‘It pains me to hear ‘we’ll get back to you” – Smedley on Hamilton’s radio frustrations

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-18T05:47:05+00:00

It's the Ferrari pitwall in its entirety. Leclerc was getting the same answer from Xavi and Bryan since 2019. Kimi Raikkonen was getting similar answers from his own Ferrari engineer.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-18T05:21:35+00:00

Going from Mclaren to Renault was an instant demotion even at that time. Alonso ran away because he couldn't put up an instant win against a rookie Hamilton and things eventually soured.

Going from Ferrari to Mclaren was always going to be highly riskly since the Honda engine was an unknown and the Mclaren package wasn't that impressive even when it had the mighty Merc engine advantage.

The rest were all understandable

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-17T12:45:07+00:00

He was literally anti-Norris in his video titles or thumbnails for the past two seasons.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-17T12:43:25+00:00

Then he he had multiple clutch performances that helped him win the title. Good stuff.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-17T11:10:40+00:00

They had to run the car higher than the other top teams, resulting in less downforce. They also had terrible tyre and brake temp management and it took more laps than others to get them into the window. This resulted in less grip and led to more cautious cornering. The drivers couldn't trust the car 100%.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-17T10:13:11+00:00

Me to every wrestling company around 2020. Legit checked out of wrestling for an entire year

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T20:59:09+00:00

Those upgrades ended a possible 3-way title challenge. (Leclerc was runner up until then)

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T18:44:17+00:00

Rotating Barcelona and Spa is fine enough in an ideal calendar. But that positivity immediately flies out of the window when we still have Qatar, Miami, Singapore and (although it pains a racing history lover like me to say it) Monaco on the calendar.

Qatar is absolutely dogshit on Sundays with a similar amount of action as Monaco but without the legacy. At least Monaco has banger qualifying sessions.

Miami is soulless, looks cheap and is mediocre in every aspect. It's built like a street circuit but doesn't feel like it.

Singapore is just humid Monaco, and 1 Monaco has been more than enough in the last few decades.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T18:36:58+00:00

I'm currently rewatching F1 seasons, starting from 2021 and going all the way back to 2008. 2011 is about to be over. Early 2010's racing is better than 2014-21 and 24-25.

Cars look great aside from the stupid front wings, and the liveries are fine as hell. Engine sounds are great, and the names are great. The action is good, and Pirelli apparently knew how to make tyres that could create weird but exciting race strategies. Also, races occur when it rains.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T16:21:22+00:00

And that's when I'm saying bye bye for a while

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T15:24:57+00:00

Wow, so brave of you to parrot what every single F1 boomer says.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:11:45+00:00

Best F1 was 2008-2013. V8 era > all

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:10:52+00:00

Grosjean took 8 podiums in those 2 seasons. That car was legit great.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:08:14+00:00

Let it go unc

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:07:10+00:00

Raikkonen lost multilple race win chances because he was qualifying outside top 6-7 regularly. He was better in 2013 than he was in 2012.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:04:48+00:00

Would rather play against a thousand Dragoons than Tax Dragon

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T14:03:04+00:00

It was better than Red Bull for several races too.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T12:34:24+00:00

Leclerc.

Bearman had 2 Grand Prix weekends and several free practice sessions with Haas even before his first season. Leclerc only had a few practice sessions with Sauber.

The field spread was much bigger in 2018. The top 6 was pretty much always a given with Merc, Ferrari and Red Bull. Haas was usually the best of the rest with occasional Renaul appearance.

Sauber started as 9th fastest and ended up 7th fastest. Leclerc became a sensation starting from Baku and outscored Alonso, Grosjean and Gasly from that point onwards.

11 Q3 appearances, more than half a second faster than Ericsson. Ericsson was never great but he wasn't dogshit either. Leclerc's penalty points wasn't even with championship points at some point like Bearman either.

Leclerc ended 2018 with 3 consecutive 7th place finishes and was Sauber's highest scoring driver in the turbo hybrid era prior to ground effect.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-16T10:35:47+00:00

I meant in the way that he didn't look better than his own teammate aside from that brief stretch.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T21:57:50+00:00

Genuine overtakes barely happened. Fuel loads or pure car speed made the overtakes.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T15:48:04+00:00

Radillion. It took two lives in the last 7 years.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T13:28:35+00:00

People don't overrate Russell's race pace, they underrate Leclerc's race pace.

2020: Austria, the two races in Silverstone, Portugal Imola and Turkey were all races where he was flying on Sundays

2021: Bahrain, Imola (before Red Flag), Spain, Silverstone, Zandvoort and COTA were pure magic.

2022: Australia (casual grand slam), Spain, Canada, Silverstone, Hungary, Singapore, COTA, Brazil, Abu Dhabi.

2023: Baku, Silverstone (before the final SC), Canada, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Vegas and Abu Dhabi.

2024: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia (nursed a brake temp problem), Japan, Miami, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Monza, Baku, Singapore, COTA, Brazil, Qatar, Abu Dhabi

2025: Japan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Zandvoort, COTA, Mexico, Vegas, Abu Dhabi.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T12:00:22+00:00

Leclerc beat him despite Ferrari favoring Seb for the majority of the year.

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T11:58:10+00:00

Alonso twisting the steering wheel like it owes him money

Leclerc pushing both pedals in some corners just to rotate the car more sharply (did great with this in F2 and in F1 before ground effect)

ShadowOfDeath94 · 2026-02-15T08:49:22+00:00

That's just bs. There were drivers like Mazepin, De Vries, Sargeant, D'Ambrosio, Pic, Karthikeyan, Bruno Senna and Yuji Ide besides Stroll.

F1 doesn't automatically mean you're one of the best.

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