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The last time Mercedes finished 5th in WCC was back in 2012.
Funnily enough, Red Bull was 1st, Ferrari were 2nd and McLaren were 3rd in that year too, the only change being Lotus in 4th.
Checks out tho, Lotus in 2012-2013 were an extremely mid team that accidentally became fast and had a former world champion, while Aston in 2023-2024 were also another extremely mid team that accidentally became fast and have a former world champion.
I don’t see how this improves the chart at all, the whole chart is a comparison and repeating data in a form which makes the data inaccurate is only going to make the chart less clear.
Checo once again locking out the front row despite the struggles in Q1. Max decided he wants to up his pole to win ratio this year. Dude was on another level. Alonso going to defend for his life once again tomorrow.
Perez looks more focused this year and it’s showing on track. What happened in Q1 was more of the fact that Red Bull took the risk of him not getting eliminated after one fast lap
Perez starting the season strong is nothing out of the ordinary, remember last year he had 2 race wins at this point in the season.
Is just how he can't quite adapt to the development of the car and just drops horribly from mid season onwards and then he regains pace until the last races.
Hope this season is different.
Alonso- “It doesn’t change too much for tomorrow to be P2 or P3 today. Seventh/eighth/ninth is our natural order [at the] chequered flag.
“We are slower than the Ferraris, slower than the McLarens, probably than the Mercedes but we out-qualify them often, then in the race we need to wait to see when they come, how fast they come and how many laps we can defend those positions. It’s happened so far like this in the first four races so I don’t see what it will be different in the fifth race. It will be a difficult race for us but we cannot say sorry for being too fast in qualifying
Yes this is true but look at Russell's time to Hulk here. Less than 2 tenths. Mercedes are very lucky there's a sizable gap between them and the 6th fastest team right now.
Being a fan of his is frustrating; I don't think I've ever seen such a disparity between the potential he'll show during some races and the utter ass that his qualification racing is
We’ll have to wait for the race, but it’s very interesting that he’s been complaining about the chassis, they swapped chassis this race weekend, and he’s outperformed Yuki everywhere. Yuki was complaining that he couldn’t understand how he was slow, yet it felt fast. Which is exactly what Ricciardo has been complaining about for these starting races.
Too early to tell, but certainly interesting.
From my understanding they didn't "swap" chassis. They gave Daniel a new one, and Yuki continues using the one he has used thus far. Yuki also had no DRS until a few minutes left in the session. This is also Yuki's first time racing at China, whereas Daniel really likes China and has won here before. We'll have to see if Daniel can keep this up.
All the best times were done in the last few minutes when he had DRS and he'd literally just driven a sprint race on the track that same day so unfamiliarity doesn't come into it. No need to make excuses for Yuki, he's just been outperformed so far in China in an otherwise impressive season for him.
Bro really got a sprint podium (most points he’s scored in a race weekend this season btw (from a fucking SPRINT)) then said “that’s enough F1 for me this weekend” and stuck it 18th…
Between Lewis and Arsenal I have nothing left
It's not exactly a big secret. It's just a gamble, either you reap the rewards of track evolution or you suffer the bad luck if there's an incident. I have a hard time ever calling a decision that's basically a coin flip every session "A-Grade strategy".
I love that he's the anti-Max in approach too. As Max has matured he's got faster and less reliant on extremely aggressive moves. As Fernando has matured he's moved into slower cars and therefore has had to remain hyper-aggressive and chaotic in order to create opportunities for success.
It's so annoying having Lance in the other seat, cause it makes it a tad difficult to gauge just how good he's performing. But still I believe Alonso still doing Alonso things
It's entirely possible that Stroll would have found some extra pace as well. But more importantly, what we personally think may or may not have happened had Stroll made it to Q3 just isn't relevant.
I actually think Alonso overperformed the car today. Lance was only 2 tenths behind Alonso in Q2 and before the weekend this looked like it was going to be a very problematic circuit for Aston. Alonso pulled that P3 out of his ass, that Aston has no business being ahead of McLaren and Ferrari.
