Posts by mellowtiger83

Gary Palmer8 Asks:
The sheer amount of Hamilton haters out there, even when he isn't behind the wheel... it’s just blatant proof that he's the greatest to ever sit in an F1 cockpit.

William Gomez5 said:Valtteri Bottas still has that class 🙏

I feel for Valtteri Bottas. Honestly, I do. At least he can walk away with the satisfaction of knowing he managed to beat Russell.

At least it’s something. I suppose it might eventually come through, but let's be honest—it's a stretch.

Gary Palmer8 said:The Hamilton haters are working overtime even when he isn't on the track... honestly, that just proves he's the greatest to ever sit in an F1 car...

You haven't noticed that George Russell would probably win easily even if he were wearing smaller shoes? He'd do it on his first outing in that car, and quite convincingly too—not that they'd let him lose in a Mercedes-Benz.

Forget Hamilton. Honestly, I've moved far beyond him.

Russell would absolutely crush him.

ruggedhawk20 said:Well then—go invite the President over for a BBQ.

That'd be about right.

I suppose even I haven't lost my grip on reality just yet.🙏

@Pilatus, you don't even believe those Lewis Hamilton fairy tales anymore; you've outgrown them.

coastalwolf6 said:darkmarlin16, a question for you:

Would you attempt a fast lap in Q3 on the hard tire, if those were the only tires left?

He wouldn't just drive them. He’d pull a pole position out of thin air on those tires.

James Harris34 said:The track is short and mostly flat; anyone in that car would have pulled a time just like Russell's.

Max wins today. Bottas isn't even capable of a win anymore; maybe Russell will take it. Bottas has mentally checked out this year. He simply can't handle the pressure.

And it’s just not true that anyone could do what Russell is doing. Not a chance. He stepped into a brand-new car with a completely different button layout, an awkward driving position, smaller shoes, and so on. The balance is different, the braking points are different—everything is different compared to Williams. Everything. And he had two or three practice sessions to get used to the machine.

It is perfectly clear at this point: Russell is a better, faster driver than Bottas, and perhaps even on par with Hamilton.

Jason Campbell70 said:First off, 2021 won't operate under those same regulations.
Second, these rule changes actually play right into Mercedes' hands.

The regulations you’re pointing to have been pushed back to 2022.

2021 will essentially mirror this year, just with minor car modifications, since everyone is already preoccupied with the 2022 overhaul and the shift in regulations.

Not to mention, Ferrari will be debuting an entirely new engine in 2021.

stormybadger8 said:Everyone’s hitting the pits at least twice. Since Leclerc won't have fresh rubber, he might end up going three times...
Expecting Ferrari to nail three consecutive pit stops without screwing up is being wildly optimistic...🤣

Get your wallet ready, because you're gonna owe me a round.😉

That prediction is about as reliable as the claim that Hamilton would have finished third or lower in 2021 under these exact same regulations.😁

Tibac, you seem to have forgotten how easily our local banks can just shut us down.

ruggedhawk20 said:Fine

So you’re actually claiming a five-year-old knows exactly what they want to do with their life

Like, they have this perfectly set goal to be a driver

And that desire just stays rock solid without ever shifting while they grow up

Is that really your stance?!

When I was five, I certainly had a firm desire to be a racer, a pilot, or something along those lines. However, I lacked any practical understanding of how one actually achieves such things.
Later on, my ambitions shifted toward being a 100m sprinter, aiming to outrun Carl Lewis.

ruggedhawk20 is, as usual, correct.

wisefalcon2, stop talking🙂, because beyond just being a fanboy, you're starting to genuinely concern me.

stormybadger8 said:We’ve known for ages that math isn't exactly your strong suit, but honestly, it’s wild how blind you people can be. 🤦

Fernando Alonso burned through every single new tire except the hards...
So why on earth would you try to set a fast lap on hards?
It was clearly nonsense to those Sky pundits and the crowd following them instead of using their own eyes and brains... but for anyone actually capable of thinking for themselves, it wasn't. ☕

Anyway, I expect Charles Leclerc to finish somewhere near Sebastian Vettel, if not behind him...
That one lap was fantastic, but everything leading up to it sucked, and his strategy was pure stupidity, regardless of what anyone says...
Because trashing every single tire set might make sense in Monaco, but certainly not here. ☕

The only way Charles Leclerc finishes behind Sebastian Vettel is if he retires, crashes out, spins, or ends up driving on rims. Anything else is pure science fiction; he is simply too much faster than Sebastian for that to be a reality.
They are operating in completely different worlds. For Sebastian, it’s an unreachable height.

Today, the driver is arrogantly opting for a counter-strategy against Mercedes, and I am actually hoping it pays off with a win.

I also hope Leclerc doesn't get too aggressive right at the start and disrupt the Ferrari efforts🙂; honestly, he’s better off settling into 7th, 8th, or 9th place immediately. I highly doubt he can achieve anything better than that, and it would simply bring the race to a close.

