F1 Belgian GP - Spa-Francorchamps

Edward Howard2 said:The stewards are looking into it 🙄
which means Lewis Hamilton will likely grab the win 😂😂😂

Wait, where did it say they were investigating? I haven't caught any of the post-race coverage yet.

Matthew Foster46 said:Kimi Räikkönen is out! Can you believe it? It's just impossible to beat Lewis Hamilton if you're stuck with average drivers behind him. You really need someone like Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, or maybe even Robert Kubica to make that happen. Honestly, kudos to LH; I had a feeling he’d find a way to push Kimi Räikkönen aside once the rain started falling. At least Felipe Massa managed to hang in there. And Nick Heidfeld? He absolutely mastered those wet conditions and sliced through the field to grab third. That was such a brilliant drive from Sébastien Bourdais too, which pretty much secures his seat for the 2009 season.🙂

Yeah, we saw that exact same thing happening last year, didn't we? 😂

He handled him perfectly, so it looks like he's just reclaimed the position he lost right before the rain kicked in.🙏

Edward Howard2 said:look at this garbage...
kimi pushed him 😲😲

that's exactly why he's under investigation

SEE, WHAT DIDN'T I TELL YOU GUYS!! JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE!! heheheheheheheeh 😁😁😁

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! To anyone who still needs to prove they belong in the big leagues, someone needs to give them a serious reality check!! 😁😁

If I handled my job with the same level of sloppiness and sheer incompetence shown by Blazic and Novak during their race coverage, I would have been fired on the spot!

It’s honestly nauseating🤮 to listen to Blazic’s constant bias toward the British drivers, not to mention his obsession with the Finns...

You can really only find commentary this poorly executed on public networks like PBS.

I think it’s safe to say I am DONE. I will never, ever watch a broadcast on those channels again. I'm tired of hearing nonsensical commentary like "Coulthard is overtaking Coulthard by a full lap," or listening to them scream hysterically just because Lewis Hamilton takes a win...

The commentators are completely unqualified, unprofessional, unprepared, and just plain terrible at calling F1 races.

Lewis Hamilton is definitely riding an incredible wave of luck lately.🤮

Thomas Morales13 said:Wait, where did it say they were investigating? I haven't caught any of the post-race coverage yet.

The official broadcast on TV actually stated they're looking into the incident involving No1 and Car No22.

Samuel Baker3 said:I remember reading somewhere once that Massa was the heir to Ayrton Senna and I just laughed my head off. Now? Today actually made me want to cry. Before the rain hit, he was only about three seconds behind Lewis Hamilton, then suddenly he’s finished 20th—even though that old guy was basically driving like he was heading to retirement

Kimi Räikkönen 🙏🙏

It’s pure luck, honestly. Even Ayrton Senna couldn't have fixed this one. If any of those three had taken the win, people would just call it a fluke. Let's be real: Massa didn't even spin once today, while those other two were all over the track...

And I gotta wonder, did Massa just let up at the end because he saw how much he stood to lose versus what he could actually gain? Like, what's the point?

You really have to ask yourself if it's worth dropping 8 points just to chase 2 points against Lewis Hamilton, especially since Kimi Räikkönen is falling out of the title hunt anyway.

In my estimation, that absolute clown... Lewis Hamilton didn't deserve this win; he would have been overtaken long ago if he had any real grit. Kimi Räikkönen is a true all-time great, whereas Hamilton simply can't hold his own against him when I watch how he handles those corners... honestly, if things were different, he wouldn't even be in the running once you let someone actually drive past him

Kimi, hats off to you, because you're the one who truly won today🙂

Honestly, I don't think people get it. It's not that I'm saying Lewis Hamilton isn't a talented driver—he clearly is—but let's be real: we haven't seen a truly "pure" driver since Ayrton Senna. Schumacher was a menace, Fernando Alonso is a total brat, and Lewis Hamilton can be just as difficult.
Kimi Räikkönen is the only one who feels genuine to me, if we're talking about the absolute elite.

Most of the time, I pick my favorites based on the substance of their character rather than just raw lap times. I think a lot of the younger crowd on these forums misses that point entirely. Nowadays, it seems like everyone just celebrates selfishness, ruthlessness, and hypocrisy.

Roger Williams3 said:that's exactly why they're under investigation

Both No1 and Car No22 are under investigation. Which one is Lewis Hamilton?

Edward Howard2 said:if the stewards dig in 🙄
Lewis Hamilton might end up with the win 😂😂😂

Honestly? I wouldn't even be mad if that happened...
because that move was just dirty, and you gotta penalize stuff like that. But first things first, they actually need to read the rulebook
🤷

Ryan Hayes82 said:Lewis Hamilton is honestly such a joke👎 he only let Kimi Räikkönen through just enough to get him out of the way.

