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by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Ocon, a 5 sec penalty for Hamilton's unsafe, overly optimistic overtaking attempt? What a cluster-f of dumb decisions this race... ((-:
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 3:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Schumacher forever#1 wrote:
Sun May 29, 2022 3:15 pm
Race Director loves just chilling around doesn't he
Get these fools out of their job, please.

At least Masi seemed like a normal person who could admit to mistakes. These two we have now are simply fools with an attitude.
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 3:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Ferrari should have pitted Sainz one lap earlier. But Checo did do an awesome inters lap exactly at the right momento... (-:
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

mikeyg123 wrote:
Sun May 29, 2022 1:58 pm
Now we have the obligatory 10 laps of SC to look forward to.
OMDG... True that...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

So, our race directors have decided the race will start at 16:05 WITHOUT EVEN HAVING SENT THE SC OUT...

Which is about as intelligent as one may expect of them at this stage, I guess...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:47 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

TheGiantHogweed wrote:
Sun May 29, 2022 1:46 pm
I predict that when they go out, several drivers will say it is undrivable, and it will be be red flagged again. I feel this may not get restarted unless it stops raining for a while.
Agree with you again!
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

TheGiantHogweed wrote:
Sun May 29, 2022 1:39 pm
i posted something about the pre race coverage in the grumpy old men thread. I feel like half of the people here should maybe move there too :D
(((-:

Probably...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Please...

These new RDs are fools.
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun May 29, 2022 1:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 797
Views: 29628

Re: 2022 Monaco Grand Prix Race Thread

Bring back Michael Masi... These two new 'tough men' are utterly unbearable, and complete tools
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Mar 10, 2022 2:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Pre-Season Test Thread (Barcelona/Bahrain)
Replies: 259
Views: 34642

Re: 2022 Pre-Season Test Thread (Barcelona/Bahrain)

It may be because it's early and nobody is really pushing yet but as much as the cars look pretty I find they look very clumsy and unresponsive on track. I agree. The dynamic feeling, which is an important part of the show seems to be missing. Rigid suspension and rigid tyres are not ever going to ...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The future of F1.
Replies: 66
Views: 23077

Re: The future of F1.

Until the day there is a cell phone on the market with a battery that doesn’t need to be charged every single day I won’t believe that f1 is anywhere close to being fully electric. Battery evolution has been going too slowly. The current f1 cars aren’t the best sounding but they are not annoying to...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?
Replies: 166
Views: 52349

Re: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?

F1 gets it's first bit of proper driver attitude since the 1970s so F1 punishes it! Guess that's the world we live in. 90's I'd say when Senna chinned Eddie or when Schumacher tried to get DC. F1 has chosen to punish the inocent party, Ocon, waaaaaay more harshly than violent brat Max. Go figure th...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?
Replies: 166
Views: 52349

Re: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?

What did that contact cost Verstappen? Red Bull pay poorly on annual salary, the big money is in performance bonuses. IMO it cost Verstappen approximately a million dollars. But that win was washed away, and we have a very angry young man. Where was his team to protect him from his own anger and st...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:54 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 519
Views: 99235

Re: 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix Race Thread

Things people seem to be misunderstanding on the Ocon/Verstappen incident are that: -Ocon had not just been lapped, he had been help up behind Verstappen for 2 laps -Ocon had double checked with the team about unlapping himself and is allowed to do so -Force India say Ocon would have lost around 6 ...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun Nov 11, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?
Replies: 166
Views: 52349

Re: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?

I think Max should win the nobelprice staying this kind :lol: OMG I guess you'd think the same if roles were reversed. Don't come back with some inane statement to the tune that Max has never destroyed anyone's race while being a lap or two down. Would love it if Perez (whom commentators, in a typi...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:31 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?
Replies: 166
Views: 52349

Appropriate penalty for Max's actions?

Not much explanation needed after his meeting with Ocon post Brazil racing...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sun Nov 04, 2018 6:14 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread
Replies: 376
Views: 160655

Re: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread

The Malaysian GP had been preparing for a tense finale, Rossi finally benefitting from a bike Viñales already showed last race it's, finally!- a race winner... Rossi got a great start and stayed first for almost the entire race with great pace and amazing precision. He and MM had been going near the...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018
Replies: 105
Views: 29852

Re: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018

While I think it's good that drivers speak to one another, it should really be discussed in the official drivers' briefing. Verstappen's claim that you can't overtake where the incident happened, should be examined in the presence of all competitors. So even the GPDA is not a good enough forum to d...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018
Replies: 105
Views: 29852

Re: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018

Vettel has now went beyond the point where playing the percentage game matters. He had to get past there and pressure the Mercs. Collision was Vettels fault but he was carrying a lot more speed and the door was wide open. However 4/5 times that pass doesn't work out. I doubt Vettel would have tried...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018
Replies: 105
Views: 29852

Re: Verstappen vs. Vettel Japan 2018

Both were slightly at fault. Racing incident. Vettel and Verstappen are both the perfect examples of the golden boys favored by Red Bull Racing... A sense of entitlement and therefore bad judgment in head to head racing. This has come to pass as talent and, in the aberrant times we are living at the...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:30 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Could Michael Schumacher have won in the 2018 car?
Replies: 89
Views: 25608

Re: Could Michael Schumacher have won in the 2018 car?

Alonso would, if 2010 and 2012 are anything to go by. Schumacher, most probably. But that assessment is only until today's race. If Mercedes keep improving ahead of Ferrari for all the races left, the small advantage gained at the beginning of the season might not be enough. But yes, those two at le...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: First female FIM WC!!! Congratulations Ana Carrasco!
Replies: 8
Views: 4453

Re: First female FIM WC!!! Congratulations Ana Carrasco!

