No idea what Max was doing these last laps. Out of fuel?
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WTF??
that was a dreadful Q3 for Max. P8.
Told to pit because he needs a fuel sample.
But that was maybe the best Q3 for a while.
Told to pit because he needs a fuel sample.
But that was maybe the best Q3 for a while.
What????
He just doesn't want pole does he
Qualifying Top Ten
1) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
2) Sergio Perez, red Bull
3) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
5) Fernando Alonso, Alpine
6) Lando Norris, McLaren
7) Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri
8) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
9) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
10) Yuki Tsunoda, Alpha Tauri
1) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
2) Sergio Perez, red Bull
3) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
5) Fernando Alonso, Alpine
6) Lando Norris, McLaren
7) Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri
8) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
9) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
10) Yuki Tsunoda, Alpha Tauri
That was great entertainment. Massive feck up from RB there.
Ah man that was Hamilton's chance, but he's in this race big time.
He qas leading two laps and lifted. I don't understand what the hell was that
Fecking hell, Max quit the second to last lap while having the fastest time then is told to break off another fastest lap? What the actual feck? Whatever the reason a major feckup by Red Bull.
red bull ferraring for the first time this year
Max is well pissed off and you can understand why.
It could b down t fuel, better to get P8 with fuel for sample, than P1 and get DQ for having no sample.
It could b down t fuel, better to get P8 with fuel for sample, than P1 and get DQ for having no sample.
Did that purpose, cant have max on pole by 0.5 ahead of leclerc. Would show where the extra £5mil of money went.
Did that purpose, cant have max on pole by 0.5 ahead of leclerc. Would show where the extra £5mil of money went.
Max has a lot to do to win this race now, at this track can P8 win ?
Well assuming that Ferrari dont feck it up.
Well assuming that Ferrari dont feck it up.
Surely if it was a fuel sample issue for Max, they wouldn't have let him do nearly the whole lap?
Could he not have gone over the line then stopped?
Could he not have gone over the line then stopped?
Can’t believe you figure that out so quickly! I was still thinking if Max wants to break some other recordsDid that purpose, cant have max on pole by 0.5 ahead of leclerc. Would show where the extra £5mil of money went.
Lewis still has his piercing in despite being sent to the stewards
You have to make it back to the pitlane.
With 4mins to go why didnt anyone stop for a new set of slicks? Could of got pole.
Would never have got temp in them.
by the sounds of it RB did right, better 8th than back of the grid.
Even then why abandon the second to last lap? That was easily good enough for front row, maybe even pole. If it was fuel they'd have known by then wouldn't they? Simply a major feckup by Red Bull. Unbelievable.
Yes very good point surely they should have told him he only had enough for that lap so he'd have known he needed to finish it off, he'd have been better than 8th at least. Probably their first shocking decision when they usually come across so slick
Good luck to the person given Max to interview!
Yeah that was weird. Did Max just think feck it on that lap or was he ordered to can and save it for the last lap? Makes little sense either way.
RB fecked up, yeah maybe , Max aborted the second to last because he made a mistake.
You would think they know how much fuel down to the ml was in the tank
That was fun! It will be fun watching drivers cam later, the amount of drifting in last sector was ridiculous.
Leclerc keeps proving he is probably fastest driver over one lap this season(and is still so underrated here for some reason, his one or two mistakes are still described asajor feck ups despite even best driver this season - Verstappen having similar number of big mistakes), but Ferrari have no race pace to take advantage of that. We'll probably see that tomorrow too, they generally looked even slower this weekend from what I have seen, it was just brilliant lap from Leclerc that gave them a pole.
Should be a great race, IMO, very random order.
Btw, Alonso is brilliant once again.
Leclerc keeps proving he is probably fastest driver over one lap this season(and is still so underrated here for some reason, his one or two mistakes are still described asajor feck ups despite even best driver this season - Verstappen having similar number of big mistakes), but Ferrari have no race pace to take advantage of that. We'll probably see that tomorrow too, they generally looked even slower this weekend from what I have seen, it was just brilliant lap from Leclerc that gave them a pole.
Should be a great race, IMO, very random order.
Btw, Alonso is brilliant once again.
Major feck up. Can't believe he didn't finished second to last lap and then went for pole. He was risking any other driving crashing before him and screwing his lap anyway for no reason.
Singapore GP Qualifying Result
Max ran out of money… I mean fuel. Would have been disqualified from qually if not enough fuel in the car and it was Max who fecked up by unintentionally doing an extra lap.
Yeah but why slow down on second to last lap, finish it and go into fast lap straight away. Fuel fecked him in the end but he exposed himself to so many other potential screwups by aborting very fast lap. They were on semi dry street circle with dry tires. Any driver crashing in front of him or him making a mistake would screw him up. Why expose himself to that risk. Really Ferrari level of incompetence.
Lots of incorrect things being said about this overspending. First of all it was Laurent Mekies of Ferarri who first came out (without mentioning names) after being asked about it by journo’s, Toto was asked a question about Mekies’ comments. Alpha Romeo and McLaren have also commented and it is the case that the story has been doing the rounds in paddock for weeks. What I’m hearing is that the teams are pissed off with RB for introducing a new chassis mid season, which the teams say is impossible to do with the new financial regulations.
Someone needs to tell Horner that deflamatory is not a word.
You may want to correct every major sports media outlet in the world who have covered this story. They all got it wrong.
Ps. Its about last seasons spend not this seasons spend. The new chassis is under a different budget.
"..Although the FIA has not formally completed the process of reviewing teams’ submissions of their 2021 accounts, many in the F1 paddock consider it an open secret that the governing body has determined two teams have breached the cost cap, which was introduced last year.
Red Bull and Aston Martin have been named by several figures and it has been talked about so openly that there has even been a suggestion one team only breached it by a small amount while the other’s offence was more serious..."
https://the-race.com/formula-1/red-bull-threatens-action-after-f1-rivals-budget-cap-remarks/
He made mistakes by pushing too hard in last sector in second to last lap, and last lap was extra anyway, and I am sure he lost a lot in last sector in that last lap too.
But even if he didn't, he still has the quickest car easily which he proved in first two sectors being second quicker, even Perez finished second today which just goes to show how quick they were.
Verstappen made mistakes in Barcelona and Hungary if I remember correctly, but they weren't so costly, but making mistakes while having the best cars and while chasing the better cars ahead of you(like Charles did with Perez in Imola) isn't same level of pressure and mistakes, IMO. Even in France Leclerc's team asked him to push on really old softs from what I can remember, and he just went out in quick corner.
last years spending is interlinked with this year’s performance as it includes the development of the 2022 car, hence the frustration about the new chassis RB introduced mid 2022 season. And I’m only stating the chronological facts of the story or speculation.
Max has made a few minor errors this season, but overall Max has been immense, peerless really. He truly is an outstanding driver.
Even if you disagree, Max made more mistakes in qualifying that cost him the pole than Leclerc did.
Overall, Max has been the best driver easily this year, no doubt about that, my point is just that Leclerc's mistakes are overstated when he probably at the same time made more impressive things at the same time.
Yeah, I agree with that, he's been magnificient this year. It's probably on of most impressive seasons I've seen from F1 driver in last 20 years probably.