F1 2024 (and other motorsport) thread

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[d34noj]

I just think if Red Bull lose the constructors championship this year it could all implode. May sound far fetched but personally I think Max is playing a deliberate risky game with fine margins, gambling on winning the drivers but losing the constructors. I’m not buying that McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari have all suddenly introduced upgrades that are so far superior to Red Bull.

Apparently they're not letting Newey anywhere near the car so its not beyond the realms of possibility.

 

[Lao]

Apparently they're not letting Newey anywhere near the car so its not beyond the realms of possibility.

True, Newey gone and they haven’t won a race since June

 

[GoldenToffee]

Zak Brown confirmed last night that Piastri is now their supporting driver for the rest of the season. I kind of get it, but I don't want to see him moving over race after race to gift Norris race wins that he hasn't earned. Ideally they'll qualify a few places away from each other so we don't need to see any kind of team orders come into play.

 

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Mental Q1

Norris Out

 

[GoldenToffee]

Noz

Hoping for Piastri to win tomorrow please - ought to qualify first two rows.

 

[Wizard]

Well that sucks

 

[wainy]

The ultimate bottle job

 

[longers]

The ultimate bottle job

Not much you can do about a yellow flag on a run where everyone is improving massively in terms of time

 

[Wizard]

The ultimate bottle job

It was because of a yellow flag.

 

[Dylan]

It was because of a yellow flag.

Yeah but it's Baku. Very likely a yellow or red flag will occur during a session so it's super important to get a good lap time on the board early

 

[Wizard]

Yeah but it's Baku. Very likely a yellow or red flag will occur during a session so it's super important to get a good lap time on the board early

Still don’t think you can call it “a bottle job”. Poor strategy possibly but he didn’t bottle it

 

[Dylan]

Still don’t think you can call it “a bottle job”. Poor strategy possibly but he didn’t bottle it

Well, I didn't call it a bottle job. I just think it's amusing how easily we can make excuses for certain drivers yet we know a flag isnt a good excuse for this track as it's very likely to occur, so it really behooves the drivers to get the lap on the board when it counts.

 

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If F1 only raced on street tracks Perez would be a decent number 2

 

[Wizard]

Well, I didn't call it a bottle job. I just think it's amusing how easily we can make excuses for certain drivers yet we know a flag isnt a good excuse for this track as it's very likely to occur, so it really behooves the drivers to get the lap on the board when it counts.

I know you didn’t but my reply was in response to someone that said it was.

Anyway, cracking lap from Leclerc to take pole