Posts by northerncobra31

Kimi's pit stops "help" even during qualifying, especially since he's been getting regular favors from his teammates over the last few years—and then there are the starts, where he just seems to fall asleep.

Sebastian Vettel always feels the need to act like a fool during the pit stops; I noticed he did it again right after qualifying.

There's no way Bottas is going to crash out in every qualifying session with a car this good; he's looking at an easy 1-2 finish in qualifying.

McLaren should keep improving as the season progresses; they just need more seat time to find their rhythm.

Our resident forum prophet is a genius—now I’d love to hear his take on Sauber.

It’s a shame about Bottas crashing out early on; I was really curious to see if he could actually close the gap to Hamilton.

Mercedes is looking even faster than I anticipated.

Sebastian Vettel has a great haircut.

Does anyone actually read these opening threads? I certainly don't. It feels like the same things are being posted over and over again.

I really hope that doesn't happen.

Maybe, but it seems strange to me. It feels like they're making excuses because they can't replicate the same tire performance across two different locations.

Matthew Murphy91 said:A news report suggests the news for the rest of the field is somewhat ominous, as Hamilton's benchmark from about thirty minutes ago is now officially recorded as being set on the medium tyres.

A news report explains that Pirelli's reason for the unmarked tires stems from the group operating out of two different bases, one in Romania and one in Turkey, but the bottom line is clear: Mercedes are leading the pack on the mediums.

I don't really get their explanation regarding Romania and Turkey. Why would that make them unmarked?

A racing statistic shows Lewis Hamilton is the first to go under 1:19 at Circuit de Catalunya this winter, clocking a 1:18.945 on unmarked Pirelli tyres.

Interesting.

We aren't sure which tires they used since they weren't marked.

But it doesn't really matter; Mercedes is still the best.

Someone just pulled over on the track and there's smoke coming from the car—I'd give you 1.01 odds if you wanted to bet on who it is.

Lewis Hamilton significantly dropped his lap time.

This Mercedes is the perfect car—fast and reliable.

It just won't quit.

McLaren's stalled out again.

He’s a great guy, at least he’s actually likable compared to the current crop of "commentators."

It just makes me think back to DSR and James Button.

Haha, this is gold. Reddit is absolutely trolling right now.

FIA World Snowball Fight Championship

Mercedes: Worried that Ferrari and Red Bull are going to show up with high-velocity snowballs. Their projectiles fly 6.2 miles/h faster than anything else out there.

Ferrari: Threatening to boycott the whole thing because the FIA wants to change the rules to limit grip from five fingers down to three.

Red Bull: Built up massive hype with a stunning icosahedron-shaped snowball, only to let everyone down by revealing it’s just a standard ball.

McLaren: After three years of snowballs falling apart mid-flight, they switched snow suppliers and finally felt ready. They ended up dislocating a wrist on the very first toss.

Force India: Managed to craft a decent snowball using nothing but slush scraped off windshields in the parking lot. Too bad their shooters keep hitting each other instead.

Renault: Showed up with a bright yellow snowball. No one is brave enough to ask how they pulled that off.

Williams: Brought a snowball that shoots straight and fast, but it just tumbles and drops like a stone if there's any wind.

Toro Rosso: Partnered up with McLaren’s old snow supplier. Their snowballs actually stay intact and fly further, leaving everyone wondering what happened.

Haas: About half of their snowball was actually manufactured by Ferrari.

Sauber: Total chaos in the pits after three different people showed up all claiming they were hired for the fight.

The testing session was a complete disaster.

Interesting: And remember when we discussed how one team opted out of Friday testing? A source from Spain says it was Ferrari...

It's impossible to tell what kind of training programs he was running, so guessing is just pointless.

Why should anyone pull the plug on Sirotkin?

It’s his debut season; give him a chance to prove himself.

It’s interesting how the test times don't really matter, since there's no way to tell who's actually doing what.

We should probably move testing to Bahrain; this current setup feels like a waste of time.