2009 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne (Central Park)

cosmicridge5 said:That's possible... but I was always taught that just because everyone else is worse than you, it doesn't mean you're actually good. 🤷 😁

Whatever, I'm just frustrated because of my own idiots, so I'm venting. 🙈 😁

It’s the same thing, really; if my life is a total wreck, that doesn't mean I should start measuring my success by how much worse things look for someone else.😁 😉

Maria Nelson2 said:It’s the same thing, really; if my life is a total wreck, that doesn't mean I should start measuring my success by how much worse things look for someone else.😁 😉

Sure... but it’s still kind of nice when 😁😁😁

cosmicridge5 said:Sure... but it’s still kind of nice when 😁😁😁

Depends on which one you're talking about...🤣🤣🤣

All things considered, 🙏 is enough to keep anyone entertained

John Bennett4 said:Well, nobody really cares about your sofa,

come on, give us some actual commentary on the race! Since you’re such a die-hard supporter of that completely obscure little team, you’re probably the only one capable of providing an objective breakdown of today's drivers. 👍

lol

Button definitely earned that win.
Barrichello had more luck than sense there; he'll surely be more careful at the start next time.
Hamilton was lucky, certainly, but you have to hand it to him for dodging all those incidents.
Trulli and Glock 🙏. All those mishaps seemed to work in their favor, yet they still struggled. A shame about the penalty.
Alonso relied more on luck than logic, though he used the Hybrid System quite cleverly to keep the others at bay.
Rosberg is just damn fast, but incredibly foolish and unlucky. 🙄
Buemi and Bourdais 🙏
Sutil, Heidfeld, Fisichella, and Webber were nothing special—just driving their lines, more or less successful.
Vettel and Kubica drove brilliantly until that "incident"; honestly, just two fools colliding. 🙄
I won't even go there with Raikkonen and Massa; everything that could have gone wrong did, but you can clearly see the raw pace is there.
What on earth happened with Kovalainen? I seem to have lost track. 😬
Piquet 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Nakajima *look at Rosberg, but ignore the "fast" part*

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...-grid-penalty/

This penalty is pure stupidity. 🙄 I mean, fine, give Red Bull a penalty for driving on three wheels, but handing out penalties for racing incidents? That’s just idiotic. 🙄

Technically, Vettel bears a bit more blame than Kubica, but you can't honestly say he's the sole reason for the mess. If this is how they want to play it, why wasn't Barrichello penalized? He slammed into Kimi, knocked Alonso onto the grass via Heidfeld, and basically turned the start into a demolition derby because he was caught napping. 🙄

If my memory serves, he took out Kovalainen too. At the end of the day, Brawn is built like a tank, 😲 and even Coulthard rarely smashed into people like that on track.

The FIA 👎👎👎

Trulli gets slapped with a penalty!!!!!!!! A 25-second hit means Hamilton takes third, while Trulli drops to 12th...

TRULLI PENALIZED, HAMILTON CLIMBS TO THIRD

Lewis Hamilton managed to snag third place after Jarno Trulli was handed a penalty for overtaking behind the safety car.

While following the safety car, Trulli momentarily lost control of his car, which forced Hamilton to pull ahead. Once he regained control, Trulli swung back around the current world champion to reclaim his original spot on track.

By doing that, the Toyota driver broke the rule prohibiting overtaking during a safety car period, resulting in a 25-second time penalty that effectively wiped him right out of the points...

The Toyota team has already indicated they’ll be filing an official appeal against the stewards' decision.

stormybadger8 said:http://formula-one.speedtv.com/artic...-grid-penalty/

This penalty is pure stupidity. 🙄 I mean, fine, give Red Bull a penalty for driving on three wheels, but handing out penalties for racing incidents? That’s just idiotic. 🙄

Technically, Vettel bears a bit more blame than Kubica, but you can't honestly say he's the sole reason for the mess. If this is how they want to play it, why wasn't Barrichello penalized? He slammed into Kimi, knocked Alonso onto the grass via Heidfeld, and basically turned the start into a demolition derby because he was caught napping. 🙄

If my memory serves, he took out Kovalainen too. At the end of the day, Brawn is built like a tank, 😲 and even Coulthard rarely smashed into people like that on track.

The FIA 👎👎👎

I mean, fundamentally, he got hit because he crawled back onto the track in a car that was falling apart, but they definitely went a bit overboard with the punishment here......they really did.

Maria Nelson2 said:I mean, fundamentally, he got hit because he crawled back onto the track in a car that was falling apart, but they definitely went a bit overboard with the punishment here......they really did.

