Posts by darkmarlin16

Jason Cruz3 said:Hey everyone.

I haven’t really chimed in here yet, but I’ve been dying to talk about this new car aero because, honestly, these new designs are giving me major 90s vibes and I am just not feeling it—they look way too stripped down and naked. That rear wing is an absolute train wreck; it sits way too high and makes the whole car look totally lopsided now with that new setup.
Look, I’m a massive Ferrari fan, so it kills me to even say this—it genuinely pains me—but I have to admit that the new McLaren looks better than most of the field. It’s probably going to take us all a long time to actually get used to how these things look now.

I just gotta say, in my book, aesthetics matter a ton when it comes to these cars. Just like with street cars or even motorcycles, I think the visual style of a Formula 1 car is huge (and yeah, I’m saying that specifically to address that one guy on this forum who claimed that looks don't even matter when it comes to racing machines).

Justin Foster3 said:darkmarlin16 - is basically scribbling on the hood in an emergency because if you look in the rearview mirror, everything finally makes sense.
The photo isn't actually flipped, it’s just mirrored so the car lines up perfectly with the Red Bull, making it face left instead of right just so it's easier to compare the two side-by-side.

Roger Wright94 said:Man, I really didn't see darkmarlin16 sucking up to our dear moderator like this coming. 😁

mistybear87 said:Fernando Alonso basically just set the track on fire under the Brawn guys and absolutely crushed it with the fastest lap.
I just really need to know who’s driving what exactly, because honestly, if I don't get a clear picture of the lineup, I'm going to lose my mind—plus, what can we actually expect to see go down over the next couple of days? ☕

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So, I just finished looking over the latest splits, and honestly, it’s kind of wild how much of a gap we're seeing right out of the gate. Fernando Alonso is absolutely flying in that Schumacher Ferrari F2004—I mean, seriously, the guy is driving like he’s possessed or something, clocking a 1:18.343 and leaving everyone else to fight for the scraps. Then you’ve got Rubens Barrichello Brawn trailing him by a hair, just a tiny little 0.055 behind, which is basically nothing when you consider how fast they're moving. Jenson Button Brawn is sitting in third, but he’s already half a second back, which feels like an eternity in this kind of racing. Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 is struggling a bit more than I expected, hanging onto fourth with a gap that's starting to look pretty uncomfortable, and poor Rosberg Williams FW31 is way down there in fifth, trailing by nearly a second and a half. It’s anyone's race at this point, but man, if Fernando keeps this pace up, the rest of these guys are basically just driving around for scenery while he pulls away. Everyone's heading to the Box soon too, so let's see if those pit stops actually save anyone's afternoon.

fadedpanther4 said:Man, you’re basically just parroting stuff that was written word-for-word in like, two posts ago. Seriously.
I’m pretty sure I’m gonna catch a ban for this, but seriously... what are we actually doing here? Are we all just complete idiots or something? Why on earth do we have to slog through the results from today's practice sessions in basically every single damn post?

Morgan Murphy7 said:man,

I just can't get used to how hideous these cars look this year, they're an absolute eyesore🙄🤷😁

mistybear87 said:Fernando Alonso just absolutely lit a fire under the Brawn guys by clocking the fastest lap of the bunch
I’m dying to know who actually put in the work out there and what kind of madness we're looking at for tomorrow or the day after ☕

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1.F. Fernando Alonso Renault Schumacher Ferrari F2004 1:18.343 99 pit
2.R. Barrichello Brawn GP BGP 001 1:18.398 +0.055 62 pit
3.Jenson Button Brawn Brawn GP BGP 001 1:18.892 +0.549 12 pit
4.Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 McLaren MP4-24 1:19.513 +1.170 83 pit
5.N. Rosberg Williams FW31 Williams FW31 1:19.783 +1.440 123 pit

stormyviper11 said:Look, the general idea is we hit the stands around the 15th of the month, or maybe the first business day right after that...

If you’re grabbing a magazine at a 7-Eleven or a local newsstand, keep an eye out for EVO; the issue has this thick cardboard cover, and they slapped a little Formula 1 logo right in the bottom right corner, so if it gets buried under some other junk, you might actually miss it entirely...

mistybear87 said:at least you're out here flexing with Photoshop, it's called flipping the canvas horizontally, honey☕

mistybear87 said:comparing the Red Bull and STR cars

honestly, I’m looking at them and I don't see any actual difference besides the paint job, seriously.

check this out in high res

darkmarlin16 said:it's just a total Red Bull clone, they just repainted it, though that color on the rear wing is a bit off, I gotta say, for the first time ever, the Red Bull actually looks even better than the Toro Rosso.