Australian Grand Prix - March 16, 2008

darkmarlin16 said:Did David lose his grip after that collision with Mass?

Just as originally stated.☕

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Check out this exclusive shot of Hamilton cruising in a beat-up old Ford Pinto—which, let's be real, is basically what he'll be driving from 2009 onwards.

Patrick White63 said:🧐Just a quick reminder: Belgium, Spa, 1998, lap 24... things would have ended very differently if MSC had grabbed those 10 points there. The championship battle between Lux and Jpn would've looked totally different.😢🙂🙂

Goddam you David Coulthard🙂 🙂🙂

Karma always finds its way back.

By the way, this is my first post on the Formula 1 subforum, even though I've been reading you guys for years and following Formula 1 for decades myself.🤔

The day I lost all respect for Četvrtan😠

What a joke... absolute garbage. He spent ten years driving for top-tier teams with the best cars, yet the loser never managed to win anything.👎

darkmarlin16 said:An exclusive shot of Hamilton driving a beat-up old Chevy starting in 2009.

Ha-ha
Someone call 911, I can't breathe from laughing so hard.

Aside from being incredibly stupid, you've managed to post this twice now across two different threads.😂

Luhuhuhuzer🙂

David Smith4 said:And a question for all you experts out there... I can't quite recall, but I think... Did Sato pick up the Safety car during some race?

I remember Heidfeld practically taking the door off the SC.🤣

Bradley Nelson2 said:I distinctly recall Heidfeld practically ripping the door off the Safety car🤣

It’s pretty obvious you just don't have much love for the švabo🙂

Should I 🤷

Can someone please teach darkmarlin16 how to upload images? This is going from funny to just plain pathetic...

the real reason behind Raikkonen's absolute disaster of a performance in Australia

darkmarlin16 said:why Raikkonen totally sucked in Australia

Holy hell...
man, you are living in the freaking past, like several years behind the rest of us...😂

darkmarlin16 said:
the reason behind Raikkonen's rough performance in Australia

Are you thinking about some Kansas beer?😲😲😲

Mark Ruiz8 said:Man, you're totally overreacting here. Where did you even get this idea about Villeneuve? 🤣

Honestly, if someone spent their entire career driving a competitive car—even if it wasn't necessarily the absolute best one on the grid—they’d probably pull off better results than Schumacher. And yeah, he really held his own back in '97. In fact, he should've been the champ in '96 if Williams hadn't bumped Hill up to the number one driver spot during his rookie F1 season. Even when he was grinding it out in those mid-tier cars or struggling with the BAR Honda setups, he always squeezed every last drop out of the machine, consistently grabbing 3rd or 4th place despite having a pretty mediocre ride. I honestly don't get why more people didn't recognize what an incredible talent he was. For me, watching him drive in '96 and '97 was just pure magic. If he had landed a seat with a top-tier team instead of going to BAR, we'd still be talking about how legendary he was today.

cosmicmoose said:@ ovac: true, the numbers don't lie, but HOLD UP—back in those 2 or 3 years during the early 2000s when Ferrari was basically in a league of their own, Schumacher just absolutely crushed it. He stacked up those three titles and about 40 wins without even breaking a sweat because there was zero competition... I mean, the next fastest guys were trailing by a full second per lap. Nobody's seeing results like that anymore.
If you take those few dominant years out of the equation, his stats would look pretty mediocre, honestly.

Spot on. Most people just don't get that part... 🤷

silentorca492 said:It’s always such an easy excuse to just blame the car. People used to dog on Hill for having the best ride while being a "weak" driver. If we followed that logic, any random amateur could be a world champion if they just sat in a fast car. But let’s be real—Ferrari was a total mess before Schumacher showed up. He basically rebuilt Ferrari into the powerhouse it is today. The absolute legends are the ones who actually shape the cars into winners. Is there a single champion out there who didn't have the top car? Nope. Even Barrichello and Irvin had the exact same machinery and they were just fighting for scraps because, honestly, they weren't elite tier.

Actually, Alonso was a champ who didn't have the best car back in 2006. During the first half of the season, the cars were pretty much neck-and-neck, but then Schumacher got a significantly better machine in the second half and that's why he pulled away.
Man, it's like you've been living on Mars and just landed yesterday 🤣 Barrichello and Irvin wouldn't have even stood a chance at a win if the team and Schumacher hadn't paved the way for them. Everyone knows who the real #1 was and how the whole setup revolved around him. Wake up, man!! 😵

Edward Howard2 said:If a driver spent his entire career in a competitive car—even if it wasn't always the best on the grid—he would have yielded better results than Schumacher. He really held his own against him back in '97. Honestly, he should have been the champion in '96 if Williams Renault hadn't handed Hill the lead driver seat during his rookie F1 season. Even in those years at Benetton and BAR Honda where things were actually doable, he squeezed every bit of potential out of the cars, consistently grabbing 3rd or 4th place despite having subpar machinery. I don't understand why so few people recognized what an incredible talent he was; his driving in '96 and '97 was nothing short of impressive. If he had moved to a top-tier team instead of BAR, people would still be singing his praises today.

Are you drunk or on something? Light or heavy, it doesn't matter. I'll try to tolerate this absolute mountain of nonsense somehow.☕

Come on, just give it a few good hits👍

Jason Campbell70 said:Oh, come on, just go ahead and take a few hits👍

😵😵😵

Jason Campbell70 said:Look, if you’re currently wasted or high on anything—doesn't matter if it's just a few beers or something way heavier—I guess I'll find it in my heart to tolerate this absolute train wreck of a shopping spree.☕

Hey, I can't really be blamed for this! You were probably still in diapers back in '96 and '97, so you obviously missed out on witnessing those absolutely legendary driving performances firsthand. 🤷

Edward Howard2 said:I can't exactly be blamed for your lack of perspective. You were still in diapers back in '96 and '97, weren't you? How could you have possibly witnessed those legendary displays of driving talent? 🤷

🙂

Back in '96 and '97, we saw a driver performing absolute miracles behind the wheel of a car that was slow, unreliable, and frankly, a disaster. How does anyone manage to pull that off?
That driver was Michael Schumacher.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