2014 Belgian GP (Spa-Francorchamps) - August 24th

The penalty on Fernando Alonso was way too light. As for Kevin Magnussen... yeah, that was just a total lapse in judgment on his part.

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Good grief, who am I even talking to? 🤦

Ricciardo is cruising toward his third win of the season, yet this guy still won't stop acting like he knows best.

Jason Campbell70 said:Honestly, I don't even know who I'm arguing with anymore. 🤦

Ricciardo is cruising toward his third win of the season, yet this guy is still stuck in his own world.

What does an idiot Italian wreck have to do with the Vettel-Ricciardo debate?

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Michael Diaz4 said:Honestly, it's his own fault for being exposed, especially since everyone keeps overhyping Zalons... The truth is he just proved how mediocre he actually is. All that frantic waving and begging for the guy ahead to move because it feels like he's gaining a whole lap on him just shows how consistently bad he can be...

Why don't you just copy and paste this five times instead?
Maybe then someone will finally take you seriously.😂😂

Why is everyone getting so worked up over this topic?

Finally, things have settled down for Kimi after everything—the car is dialed in, the timing is right, and it’s all coming together.

As for Ricciardo, what can you even say about him? He’s an absolute class act behind the wheel and just a genuinely great guy. ☕

stormybadger8 said:Things are getting messy now 🤣

Man, look at the face on Rosberg 🙏🤣
Hamilton is probably about to lose it after being told he was targeted—which, honestly, is fair play considering what went down back in Canada 😁

I’m genuinely curious which one of those three Mercedes-Benz bosses—who can't even agree on who's actually in charge—made this call 😍

I bet a Brawn is just sitting back watching this whole mess unfold, thinking, "See? This is what happens when you don't have one real leader running the show" 😍

Wait, what exactly did Hamilton do in Canada???
Didn't he slow down by three seconds a lap just to let Rosberg catch up?

this fake German Rosberg is getting even more obnoxious than Vettel

Ricciardo was brilliant out there. 🙏
A total disaster for Mercedes.
Honestly, I think Lewis is just as much to blame for the incident. He refused to give an inch when he absolutely could have.
On top of that, once he had the puncture, he should've eased off toward the pits instead of tearing up the track until the tire completely disintegrated. You can really see his lack of consideration for everyone else.

Kimi 🙏 🙏 🙏 Finally!
He took 4th place in a car that was arguably only the fourth fastest on the grid today. Respect.
The guys who actually managed to stay behind him—despite having much faster cars—were Hamilton, Vettel, and Massa.

Alonso was fine, basically. Given the mess he had to deal with at the end, 7th is a solid result.

stormybadger8 said:The folks over at Williams figured out that Massa picked up chunks of Hamilton's tires, which explains why he was dragging his feet so badly in S2...
And since Vettel finished right behind Hamilton, I wouldn't be surprised if his car was littered with tire debris too (especially given how inexplicably slow S2 was), and honestly, Alonso probably scooped some up as well since he was tucked right behind Vettel at the time...

All in all, the FIA absolutely botched everything today.

First off, Alonso should’ve been DQ'd right before the start or slapped with a heavy penalty, even though he isn't even remotely to blame here,
but the driver and the crew win together and lose together, so if the crew screws up this catastrophically, the driver unfortunately has to pay the price.

Second, they really should have thrown an SC out there considering the amount of rubber and pieces of Rosberg's wing scattered all over the track...

Third, there's no way Magnussen deserved a 20-second penalty when Alonso, or rather Ferrari, only got 5 seconds for that total mess 🙄
That last part might actually be the worst of the whole bunch, if you ask me.🙂

And Ricciardo basically flew past that part in a helicopter😂😂

Jason Campbell70 said:There you go again with those flawed comparisons. 🙂

Senna lost his life during the third race of the season, and he didn't even finish either of the two races prior to that.

That's a far cry from Ricciardo and the scam.
They both tend to finish races together, and today was just the latest example.

