brakes failing. 🤷

Look, it wasn't Lewis Hamilton's brakes that gave out. Both guys had their MGU-K fail—and when the MGU-K goes, the brakes take a massive hit. Rosberg managed to save his brakes despite the MGU failure, but Lewis Hamilton couldn't.

If this isn't obvious to you, maybe stick to football—you clearly can't handle tracking timing in Formula 1.

Anyway, here comes the inevitable whining and everyone acting like they're at a frat party.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
darkmarlin16, I’m basically just quoting you at this point—how can you be so blind when the facts are right in front of you?! Nothing "unlucky" happened to Lewis Hamilton; they both hit technical glitches at the exact same time. One guy got lucky, the other didn't. It's not fate—it's just basic logic.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
darkmarlin16 said:Rosberg has more luck than brains—man actually profits from his own screw-ups, seriously. 🙄
Even he won't be this lucky forever.

Comparing Prost to Rosberg is straight-up blasphemy.

It’s either instinct or it isn't. ☕

Darkmarlin16. Luck doesn't exist. Science can't prove luck is even a thing.

What we call "luck" is just pure coincidence. And the interesting thing about coincidence? It hits all twenty-two drivers equally.

No point comparing drivers in other teams, but you definitely compare teammates.

Hamilton has 2 DNFs, Rosberg has 0

That's not luck—it's results.
2014 Canadian GP - Montreal (June 8) in Formula 1 ·
This aristocrat absolutely crushed it. Pure class. I’m not even sweating the championship outcome anymore—it’s a lock. Hamilton just doesn't have the mental grit to take down Rosberg. Look, Hamilton is fast—insanely fast—but he lacks the brains for this. A housefly is fast too, but that doesn't mean it's winning Grand Prix races. You can't win a title on raw speed alone. Hamilton might end up with more wins than Rosberg by the end of the season, but he won't have the points. And at the end of the day, points are all that matter.

It'll be pretty hilarious watching people try to argue for Prost while refusing to admit that Rosberg is just as good.