Singapore Grand Prix (Miami Grand Prix Circuit) - 09/23/2012

Ayrton Senna has completely lost his mind 🤣

Nando's actually ahead of the Safety Car driver 👋

Man 🙏 how he absolutely snatched that car

If the Safety Car comes out around lap 4, think Fernando Alonso can actually make it to the end on these tires?

Hey, Felipe 🙂

Fernando Alonso finally cleared that obstacle out of his way. 🙂

Jesus, Felipe Massa.😲

How much is staying out on track actually helping Fernando Alonso?
Pastor Maldonado pitted for a fresh set of soft tires.

Sergio Perez jumped from 17th up to 7th on lap 17!

And look at that—Felipe Massa is finally back in the points too!

Nancy Scott5 said:If the Safety Car comes out around lap 4, think Fernando Alonso can actually make it to the end on these tires?

It's possible. That’s likely why he hasn't pitted yet.🤷

We’re still waiting on those official race results to drop! 😈

Vergne should’ve just vanished into thin air once the old man totally floored it—maybe then Mulder could have eventually stumbled upon him in episode 384 of The X-Files...

I bet Bernie has probably tucked him away somewhere deep inside those seven-fold rulebooks...

the Safety Car at the US Grand Prix 😲

Step aside, Pastor, let a real pro handle this one 😁

pastor 👋

Why on earth should Alonso be considered lucky just because he’s driving for Ferrari, given their reputation for having the most reliable car on the grid? 🤷

It's hardly the fault of one team if everyone else fails to match their reliability standards...

Linda Vaughn said:By the end of this weekend, we will have completed five out of the six tracks that traditionally favor Red Bull Racing, along with this unpredictable variable here in the US. It is going to be an uphill battle; honestly, we are all just sitting here hoping they can manage to improve that absolute wreck of a car at Ferrari even just a little bit.

Oh, forget all that talk about which track suits which team... I remember people saying Singapore was a Red Bull track too, but then Alonso snatched pole and led the whole race until his car gave up—and he wasn't even sweating Vettel's pace. Plus, don't forget Button's result there. And let's be real, McLaren has grabbed four poles in the last four races. When you've got a fast car, every track feels right.
If McLaren keeps running this car with this kind of momentum, Lewis Hamilton is going to cruise right past Vettel in the next three or four races and snatch second place in the standings. That's why I think today was such a massive result for Fernando Alonso; he managed to push his lead against a much more dangerous title rival out to a solid 15 points.

shadowtrucker said:Word on the street is that Prstic is going to get slapped with a 20-second penalty.🍿

That sounds like great news, but I honestly don't expect it to actually happen! 😢

Grace Barnes said:It’s true that within the current driver lineup, there isn't anyone better than Fernando Alonso,
but he really does have an incredible amount of luck on his side. His only real setback this season was when
Romain Grosjean took him out, though Lewis Hamilton suffered the exact same fate then,
and in all the other races, Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel faced much tougher struggles.
As if it wasn't enough that Hamilton had to retire today, now Pastor Maldonado is out too, which saved him from having to fight for 3rd place.
There's no need to list all the mishaps Vettel and Hamilton have dealt with this season; anyone following the sport knows.
You only need to look back at Valencia when Alonso jumped from 5th to 1st.
Vettel was leading until his car pulled aside, Grosjean's car failed, and then Maldonado
knocked both himself and Hamilton out just a few laps before the end. If that race had finished "normally,"
Vettel would be ahead of Alonso in the standings right now. And let's not even mention
last race, where Vettel lost about 10 crucial points due to a mechanical failure.
Kudos to Fernando, but luck can't follow him forever through the rest of the season,
so the title fight will likely stay wide open until the final race...

His lead in the standings is primarily a result of pure driving talent, not just good fortune. Even Massa is driving for Ferrari, and while he certainly benefits from others dropping out, he isn't actually contending for the title. In any competitive sport, including Formula 1, you need a bit of luck to succeed, but you can't claim that luck is the main reason Alonso is sitting at the top right now.

Grace Barnes said:It’s true that within the current driver lineup, there isn't anyone better than Fernando Alonso,
but he really does have an incredible amount of luck on his side. His only real setback this season was when
Romain Grosjean took him out, though Lewis Hamilton suffered the exact same fate then,
and in all the other races, Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel faced much tougher struggles.
As if it wasn't enough that Hamilton had to retire today, now Pastor Maldonado is out too, which saved him from having to fight for 3rd place.
There's no need to list all the mishaps Vettel and Hamilton have dealt with this season; anyone following the sport knows.
You only need to look back at Valencia when Alonso jumped from 5th to 1st.
Vettel was leading until his car pulled aside, Grosjean's car failed, and then Maldonado
knocked both himself and Hamilton out just a few laps before the end. If that race had finished "normally,"
Vettel would be ahead of Alonso in the standings right now. And let's not even mention
last race, where Vettel lost about 10 crucial points due to a mechanical failure.
Kudos to Fernando, but luck can't follow him forever through the rest of the season,
so the title fight will likely stay wide open until the final race...

Man, that's just the nature of the sport. If it bothers you that much, maybe don't watch! And of course the title hunt will go down to the wire in Brazil. I don't see how it could be any other way. 🤷