Official 2024 Season Formula 1 Thread

[R3L3NTL3SS]

I’m glad Checo didn’t get out of Q1 again. I hope Red Bull gets **** on in the constructors and can be happy as long as they got their sponsor money. ****ing dumb ****s.

[Weightaholic]

Sergio really showing he deserves that contract renewal.

[ProudKraut]

It's an embarrassment - they could have had Hulk, Alonso, Tsunoda, Sainz, Lawson, Gasly... you could have a monkey throw darts at a list of drivers and come up with a better choice than Perrez.

[Gringo12]

So 80% chance max and Russell take eachother out at turn 1 and norris wins

[R3L3NTL3SS]

So 80% chance max and Russell take eachother out at turn 1 and norris wins

Russell will definitely do absolutely everything in his power to keep that place. If Max has the pace, Russell has no chance though. His race craft isn’t on Max’s level.

[Barteh]

Great race.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Fk it, sign him for a third year. Why not? I hope he doesn’t score another point for the rest of the season.
MF’s are too embarrassed to even make a peep and mention the word Checo anywhere on their social media after that.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Best race of the season.

Seeing the HAAS smash though the field on full wets was LOL-worthy.

Legit had no idea how that was going to end throughout the race.

Rainy, walls are close in some areas... I took Logan to DNF @ 5.7.

Also took him to be the first DNF of the race @ 17.0

Also have piastri to win qualifying @ 14.0

Ole!

Ole Ole Ole!

Logan!

Logan!

[ProSaibot]

It's an embarrassment - they could have had Hulk, Alonso, Tsunoda, Sainz, Lawson, Gasly... you could have a monkey throw darts at a list of drivers and come up with a better choice than Perrez.

If I was RBR and I would have taken Bottas for a year or two srs

Probably the best wingman driver ever and proven to be way better then Perez.


Sainz and Alonso wouldn't follow orders. Hulk already signed with Audi. Lawson is a rookie. Yuki has anger issues.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Another race where people want to pretend the Verstappen effect isn’t real. That car DID NOT belong in P1 today.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

If I was RBR and I would have taken Bottas for a year or two srs

Probably the best wingman driver ever and proven to be way better then Perez.


Sainz and Alonso wouldn't follow orders. Hulk already signed with Audi. Lawson is a rookie. Yuki has anger issues.

Yuki still has his rants but overall, his mindset in the car has improved massively over the last season or so.

Albon got a shot. Gasly got a shot. With Perez’s absolutely abysmal performances, it’s a flat out shame Yuki never got/probably never will get a shot. Do I think Yuki would challenge Max? Hell no, but I know he’d be chitting on Checo’s performances and at least constantly be in the top 5.

[Barteh]

Yuki still has his rants but overall, his mindset in the car has improved massively over the last season or so.

Albon got a shot. Gasly got a shot. With Perez’s absolutely abysmal performances, it’s a flat out shame Yuki never got/probably never will get a shot. Do I think Yuki would challenge Max? Hell no, but I know he’d be chitting on Checo’s performances and at least constantly be in the top 5.

I don't know if I remember incorrectly but I don't even think Albon was that bad.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Seeing the HAAS smash though the field on full wets was LOL-worthy.

Legit had no idea how that was going to end throughout the race

As soon as I saw they had those tires I knew it would be a disaster. The second the truck isn’t absolutely soaking wet those tires are 100% dog****. They displayed this perfectly today. Unfortunately for them the track dried way too fast for the gamble to pay off.


…and the Haas team giving Kevin an 8+ second stop didn’t help. I believe he would definitely have finished in the points today if not for that first stop after the full wet charge. He lost probably 4-5 unnecessary positions with that stop.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

I don't know if I remember incorrectly but I don't even think Albon was that bad.

Neither him nor Gasly were even remotely close to being as bad as Checo has been…yet they got let go.

Thats why people are so mindfked that they’re keeping Checo.

[Gringo12]

People gotta keep in mind that the main purpose of the red bull racing team is to simply advertise and sell red bull cans, that's the sole purpose of checos 1 + 1 contract (and he's no threat to max). An extra 10 mil in bonus for winning the WCC is nothing for red bull.

That was an epic race. Albons double over take was insane.

Is there a driver who's better at safety car restarts than Max? I swear to God he is so fckn good at it. +1.9 seconds in essentially half a lap after a safety car restart and he does it every time.

if max wasn't driving the red bull, it would be in the 3rd or maybe 4th spot on the grid. Max is the difference.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Lmao, now Perez gets a three-place grid drop for the next race because he drove his smashed up car around the track today.

C'mon man!

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Lmao, now Perez gets a three-place grid drop for the next race because he drove his smashed up car around the track today.

C'mon man!

So, what, P19 instead of P16?

[Gringo12]

Lmao, now Perez gets a three-place grid drop for the next race because he drove his smashed up car around the track today.

C'mon man!

Tbf it was the teams call to have him keep driving it to try avoid a safety car that would hurt Max, but yeah this is a night mare for perez. Carbon copy of last season where he fell off

[superfunk]

That was easily the race of the year, just relentless action. I didn't get much done at work while it was on Be nice if it continues but i think the next few races are RB friendly tracks, expect Max to cruise off again. F1TV were superb. They didn't miss anything on track and are pretty unbiased. I dont think i'll go back to the Skytv commentators.

I don't know if I remember incorrectly but I don't even think Albon was that bad.

Albons first RB year was really good, but by the end of the second year Max was starting to lap him on occasion. This is probably the closest F1 field ever in history which means if Perez is a few tenths off Max it has a much greater penalty than it did in Albons RB days. Albon has been pretty vocal about how difficult the RB cars were, and are to drive, he likened it to setting a gaming mouse to maximum sensitivity where tiny inputs are massively amplified. Apparently this and last years RB cars look quite difficult to drive judging by the onboards. The RB is obviously really fast but i don't think it is nearly as easy to drive as Max makes it look.

Horner leaked today that Perez's contract is not 2 years, it is 1+1. Make of that what you will.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

. F1TV were superb. They didn't miss anything on track and are pretty unbiased. I dont think i'll go back to the Skytv commentators.

If you have F1 TV, make sure to watch Jolyn Palmers analysis after each race. Sometimes his analysis is more compelling than the race itself. He breaks down speed data, racing lines, overtakes, etc. 10/10.