No, it’s not. According to this, the crew got hit for one thing, while Vettel got penalized for an on-track incident. 👎 This makes zero sense.😢

stormybadger8 said:I’m with you. I’m not saying he isn't at fault, but Kubica shares the blame too. Why dive in like that when you've got a significantly faster car? It's not like he thought the guy would just magically vanish. Of course he was going to fight for the spot. They're both on the hook for this one.

Lol, Kubica isn't even slightly to blame... you're just judging him because you're trying to make excuses for that paid actor Vettel... you'd think he learned his lesson after that messy collision with Webber under the SC, but nope—he's still got more tricks up his sleeve.

Besides... Kubica had to make that pass early if he wanted any chance of catching Button... it wasn't just about getting ahead of Vettel. And what else was he supposed to do? Just sit there for a few more laps waiting for someone else to wreck so he could limp home in 3rd under the SC?

Come on, don't be silly—just admit it when your favorite driver pulls one of the biggest blunders in F1 history.

stormybadger8 said:No, it’s not. According to this, the crew got hit for one thing, while Vettel got penalized for an on-track incident. 👎 This makes zero sense.😢

It’s not even about Vettel having to cough up fifty grand; it's more about the fact that his team basically ordered him to limp back to the pits on three wheels instead of just pulling off onto the grass like any sane person would. I remember seeing something similar back in the day during a rainy race in Seattle, where a driver was forced to grind through a broken car just to satisfy some corporate metric, and honestly, watching someone struggle through that kind of nonsense just feels exhausting.

The FIA is just making decisions for the sake of it at this point...

Morgan Murphy7 said:So, does that mean Alonso comes in fifth? 😁

Man, we really have some serious momentum here. It’s impressive how much ground we're gaining after a race like that. 👋

Man, Hamilton just pulled it off again—even with a much slower car this time around! 😉

Vettel’s at fault, but so is Kubica; they could've just played fair and split the win 🙂

Trulli messed up too, but honestly, he had a point—he was chasing prestige, though maybe not really, since he couldn't just let Hamilton sit there waiting for things to settle down 🙄
Damn, forget about getting onto that veteran podium 🙄

Mad respect to Button and Barrichello 🙏 I still remember back when Barrichello was pulling shifts for Ferrari alongside Schumacher while Button was still with Williams 😍

The FIA is honestly a joke
I’ve been sitting here thinking about it, and I really feel like the only way out of this mess is if Bernie and Max just take over the whole show... it sounds radical, I know, and part of me feels bad saying it, but it might be the only real solution left on the table... maybe instead of Max, they should just bring Jean Todt in to run things at the top

cosmicridge5 said:Honestly, I think they're both at fault here... though I still have a ton of respect for both Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica as drivers, so I guess I'll let them off the hook this time 🤷 The Sun is the real culprit 😬

I'm pretty annoyed with Kimi Räikkönen though 🙂 If he starts complaining again, I'm going to lose it because this isn't working 😳

Nando is driving a total junker again, so 😢

Kimi’s probably just gonna wait until halfway through the season to actually start driving, as per usual. 😁

Vettel is basically the new Kimi. 😍 🎉

Hey, does anyone know where I can find a replay of the race??

did you ever stop to realize that Brawn actually managed to snag more points in just one race—we're talking 18 here—than they hauled in during the entire previous season combined... which was only 14... and Jenson is right there with them too

Gary Palmer8 said:Lol, Kubica isn't even slightly to blame... you're just judging him because you're trying to make excuses for that paid actor Vettel... you'd think he learned his lesson after that messy collision with Webber under the SC, but nope—he's still got more tricks up his sleeve.

Besides... Kubica had to make that pass early if he wanted any chance of catching Button... it wasn't just about getting ahead of Vettel. And what else was he supposed to do? Just sit there for a few more laps waiting for someone else to wreck so he could limp home in 3rd under the SC?

Come on, don't be silly—just admit it when your favorite driver pulls one of the biggest blunders in F1 history.

Haha, that's exactly why Kubica keeps insisting it's all Vettel's fault.🙄

Everyone knows he’s at fault, just like Sebastian Vettel. If he hadn't lashed out, people would be tearing him to shreds right now. Honestly, calling this one of the biggest blunders in F1 history is something only someone who’s actually watched a season or two would say.🙄

Giving Vettel a 10-place grid penalty is just way too harsh... I mean, fine, $50,000 is whatever... but the FIA is probably gonna screw this up again. Just more typical championship drama, I guess.

Sophia Jones61 said:Kimi’s probably just gonna wait until halfway through the season to actually start driving, as per usual. 😁

Vettel is basically the new Kimi. 😍 🎉

I guess so.😢