2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

Just saw this on the FOX news broadcast.

Headline: "A New Formula 1 Season Begins"
And right underneath? "Schumacher 7."

😉

Jason Campbell70 said:Look, you can love him or you can hate him, but just deal with the fact that he really is the GOAT. 🙏

Yeah... maybe after Ayrton Senna.

Jason Campbell70 said:Just saw this on the FOX news broadcast.

Headline: "New F1 season kicks off"
with "Schumacher 7th" right underneath it.

😉

ugh ☕

There is clearly some intense hostility and pure intolerance toward Schumi being directed here...☕

dustyskipper77 said:There's clearly some massive grudge being held against Schumi here. ☕

Please... it's not a grudge, it's just trolling.

mistybear87 said:unfortunately, they changed that because the slower drivers were being put in danger—and let’s be honest, Formula 1 would just turn into absolute chaos if they didn't, lol

If memory serves, the last time we saw a start like that was at Le Mans back in 1969. There's actually a clip where you can see Ickx casually strolling toward his car while everyone else is sprinting, and he ended up winning by about a second or so. It's quite a sight to watch him just calmly walking up to the cockpit.
On a separate note, that suggestion regarding limiting pit crews to just two mechanics is actually quite sound. I have toyed with similar ideas myself; it would significantly diminish the strategic advantage gained from frequent pit stops and limit the ability to over-engineer tactics. It should remain an exception reserved strictly for safety emergencies, or perhaps once per race at most.

Quote: The Best F1 driver

briskhound76 said:For crying out loud!🤣😂

Like I said, "allegedly." This whole thing was basically lifted straight from an auto racing site anyway, so it's not like it's some groundbreaking scoop from Yahoo.🤣

stormybadger8 said:As I mentioned earlier, I said "allegedly" for a reason. The whole thing was actually lifted from Autosport, so it isn't really an original piece from Yahoo anyway.🤣

Isn't that just pure nonsense? Think about it logically. By the time they lift the car up, unscrew the wheel nuts, swap out the old rubber for the new set, tighten everything back down, and drop the car, it’s physically impossible to shave off more than two seconds. Even if they optimize the entry and exit from the pit lane, we might see a marginal improvement of maybe two seconds compared to previous seasons at most. Can we really expect much more than that?
🤷

Michael Lee4 said:Sure, why not 👍

It’s all just a circus, especially with how mechanics have to stand on one leg now.
If they touch the ground with the other foot, it's a ten-second penalty... ☕

I love Formula 1, but these constant rule changes are starting to get on my nerves.

Screw any sport where you have to overhaul half the rulebook every single season just to stop someone from being too dominant for more than a year.

dustyskipper77 said:It’s pretty obvious there’s just a massive wave of pure hostility and sheer intolerance toward Schumi running through this place right now. ☕

Look, let's be real—we all have a soft spot for the GOAT. 😍

stormybadger8 said:Red Bull is absolutely the class of the field right now; there’s just no debating it anymore 🙂

Red Bull takes 1st and 6th.
Ferrari grabs 2nd and 3rd.

Just use your head.☕

Arthur Roberts12 said:Red Bull took 1st and 6th.
Ferrari grabbed 2nd and 3rd.

Enough logic for one day.☕

Standings after Lap 1😬

1 Sebastian Vettel
2 Mark Webber
3 Lewis Hamilton
4 Felipe Massa
5 Fernando Alonso

Standings after Lap 1

1 Sebastian Vettel
2 Mark Webber
3 Lewis Hamilton
4 Nico Rosberg
5 Robert Kubica
6 Felipe Massa
7 Massa 7 Button

Post-Las Vegas Grand Prix: a new spying scandal and chaos at Ferrari.😬

by vidovit TBF 🤣

ironbison19 said:Greetings to all the F1 fans out there. Thanks for the livestream link (I really should stop watching so much skiing instead...).
Congrats to Sebastian Vettel.👍 Massa taking second place is interesting; I imagine things might get a little heated at the starting line tomorrow. It feels like spring has finally arrived now that the Grand Prix season is kicking off.😍
Schumacher finishing seventh—well, happy numbers to him.😁 I suppose this might be a pretty good season.

I would like to join in the greetings. I also believe this could be one of the better seasons in recent memory, though I doubt I will be able to keep up with all these strong new teams and drivers before we reach Monaco.

It was an impressive start. Sebastian Vettel seems to be signaling that he is done playing around and is ready to win again. Ferrari suggests they have moved past the slump following Schumacher's departure; the new lineup and everything surrounding the Prancing Horse seems to point toward a return to glory. As for McLaren, I suspect even their chassis innovations won't prevent them from having another mediocre season. And Schumacher... well, I wish all the best to those who are retiring. 😬

I think it will be a wonderful season, filled with plenty of upbeat music once the races conclude. 🙂

I am looking forward to the discussions, the passion, the arguments—even the bans on the F1 PDF forum!

Let the race begin! 👍

Final race standings

1. Fernando Alonso
2. Felipe Massa
3. Sebastian Vettel

The rest doesn't really matter much in the grand scheme of things

Jaime Alguersuari’s Drift School🙏

Standings after Turn 1:

1. Robert Kubica
2. Kamui Kobayashi
3. Fernando Alonso

(when everyone else is talking nonsense, I might as well join in 😁)

🤣

Looks like Liuzzi managed to grab the lead right after the first turn. 🙂

Felipe Massa swapped out his engine

As for how things shook out after that first corner

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Felipe Massa

Vitaly Petrov finished second.

Peter Adams6 said:Vitaly Petrov took second.

Exactly which side of the establishment🤷🤣are you even talking about?🤣🤣🙄😁