F1 2024 Season

Tbh he wasn't improving so it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. He had yellow mini sectors all through. Gasly suffered the most as he genuinely looked good.

It's just terrible excuses
Yes becasue they chose to do a warm up lap, he had just started his push lap when he got stopped.
 
Drivers can always choose to drive slower to keep it on track, it’s not ‘on the limit’ but the risk-reward is at their discretion. That’s where the skill is!
I think so of the younger drivers just go for it, maybe a lack of experience or just a different attitude to yesteryear.
 
Drivers can always choose to drive slower to keep it on track, it’s not ‘on the limit’ but the risk-reward is at their discretion. That’s where the skill is!

I agree with him. To finish first you have to finish first. Drive to the conditions. etc. 90% of motor racing is keeping it on track.
OK both fair point
 
Yes becasue they chose to do a warm up lap, he had just started his push lap when he got stopped.
His previous lap was probably an attempt, but something slowed him there as S1 was on pace. His attempt that got stopped at the end he was already well off
 
Whatever happens in the next few races, it’s been a great season to watch this year. Competition really makes it such a better spectacle.
 
Piastri couldn’t even better Albon in the end, mega effort from Russell.
 
That was a hell of a last lap by Lando considering Piastri and Leclerc couldn't improve
 
Norris absolutely smashes it out of the park. He is a sensational qualifier anyway, but he is genuinely as good as any in these conditions
 
Yeah Russell should definitely have a penalty or two. The block on Sainz (?), rejoining right in front of someone when he went off, and then there.

It seems like the stewards have just given up on enforcing penalties. Perhaps - could be too busy trying to figure out the optimum timing for red flags to feck over Max?!
 
The catch-22 of the qualifying session was you needed to be at the front of the pit lane queue to get track position to avoid yellow/red flags but you’d lose tyre temp and then to get temps into the tyre you’d need to drive hard from lap 1 even though the temps weren’t there to do so!
 
Piastri botched yet another qualy? He has been absolutely hammered in qualy sessions this year
 
Leclerc got unlucky with the yellow flag at the start of his hot lap.
Yeah, that's not where he lost his time though as he had a good first sector. I think he must have had a moment somewhere but they didn't show it.
 
Course it clashes with our game

Unfortunately I don't see us getting to enjoy what has the potential for an epic race
 
Is he right in saying that if they red flagged immediately then there was time to put another lap in?
 
Is he right in saying that if they red flagged immediately then there was time to put another lap in?
Marginal, the screenshot I saw had Leclerc going through to push Verstappen into 11th with 1:36 left and Stroll’s yellow in S1, if Max is at the head of the queue he maybe gets a lap in, if not probably doesn’t. Considering a full speed lap was 1:25 at the time, a warm up lap would be what 1:30+, very tight.