F1 2024 Season

Imagine if Max does leave they'll be stuck with Perez

Who could cost them the championship this season as its a bit closer than last year when Max could carry them
 
Tracks times are all over the place, best place to be is on the track.
 
Identical stuff from Max and Perez, but Max managed to save it. Interesting Q1.
 
Sauber's pitwall just idiots. Track evolution huge and they pulled VB to the pits with 30 secs to go instead of doing another fast lap.
 
Wow Mega from Mercedes there, probably has something to do with the broken floor but credit to them.
 
United Hobbit said:
Do we now have 3 competitive teams at the top?
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Still reckon it's between RBR and Mclaren, Max would have been there if his car was 100%, not sure what happened to Lando but looks like he abandoned this last lap.
 
Looking somewhat ominous though if Max carried damage thru q2 and q3 and still placed it 5th, especially if he can get it fixed.

Then again, now he s not just battling two McLarens, but two Mercs as well. Surely Horner must be very close to releasing Checo now.
 
Norris should still win this comfortably. McLaren are suited more towards the race anyways with their tyre life being the best on the grid.
 
avgp_1 said:
Well there's Verstappen alongside him on the 2nd row, probably neither make it past lap 1
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I can see Norris and Verstappen both getting past the Mercedes, but we'll see.

As for the Austria incident, I was originally on Norris' side partly because I want a fight for the championship and Verstappen did veer left, but after seeing the comparison to Sainz v Verstappen from last year, I can get with the racing incident comments most of the other drivers made this week. Norris could've gotten through that corner without incident.
 
Uniquim said:
I can see Norris and Verstappen both getting past the Mercedes, but we'll see.

As for the Austria incident, I was originally on Norris' side partly because I want a fight for the championship and Verstappen did veer left, but after seeing the comparison to Sainz v Verstappen from last year, I can get with the racing incident comments most of the other drivers made this week. Norris could've gotten through that corner without incident.
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Yeah was a racing incident but neither will give the other an inch from now on. Cant see there not being more incidents
 
avgp_1 said:
Yeah was a racing incident but neither will give the other an inch from now on. Cant see there not being more incidents
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I'm all for the hard racing tbh. Thought I'd prefer it to go on without contact more often.
I just want hard racing for every win. Hopefully more teams can get involved, because one on one Verstappen will have the edge most of the time.
Piastri will 100% get there, and fairly soon, but another team joining the fight for wins would be amazing to watch.

Like Max v Lewis in Silverstone in 2021 before the contact was some of the best and most intense racing I've seen. Just amazing to watch. Would've loved that for last longer than it did.
 
Uniquim said:
I'm all for the hard racing tbh. Thought I'd prefer it to go on without contact more often.
I just want hard racing for every win. Hopefully more teams can get involved, because one on one Verstappen will have the edge most of the time.
Piastri will 100% get there, and fairly soon, but another team joining the fight for wins would be amazing to watch.

Like Max v Lewis in Silverstone in 2021 before the contact was some of the best and most intense racing I've seen. Just amazing to watch. Would've loved that for last longer than it did.
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Just watched it back. A fantastic 20 seconds
 
gormless said:
Just watched it back. A fantastic 20 seconds
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Hahah yaeh, it was a bit more than that (not a lot more I know), but watch the full first lap though, they were so closely on each other before the contact.
Like, that's what I want. Competitors completely on top of each others and going for it. That 2021 season often boils down to Abu Dhabi for a lot of people, but that was a brilliant season overall.

A year after the 2021 fight, we had the 'through goes Hamilton' thing with 4 drivers going wheel-to-wheel. The French broadcast had a brilliant helicopter shot following the whole thing from the air. I hope tomorrow brings some racing like that.
 
I still think the 2021 season was absolutely brilliant to watch - 2 skilled drivers often going wheel to wheel on track, the first lap of that Silverstone race until Max went off was fantastic to watch

I want to see fights for the lead, not having the only battles being in midfield. I also want to see more old school circuits where this can happen. Also replace run offs with gravel in some tracks, Perez would have got away with that error today. I don't want to see people miss a turn and drive straight across it and carry on unimpeded. Even Max paid for his error with the damaged floor
 
Wonder if Hamilton is now having second thoughts on joining Ferrari. Mercedes are starting to make their way back.
 
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