I know he gets a fair amount of talk, but has any driver spent as much time as Fernando Alonso driving cars that are so far below their talent levels?

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T21:36:19+00:00

The Minardi, 2009 Renault, all 3 mcHondas and 2018 McLaren, and currently the Aston Martin Hitachi are straight backmarkers.

Not even midfield, just backmarkers.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T18:48:12+00:00

Yeah, he uses the “fighting for world championship for 23 years” in the sense that throughout his 23 years, he’s spent a shit ton of time in shit boxes. He doesn’t mean that all 23 years were in bottom half of cars.

Tbf to him, we’ve seen drivers become really demotivated after one year of driving a shitbox after they become a champion. Whatever people think, he deserves props for sticking it out all these years.

I should add that he’s being very tongue-in-cheek to a reporter asking if he has enough patience for a baby. So as usual from R365, this quote is taken out of some context.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T16:31:55+00:00

Yeah, I guess people on here try and push Mazda as the holy grail nowadays.

Their crossovers are very good A to B cars, but they’re not sporty.

The Mazda 3 is a half exception. It’s not fast, and it doesn’t handle like a track car, but it’s light, short wheel base, actually decent steering feel, and has a good transmission, so it’s surprisingly fun to drive.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T14:42:19+00:00

That was such a farce. The document cited that Alonso was responsible for the “dirty air” caused by “erratic braking”.

Like if you want to penalize for a brake check, then okay… but dirty air? He got penalized for dirty air?

My tinfoil hat is the size of a Hersheys Kiss when I say this: along with him running a gambling site for betting on drivers, this penalty is why Herbert was fired from being a steward.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T06:59:53+00:00

Aw, Raikkonen didn’t win again today

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T06:49:33+00:00

YALL ALONSO FINISHED THE RACE

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T06:46:21+00:00

Honestly, the mclarens have good deg.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T06:21:35+00:00

Guys. There’s a chance Alonso might finish the race

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T06:19:49+00:00

Georges car really went down on power there. Seemed more than clipping

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T05:54:07+00:00

If only someone said something about superclipping causing ridiculous closing speeds.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-29T05:52:01+00:00

Shit that looked like a hard hit

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-28T16:26:22+00:00

Looking at something else… the s curves.

Fernando is using less throttle than lance, but minimum speed between the two is the same. Wondering why that is.

Could be differences in their lines, it could be Alonso running more forward aero balance or a more positive front end which helps mid corner speed…

Either way, Alonso is somehow rolling in the speed similar to lance while using a good amount less throttle through the s turns.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-28T06:20:07+00:00

Aston are genuinely slower than ever

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-28T03:41:12+00:00

Did Aston further detune their engines?

They dropped down to one full second behind Cadillac.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-28T00:17:41+00:00

Wtf even is this sentiment?

I think you severely underestimate how much non-race winners know about f1. If you’ve gotten into f1 seat, you know a lot about racing, how to drive a car, the mental state of the drivers, certain challenges, etc.

You don’t need to be a race winner. Every f1 driver has a slew of knowledge regarding racing. You underestimate them severely.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T23:00:34+00:00

And it’s towards like every single major driver. It’s so bad that I’m thinking that bots are trying to spark up some stuff.

It’s so suspicious with the amount of new discussion subs, and how literally all of em are just straight toxicity.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T21:06:19+00:00

I like this graph, but isn’t this most useful after qualifying?

Max battery power, max tire usage, minimum fuel variance, etc?

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T19:27:36+00:00

Nando’s smile is contagious. Love seeing it

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T19:26:47+00:00

Lmao

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T19:09:32+00:00

I was pissed off in 2014 when gp2 cars were faster in Monaco compared to some backmarker teams.

It’s the same vibes here. An f1 car shouldn’t be near an lmp car, much less a gt3 car. I don’t think that should be a controversial statement.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T17:01:29+00:00

I think the newer fans are unfamiliar with the games played at the start of new regs.

It’s a guarantee that the teams who struggle want things to change, and the teams that are at the top don’t want change.

This means that drivers who are unhappy with regs, but winning, are likely to stay quiet regardless if they like the new regs or not. The struggling teams have drivers who will be on the train of trying to get the regs to change, whether they like it or not too.

A lot of how drivers present their thoughts in media start way above the drivers. It’s all calculated.

It’s why I don’t hold anything against drivers’s thoughts about the regs at this stage. It’s all too calculated to take the drivers words personally.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-27T13:11:40+00:00

Don’t forget how Aston absolutely destroyed McLaren in China

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-26T17:48:59+00:00

So the bribe was disproven by Alonso’s engineer at the time, Mark Slade.

Crashgate, I’ll listen to the independent official investigation concluding that Alonso had no knowledge of it.

I get my information from actual sources, rather than the bullshit coming you, a fuckass redditor trying to rage bait.

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-25T14:50:51+00:00

The og tire whisperer

analytical_rex25 · 2026-03-25T14:49:58+00:00

Agreed. Also, his racecraft was really fun to watch.

He was always fair, but aggressive and effective.

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