Posts by mellowtiger83

gentlemoose57 said:He floored it. It was intentional. Therefore, the penalty is 100% justified.

Nobody on Sky seems to have a memory regarding Japan 2018, where even a five-second call wasn't fair.

Pure entertainment. Not because of the race itself, mind you, but reading all this bickering is easily the highlight of my evening.

Of course he stepped on the gas; he’s a professional racer.

Whatever happened with the Suzuki situation wasn't even remotely comparable, unless you're imagining it.

crimsonhawk23 said:To echo your own sentiment, albeit with a slight adjustment for current circumstances:

Your. Very. Own. Words.

Here is the link, since you seem to be suffering from that same lack of vision we saw in the video featuring Max Verstappen.

gentlemoose57 said:Good grief, what a circus.

I would find it quite embarrassing to fail this spectacularly, especially considering not even a year has passed.

Listen closely: Max had total control over the car and was intentionally defensive; Sebastian Vettel wasn't even in the running.

If that’s how you view the situation, then honestly, you might as well just pack it all in.

crimsonhawk23 The user states:
You.

The penalty was fair and entirely deserved. At this point, anything other than another win for Mercedes-Benz would be a massive injustice. Lewis Hamilton didn't make a single mistake out there, which stands in stark contrast to Sebastian Vettel. He earned that victory. Where is the justice in rewarding a driver who falters while penalizing the one who performs flawlessly?

What else is there to do when things go sideways? Sebastian Vettel played it somewhat safe with his paper assets.? 😁

You're wrong. You claimed that Senna veered right—which somehow resulted in him slamming into Prost, who was positioned on his left. I'll send you the link later; I really don't feel like digging for it right now.

I never actually said that Senna veered to the right. My point was simply that he maintained his line, whereas Prost entered the corner as if Senna wasn't even there.

120%

stormyviper2 said:Once again, you’re ignoring the facts.
1. The excursion off the track was handled as clumsily as possible, avoiding a collision.
2. They easily could have collided.

The only question left is whether this warrants a five-second penalty or not. Regardless, the exit was incredibly sloppy. Even players on Gran Turismo are two hundred times more precise than that. xD

That wasn't an intentional exit from the track; it was an uncontrolled slide back onto the circuit, and there simply wasn't any other way to react.

Unless, of course, you were under the impression that Sebastian Vettel should have executed that move more slowly—which I highly doubt you were.

Jason Campbell70 said:The suggestion being one shouldn't stay on the throttle after running wide due to their own mistake?

A racing driver actually needs to hit the brakes, in case you hadn't figured that out for us.

Sebastian Vettel deserved this win. It was stolen from him by three idiots in the stewards' room who should be handed immediate pink slips from their positions.

In all my years following F1, I have never seen anything quite like this.

darkmarlin16 said:Seb says: what else could I have done?

Well, genius, you could have tried not making the mistake in the first place.

What does his error have to do with the penalty being issued?

The race car was halfway out of control when Lewis Hamilton arrived. There is simply no basis for a penalty here.

Even those who usually disagree with penalties are pushing back, yet Gary Palmer8 and a few other clowns seem perfectly fine with it.

Go ahead, be proud of this!!

It’s an absolute embarrassment for Formula 1. This guy, Gary Palmer8, is actually trying to compare this to the incident between Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen. It's ridiculous.

I’m starting to suspect he might be blind.

Even Lewis Hamilton's fans across the country are voicing their disapproval.

This comparison is completely baseless.

Gary Palmer8 said:I really hope they hand out some extra penalties for those attempts to scrub the winner's numbers.

Look, I’m a Lewis fanboy through and through, but this penalty is a complete joke. Just try being realistic for once on this forum instead of turning a blind eye.

fadedpanther51 said:You make a fair point, Mario, because those corners in Baku have some sharp 90-degree turns. Whatever. They should just tell the drivers to pack on some extra weight. 😁More kilos equals better traction, I suppose. Haha.

Setting that aside, my predictions for today's race:

1. Hamilton overtakes Sebastian Vettel right at the start, making the rest of the race a mere formality.
2. If that doesn't happen, Vettel will pull some sort of acrobatic maneuver reminiscent of the finest Russian ballerinas.
3. Should that also fail, "Fix It Again Tony" will find a way to ruin him through pit stops or questionable strategy.
4. A completely accidental victory for Sebastian Vettel.

Even if that happens, Hamilton has to break out of the DRS zone, because even without DRS, Vettel is going to blow past him on the straightaway.

fadedpanther51 said:Can I ask a total rookie question here? It’s pretty obvious that Ferrari has more straight-line speed than Germany on this track. So how is it that they aren't easily cruising to a win at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where the straights seem even longer?

Because of the sheer number of slow corners that demand traction. Baku has those long straights, sure, but it also has a massive amount of turns that simply don't suit the current Ferrari setup at all.

Well done, Sebastian. Finally, a bit of much-needed breathing room.

Kudos to Daniel Ricciardo; looks like those modes at Renault actually started behaving themselves.

Max finished 10th. Could have been more interesting.

Good grief, I realize this is just Practice 1, but a full second behind Ferrari?
This track shouldn't be a layout that suits them at all.

ruggedhawk20 said:Whose junk pile is this?

Ayrton Senna's🎉

Here, take this and try to learn something. Pay attention to the uploader.

View on dailymotion

Joseph Hernandez18 said:@mellowtiger83
Clean out your inbox... 🙂

Fulcrum solved🙂.

By the way, thanks for all those intense video clips online. Truly impressive work; it's a massive undertaking.

ruggedhawk20 said:Then you’ve got MSC7XWDC just cruising along like a total amateur in a car for a team that had only managed five wins in their entire history before he showed up.

🤣

I am not entirely certain if you all were aware that Max holds a rather peculiar record; he is the driver with the highest number of wins without having secured a single pole position.

I am currently just rambling a bit on f1fact.

If Latifi ends up looking competitive during FP1, we might as well kiss Robert Kubica's F1 career goodbye for good.

The very track where that Catholic driver secured his first career pole position!

Indicative, really.🙂

From that specific day until now, he has added exactly 82 more poles to his tally.
That brings him to 18 more than Ayrton Senna.

Unplug the router and kill the internet connection.

The track where the Catholic driver secured his first career pole position!

Indicative.🙂

Unplug the cables and kill the internet.