The Official 2024 F1 thread

[NZNick]

Easy win for Max & 2nd for Perez - good race pace from Ferrari, with Carlos winning out on strategy over Charles, who improved a lot on his grid position. Mixed for the McLaren drivers - less bad for Lando than Oscar. Good pace from Alonso and a better finish for George than for Lewis, who stayed out on the hard tyre a couple of laps too long. A deserved point fot Yuki at his home race.
The opening lap crash was hard on Albon, who did nothing wrong but was taken out by Danny Ric only checking his left mirror when he was slower than the cars around him.
Poor race for Alpine yet again. Bottas had periods of good pace, his team mate Zhou again had bad luck. Nice overtakes from Stroll, but he lacked overall pace. Logan went well at times, but blotted his copybook right near the end.
Both Haas drivers weaved on the straights / moved twice before a corner to retain position again - the stewards need to get on top of this.

 

[Miner]

Is Williams becoming the leading candidate to be sold to Andretti Cadillac? Or is Alpine still the favorite?

 

[NZNick]

I’d still lean towards Haas.

 

[jtrikakis1]

Gene or Alpine won't sell, but Williams needs some help, Andretti just open their F1 facility at Silverstone.

 

[jtrikakis1]

Andretti apply further pressure on F1 with new Silverstone factory unveiled

Andretti Global isn't taking its F1 rejection lying down, and has confirmed its next step in preparation for entry into the sport.

www.planetf1.com

 

[Miner]

I read that Toro Rosso may be up for sale too. Probably more from an advertising perspective, but it seems a long time ago that Red Bull was 2 teams.

 

[jtrikakis1]

Alonsa stays with Aston Martin https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/fernando-alonso-new-aston-martin-f1-contract-six-reasons-why/

 

[Miner]

Sprint race qualifying was a crap shoot due to rain. Should make for an eventful race.

 

[NZNick]

Sprint race qualifying was a crap shoot due to rain. Should make for an eventful race.

The most exciting session of the season so far by far! Let’s hope the sprint is a fight with full-on racing and overtaking with elbows out.

 

[Miner]

Nico R is something.

 

[Sandro]

Interesting race except for first place.Lando did a great job,bad decision on softs for Fernando cost him 5th place.
After podium on sprint today was bad day for Lewis.

 

[NZNick]

Max on another level again - are we sure that the two Red Bull cars are the same?…
Good pace by Lando making the 1 stop work better than Ferrari. Aston Martin made a poor strategy call for Alonso, solid if uninspiring performances by Mercedes. Unlucky for Bottas after his best performance of the year - likewise for Danny Ric. Magnusson needs to be properly punished for punting Yuki off the track - a 10 second penalty is not sufficient. A mini revival for Alpine, but still not good enough. Williams ran well until they didn’t - not sure what is going wrong there.
Nice touch for Zhou to be celebrated on the finishing straight - I think he will remain with Sauber when they transfer into Audi as team mate for Carlos… unless Carlos is tempted by a top tier team, in which case many drivers will shuffle around…

 

[Miner]

I’m seeing some clickbait that Adrian Newey is going to leave Red Bull. I suspect he has said he will retire from them in the future.
He isn’t young.

 

[docjohn]

Stroll blaming everyone else but himself for a dufus move is Hollywood script rich kid perfect..

 

[Miner]

Stroll blaming everyone else but himself for a dufus move is Hollywood script rich kid perfect..

He makes a perfect teammate to Alonso, who is willing to drive for a very handsome salary.

 

[docjohn]

he looks marvalousssss