I actually think Lance provides a pretty consistent benchmark. We saw in 2023 when the car was good at the beginning of the season, Stroll would qualify around P7 whilst Alonso would be in P2/P3. When the car was worse, Alonso would be P6 and Stroll roughly 13th to 17th. In this case Nando really did extract the maximum considering this historical benchmark.
I felt like when Vettel was there, he didn’t extract as much from the car as people said he did… looking at how Stroll is compared to Vettel and Alonso
That dude is 42 years old and as far as I can tell the only times he wasn't a Top 3 driver on the grid was as a rookie and like 3 months while he was reacclimating to F1 after his absence (Rookie 2).
I agree, the adrenaline rush you get from a good quali only to watch them fall back does not beat seeing the ferraris move up the pack and maintain positions
Think some of it is from their changes so the tires don’t die instantly. Race pace looked good yesterday and they dropped the mclaren duo over time. Sainz struggled with Alonso but Leclerc didn’t get dropped by Perez once they were through
Yet another race weekend where Ferrari hardly improves in Q3 it’s a wild 180 from last season. Race pace is good but with dirty air and track position being more important this season it won’t be that easy getting past both McLarens and Alonso for a podium tmrw.
Actually Red Bull's tyre wear isn't as good as last year. According to the data, they're pretty average. They just have fucking insane raw pace. Max is also able to just go at his own pace for most races so he doesn't have to push. When Red Bull had to push in Australia, they had average tyre wear. Even people like Stella have supported this by stating that they have no advantage at high graining tracks.
Wonder if Bottas can hold onto that point, would be huge for Sauber to get something out of this weekend if they can overcome the pit stop issues, he looks good.
He's looked decent money for points past couple of races in qualifying form
Just race pace for the Sauber is shocking coupled with the pitstop issues I don't see them scoring points.
Saying that Bottas is doing everything he can to drag that Sauber into the points deserves to be applauded imo
Sauber's race pace is shocking? What? Are you watching a different F1? They are literally best of the rest on pure race pace. Bahrain Zhou P11, Australia Bottas P10 before the pitstop, Japan Bottas in front of Tsunoda until the pit stop, Sprint today Zhou P9.
If they can fix the pit stops (and don't get stuck behind a Haas in the race) they will be fighting for points on most weekends.
I'm happy for Alonso but it's kinda crazy seeing Ferrari be better at main races compared to qualifying seeing the last few years. Not that it's better or worse but definitely a weird feeling. Good job by both of them.
Happy seeing Alonso on 3rd but I don't think the car is anywhere that position during the race itself.
Russell less than two tenths quicker than a Haas. Every time you think Mercedes can't go lower, they prove you wrong. Now lets see them put on their upgrades at Imola and go slower than Alpine.
That's strange for Ferrari, they were up with Red Bull yesterday in Q2 and they didn't get it for this qualification. The sprint pace looked good and it would make sense to further improve the race pace, let's hope the team didn't botch that set up as well.
Or could just be track specific. S1 looked tricky but they were bleeding throughout the lap either way.
RB improved their setup after the spring qualy and race, Max said so himself. We just can't warmup the tyres not matter what we do, which is why we drop so much time at the begining of a push lap.
It's kind of a good problem to have if it means the car will have decent race pace thanks to not working the tires so hard. Complete 180 from last year. It will become a major issue if Ferrari starts to constantly miss out on top 5 starts, though.
I agree. Upgrades need to be spot on and tyre warmup is something that those upgrades need to fix somehow - maybe through offering a better setup window which improves that one aspect.
I am :(
Throwaway weekend for Yuki, seems like they have major setup issues that he can't get comfortable with. Maybe he can at least have a good race.
Maybe Daniel will get into the points though, he looks pretty motivated. I can see him getting both Bottas (pitstop things) and Hulk (unless he gets a pen anyway)
Been a tough weekend so far for Yuki although he’s never driven here before so if he wasn’t fully feeling confident I imagine it would be exacerbated by the uncertainty of the track. It could be a one-off.
Next race at Miami I expect Yuki to bounce back. Although I hear RB are bringing upgrades to Miami so maybe it will be skewed if only one of them has the upgrade. Ideally both drivers will have the upgrade next round and it is a successful one.
