Posts by darkmarlin16

It’s way too futuristic for my taste, I’m just not feeling it.

stormybadger8 said:So basically, Force India is pulling way more punch on the grid compared to what they actually put in, while RB—if you look at them and STR together—is just burning through cash like there's no tomorrow...

Red Bull is dropping 320 million pounds total 😲
Which makes it look like STR is just one incredibly expensive toy...

Force India pulled off an absolute miracle last year

And honestly, I’ve still got him right there on my avatar, unlike those people who just scrubbed him away immediately—because Jules shouldn't be forgotten, period.

don't believe everything you read online, seriously

neonfox65 said:So I just got this reply from the Autosport forum and it basically goes like this:

Nico ROSBERG 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👋

🙄👏

mellowtiger83 said:Nah, that was hands down the greatest system ever, because they actually rewarded the drivers who were winning races instead of just those picking up random points here and there by capitalizing on everyone else's engine failures.

Winning is everything, man; the guy who takes the checkered flag is the best, period, not some dude padding his stats with a bunch of second and third-place finishes.

Besides, back in '88, everyone knew the rules inside and out, so they could have put in the work to grab more wins—not that they all could, if you catch my drift—so the rulebook was crystal clear and everyone was fully briefed on it, unless I'm totally tripping.

Right? Exactly!!

Personally, I think it was actually a brilliant way to run things back when the cars were total reliability nightmares, and honestly, it blows my mind that we haven't seen more seasons run using that exact same logic.

Looks like Germany just blew it

vividlynx68 said:That’s an even bigger margin (48%) than what Alain Prost lost the championship by back in '84 and '88 (44%).

Hamilton actually managed to match Ayrton Senna in one specific, rather brutal way—he's the first champ since Senna in '89 to lose his title directly to his own teammate 😬

but yeah, back in '88, Alain Prost actually had more points, it was just the scoring system that was totally broken

stormybadger8 said:Since we’re already going down this rabbit hole...
Only four drivers are sitting there with absolutely nothing to show for them this season.

21 Esteban Gutierrez MEX Haas Ferrari 0 🤦🤦🤦
22 Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber Ferrari 0 🤦
23 Esteban Ocon FRA MRT Mercedes 0
24 Rio Haryanto INA MRT Mercedes 0

Look, I mean, Esteban Ocon and Rio have some kind of excuse for being stuck at zero, maybe even Ericsson if you're feeling generous...
but Gutierrez? Yeah, he’s got zero excuses whatsoever...

13 Romain Grosjean FRA Haas Ferrari 29

The guy is just straight-up terrible, and I mean truly, deeply pathetic 🤦

And honestly, we really need to give Fernando Alonso some credit here🙏
He managed to snag a top 10 finish and even beat Massa, which is wild considering how massive the gap is between Williams and McLaren right now.😳

seriously, this guy has been the absolute worst driver for like, oh my god, decades

So, I just inherited this absolute relic of a laptop, and man, it is painfully slow—like, watching paint dry would be a high-speed chase by comparison. There’s basically nothing on it, just running Windows 7, and even though I went through the whole ritual of cranking every single setting down to the bare minimum to save some juice, it’s still crawling along like it's stuck in molasses.

HP
Intel Celeron CPU 550
2.00 GHz
2GB RAM
Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family

Under the "View your basic network information and set up connections" header, everything just says "unknown" now—it used to actually show my network map before this whole mess started—and then right below that, I get this error message saying, "The dependency service or group failed to start."

this is exactly what's happening to me

Steven Taylor10 said:Have you tried plugging in an Ethernet cable just to see if your internet is even functioning at all?

Yeah, I did, but still absolutely nothing.

I mean, seriously though, what exactly is wrong with the WiFi that it shouldn't be working?

So, it says I'm connected, but then it hits me with that "Limited access WiFi" nonsense. I’ve spent way too much time scrolling through YouTube rabbit holes trying to follow every single "fix" out there, but honestly, nothing is working and I'm just spinning my wheels here.

Is there anyone actually out there who knows what they're doing and can help me out?

William Bennett53 said:Tournament Hall of Fame:

2009. MAXYM
2010. (I) rosi
2010. (II) Gilberth
2011. (I) MAXYM
2011. (II) darkmarlin16
2012. (I) R-Kimi
2012. (II) MAXYM
2013. graniteharbor502
2014. (I) MladenCro
2014. (II) stormybadger8
2015. (I) Roger Wright94
2015. (II) stormybadger8
2016. (I) Terry Carter2

Nice, I might just whip up something similar for the championship

graniteharbor502 said:Dude, did you actually see this?? I had absolutely no clue this was even a thing

Which one?

Hamilton should’ve been slapped with two separate penalties, honestly. First off, he cut that chicane right when they were totally screwing over Ricciard in the pits, and even with that mess, he still had an unfair advantage—if Hamilton had just taken the corner properly, maybe Ricc would've come out ahead. Then there was that second instance during the braking zone after the tunnel.

Ricciard drove like an absolute beast, though it's such a damn shame Red Bull Racing basically snatched two wins away from him over the last two weekends. In my book, he's hands down the best driver in Formula 1.

Jacob White49 said:DMW

Just remember one thing... there is absolutely NO forgiveness for sellouts like Niko Kranjcar, Luis Fig, and you!

Totally agree ☕

neonfox65 said:Look, there isn't even a bet involved here, okay? I've just decided that Ricciardo is my new absolute favorite. 😉 Next year, we're going straight for the title. No questions asked. 😉

What kind of fan even are you? Seriously.

Raymond Ortiz89 said:It’s honestly painful watching Ferrari slowly turn into the next Williams. And as for the Red Bull Box? I’ve got absolutely nothing to say about that mess.
I’m scrolling through all the news sites and seeing everyone dragging Rosberg because apparently he had some technical issue with the car, but nobody actually bothers to explain what went wrong—they just pile on and trash him instead.

it was the brakes