The Fanboy Yin Yang Thread

[dans79]

Hey, they just had to find a way to let the little wannabe German boy win.

[AnthonyG]

It's fair to say a lot of people need some of Zoidberg's prescription.


Over this season I thought you guys were just slightly biased towards Hamilton, but these last races, the ammount of fanboyism I've seen is a disgrace imo.
The pressure was on for Hamilton to win it, he didn't, tant pis (= too bad).

[GoranF1]

Mclaren Honda fans!
Happy New year,dont worry be happy,Alonso will be world champ again this year.
Jessica will accept Jensons size zero,they will be back together by Melbourne FP 2.
Chears....!!!

[bauc]

Mclaren Honda fans!
Happy New year,dont worry be happy,Alonso will be world champ again this year.
Jessica will accept Jensons size zero,they will be back together by Melbourne FP 2.
Chears....!!!

Thanks, HNY to all MCL & F1 fans here, All the best in 2016

[Bomber_Pilot]

I like him too but....It is what it is. I wouldn't feel sorry about him. He has Millions in the bank and I'm sure the next model Girlfriend is right around the corner. How many of us can claim that ?

Well, just remember money doesn't buy you happiness. Many of us at Honda received company stock every year as part of our year end bonus. Our stock from the early 80's did quite well with one 5:1 split, then another 4:1 split, then another 2:1 split, etc. We all hung on to it, so at least us in the engineering dept did quite well financially but many of my colleagues were not all that happy most of the time. I've been around probably a lot longer than most of you posters and from experience, I can tell you that money can buy a lot of things inc. time, but not happiness.

I hope for both Jenson and Fernando that next year's car lives up to its potential. I hope for the McLaren-Honda fans it does too. Anyway Happy New Year!!

Money can't buy you happines, but I would much rather be crying in a Bentley, than on the bus.

[Webber2011]

I like him too but....It is what it is. I wouldn't feel sorry about him. He has Millions in the bank and I'm sure the next model Girlfriend is right around the corner. How many of us can claim that ?

Well, just remember money doesn't buy you happiness. Many of us at Honda received company stock every year as part of our year end bonus. Our stock from the early 80's did quite well with one 5:1 split, then another 4:1 split, then another 2:1 split, etc. We all hung on to it, so at least us in the engineering dept did quite well financially but many of my colleagues were not all that happy most of the time. I've been around probably a lot longer than most of you posters and from experience, I can tell you that money can buy a lot of things inc. time, but not happiness.

I hope for both Jenson and Fernando that next year's car lives up to its potential. I hope for the McLaren-Honda fans it does too. Anyway Happy New Year!!

Money can't buy you happines, but I would much rather be crying in a Bentley, than on the bus.

If that's your take on life then I just have to ask this question.

Would you be happy talking to someone who couldn't give two shits about you, and is only sitting next to you because you have a Bentley ?

Or would you be happier having a conversation on a bus with someone genuine ?

[Felipe 92]

Money can't buy you happines, but I would much rather be crying in a Bentley, than on the bus.

If that's your take on life then I just have to ask this question.
Would you be happy talking to someone who couldn't give two shits about you, and is only sitting next to you because you have a Bentley ?
Or would you be happier having a conversation on a bus with someone genuine ?

I agree with you. I wouldn't be happy in a Bentley sitting next to a supermodel girlfriend knowing that I spent 300 000 € on a Bentley Continental which is based on a VW Phaeton chassis (fancy VW Passat) and has Audi V8 engine. I'd rather drive alone in a bus.

[hemichromis]

I'd love to drive a bus.

[Gaz.]

If that's your take on life then I just have to ask this question.

Would you be happy talking to someone who couldn't give two shits about you, and is only sitting next to you because you have a Bentley ?

Or would you be happier having a conversation on a bus with someone genuine ?

I'm not aware of ever hearing "money can't buy happiness" uttered from the mouths of anyone who has experienced genuine hardship.

[PlatinumZealot]

Money can't buy championships either.

[adrianjordan]

If that's your take on life then I just have to ask this question.

Would you be happy talking to someone who couldn't give two shits about you, and is only sitting next to you because you have a Bentley ?

Or would you be happier having a conversation on a bus with someone genuine ?

I'm not aware of ever hearing "money can't buy happiness" uttered from the mouths of anyone who has experienced genuine hardship.

Money can't itself buy happiness. But it can help buy things that can...

[Edax]

I agree with you. I wouldn't be happy in a Bentley sitting next to a supermodel girlfriend knowing that I spent 300 000 € on a Bentley Continental which is based on a VW Phaeton chassis (fancy VW Passat) and has Audi V8 engine. I'd rather drive alone in a bus.

If you have the money to buy a Bentley, and you don't chip in the extra bucks to buy one with a W12 engine then indeed you have reason to be ashamed.

All kidding aside. Lauda invested his own money in his team earlier in his carrier, if the stories are correct he even went as far as buying parts for his own car.

It would be a nice gesture from Alonso and Button, if they just went to the team and said "forget our ludicrous salaries for the moment, use it to build us a better car. We can talk about a performance based bonus afterwards. They surely can use it with a declining income and no title sponsor behind their name.

With a combined 350 million on the bank it wouldn't hurt them and would at least reinforce the idea that people are competing in this sports to win and not to get the most zero's behind their name.

[Webber2011]

If that's your take on life then I just have to ask this question.

Would you be happy talking to someone who couldn't give two shits about you, and is only sitting next to you because you have a Bentley ?

Or would you be happier having a conversation on a bus with someone genuine ?

I'm not aware of ever hearing "money can't buy happiness" uttered from the mouths of anyone who has experienced genuine hardship.

Money can't itself buy happiness. But it can help buy things that can...

Like a plastic Girl to sit next to you, who will leave in a millisecond for the next bloke who has something shinier ?

[giantfan10]

thats what you call fuzzy match... at the conclusion of last season ferrari were .3 tenths behind on race pace... lets just call it .5tenths...the previous poster claims Mercedes will gain .5tenths from somewhere ..where that number comes from only he knows...
All we know at this point is that ferrari reconfigured their engine to shrink their rear end to produce more downforce..that alone in theory should wipe out most of the aero deficit they had to Mercedes....now remains to be seen which team improved their Pu more keeping in mind that conventional wisdoms says ferrari has more room for improvement... we shall soon find out though

for the love of god man get your math right, .5tenths is not the same thing as 0.5 seconds.

lol 5 tenths half second ... whatever!....its a made up guess is what my point is. Ferrari were 3 tenths a lap slower than the silver arrows during the race and about 6 tenths slower in quali.
Mercedes did not become dominant with some trick double diffuser or some trick exhaust blowing software, they dominated with a powerfull engine and chassis optimized for that engine when everybody else got it wrong....
the team with the resources to make it right happens to be the team that was closest last year...all we know is that Ferrari will have a slimmer rear end which should claw back some of the deficit that mercedes had in that area in 2015
should be a very interesting first couple races this year....NOBODY knows is my key point so the 1.5 seconds claim is junk along with the .5 second claim

[giantfan10]

Well, not going to make predictions, but it is possible Honda makes a giant leap like Ferrari did in 2015. As long as the issues are obvious and easily fixable in the off-season (but neigh-impossible to fix during the season), one can suddenly find Mclaren fighting consistently for points and perhaps even podium places.

But please, let's not turn this into a mclaren topic! As always, don't follow the example of your misbehaving dicta... er moderator.

very possible.... what scares me with Honda is their reliabilty problems ....