Formula 1 2024

[MrH]

The Hulk is going to Audi-Sauber along with Sainz in 2025.

Bottas and Zou are out for the time being.

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[hi5.0]

Ugh. Feel kind of bad for Hulk and Sainz unless Audi gets their **** together and come up to speed with F1 quickly. Doubly so for Sainz if Newey goes over to Ferrari .

[WalterAP]

Crazy to hear about Newey leaving Red Bull. Let's see if Ferrari can entice him enough

[MrH]

Times from today's Shootout for the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix Sprint.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 1:27.641 138.139 mph
2 Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.749 0.108
3 Perez Red Bull 1:27.876 0.235
4 Ricciardo RB 1:28.044 0.403
5 Sainz Ferrari 1:28.103 0.462
6 Piastri McLaren 1:28.161 0.520
7 Stroll Aston Martin 1:28.375 0.734
8 Alonso Aston Martin 1:28.419 0.778
9 Norris McLaren 1:28.472 0.831
10 Hulkenberg Haas 1:28.476 0.835
11 Russell Mercedes 1:28.343
12 Hamilton Mercedes 1:28.371
13 Ocon Alpine 1:28.379
14 Magnussen Haas 1:28.614
15 Tsunoda RB No Time
16 Gasly Alpine 1:29.185
17 Zhou Stake 1:29.267
18 Bottas Stake 1:29.360
19 Sargeant Williams 1:29.551
20 Albon Williams 1:29.858

[MrH]

1 Max Verstappen Red Bull
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
3 Sergio Perez Red Bull
4 Daniel Ricciardo RB
5 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari
6 Oscar Piastri McLaren
7 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
8 Yuki Tsunoda RB
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine
10 Logan Sargeant Williams
11 Guanyu Zhou Sauber
12 George Russell Mercedes
13 Alex Albon Williams
14 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
15 Esteban Ocon Alpine
16 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
17 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
18 Kevin Magnussen Haas
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin DNF
20 Lando Norris McLaren DNF

That was somewhat entertaining sprint race.
Great run by Riccardo 4th
Lewis takes out 2 cars at turn 1 and didn't get penalized.
However he gets a 20 sec drive through for speeding in the pits
Mag set a rercord for 3 penalties in one sprint race.
Pitiful race by Mercedes.
Hulk gets 7th.

[hi5.0]

That damn HAM luck again. At least STR wasn't the villain this time. Good on RIC, wish he could have held off PER for a podium.

[MrH]

Times from today's qualifying session for the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 1:27.241 138.772 mph
2 Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.382 0.141
3 Sainz Ferrari 1:27.455 0.214
4 Perez Red Bull 1:27.460 0.219
5 Norris McLaren 1:27.594 0.353
6 Piastri McLaren 1:27.675 0.434
7 Russell Mercedes 1:28.067 0.826
8 Hamilton Mercedes 1:28.107 0.866
9 Hulkenberg Haas 1:28.146 0.905
10 Tsunoda RB 1:28.192 0.951
11 Stroll Aston Martin 1:28.222
12 Gasly Alpine 1:28.324
13 Ocon Alpine 1:28.371 -
14 Albon Williams 1:28.413
15 Alonso Aston Martin 1:28.427
16 Bottas Stake 1:28.463
17 Sargeant Williams 1:28.487
18 Ricciardo RB 1:28.617
19 Magnussen Haas 1:28.619
20 Zhou Stake 1:28.824

[torquemada]

snoozefest incoming

[MrH]

Cripes, even the safteycar can't get it right.

[MrH]

Well I'll be.
Norris wins a very rare McLaren win. 2nd time in 12 years. Well done!

[MrH]

Result of the Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Norris McLaren 57 1hr 30:49.876
2 Verstappen Red Bull 57 + 0:07.612
3 Leclerc Ferrari 57 + 0:09.920
4 Sainz Ferrari 57 + 0:11.407
5 Perez Red Bull 57 + 0:14.650
6 Hamilton Mercedes 57 + 0:16.585
7 Tsunoda RB 57 + 0:26.185
8 Russell Mercedes 57 + 0:34.789
9 Alonso Aston Martin 57 + 0:37.107
10 Ocon Alpine 57 + 0:39.746
11 Hulkenberg Haas 57 + 0:40.789
12 Gasly Alpine 57 + 0:44.958
13 Piastri McLaren 57 + 0:49.756
14 Zhou Stake 57 + 0:49.979
15 Ricciardo RB 57 + 0:50.956
16 Bottas Stake 57 + 0:52.356
17 Stroll Aston Martin 57 + 0:55.173
18 Magnussen Haas 57 + 1:04.683
19 Albon Williams 57 + 1:16.091
Sargeant Williams 27 Accident Damage

Alpine finally gets a team point

[Notbrick]

Overall a pretty entertaining race. I am slowly coming around to the Miami track layout and the racing that it brings in certain areas of the track. The 14,15 chicane is goofy, but I like that it can equalize your chances down Sector 3 if you get it wrong.

