F1 2024 Season

No DRS is so beautiful. Real, natural racing. Please, please get rid of it.

Max showing he is on another level to any other driver on the grid (peak Lewis and Alonso would compete but they are past it now). Norris isn't anywhere close to Max.

I didn't trust FIA to let them race in those conditions so I'm delighted we got a race, and no starting behind the safety car or any rubbish like that. It was brilliant entertainment
 
I said Max should do his 2016 race and he was like: "Nah, let's outdo that one."

Max the RAINGOAT
 
hobbers said:
I think the front 3 at the aborted start should be facing penalties. Seems everyone else didnt initially and only went because they were forced to.

Obviously with the front cars going they have to get out of the way so cant sit on their spots.
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Who forced them?
 
Lando was handed a golden opportunity on a platter with Maxs penalty and getting pole himself and spectacularly blew it I know McLarens pit stop didn't help but he was all at sea for much of the race

Brilliant race, glad we got to see them actually race with no silly sc start or other nonsense, as someone said. Rain races are the best unfortunately we rarely get them so want to enjoy them when we do

Lando is doing his best to become unlikable, yes you got unlucky with the pit stop but what about the rest of the race?
 
Once again Norris shows that he just isn't Championship material. A very good driver but below the standard needed
 
Fluctuation0161 said:
He's a top driver. Just his dirty antics turn fans away from him.
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They all fecking do it. Max just gets more stick because he beat beloved Louis (unfairly) in 2021 and is so dominant now.

I always find him one of the nicer and more patient with Brundle when he’s trying to chat with them which is a plus in my eyes.
 
SilentWitness said:
Once again Norris shows that he just isn't Championship material. A very good driver but below the standard needed
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I have often though this to be honest.

I thought maybe this season he would step up. But his starts have been poor this season. Could be the car I guess, would need to compare his starts with Piastri.
 
Quite easily one of the GOAT race performances of all time. Especially in the business end of a title battle.

On average pace of the car this year Verstappen should not have won this championship.

He has well and truly made the difference.
 
Massive Spanner said:
They all fecking do it. Max just gets more stick because he beat beloved Louis (unfairly) in 2021 and is so dominant now.

I always find him one of the nicer and more patient with Brundle when he’s trying to chat with them which is a plus in my eyes.
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Not true. They don't all do it to the extent of Max. He has done it his whole F1 career. Driving other cars off the track if they try to overtake. Offering to crash out together if other drivers do not give in to him.

For me, it is unsporting. But he is a multiple World Champion with buckets of talent. It is just a shame he consistently tarnishes his reputation.
 
SilentWitness said:
Once again Norris shows that he just isn't Championship material. A very good driver but below the standard needed
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Pretty much said it himself in his interview the other day when he said he didn't want to be considered a title contender. Shite mentality.
 
hobbers said:
The front 3 drivers. They cant come round a lap and weave through the parked cars back to their grid slots. Not possible.
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They still didn’t have to move off.
And your ‘forced’ reasoning goes against you thinking third grid should also be punished
 
mariachi-19 said:
Max is undoubtedly the best driver in F1 currently... he's just a cnut.


Hopefully this also shuts Damon Hill the feck up and he can go back to whinging about his nearly championship in 94.
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Hes not even really a cnut, most of the things he gets pulled up for on track the other drivers also do but nothing is said
 
What the hell is going on with the penalties for the start? They just hoping everyone forgets?
 
Massive Spanner said:
I find Norris absolutely miles more unlikeable than Max, personally.
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max would at least tell you he was trying to boink your girlfriend. norris would weasel away in the background but be nice to your face.
 
He's right about the results of the red flag having nothing to do with talent, but after that Max went from 2nd place to winning the race by 20sec while Norris went from 4th to 6th.
 
Just caught up with the race. Fantastic drive from max. Got lucky with the safety car, but you need luck to win WDCs. Today was a demonstration of why he doesn't need to do the dirty/unsporting stuff he did in Mexico. Far too talented a driver to have to resort to those measures.

Norris just isn't WDC material. Bad call from his team to follow Russell in.

Great drive from Ocon and Gasly. Also really surprised Hamilton managed to get a point in that shit heap of a car today.

On a side note, I still think the rule needs changing that you can change tyres under a red flag.
 
Lando being salty, dude just take the result on the chin and learn from it.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
that drive today was one of the best wet drives I have seen , up there with the great Senna wet races
Max totally deserved his win
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Yeh, it's his best wet drive. Up there with Schmacher 96, Hamilton 08, Vettel 08.

I just about remember donnington 93 senna.

It's no coincidence the very best drivers have a feel for driving in the wet the others don't.

On a side note, apparently Jackie Stewart's 1968 nurburing (full 14 mile course) is the greatest wet F1 drive of all time apparently. In torrential rain and fog, he started P3, by end of lap1 had a 8 second lead and by the end of the race finished 4 minutes (yep you read that correctly), ahead of Graham Hill who finished 2nd.

That's completely unimaginable in today's F1.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
that drive today was one of the best wet drives I have seen , up there with the great Senna wet races
Max totally deserved his win
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didn’t rosberg frequently piss himself during a race?
 
Amazing from the Alpine guys today. Yes some look got them there but then they seemed good for it.
 
I don't think Lando will be number 1 McLaren driver next season although Piastri was poor today
 
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