Posts by darkmarlin16

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William Bennett53 said:Man, honestly, maybe this whole thing isn't nearly as much of a mystery as everyone's making it out to be. 🙏

And it probably is, too. I'm telling you, everything's likely already settled behind closed doors and they're just dragging it out now to keep the fans on edge. Plus, let's be real, it's basically just a way to push the championship fight into the background for a bit.

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, calling this ridiculous is an understatement...
What would actually be hilarious is if Ferrari somehow manages to build the absolute best engine and the most dominant car on the grid next season, only to have Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen fighting tooth and nail for the championship 😁
while Fernando Alonso sits there at the press conferences, along with his fanboys all over the internet, trying to explain how the Ferrari is just totally untouchable and the McLaren is basically a dumpster fire...man, that wouldn't just be funny, it would be straight-up comedy gold. 🙏🤣🤣🤣

But hey, anything can happen, right? ☕

In Formula 1, you really never know how the cards are going to fall.

so, does everyone actually have their wet weather setups ready to go?

We’re all just sitting around waiting for the official word, but honestly, at this point, nobody has a clue what’s actually going down.

jadeseal7 said:Does anyone know where I can catch the FP1 stream?

Yeah, you're in luck,

http://cricfree.tv/sky-sports-f1-live-stream.php
http://www.gofirstrow.eu/watch/11296...sports-f1.html

PitLaneTalk ‏@pitlanetalk 8 hours ago
Leo Turrin says it's official: Ferrari and Fernando Alonso have ended their partnership and There will be an announcement this weekend.

Toby Jones ‏@ReviewTIJ 5 hours ago
So PitLaneTalk is out here claiming Fernando Alonso is heading over to McLaren in 2015 and ditching his spot at Ferrari—man, those sources sure are top-tier, aren't they?

F1Writers ‏@f1writers 5 hours ago
#LCDM: "We're honestly so proud to wrap up such a massive chapter here. He (Alonso) left it all on the track and put on some truly legendary shows..."

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Jason Campbell70 said:And what exactly do you think the Tifosi would prefer to watch?

Ferrari with Fernando acting as some kind of second or third-tier driver...
Or just Ferrari without him, but actually winning championships?

Look, any real Tifosi should just be incredibly grateful for Fernando. Seriously, the guy was out there pulling absolute miracles with whatever scrap heap they handed him.

Five years ago, Suzuki Fernando made the jump to become a driver for Ferrari. Now, five years later, he’s walking away from Ferrari and heading (it looks like) straight to McLaren-Honda—the exact setup where his hero Ayrton Senna used to tear it up, and just like Senna, Fernando Honda wants him as their absolute top priority. Honestly, how do you even say no to that after being put through the ringer at Ferrari?

We’ll just have to wait and see what the next season brings. Nobody can actually promise that Ferrari won't end up being faster than Honda.

But hey, a change of scenery might actually be exactly what he needs to thrive.

If I'm being totally honest, I’d much rather watch an Alonso - Kamui Kobayashi lineup over at McLaren

Instead of seeing Hulkenberg - Bianchi at Ferrari, though let's face it, that's impossible as long as that Finnish free spirit Kimi Raikkonen is still hanging around there.

steelmaker83 said:Champion of what, exactly?!

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A total fraud of a champion😂 🙂

Honestly, darkmarlin16 just laid it all out there again 😂

neonfox65 said:Like, what's he even going to do there? Just go out and die?

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I mean, you just have to see him out there, actually sitting in a car that does justice to his talent, and honestly? McLaren-Honda feels like the most likely play here, mostly because that’s the exact setup his hero Senna used to dominate in.

And let's be real, it’s no small feat when Honda comes knocking on your door. Even more so when you're their absolute number one pick.

This place is absolutely unreal. People are going to be talking about this race for ages just because of the atmosphere alone.

I’m totally with ruggedhawk20 on this one—bringing the action into the heart of major cities is a massive win for making the sport actually popular.

Imagine if they started hitting up spots like Los Angeles, New York City, Rome, Paris, or even Lisbon...

So, how many of them are actually making it out of the group stage?

stormybadger8 said:Honestly, I don't know how they can show their faces after this 🤣🤣:ro fl:
man, what an absolute joke :fac epalm:

I mean, I wasn't exactly shocked he’d lose those 20 seconds, because let's be real, even a 5 sec 😍 wouldn't have been enough to pull him ahead of Fernando Alonso 😁

Fernando Alonso would've just taken a drive through if these new rules weren't in place this season.
But a DSQ? Come on, man, get a grip 😉

Kevin Magnussen's penalty was totally justified; you could tell from a mile away he was getting nailed.

Sebastian Vettel should've at least gotten a warning for that move at Les Combes

stormybadger8 said:This is just painful 😢
http://macofan.com/en/index.php?page...&gp=927&graf=3

Fresh soft tires versus mediums that were already 17 laps old... and the lap time difference is barely a measly 0.050 sec...
All in all, this was a race where Ricciardo was way better than Vettel.

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stormybadger8 said:Over at Williams, they found out Felipe Massa had picked up chunks of Lewis Hamilton's tire, which explains why he was crawling in S2...
And since Vettel was right behind Hamilton, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if his car was also littered with rubber scraps (especially given that inexplicably slow S2), plus there's a good chance Fernando Alonso picked some up too since he was tucked right behind Vettel at the time...

Bottom line is, the FIA completely blew it today on every single level.

First off, Fernando Alonso should have been hit with a DSQ right before the start or slapped with a massive penalty, even though it's not even his fault,
but look, the driver and the crew win together and they lose together, so if the crew screws up that badly, the driver unfortunately has to pay the price.

Second, a SC really should have come out given the sheer amount of debris and pieces of Rosberg's wing scattered all over the track...

Third, there's no way Kevin Magnussen deserved a 20 second penalty if Fernando—or rather, Ferrari—only got 5 sec for that total mess 🙄
Honestly, this last bit might actually be the absolute worst part of this whole mess if you ask me 🙂

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Roger Wright94 said:Ferrari fans

This is Kimi's best finish all year! I’m really hoping it wasn't just some one-off fluke.

And honestly, Fernando Alonso is still the only driver who’s managed to score points in every single one of the 12 races this season, IMO. That says a lot about the car, sure, but it definitely says even more about the driver.

It was about damn time Raikkonen finally had a decent showing, so I'm stoked about it. Maybe this will actually give the Maestro's performance a little boost.

darkmarlin16 said:Starting P2 at the Embassy of Belgium definitely gives you an edge.

If you nail Eau Rouge, you can just blast past whoever's sitting in the lead on the Kemmel straight. Honestly, it’s like you didn't even watch the race last year when Sebastian Vettel pulled that exact same move on Lewis Hamilton.

Ahem.

And yet, once again, it turns out the guy tucked right behind going into Eau Rouge is actually the one with the advantage to overtake the leader. ☕

cosmiccyclist8 said:It doesn't matter who overtakes who, it's just how you guys are always hunting for some outside excuse for why Alonso's placement sucks...

Who's hunting?

The real question here is why on earth they didn't slap a penalty on Sebastian Vettel, while Checo basically gets

Terry Carter2 said:For instance, how can we actually be certain that the pit crew's delay wasn't just some direct fallout from a mistake made by the driver himself?
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Yeah, right, because clearly we're all seeing here that it had absolutely nothing to do with the Red Bull driver being subpar.

Nico Rosberg is totally to blame for that contact with Lewis Hamilton.

Kevin Magnussen is the one who actually caused that dangerous driving situation.