Man, Perez is so shit. Easily the worst driver on the grid, even worse than Lance this year.
Leclerc and Ferrari don't look great so far.
Leclerc and Ferrari don't look great so far.
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Perez out in Q1 was a shock
Yes Charles. Go on lad
Verstappen 6th
Verstappen 6th
Get the feck in!
Nothing against Charles but would love Piastri to get a win
Happy with that, got Pole correct.
Seems like for a change FP was pretty indicative of the true measure of the teams this time around. Could be a messy start tomorrow.
McLaren vs Ferrari pure strategy battle will be good.
I am so glad I changed my prediction and put Leclerc on pole.
Surprised by those qualifying results. Might make an interesting race from a tactical point of view. Also good odds that Max tries to force something and causes a crash if they do find some pace in the race.
Perez is an excuse machine, every single time. Never takes any responsibility.
He always looks like somebody's just shit in his cornflakes
Leclerc praying that he doesn’t have the same fortunes as 2021 tomorrow.
Hamilton with some weird comments post quali, surprised to hear him say he won’t out qualify George this year.
LeClerc will wipe the floor with him with that attitude.
LeClerc will wipe the floor with him with that attitude.
I’m sure the context of that comment was that upgrades will be going to George ahead of him this year, for obvious reasons, which is why he won’t out qualify him.
That's a interesting grid. Should make the snorefest abit more interesting.
Ferrari have generally had shit race starts, I wouldn't be surprised if Piastri is in front at Sainte Devote.
Verstappen labelled it a “fundamental problem” that “can’t be fixed in weeks”. But can it be fixed during this season?
“Well first of all we need to understand what it is and we don’t,” Verstappen said when asked that question by The Race.
“We’ll work hard to try to find the problem and try to get rid of it but I don’t know if we can do that this year or we’ll have to wait for next year.
“If we knew we would have of course fixed it. Clearly we don’t.”
“Well first of all we need to understand what it is and we don’t,” Verstappen said when asked that question by The Race.
“We’ll work hard to try to find the problem and try to get rid of it but I don’t know if we can do that this year or we’ll have to wait for next year.
“If we knew we would have of course fixed it. Clearly we don’t.”
Hamilton added: "I was driving the same through the whole through yesterday and today. And the car, yes, it was performing pretty well. The small difference between two cars, George has the upgraded front wing and so that created performance difference, particularly in the high speed. But otherwise, for some reason, once we got to qualifying, just add no more. I don't anticipate being ahead of George in Qualifying this year."
https://x.com/FDataAnalysis/status/1794462189979615541?t=hE0wg5Q1UZUAhlR4NKjlaw&s=19
Now the question - does it make sense to update predictions for Monaco or not?!
So Hass get disqualified from qualifying but are still qualified for the race (albeit at the end of the grid)!?
Great F2 race and the huge gamble from O'Sullivan and ART paid off for the victory.
It's a harsh decision as FIA said there was no technical advantage to the rear wing being beyond the 85mm for the edges.
Haas cock up by not getting the engineers to set the new rear wing slot gaps correctly.
That's their weekend screwed.
I dont think its harsh, lesson learnt in my book, have a upgrade, make sure its within regulations.
Does not make any difference, they would not have gained from it, it was illegal.
Early days still, but I quite enjoy Aron being 1st and Antonelli being 8th after Merc released the former to be fully behind the latter.
Their records speak for themselves. Mercedes with Vesti and Antonelli thought that Aron didn't bring anything to the table that Vesti doesn't already & decided it was best for Aron that he got a junior programme that could give him a route to a drive. I fully expect Hadjar and Campos to be the main contender this season as they seem to have got their head around the new car quicker than others. Barcelona will probably give a true reflection of the running order for this season.
Don't watch F2, is antonelli really that good? Almost certain he will be in the F1 Mercedes next season.
Totto's idea of parking him at Williams seems dead in the water seeing as Bottas, Sainz etc are all linked to the other seat.
Diogo Dalot seems a cool guy, nice little chat with Brundle
Prema is struggling with the new car and getting the most out of it. He's keeping Bearman very honest as a team mate and his lap times are a match. Naturally tyre management is a key area of development for him at the moment. Part of me thinks Mercedes have written off 2025 already and having a season of Antonelli in the car won't make any difference to their results but will give them and him a good understanding for 2026.
Agreed on Williams, rumours circling in the F1 press is that they may have a good platform for 2026 which is why Sainz is even considering them. With Antonelli I think now we're getting to the traditional race circuits, and out of the street circuits then they can start to assess him better, and with a couple more private tests planned for the rest of the year they should get a good gauge on his pace vs the existing drivers.
Insightful chat from Ben Chilwell there.
Even Brundle's ear piece was saying 'Don't mention the Euros' outside of that there is zero going on with Chilwell
Just saw Jean Claude Blanc
Someone clearly shouting “mention white lotus” into Martins ear 
why did those dudes need trumpets for the national anthem?
Who all predicted Leclerc pole?
So 1996 was last time P2 jumped P1 during start.
Hamilton ahead of Max.
Bloody hell man. That Red Bull is completely destroyed.
Big crash at Massnet.
Exciting start
That Red Bull damage
That Red Bull damage