JustBud wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:29 am The second life saver of the weekend for the halo on the first lap......wow, that was a bad wreck.Yeah, I wasn't able to watch live. Another vote for the halo. So many times we have seen that prevent a serious incident. Every time I see that device in action it makes me think of Libeler's wreck at the SCCA runoffs in 1989. I was 8 years old when I saw that live at Road Atlanta just past the bridge. I was on the hill with my dad on the outside of the track. I think this was pre-kink before the bridge. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.html
David993S wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:16 pm Missed qualifying. Replacing the battery in the Ferrari. Fortunately, eligible for a free replacement. 40 minutes to remove, 1.5 hrs to reinstall. What a PITA,Ferrari is pitiful at this point. I'd have no faith in those machines making it to the end of any race. What a disaster they've become. Char was lucky to finish first.
Hope it's not an omen for Ferrari tomorrow.
David993S wrote: ↑Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:51 am Ferrari needs to make some changes. Not sure with whom, but they screw up pit/tire strategy far too often and it's costing them a championship. Not sure if Binotto needs to go or perhaps hire away some key strategists from Mercedes. Hell, even Hass strategists make better decisions than Ferrari. As a Ferrari fan it's tough to watch.Just a small correction but Ferrari should have been the two on the podium....Max earned his spot for sure.....still like seeing GR outdrive the Ham Sandwich even given the special treatment by Queen Toto.... (did you see the smirk when the Crybaby got by George)
Hate seeing the Crybaby GIVEN the podium.
Lewis Hamilton Wants You To Feel Sorry For Him
Aug 11, 2022
Steven Symes
It’s hard having a lot of fame and money…
He may be one of the greatest Formula One drivers to this point, and he’s fabulously wealthy as a result, but Lewis Hamilton has it really rough. As detailed out in a recent Vanity Fair interview, Hamilton has struggled with everything from feeling like he doesn’t fit in with the F1 crowd to getting anxious when he drives on public roads. The man probably cries into stacks of cash every night, drying his tears off on more than the average family hauls in for a year, and somehow falls asleep.
That’s right, you’re supposed to feel sorry for this guy and how rough life has been for him, but it’s not entirely obvious why. He starts off in the interview talking about how he’s broken the mold for how F1 drivers are supposed to behave, showing tattoos and piercings, plus having a “personality.” That’s right, drivers who have been famous for signing women’s body parts in the past were stuffy, buttoned-up robots with zero personalities – it’s news to us. Apparently one needs tattoos and piercings to have a personality.
Hamilton has also been asked to not wear jewelry while in his car. There’s a rule against it, and while it hasn’t been enforced by officials in F1 for a while, now they’re asking all drivers to comply for safety reasons. Of course, that means they’re singling out Hamilton because that’s how things go.
Vanity Fair talks about how “Hamilton carried on regardless” because he faced so much persecution in one of the most competitive sports in the world. Most people get chewed up and spit out the back end of F1 racing, but this guy has stood on the podium often and has become one of the most famous racers alive today. So you better feel bad for all the pain he’s had to endure which nobody else on the face of the planet has ever had to deal with, at least not like he has.
Then there’s the wealth issue. He gets stressed driving his collection of exotic and classic cars on public roads because there are bad drivers out there. The rest of us probably don’t feel any anxiety while dealing with distracted drivers because we’re just driving our pleb vehicles and they don’t matter as much as Hamilton’s beauties. As a result, he says he just doesn’t drive that much anymore. On other occasions he’s claimed he doesn’t drive his car collection much because of concerns about pollution, so no doubt he’s been taking sailboats around the world instead of riding in a jet.
There’s no denying Hamilton’s raw talent refined through years of racing at the highest levels. But feeling sorry for him because he’s faced challenges and continues to do so is ridiculous. After all, that’s what we all deal with in life.
linderpat wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:02 pm Yes, Alonzo was rather direct As to Max, that was some of the best driving I've seen. Fun race. I'd love to drive that track too.
linderpat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:58 pm I don't have any problems with Hammy. They are all prima donnas, as far as that goes, and they all bitch and point at one another. Max is a miserable cuss, and he's only mid-20s and just starting his path to greatness. Wait a few more years and he'll be intolerable. Hammy came clean about being at fault in the dust up with Alonzo yesterday too.He only came clean only after hearing what Alonso said. His admission only confirms he knew he didn't have the Apex.
JustBud wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:34 am Valterri still trying to be the best teammate Lewis ever had.....Poor Lulu, crying like a little bitch again. Whaaa....
Scott, you said it last week, F*ckrrari continuing to screw both their drivers.......
And I'll only post this for no spoilers...... very happy with the results.
David993S wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:42 pm One could almost be convinced Ferrari is purposely messing up either their pit stops or their strategy.......or both. Hard to believe with all the scrutiny they've been under they would make such a huge mistake with Carlos. Oh well.I don't see where any team would deliberately mess-up. Ineptitude is more probable. As I noted above, they have a rich history of fuck-ups.
Nice win for Max, and happy to see the Cry Baby missing out on the podium. But i will concede the team screwed up his tire selection. So not his fault. Otherwise, he may have won.
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