F1 2024 Season

i agree.

FIA changed the rules to slow peak mercedes down a number of times. i dont think that would help as newey and co are the best under these rules.
Thing is every team agreed to this, and even yesterday the top 3 drivers alone were quoted as saying they think the way it currently works is the best approach to closing up the grid.
 
How is Max 17secs ahead of someone in the same car? Perez isn’t the best driver out there but surely that gap has got to be smaller.
 
Just give us spec sprints every other race that only count for wdc
 
How is Max 17secs ahead of someone in the same car? Perez isn’t the best driver out there but surely that gap has got to be smaller.
Ignoring grid positions: 17s, 34 laps = 0.5s a lap. Which is about the gap.
 
Fingers crossed for some Benny Hill antics on Verstappen's stop. Lads tripping over fuel lines and dropping tires, come on.
 
Fingers crossed for some Benny Hill antics on Verstappen's stop. Lads tripping over fuel lines and dropping tires, come on.

He's got a big enough lead he'd have still come out clear!

That's the other thing, RB are so well drilled they rarely make mistakes
 
Remember when Lewis finished the British GP still in front even with a puncture he got on the last lap? It feels like those times
 
As a F1 rookie: is this because some lightning in a bottle situation with RB car being driven by Max? Like is it the car that much better or Max being insanely good?

You will get plenty of people downplaying Verstappen. But he is just that good. Most talented driver I have seen since Schumacher. It's mental. Of course, the car is incredible, too.
 
We need a new graphic, may a colour to show how much of the grid max has lapped.
 
You will get plenty of people downplaying Verstappen. But he is just that good. Most talented driver I have seen since Schumacher. It's mental. Of course, the car is incredible, too.
Hes very very good, but theres no benchmark within his team. Put him in the ferrari or mercedes and he aint winning the title.

Think most of the grid would win the title in that car, maybe not to the same race margins.
 
Pointless strategy for Alonso. Stayed out for too long in the first stint. And doing it again
 
Random thought: it seems impossible but does anyone know if it ever happened when the race FL is faster than the pole position time?
I doubt it, even when the fuel is down as low as qualifying at the end of the race the tyres are usually worn or they don't have the engine turned up as high as qualifying (years ago anyway, I don't think they do engine modes anymore), they've got close in the last few years though I'd say with the whole getting a point for it.
 
I don’t think I’ve ever had such a pathological hatred of any team or driver, more than I do for Red Bull and Verstappen. Dislike the entire Red Bull model, across all their divisions (especially sport), their team principle makes my skin crawl every time I see him, or hear him speak; and Verstappen, I couldn’t stand him since he broke through, with his reckless driving endangering other people. Now he has this hyper dominant car and team built around him, and I have to look at his disgustingly smug, stupid face.

I can already see this season will be boring and unbearable. I’m out.

What's this about?
 
Crofty and Brundle trying their hardest to make this race more exciting than it actually has been.
 
Another mistake by Russell under pressure
Yeh, cant see Mercedes relying on Russell as no1 driver next season. Too many mistakes.Also dont think hes in that tier of driver i.e. potential future world champion (one day far far away when newey and max retire after winning 100,000,000,000 races).
 
I doubt it, even when the fuel is down as low as qualifying at the end of the race the tyres are usually worn or they don't have the engine turned up as high as qualifying (years ago anyway, I don't think they do engine modes anymore), they've got close in the last few years though I'd say with the whole getting a point for it.
Yeah I figured as much. Though it might be a really interesting factoid if at any point it did happen!
 
Are the commentators just calling them Red Bull and not Visa Cash App ATM Machine cashpoint Red Bull Racing? Money well spent by Visa.
 
Shame RedBull didnt give last years car to RB Cash Visa App team this season. Would probably be faster than this years mercs, ferrari and mclarens despite being last years car.