A great first win for Lando, he was driving hard all race.

[MrH]

MIAMI GP GRABS BIGGEST EVER LIVE F1 US TV AUDIENCE

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/m...ence/10608142/

ABC's broadcast of Lando Norris's maiden F1 victory attracted an average audience of 3.1 million viewers, which beats the previous record of 2.6 million that watched the inaugural Miami event in 2022.

It also marks a 48% uptick in viewership compared to last year, when the audience had dropped to 2.1 million for Miami's second event.

Although the late afternoon timing of the Miami event pitches it late for a European and Asian television audience, it has clearly proved beneficial for capturing eyeballs in the USA, as its races are the three most viewed in the country's history.

The Saturday sprint race, which was broadcast on ESPN, attracted 946,000 viewers, which was the largest US audience for a sprint since the format was introduced in 2021. Official qualifying on Saturday drew an audience of 625,000.

The uplift in US interest in the Miami race is good news for F1's broadcast partner as the start of the season had delivered some mixed figures.

The season-opener in Bahrain had earned 1.12 million viewers, which was down from the 1.31 million that tuned in in 2023.

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix then posted a 40% drop in viewership year on year, with it having 920,000 viewers compared to the 1.523 million who watched the 2023 race.



However, some of this drop was put down to the race being broadcast on a Saturday and shown on ESPN2.


The Chinese Grand Prix, which had aired at 3am Eastern Time, drew just 626,000 viewers – although this was well up from the 268,000 who watched the previous Shanghai race in 2019.

With F1 making big efforts to increase the audience in Miami, a sell-out crowd of 270,000 last weekend showed a strong appetite for grand prix racing.

Daniel Ricciardo suggested over the weekend that the Miami GP felt like it was being surrounded by the kind of hype that is normally associated with the Super Bowl.

"It feels like, and I'm not trying to say it's Super Bowl, but Super Bowl week," he said.

"It's like a whole week of things. I feel our weeks have built out now, not to the extent of a Super Bowl week but it's getting there with events and people are interested.

"It's from a Wednesday onwards, and it's not just the Sunday that they're excited for the race. We had a really good crowd, a lot of young people I feel, and a lot of new audience coming in. So, it's good to grow the sport for sure."

[real_psyence]

Verstappen carrying the bollard around on his wing like a napping baby was probably the funniest thing I've seen all season.

Props to Norris for bringing it home. Feels like an asterisk win but hopefully it won't be his only.

[torquemada]

Ferrari testing possible rain deflector by order of the FIA

[hi5.0]

Can understand why, but those just look so... yuck. Would like to know how these would affect pit stop times. Any pics of these in actual wet conditions?

[torquemada]

in front Arthur Leclerc, in back Oliver Bearman



Bearman said that it does not help much....well well well, who would have thought that a groundeffect car would suck air (and water) high up in the air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTtBpthJdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvTtBpthJdw

[torquemada]

Verstappen showed his class again, Perez showed why he will never win a championship.
Alonso is getting old.
Ferrari still underperforming.
McLaren is getting better and better.
And Mercedes is fighting RacingBulls.

[MrH]

Times from today's qualifying session for the MSC Cruises Gran Premio del Made in Italy a dell'Emilia Romagna.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 1:14.746 146.916 mph
2 Piastri McLaren 1:14.820 0.074
3 Norris McLaren 1:14.837 0.091
4 Leclerc Ferrari 1:14.970 0.224
5 Sainz Ferrari 1:15.233 0.487
6 Russell Mercedes 1:15.234 0.488
7 Tsunoda RB 1:15.465 0.719
8 Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.504 0.758
9 Ricciardo RB 1:15.674 0.928
10 Hulkenberg Haas 1:15.980 1.234
11 Perez Red Bull 1:15.706
12 Ocon Alpine 1:15.906
13 Stroll Aston Martin 1:15.992
14 Albon Williams 1:16.200
15 Gasly Alpine 1:16.381
16 Bottas Stake 1:16.626
17 Zhou Stake 1:16.834
18 Magnussen Haas 1:16.854
19 Alonso Aston Martin 1:16.917
20 Sargeant Williams No Time

RedBull must be sandbagging in practice again.
Its sad that a cusomer engine team beating the crap out oif the factoy team.
Saw a report that Newey sighned a 8 figure deal with some team for 2026 (Ferrari).