Neither of them had any technical issues, and Ricciardo neatly slapped that four-time scam right in the face.
Just like he's been slapping him all season long.

And nobody cares about excuses.

Except maybe Vettel fans.
And the fans of that Finnish scam.
They sure are loud when it comes to that ALO/RAI topic. 🙂

Come on, don't try to back out now...

Race Rating: 8/10
Ricciardo 🙏
Bottas 🙏
Kimi 🙏

Following Hamilton's aggressive defensive moves back in Bahrain and Canada, it seems Rosberg decided he simply wasn't going to be pushed around in this duel on the track. Was his execution a bit clumsy? Perhaps, quite honestly, but was it effective? Certainly, because Hamilton definitely received the message loud and clear.

graniteharbor502 said:Race rating: 8/10
Ricciardo 🙏
Bottas 🙏
Kimi 🙏

After Hamilton's aggressive defensive moves back in Bahrain and Canada, Rosberg decided he wasn't going to back down in this wheel-to-wheel battle. He pulled it off a bit clumsily, honestly, but Hamilton definitely got the message.

Basically, don't mess with your teammate and assume everything revolves around you... Exactly...

And I suppose I shouldn't let it slip my mind—that utterly nonsensical penalty handed to Alonso, though perhaps even more absurd was the one given to Magnussen.

graniteharbor502 said:And let's not forget those ridiculous penalties for Alonso and Magnussen. They were just absurd.

Look, Alonso earned his penalty, but Magnussen didn't. He was just defending his line once—he’s done that every single time. It's a different story with Zalons. They seem to turn a blind eye to him, and then he uses every trick in the book to squeeze ahead where there's no room. He knows exactly how to force his way through, knowing he can just claim he was pushed off the track. Honestly? He needs harsher penalties. Think of it like soccer; if you dive to fake an injury, you get a yellow card. For someone like him, they should start stacking up these manufactured infractions until they hand him a red card—or better yet, a black flag—and kick him out of the race entirely.

stormybadger8 said:First off, Alonso should have been handed a DQ right before the start or slapped with some heavy penalty, even if he isn't the one at fault here.

Michael Diaz4 said:Alonso deserved the penalty, but Magnussen didn't... He was just defending his line once; that's how it always goes. Then there's the issue of how they turn a blind eye to Zalons, and who knows what else, while he uses every trick to overtake where there's no room, knowing full well he'll run wide and then claim he was forced out... He needs a tougher penalty. It should be like soccer, where you get a yellow card for diving. They ought to stack up these fake infractions against him and give him a red card—a black flag—and kick him out of the race entirely.

Bias speaks for itself.

Michael Diaz4 said:I really can't see it any other way than saying Alonso deserved his penalty, whereas Magnussen certainly did not... He was merely defending his line once, which is exactly what he does every single time. It is quite another matter how they seem to look the other way when it comes to Zalons, and who knows what else, and then he uses every possible trick to overtake in places where passing is impossible, knowing full well he will just force his way off the track and then act as if he were the one being forced out... Shouldn't there be a stricter penalty applied to him, perhaps something akin to how a yellow card is issued in professional football for simulation? In my view, they ought to accumulate all these manufactured infractions against him and eventually issue a red card—or rather, show the black flag and eject him from the race entirely...

I find myself unable to agree with that assessment. I am of the opinion that, in this specific instance, a mere warning would have sufficed.

graniteharbor502 said:I have to disagree. In my view, a simple warning would have been plenty in this situation.

A warning to whom...?

Michael Diaz4 said:A warning to whom, exactly...?

To Alonso.

graniteharbor502 said:Alonso.

For what?

Are you talking about that moment during the warm-up lap when he didn't get moving on time?

graniteharbor502 said:Alonso.

Forget the warning. If he manages to pull strings to get someone better than him penalized—someone he can't even outpace on track—just to secure a better finishing position for himself, then he’s the one who deserves a much harsher penalty.