The Official 2024 F1 thread
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Will Max win #4 Sunday?
Yes, he will win #4...or #3, depending upon your perspective 
Well done Max!
Well done Max!
Four would be correct....
Great pole to flag win for George, and a superb 10-2 from Lewis - what could have been if he hadn’t messed up his Q3 runs…. Toto was almost happy with the performance of his team.
Solid performance from the Ferrari boys, and Max did enough to get the WDC job done. Disappointing from McLaren - Lando was nowhere until the last lap, and Oscar was nowhere because of a dubious start line penalty.
Unlucky for Gasly and Albon. Perez was poor apart from one overtake on Lawson and Magnussen. Yuki got points, but not as many as Hukenberg, so Haas are looking like 6th in the WCC is theirs.
Las Vegas proved that it was all style over substance with a the podium being a Roller ride halfway round the track for a photo-op outside a tacky hotel rather than in front of the main grandstand… pointless, as it killed any atmosphere.
Onward to the final two races of the season - Can McLaren keep both hands on the WCC or will Ferrari sneak in at the end. Can’t see Red Bull lifting the trophy, unless the second Red Bull has a Max clone in the drivers seat.
Solid performance from the Ferrari boys, and Max did enough to get the WDC job done. Disappointing from McLaren - Lando was nowhere until the last lap, and Oscar was nowhere because of a dubious start line penalty.
Unlucky for Gasly and Albon. Perez was poor apart from one overtake on Lawson and Magnussen. Yuki got points, but not as many as Hukenberg, so Haas are looking like 6th in the WCC is theirs.
Las Vegas proved that it was all style over substance with a the podium being a Roller ride halfway round the track for a photo-op outside a tacky hotel rather than in front of the main grandstand… pointless, as it killed any atmosphere.
Onward to the final two races of the season - Can McLaren keep both hands on the WCC or will Ferrari sneak in at the end. Can’t see Red Bull lifting the trophy, unless the second Red Bull has a Max clone in the drivers seat.
After rejecting the Andretti - Cadillac bid to become the 11th team, FOM has now admitted the GM / Cadillac team into F1.
I’m not sure I understand it, esp with Michael Andretti taking a smaller role, maybe? Perhaps F1 is hedging its bets with Alpine, while not looking too hypocritical about not wanting Andretti in the sport.
I’m not sure I understand it, esp with Michael Andretti taking a smaller role, maybe? Perhaps F1 is hedging its bets with Alpine, while not looking too hypocritical about not wanting Andretti in the sport.
^ for 2026. F1 wanted a manufacturer, not just a race team.
Rumo(u)rs that Porsche may partner with Williams at some point in the not too-distant future…
Leclerc was upset that Sainz out muscled him. Wait ‘til next year…
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I haven't read too much about the Andretti stuff, but it seems like they have something against Michael Andretti in particular and/or F1 are using the excuse that they wanted GM/Cadillac instead of the Andretti name. Having that said, since Cadillac has been admitted yesterday, I've now also seen a headline stating that Mario Andretti has joined the GM/Cadillac F1 effort as a board director.
A lot of people are calling this a "sly" move by Andretti thinking Andretti are pulling a fast one on F1 but I have to believe some involvement with Andretti was always the plan since it was Andretti's team that was heading up the effort and GM/Cadillac weren't going to restart this effort from scratch just because Michael stepped down. I'm sure Michael stepping down was a part of the "deal" they reached to get the team in at all.
I would love to other's thoughts on the sprint format...I don't like it because imo it detracts from the reason we watch..the Grand Prix. Having a mini race before hand cheapens the actual race. To me the sprint is a final practice at 100 %...weird..let them have 3 practices and then race...Having 2 quali's is redundant and the second one is anti climatic..
I agree!
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I definitely agree that the sprints CAN take the fun out of the race, since they're basically a spoiler for how each team/driver will do in the race. But in rare occasions like Qatar Sprint 2024, it can give a team data and allow them to tweak the settings like RBR did for Max, completely turning around the car from sprint to the race. Overall, I don't think they're necessary though. Or if they keep doing them, maybe need to spice them up somehow and make them more different from the main race besides just being fewer laps. Maybe put everyone on the same tire compound? or implement rolling starts? haha idk...
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