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Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:18 am
by BOR
About time!

Sainz could drive for Aston or Mercedes in the next season.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:23 am
by Drumstick
I wonder if Ferrari would've asked Sainz to pull over and let Leclerc through had it not been for the SC...

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:01 am
by Victor Mildew
Drumstick wrote:I wonder if Ferrari would've asked Sainz to pull over and let Leclerc through had it not been for the SC...


No :lol:

When I spotted the smoke coming from Verstappen's car :datass:

Perez :fp:

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:25 am
by Victor Mildew
Alonso demoted to 8th. Looked like a clear brake test from the onboard footage from Russel's car.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:04 am
by False
The happiness that washed over me seeing the smoke starting

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:16 am
by floydfreak

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:18 pm
by Robbo-92
Watching this now, even without Verstappen, it’s still a dire race, Sainz is just in Verstappen’s position without the huge race pace advantage Verstappen has. This is where Perez just looks poor, he should be winning, but he’s down in 7th.

Just under 20 laps to go though.

Edit, it’s borderline criminal that Sainz is being booted from Ferrari, I get why they’re getting Hamilton for a couple of years, but Sainz is really showing his worth in my opinion.

Edit, big crash for Russell. Seeing that Alonso was penalised? Did he brake check Russell into a very quick corner?

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:25 pm
by Rawrgna
It wasn't that he was brake checking George but more that he was driving unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner which could be deemed potentially dangerous

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:29 pm
by False
Perez has no pace without drs - there is always a mysterious problem that manifests and explains why he can’t make time in the fastest car on the grid

It has been clearly demonstrated time and again that car in clean air can make at least 1 second a lap on literally anyone else

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:34 pm
by Robbo-92
It was clear Verstappen had a problem when the lead went from around 8 tenths, to 2 tenths in one corner.

Perez really needed a podium at the minimum today and he was nowhere near.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:16 pm
by Victor Mildew
It's a good job red bull have a great second driver to pick up wins when Verstappen...oh.

Was in no way a good race, but seeing a red bull retiring gave me life. Drivers table is very tight on points at this time, although I still expect Verstappen to win every race he finishes this year.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:24 pm
by Memento Mori
The first grand prix weekend in over a decade I watched absolutely nothing of. No practice, qualifying or race.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:36 pm
by floydfreak







Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:50 pm
by floydfreak

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:51 am
by Drumstick
Robbo-92 wrote:Watching this now, even without Verstappen, it’s still a dire race, Sainz is just in Verstappen’s position without the huge race pace advantage Verstappen has.

Why do you think this is? Is it a regulations problem? One driver shouldn't be able to front run the race into oblivion irrespective of their vehicle.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:22 am
by Robbo-92
Drumstick wrote:
Robbo-92 wrote:Watching this now, even without Verstappen, it’s still a dire race, Sainz is just in Verstappen’s position without the huge race pace advantage Verstappen has.

Why do you think this is? Is it a regulations problem? One driver shouldn't be able to front run the race into oblivion irrespective of their vehicle.


A chunk of it has to be down to dirty air, which these regulations were meant to help solve, but I think Sainz just had everyone covered yesterday, extreme weight saving by having his appendix out :lol:

If Verstappen’s rear brake didn’t lock on, Verstappen would have been even further ahead than Sainz was at a few moments.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:25 pm
by floydfreak
The sense of speed from this onboard :datass:

twitter.com/CrystalRacing/status/1772232211703681029


Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:43 pm
by Lotus
Wasn't a great race at the weekend, but enjoyed seeing a different driver win, and enjoyed seeing no points for either Mercedes.
Alonso's penalty seems like bullshit, but we know the stewards don't do consistency or logic, so in that way it's no surprise.

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:30 am
by floydfreak
Liberty is buying Moto GP

Re: Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:44 am
by Return_of_the_STAR

twitter.com/paulmcg92/status/1772971165625032971



I still love watching this. It just screams of me playing all my racing games on easy mode as a kid though :lol:

I would love to see Portugal brought back, it had some great overtaking opportunities.