F1 2024 Season

pauldyson1uk said:
The car is a dog, it will show in one session it has some potential, then in the next its back to shit. They seem to spend to much time messing with the set up and its not working.
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Mercedes brought a new floor to Miami for both cars. Doesn't seem to have made the slightest bit of difference. As Anthony Davidson showed on the Skypad, there is no rear end grip so neither driver can go full throttle through the high speed corners. There's a lack of grip at front end so it's not turning in and apex's are being missed.

More parts are coming for next few races. But unless they can fix whatever correlation issue they have, it seems pointless.
 
avgp_1 said:
Mercedes are going all out with the kid. Though he has shown remarkable ability to be competitive in pretty much any machinery he has been thrown into, it seems a bit too early
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Totto determined not to lose this kid like he lost Verstappen (Red Bull offered max the torro rosso seat and Totto had nothing available for a young max).

Rumour that he will go to Williams for a few seasons. Though I fail to see what's in it for Williams. Would have thought Bottas (if he loses his Sauber drive) would be a more solid option alongside Albion.
 
They shouldn't have safety cars on sprints they should red flag it as there's so few laps
 
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Alonso saw Hamilton coming and tried to turn as late as possible.

Hamilton was driving like if he was alone on the track, and you can't simply drive like that on a start.
 
Norris will get a penalty for being taken out by Hamilton this is peak comedy. Stewards are a joke.
 
K Mag made that so much more interesting. 3 x time penalties in a sprint race must be a record. I quite like the hard driving of K Mag (pushing Hamilton off the track was OOT) but apart from that he's so good to watch when defending. Thought he was immense in Singapore.

Mercedes have to trim some wing off rear wing, that Mercedes is so slow.
 
Ahmer Baig said:
Idiot director missing overtakes.
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Yep, also I know you have to show max crossing the line, but surely in this age of tech they can do picture in picture and have a smaller picture box of max crossing the line while we watch Sainz/Riccardo/Piastri on the last lap duke it out.
 
dinostar77 said:
K Mag made that so much more interesting. 3 x time penalties in a sprint race must be a record. I quite like the hard driving of K Mag (pushing Hamilton off the track was OOT) but apart from that he's so good to watch when defending. Thought he was immense in Singapore.

Mercedes have to trim some wing off rear wing, that Mercedes is so slow.
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I am starting to think that Lewis is part of the problem, there is a lot of mistakes creeping into his racing, maybe frustration with the car.
 
Surely Haas should've kept Magnussen within DRS of Hulk, doubt Lewis would've been able to take him, let alone both.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
I am starting to think that Lewis is part of the problem, there is a lot of mistakes creeping into his racing, maybe frustration with the car.
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He will be frustrated for sure. But what is he supposed to do (Russell as well), with a car that is slow in the straights, has no rear end grip in high speed corners and poor turn in, in low speed corners. If you can't trust the car you can't push it and yourself to the limit.

They brought new floors to Miami and there's been no improvement, more of a case of going backwards. It's as thought they need the biggest bit of luck, to have some debris get stuck in the floor for the car to come alive and work as it should in theory.

They have to make changes to both cars for qually otherwise they won't get into Q3.

Anyway hopefully Norris can get into the top 4 for qually, and his car is repairable (they didn't have spare new parts), cause he could be a genuine threat on Sunday.
 
dinostar77 said:
He will be frustrated for sure. But what is he supposed to do (Russell as well), with a car that is slow in the straights, has no rear end grip in high speed corners and poor turn in, in low speed corners. If you can't trust the car you can't push it and yourself to the limit.

They brought new floors to Miami and there's been no improvement, more of a case of going backwards. It's as thought they need the biggest bit of luck, to have some debris get stuck in the floor for the car to come alive and work as it should in theory.

They have to make changes to both cars for qually otherwise they won't get into Q3.

Anyway hopefully Norris can get into the top 4 for qually, and his car is repairable (they didn't have spare new parts), cause he could be a genuine threat on Sunday.
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I can understand the frustration, he still wants to win and is pushing himself and the car, 3 seasons now of driving a dog of a car.
Upgrades seem to be a sticking point with Mercedes, none of them seem to work has expected, pretty much like the car.
 
Sky Sports F1's Ted Kravitz:

"There were plenty of bumps and grazes from the Sprint and we are still seeing the teams fixing their cars.

"There was a lot of damage to Stroll's car, the radiators and floors and only now have they fixed it. His weekend starts here.

"You can say the same thing for Lando Norris' car. His weekend starts here as well. Never mind the Sprint Qualifying, it's all about Qualifying and the Grand Prix. McLaren believe the set-up is good.

"Oscar Piastri was flying and his car pretty much remains the same.

"Ferrari have changed the set-up a little bit to try and calm down the tyre degradation. I don't think Ferrari have sacrificed any rear wing despite Carlos Sainz struggling to overtake Daniel Ricciardo.

"That's something Mercedes were thinking of doing. But it looks similar to the ones they had in the Sprint. Maybe they have given it a little twist either way, but I think it's more or less the same.

"No change on the Red Bull rear wins. Red Bull are happy with their set-ups."
 
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