Posts by cosmicstag16

neonhawk6 said:The International Center for Sports Studies—specifically their football research wing, the CIES Football Observatory—just dropped some interesting data. They specialize in all that deep statistical analysis we love, and they decided to crunch the numbers on a specific trend. By looking at the top 75 national leagues worldwide, they tracked which clubs have been getting handed the most penalty kicks from January 2020 through April 2023.

Leading the pack is Herediano over in Costa Rica, who racked up a massive 44 penalties during that stretch. Right on their heels—trailing by just a single kick—are the Split-based club and Egypt's Zamalek. For the guys in Split, that means they've been awarded 43 penalties in the American top flight over the last three years and three months.

Man, honestly—who can we even blame? If the opposing players don't know how to stop our guys without fouling them, that’s on them, right? 😁Though, I suppose we should be thankful for VAR... because, let's face it, our local refs probably wouldn't have called half of those anyway.

Rachel Cooper3 said:Watching the footage again—Ferro wasn't actually that far from the Istria player; he was even closer to the keeper. If they had just kept running, maybe he could have closed the angle and reached him.

What an absolute moron.😵 🤣

Why on earth did they throw out a VSC just because Carlos Sainz's engine gave up? He pulled off quite a distance from the track—he wasn't putting anyone in danger at all. Honestly, it feels like this season they are just itching to trigger a VSC or a Safety Car for every little thing that happens.

graniteharbor502 said:Honestly, this race just proved that half the grid doesn't belong in F1 at all... 👎

I couldn't agree more—I was thinking the exact same thing while watching the race unfold.

Finally, someone in this sea of cowards actually has the guts to step up.

Pace Car 🤦

Judging by what he’s wearing, you’d think the guy was planning on a career as a clown once he retires from F1 😁

I have absolutely no idea what kind of magic they’ve been working on over at McLaren—seriously, whatever they're doing in that garage—but this is a massive leap forward compared to that first race. It feels like they're getting better and more consistent with every single Grand Prix 👍

Douglas Roberts49 said:Tsunoda was definitely driver of the day 🤷

That's my two cents right there 😁

Tsunoda seems to be the only one actually making use of the DRS effectively.
It’s such a shame for Leclerc, honestly—though you have to hand it to him, he really gave it his all out there, which is something I truly admire.

cosmicmoose2 said:Charles Leclerc probably would have overtaken Sergio Perez during those laps when he was closing in at 0.3s—if only he’d had the DRS advantage.
I think it’s pretty obvious now that the Red Bull Racing car is significantly faster here.

It’s definitely possible he could have pulled it off, though—but honestly? I don't think he would have stayed ahead of him for very long, specifically because of that point you just made in your last sentence.

cosmicmoose2 said:But honestly—I just don't get why they dragged their feet so much regarding the implementation of DRS.

It’s almost as if DRS actually changed anything at all—as if it didn't just render most of those overtakes completely hollow.

There have been so many changes this season—yet somehow, most of them still can't get anything done without relying on DRS. I've been sitting here watching these two commentators on Sky for half an hour now, just incessantly whining about how they need to enable DRS.

Lando Norris really nailed that opening phase 👍

Robert Cox46 said:A rainy weekend might be on the cards—finally! 🙂

So, basically, we’re looking at a scenario where there might not even be a race, or we'll just end up circling behind the SC 😁

Bravo, safety car! 👍

fadedwalker18 said:No. They simply aren't allowed.
I’m honestly quite baffled—why would anyone expect Norris (or even Ricciardo) to be waiting around? 🤦
They have to get past those Bears first.

It's just not happening—Mercedes won't permit it.☕

amberharbor22 said:How on earth are those gravel traps missing from all these tracks?

Honestly—I had the exact same thought the very second I saw Sainz spin off 👍

Joe is a total joke compared to someone at the level of Banožić 😵

Paul Sanders5 said:Man, look, if we spend decades basically trashing the military and lowballing their budget, then we can't act surprised when we don't have the kind of systems capable of swatting foreign objects right out of the sky.

So, what's next? Building schools and daycare centers to defend against drones? 😁