1.Max
2.Max 2. Russell
Bottas DNF
3.Perez
4.Sainz
5.Perez 4. Sainz 5. Riccia**rd**o

Etc.

Will you all please just leave Vettel alone!

Seriously, did anyone catch Leclerc's last lap? That kid is absolutely insane, the way he handles that car.

graniteharbor502 said:But if that were the case, how much of an advantage would Max Verstappen have? Would we be looking at a full second difference?

Since when was Max actually better than Charles Leclerc? And what makes you think he is? If you ask me, Charles Leclerc is the superior driver, or they're at least neck and neck.

Both of them would leave Lewis Hamilton in the dust.

Charles Leclerc ? how ?, how did he actually pull that off?

Pure driving genius! It’s a shame he’ll be getting jumped tomorrow, but seeing him absolutely dismantle Sebastian Vettel while using the exact same car is just surreal.

Zachary Vaughn92 said:Honestly, I don't get why everyone is so shocked when drivers switch teams. Look at Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull Racing. Once he moved to Ferrari, after that brief moment of hype and excitement, it became painfully obvious that the guy is, at best, slightly above average—nothing more. Even the Ferrari crew themselves have hinted that they'd have preferred having Fernando Alonso in the car during 2017 and 2018; they’d definitely be fighting for titles instead of sweating every time Vettel pulls a legendary spin off the track or makes some rookie mistake.

That is an accurate assessment. Alonso would have secured the world championship in 2017 and 2018 because he is simply a higher-caliber driver than Vettel. Unfortunately, Alonso was stuck in a Ferrari that wasn't even remotely competitive compared to what it could have been, yet he still managed to fight for the title.

Naturally, Tibi will deny this, as per usual.

silverviper44 said:Correction: any SERIOUS driver in that Mercedes-Benz would cruise to a championship. Bottas isn't a serious driver, and even he managed to rack up a decent number of wins and pole positions.

Bottas is a serious driver. Extremely serious. It just so happens, by sheer coincidence, that he's racing against an alien.

How can you even argue with that?

silverviper44 said:What kind of drugs are you on??

Diego wasn't the tiebreaker in a fair fight; he was just dead weight that allowed a mediocre team to skip ahead without breaking a sweat.

Your favorite influencer "proved himself" plenty of times when he actually needed to win and failed; he only took titles when he was handed a convincingly superior car. Even with a machine like that, he still lost the championship to Nico Rosberg, which tells you everything you need to know about his skill level. He's average. He just got incredibly lucky to sit in the best car ever made. It's easy to be a champion when everyone else does 90% of the work for you.

What are you even talking about? 95% of drivers in history would be proud to have lost to Nico Rosberg. He is a top-tier driver who secured 14 world titles—Michael Schumacher was neutralized by him, and Lewis Hamilton struggled against him too.

You speak about Nico Rosberg as if he were some mid-field filler. Nico Rosberg would beat 90% of today's grid.

I know you'll try to bring up that first season with Mark Webber, even though Nico Rosberg was actually superior that year; he just had a ridiculous amount of DNFs, which let Webber pull ahead in the points. But I don't care about mere point totals; I look at the full picture.

It is much like how I consider Fernando Alonso to be the best driver of this generation, even if statistical data might suggest otherwise for various reasons.

Regarding Hamilton's GOAT status, Russell is essentially driving a Mercedes-Benz in shoes that are two sizes too small; he can barely fit into the cockpit, looks uncomfortable, and seems to be drifting off the track.
Imagine the chaos if he actually got acquainted with the car and found it comfortable.

It is as we all suspected, though now the rest of the world finally sees who actually secured those titles instead of Hamilton.

In this particular car, anyone could be a champion—even those guys from F2 without any specialized training.

I am glad the veil has finally been lifted.

Nicholas Newman2 said:Nobody is talking nonsense here. Fisichella's results were exactly what you'd expect given his actual driving talent.

Not really. 👍

Fisichella is a driver of exceptional talent who simply hasn't had the cards fall his way throughout his career.

Your grasp on motorsport seems a bit superficial; it isn't just him—plenty of drivers have ended up worse off than they deserved due to pure chance.

Don't talk nonsense. Just remember how things went for Fisichella when he stepped into that Force India seat as a sub for Massa; Kimi absolutely tore him apart as if they weren't even driving the same cars.

vividwalker13 said:This is going to be incredibly interesting to watch. I'm curious to see if that theory holds water—whether whoever steps into the Mercedes seat ends up grabbing first or second place.

I don't think it's quite that simple, though.

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of Formula 1. Truly elementary. Whoever steps into that seat isn't going to be anywhere near Valtteri Bottas's level. Not because they lack talent, but because they are entering an entirely foreign driving environment with an unfamiliar car, new mechanics, and all that.

Relying on such theories is frankly ridiculous.

For instance, the idea that if Daniel Ricciardo from Renault replaced Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, he would just get washed out—or that if Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas took over, they’d dominate him—it ignores the reality of that first race under replacement conditions.