I’m with you. That so-called "yielding" on the straight was total nonsense... Honestly, he probably even gained an advantage compared to where things stood before the corner cutting... I really wonder what would've happened if Kimi hadn't overtaken him right there. 🤔
Would Hamilton have been handed a pit stop penalty? (Assuming, of course, Kimi didn't spin off on the straight before turn 12 🤣)

rapidbison42 said:Under investigation, we have No1 and Car No22. Which one is Hamilton?

It's #22.

Steven Anderson17 said:If I did my job as sloppily, poorly, and DISGUSTINGLY as Blazic and Novak cover these races—especially Blazic—I’d be fired on the spot!!!!!!!

Honestly, it makes me sick🤮 how much Blazic obsesses over anything British, or even those Finns...

The kind of bottom-tier race commentary you hear is basically something you'd only find on local public access TV in some small town.

I honestly think I’m done. NEVER, and I mean NEVER again am I tuning into an ESPN broadcast because I can't deal with their commentary—stuff like "Coulthard is lapping Coulthard" or all that mindless screaming and shouting whenever Lewis Hamilton wins.....

They are completely incompetent, unprofessional, unprepared, and just plain terrible F1 commentators.

Lewis Hamilton definitely has incredible luck on his side.🤮

brava !!!
Can we start a petition to get these idiots off the air?😠

Kimi Räikkönen 😢 But honestly, who cares? Last season looked even more like a total disaster, so we just gotta keep moving 😉

Lewis Hamilton 👎:asshole: He’s a solid driver, sure, but he really blew it. There was absolutely no way he should’ve blocked Kimi Räikkönen like that; if he had actually nailed that turn properly, he would've been left in the dust.

Anthony Nelson12 said:Man, people just don't get it. It's not even about saying Lewis Hamilton isn't a great driver—he is. But honestly, ever since Ayrton Senna, we haven't seen a "normal" driver. You had Michael Schumacher being a total jerk, Alonso was a little menace, and Hamilton? He’s just a straight-up rogue.
The only one who feels fair to me—talking about those absolute legends, obviously—is Kimi Räikkönen.

Most of the time, I pick my favorites based on that kind of thing, you know? Like, the whole package of who they are as a person, not just how fast they can push a car. Most of the younger kids on these forums don't grasp that because nowadays, everyone seems to worship selfishness, ruthlessness, and hypocrisy.

Wait, so you think Senna was "normal"???
I mean, weren't the battles involving Senna some of the nastiest out there? But you have to distinguish between having a massive hunger to win and just how far you're willing to go to get it...

I know what I wrote sounds a bit half-baked, but hey, it gives us a chance to see that most of the greatest drivers in history were actually just arrogant bastards....

Yeah, you've got Senna, Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton.... 🙏

STR😢 is such a waste. If they’d put Sebastian Vettel on Intermediates, he definitely would've taken the win😢. Honestly, even like this, they were looking at a 3rd and 4th place finish😢. They could have even jumped RB in the standings😢. But hey, even with this haul of points, it makes me think they should just declare STR the top team👍 with their superior drivers, and leave RB as the second best😢 squad
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Angela Brooks51 said:Hell yeah!!!
Can we just start a petition to get rid of all the idiots already? Seriously.😠

Oh man, please, stop talking nonsense. Seriously. They aren't exactly some kind of geniuses or anything, but look, I've seen way worse...

Look, I get it, I really do. I want things to be perfect too, but honestly? These guys are sitting in a studio surrounded by mountains of paperwork and enough monitors to run NASA just so they can feed us every single scrap of data we need for the race. They're working their tails off to break it down for us, and here we are, just chilling on the couch, basically cooling our heels, and then getting all worked up because someone tripped over a single wrong stat. It's kind of ridiculous when you think about it.

Just sitting here, thinking about what we were all talking about...

I’d much rather listen to this than that total bore sitting there with Bernie and Slavica. 🙄
That had absolutely zero to do with Formula 1, honestly. At least these guys seem like they're actually putting in some damn effort.

rapidbison42 said:Both No1 and Car No22 are under the lights. Which one is Lewis Hamilton?

Kimi Räikkönen 1
Lewis Hamilton 22

rustystag7 said:Oh, please, stop talking nonsense—they aren't some geniuses, but I've seen much worse than this...

Look, it’s not like I don't want things to be perfect, but these people are broadcasting from a studio surrounded by mountains of paperwork and monitors just so they can feed us as much race data as possible—meanwhile, we're just sitting here relaxing, and then we lose our minds because someone slipped up on a single stat...

I mean, seriously, what are we even talking about here?

I'd much rather listen to them than some mute commentator stuck with Bernie and some random socialite🙄
That old broadcast had absolutely nothing to do with Formula 1; at least these guys are actually trying to do their damn jobs.

Okay, fine, mistakes happen, but does there really need to be that much screaming?!
I nearly had a heart attack myself!!!

rustystag7 said:Come on, stop talking nonsense. They aren't geniuses, sure, but we've seen much worse...

They’re legends for a reason. Robert Kubica got stuck in the pits for 12 seconds while they were messing around, then they spent two minutes looking completely lost right after he exited.😛