A little surprised this hasn't made it to the forum yet, I think it is a very deserving news in a motorsport forum. And in such troubling times, it is perhaps even more fitting. We have our first female bike World Champion! Congratulations to Ana Carrasco! (It's in the news everywhere, don't think ...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:56 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: First female FIM WC!!! Congratulations Ana Carrasco!
Replies: 8
Views: 4453

First female FIM WC!!! Congratulations Ana Carrasco!

A little surprised this hasn't made it to the forum yet, I think it is a very deserving news in a motorsport forum. And in such troubling times, it is perhaps even more fitting. We have our first female bike World Champion! Congratulations to Ana Carrasco! (It's in the news everywhere, don't think l...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Tue Sep 18, 2018 3:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2018 Singapore Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 217
Views: 48839

Re: 2018 Singapore Grand Prix Race Thread

I think that Perez has shown why he will never again get a seat with a top team. He's too impetuous and hot headed. He's crashed his teammate out yet again and he's lost his cool in dealing with Sirotkin as well. Horrible day for Sergio and for Force India as well. They had 2 cars in the top 10 and...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:57 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2018 Singapore Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 260
Views: 63059

Re: 2018 Singapore Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thr

Wow. This bodes badly for Ferrari for the rest of the season. Vettel seemed to take it for granted Ferrari will stay faster, and help him recover points he lost. Man, I wish I liked his driving talent as much as I like his personality. It's hard for me to admit, but he isn't on the level of true nu...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:48 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread
Replies: 376
Views: 160655

Re: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread

xTTmSxCYHzc :uhoh: He is a serial offender, here is one from 2015 where he switched off Ajo's bike x7fep8y0X2w Sorry, should not be on the track ever again. This crap has no place in racing. Scott R, did that very same thing to a racer I supported, and in the end karma almost took that leg from him...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread
Replies: 376
Views: 160655

Re: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread

I suggested elsewhere on the net that the old bill might want a word with him over it. Regardless of the actual outcome, his action could have caused the other rider to fall and god only know what that could have resulted in. Thankfully it didn't come to that, but in law 'thankfully' doesnt come in...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread
Replies: 376
Views: 160655

Re: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread

I suggested elsewhere on the net that the old bill might want a word with him over it. Regardless of the actual outcome, his action could have caused the other rider to fall and god only know what that could have resulted in. Thankfully it didn't come to that, but in law 'thankfully' doesnt come in...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:30 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread
Replies: 376
Views: 160655

Re: Official 2018 MotoGP Thread

I am not sure what people expected, to be honest. Only the day before, Rossi denied Marquez a handshake. Not only that, he presented a livid face, full of rage and tension. (Yes, yes, it is my reading of it, but I don't think I am very far off) And amazingly it was Rossi himself who had kicked Marqu...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:20 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?
Replies: 106
Views: 25598

Re: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?

I think Alonso is lying, primarily because of his claims of all the other offers he's had from Red Bull over the years. Given their dominance of the sport in the early 2010s, I just can't fathom him not going there if he'd have had a sniff. Ironically, I can see him rejecting them now they've taken...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?
Replies: 106
Views: 25598

Re: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?

If he had even a small opportunity to land a top team drive, he blew it with his Indy "stunt" when he decided not to do the Monaco GP for some sort of ego trip to prove he is bigger than Hamilton/Vettel/F1. Lauda, Wolff, Zetsche, Horner, Marko, Ecclestone, none of these guys were amused so I find i...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Wed Aug 29, 2018 1:31 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?
Replies: 106
Views: 25598

Re: Who do you think is lying? Alonso or Red Bull?

I think Alonso is lying, primarily because of his claims of all the other offers he's had from Red Bull over the years. Given their dominance of the sport in the early 2010s, I just can't fathom him not going there if he'd have had a sniff. Ironically, I can see him rejecting them now they've taken...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:37 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2018 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 159
Views: 38919

Re: 2018 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Threa

Yes, it's only the first practice season... but, Macca dead last... Williams vying strong for the same outstanding spot... wow... what a season. It seems to be the definitive end of an era.

But, a

Anybody here confident they can recover? I have a pet theory, and it doesn't look good.
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:51 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

Alonso's mistakes were clearly of a lesser entity. Can't seriously compare T-boning your teammate in one race and another competition in another, cutting a car you are passing with a 2-sec pace advantage, with a touch against the barriers in Monaco while trying to make up for a lack of pace... When...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

Alonso’s 2010 is severely overrated. Hamilton, Vettel, Kubica and Rosberg all drove better and more consistent seasons than he did. I’m more than happy to debate anyone who disagrees. With that being said, I’m still very sad to see such a terrific driver leave the sport. In his prime, his racecraft...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:40 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

Well as with a lot of things it depends on who you ask. For fans of Alonso they will tell you he's the best of the current generation based on what they think should have happened, and not what actually happened. For the neutrals they look at him a different way and admire his talent. In the previo...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:23 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

Read my post above to understand what really happened. Basically Hamilton didn't participate in the final part of qualifyings the race before Hungary(Germany) because of a rim failure that caused a huge crash. So Alonso had the lowest amount of fuel and started the race with the best strategy. The ...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

The biggest blot on his copybook is his mental disintegration against Hamilton in 2007. I don't think he did disintegrate mentally against Hamilton - despite being frozen out of the team he still matched Lewis on points and would have beaten him but for his moment of bad luck in Japan. I believe he...
by -ZeroGravityToilet-
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:08 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
Replies: 252
Views: 69857

Re: Alonso's legacy in F1

The biggest blot on his copybook is his mental disintegration against Hamilton in 2007. I don't think he did disintegrate mentally against Hamilton - despite being frozen out of the team he still matched Lewis on points and would have beaten him but for his moment of bad luck in Japan. I believe he...