[MrH]

Max hangs on to win.
Norris ran him down at the end.
Good job by a customer engine team.(McLaren)

[MrH]

Result of the MSC Cruises Gran Premio del Made in Italy a dell'Emilia Romagna.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 63 1hr 25:25.252
2 Norris McLaren 63 + 0:00.725
3 Leclerc Ferrari 63 + 0:07.916
4 Piastri McLaren 63 + 0:14.132
5 Sainz Ferrari 63 + 0:22.325
6 Hamilton Mercedes 63 + 0:35.104
7 Russell Mercedes 63 + 0:47.154
8 Perez Red Bull 63 + 0:54.776
9 Stroll Aston Martin 63 + 1:19.556
10 Tsunoda RB 62 + 1 Lap
11 Hulkenberg Haas 62 + 1 Lap
12 Magnussen Haas 62 + 1 Lap
13 Ricciardo RB 62 + 1 Lap
14 Ocon Alpine 62 + 1 Lap
15 Zhou Stake 62 + 1 Lap
16 Gasly Alpine 62 + 1 Lap
17 Sargeant Williams 62 + 1 Lap
18 Bottas Stake 62 + 1 Lap
19 Alonso Aston Martin 62 + 1 Lap
20 Albon Williams 51 Retired

Alonso seems to pack it in after starting from pit lane. At least Stroll picked up a couple of points.
What the heck was redbull doing with Perez, waiting for a saftey car? He made zero progress on the medium tires.
Dorilton Capital needs to sell Williams before its too late. They suck.

[340Duster]

Originally Posted by MrH

Result of the MSC Cruises Gran Premio del Made in Italy a dell'Emilia Romagna.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap

13 Ricciardo RB 62 + 1 Lap
14 Ocon Alpine 62 + 1 Lap
15 Zhou Stake 62 + 1 Lap
16 Gasly Alpine 62 + 1 Lap
17 Sargeant Williams 62 + 1 Lap
18 Bottas Stake 62 + 1 Lap
19 Alonso Aston Martin 62 + 1 Lap
20 Albon Williams 51 Retired

Alonso seems to pack it in after starting from pit lane. At least Stroll picked up a couple of points.
What the heck was redbull doing with Perez, waiting for a saftey car? He made zero progress on the medium tires.
Dorilton Capital needs to sell Williams before its too late. They suck.

At least Sauber has a way out, because they currently are not doing any better

[torquemada]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4hgFHVWe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4hgFHVWe0

[MrH]

Its another round of "Follow the Leader at Monaco"

Times from today's qualifying session for the Grand Prix de Monaco.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Leclerc Ferrari 1:10.270 106.231 mph
2 Piastri McLaren 1:10.424 0.154
3 Sainz Ferrari 1:10.518 0.248
4 Norris McLaren 1:10.542 0.272
5 Russell Mercedes 1:10.543 0.273
6 Verstappen Red Bull 1:10.567 0.297
7 Hamilton Mercedes 1:10.621 0.351
8 Tsunoda RB 1:10.858 0.588
9 Albon Williams 1:10.948 0.678
10 Gasly Alpine 1:11.311 1.041
11 Ocon Alpine 1:11.285
12 Hulkenberg Haas 1:11.440
13 Ricciardo RB 1:11.482
14 Stroll Aston Martin 1:11.563
15 Magnussen Haas 1:11.725
16 Alonso Aston Martin 1:12.019
17 Sargeant Williams 1:12.020
18 Perez Red Bull 1:12.060
19 Bottas Stake 1:12.512
20 Zhou Stake 1:13.028

Looks like Max isn't going to win this one unless Ferrari totaly botch it.
Both Haas cars maybe going to the back of grid for rear wing violations
Alonso again can't get out of Q3.
Agian McLaren kills the factory team.

[hi5.0]

Let's see if LEC and Ferrari can keep it together, starting with fending off PIA from the start.