Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis (07/06/2014)

Masterful qualifying. Absolutely MASTERFUL!🙏🙏🙏

The underdog just completely blew it out of the water.🤣🤣🤣

I haven't quite caught up with everything—did anyone happen to see what went down with those drivers from the last race?

Jason Campbell70 said:Nico Rosberg. 🙏🙏🙏

🤣

This was all after Rosberg managed to squeeze into that final lap by the narrowest of margins.
When I saw that—there wasn't even a question about who would take pole.

Feel for Daniil Kvyat. He was sitting pretty in second row just thirty seconds before the end of qualifying, then he completely fell off the map.

jadeseal7 said:Did anyone catch what happened with those drivers acting like complete idiots?

Driver number 14 messed up one corner and ended up spinning out, completely blowing his single qualifying lap.

As for driver number 7? He's just plain bad.

Jason Campbell70 said:The driver in car number 14 messed up big time—he went wide at one of the corners—which pretty much flushed his only qualifying lap down the drain.

And honestly, the guy in car number 7? He’s just not cutting it.

I was wondering, though—why did the driver in car number 14 only get one shot at a qualifying lap?

Jason Campbell70 said:And that number 7 driver? Just straight-up garbage.

From what I can tell, those geniuses at Ferrari sent him out way too late, so he didn't even get a decent flying lap...
Did he even have a time to show for it? 🤷

stormybadger8 said:From what I can gather—and I might be totally off base here—it looks like those geniuses over at Ferrari sent him out onto the track way too late, so he never actually got a chance to nail a fast lap...
Did he even have a decent time to begin with? 🤷

I mean, saying "to rise" and then just shouting FERRARI 😂😂

Honestly, I’m expecting nothing but a disaster from Red Bull...
Say, maybe if they used one of those sturdy Sebastian Vettel engines 🙂

Mark Webber is back at the race again 🙂

jadeseal7 said:Why did the number 14 driver only get one qualifying lap?

Because the geniuses on the Ferrari pit wall are running things, that's why. 😁

stormybadger8 said:From what I can tell, those Ferrari geniuses sent him out too late and he didn't even get a fast lap in...
Did he even have a time at all? 🤷

He ran a lap seven-tenths slower than Fernando Alonso.
That's way too fast for it not to be a fast lap. 😁

I wonder, what exactly is going on with Lewis Hamilton lately?
It truly feels as though his fame has somehow clouded his judgment entirely...

I am fairly certain that Lewis Hamilton will take the win tomorrow. He consistently seems to have the superior race pace. In Monaco, he just couldn't find a way past the Barbie, and during the Canadian Grand Prix, following her through that dirty, hot air completely wrecked his brakes. He was far too far behind in Austria, and since overtaking is actually feasible at Silverstone, I think the outcome is quite clear.

I am so confident in this that I went ahead and put $67🙂

neonpuma7 said:I'm convinced Lewis Hamilton takes it tomorrow—his race pace is just superior. He couldn't get past Barbie in Monaco, his brakes got cooked by dirty air behind Barbie in Canada, he was way too far back in Austria, and Silverstone is actually built for overtaking. It’s obvious to me.

I'm so sure about this I put my $67🙂

“Rodney, your father always said Del Boy would make it to the top. Mind you, he also said Millwall would win the cup.”

neonpuma7 said:I’m calling it now, Lewis Hamilton is taking the win tomorrow because his race pace is just on another level; he couldn't get past Barbie in Monaco, the dirty hot air trailing behind Barbie wrecked his brakes in Canada, he was way too far back in Austria, and since you can actually overtake at Silverstone, I've got it all figured out.

I'm so sure about this that I already put down $67🙂

Keep 'em coming, man. Might as well ride that line until the odds drop, right?

What a total mess with these penalties 🤣
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114837

Pastor Maldonado getting slapped with a last-place start at 20th 🤣.
And then Gutierrez gets a 10-place penalty, dropping him to 19th despite qualifying 14th...
. 😵🤣

neonpuma7 said:I’m convinced Lewis Hamilton is going to take the win tomorrow. His race pace is just on another level. He couldn't get past Barbie in Monaco, and in Canada, that hot, dirty air trailing behind her absolutely cooked his brakes. Then there was Austria where he was just too far back, and at Silverstone, overtaking is actually possible. It’s pretty obvious to me.

I was so sure about this that I put $67🙂

Well, there goes my money down the drain.
You’d have been better off spending that cash on some cheap ribs at Walmart. They had a sale on $13 per pound.

Don't even go there, I actually put my money on Leclerc🤣
If he pulls this off, I'm buying a yacht😂

graniteharbor502 said:What is Lewis Hamilton even thinking??
It’s almost like his success has completely clouded his judgment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9wLmP-ruk

graniteharbor502 said:Who’s even mad at Lewis Hamilton??
As if his fame turned his brain to mush...

What’s actually news here?
Hamilton has always been this way—he makes massive mistakes, then tries to fix them by driving like a god in the next few races...
But we've known he cracks under pressure since his rookie year.

His main issue is that Nico Rosberg is a calm guy who doesn't fall for his little provocations and just diligently collects points instead of throwing tantrums every time Hamilton beats him.
And he definitely didn't cry about not being the designated number one driver...

Looking at the field, Alonso, Vettel, and maybe even Sergio Pérez seem like bigger threats to the title than Hamilton... Hamilton would probably just sabotage himself out of the championship race.
Though from what I can see, the others don't stand a chance because they aren't driving cars on the level of Germany, so this season belongs to Rosberg. I don't see anything stopping him from taking the title.🤷

If memory serves me correctly, the last time we saw Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen fighting from such a lowly position on the grid was during the Japanese Grand Prix 2005, and one has to wonder if history is simply destined to repeat itself, given how the final results ended up looking back then 😁

stormybadger8 said:And he certainly didn't whine about his team boss not treating him like the No. 2 driver he was.

That’s obviously a lie, but it's easy to forget... perhaps because Nico kept things low-key, and Ross was a capable enough boss to handle everything quickly and quietly?