This qualifying has been genuinely pathetic. These cars are clearly too difficult to drive in the rain. Yes the drivers should be able to tone it down to keep it on track, but something is going wrong if drivers need to drive so far within themselves to keep the cars on the track.
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There won’t be time for the race at this point.
It’s so funny to hear Max fans complain about decision making against Max though.
I'm not sure they'll be able to repair all these cars either.
I don’t mind Max, think he’s a great driver, but it is. It’s not always going to go your way.
If they do the engineers will have earned their wages this week.
I have at least 200 posts complaining about Max and I am the most vocal about this. Just saying.
Don't kid yourselves, if they go off like this in qualifying and the conditions don't significantly improve we will get 0 laps of actual racing.
Don't kid yourselves, if they go off like this in qualifying and the conditions don't significantly improve we will get 0 laps of actual racing.
Yeah immediate Red Flag wasn't going to save him. There was like a minute and a half on the clock when the yellows came out.
It's just poor management from Red Bull to leave it so late
It's just poor management from Red Bull to leave it so late
I am not a Max fan but I do genuinely dislike inconsistency in regulations and application of rules. And me finding it funny will no doubt get misconstrued as some kind of Hamilton fan club view, but the reason i find it funny was because it was all entirely fine when the FIA did everything possible to make Max the F1 golden boy. And so it’s particularly hilarious because the shoes on the other foot now and the hypocrisy is not even trying to be concealed.
Alonso and Sainz are both very good drivers, if they are going of then I’d suggest it not a driver issue but a car design issue, or just the weather/track conditions.
And it’s meant to rain again shortly. The advantage of the race is once you get a few consistent laps in, the track inherently clears. But the way these cars are behaving, would we manage to get more than 2/3 laps without a safety car or red flag?
Think you're missing the point.
It’s definitely the cars. One or two drivers crash, sure, they pushed the limit. But just watch how Alonso’s car went off. 0 ability to react to that. That’s fundamentally a car design issue.
Yeah, if Red Bull complains about it, I’d love it (a keegan special) for a reporter to be brave enough to ask them how they felt when they changed the rules for them back then.
Yes, Fernando going off like that will have made everyone take note.
Which is?
How many cars will Ocon and Stroll destroy on lap 1 (should we ever get a lap 1) given they’ll both be in the top 10.
Think he obviously feels that they waited and let some drivers complete their laps..
Makes for a fun race doesn’t it!
Any or all cars?
Red flag Albon
This is ridiculous now.
How many cars will be ahead of Max on the grid? I imagine 5.
Max getting a lot of lucky breaks in his misfortune. The way it's going, everyone finishing the race will get points
He was 11th when Stroll crashed. Lost just one more spot
How on earth did Albon do that
Max will win the race.
Alex Albin
More cars to start in the pit lane vs the grid, if we do race? 
They surely can’t get Albions car ready?
Max is going to start in the first 3 at this rate
FFS Albon that is a massive shunt
Aaaand another red flag.
Is everyone trying to get Max up the grid? Only joking haha.
Yeah this is too many. F1 cars should be able to drive in these conditions but evidently are not.
there is no way Albon is going to be in the race.
I can totally see no race today.
On a serious note, I am glad that no one has been genuinely hurt so far.
I just hope it stays that way. These cars are death traps on the rain.
I just hope it stays that way. These cars are death traps on the rain.
I know people are saying they don’t cause red flags on purpose but driving above the limit and putting it in the wall is by definition causing a red flag on purpose, they can always decide to drive slower and keep it on the tarmac.