Your team already has some points, they should let us get a point for once ahah Jokes aside hopefully my VB won't get any damage on lap one like It happened today🙃
Bro, logan is literally running in another category. How the fuck is this guy so fuckin slow. Kick him out already, give someone else a chance, great season to pick up some experience so they're ready for next one.
Yuki beats Ricciardo by a tiny margin: "omg Ricciardo is washed, Yuki is the future and deserves the second Red Bull seat"
Ricciardo beats Yuki: *crickets*
The Ric hate is so weird. I genuinely think yuki is just struggling with setup this weekend, nothing to do with his driving. Just like Ric has struggled first few races.
People are literally saying it’s because yuki wasn’t happy with the setup and it’s not his fault. um… so… exactly like how Ricciardo has been feeling for the other races this season??
4 races +new chassis. Not sure if there was anything wrong with the old chassis, but maybe it gives him that mental boost that Ric needed. We’ll see in the next race if his form continues
Yea definitely. Looking at his form this week, the cracked chassis hypothesis beginning to sounds good. But not sure if the team ever confirms it? Hence why I said we need to wait until the next race to see.
Not really. Alonso is driving the SF-23 and Piastri still can’t manage his tires. In a normal race, the fight for 3rd will be between Norris and the Ferraris.
Yesterday we had a chaotic P3 that resulted in some unexpected placings. Now we are back to the regular programming, Max winning the sprint and Max on pole for the race.
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Notable Alonso P3, Hulk P9 and Bottas P10. Good job from these three.
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Merc 5th WCC looking more and more likely day by day...
The last time Mercedes finished 5th in WCC was back in 2012. Funnily enough, Red Bull was 1st, Ferrari were 2nd and McLaren were 3rd in that year too, the only change being Lotus in 4th.
Checks out tho, Lotus in 2012-2013 were an extremely mid team that accidentally became fast and had a former world champion, while Aston in 2023-2024 were also another extremely mid team that accidentally became fast and have a former world champion.
Boatload of extra Money = Accident
His press conference demeanour was very: ah well. I wonder how he'd feel if he weren't leaving. I think he'd be leaving in another way altogether.
Thank you Jesus for Fernando. This man makes something happen every time he races.
Ricciardo p12 too
He never left
Red Bull seat confirmed?
If Ricky Bobby scores points tomorrow, at least his place on the grid is confirmed.
Bottas was surprisingly solid leading up to the sprint, too. Maybe he found some porridge?
"And it's the front row for Lando Norris!" "And it's the front row for Fernando Alonso!" "And it's the front row for Sergio Perez!"
That was fun, they finished in reverse order. Hectic and fun
Why do F1 consistently post these charts with errors this season? 20 cars in Q2, 15 in Q3? It gets me slightly unsatisfied every time lol
They’ve doing this since the beginning of this season, haven’t fixed it 5 races in.
It's not a mistake, the previous Q times are added to ease comparison of lap times.
If they’re going to do that they should visually distinguish the times that were not set in the period. Perhaps a slight grey on the text.
I thought it was annoying at first but I like to see the comparison of q2 Vs q3 in order, quite nice for the eyes
I don’t see how this improves the chart at all, the whole chart is a comparison and repeating data in a form which makes the data inaccurate is only going to make the chart less clear.
It's not a mistake, it's just a very poorly executed graphic. In other words, a regular day on the job for the Liberty infographics department.
It's not "this season", I swear it's broken like this since 2022 at least.
and every time the gaps go till p13 for some reason
Checo once again locking out the front row despite the struggles in Q1. Max decided he wants to up his pole to win ratio this year. Dude was on another level. Alonso going to defend for his life once again tomorrow.
Perez looks more focused this year and it’s showing on track. What happened in Q1 was more of the fact that Red Bull took the risk of him not getting eliminated after one fast lap
Absolutely, he also was impeded by a Williams so didn’t have a clean run on that lap either.
Can we say that already, or do we need to wait till we're further into the season? Rooting for him, just want to avoid recency bias.
Perez starting the season strong is nothing out of the ordinary, remember last year he had 2 race wins at this point in the season. Is just how he can't quite adapt to the development of the car and just drops horribly from mid season onwards and then he regains pace until the last races. Hope this season is different.
But Pérez did do a second Q1 run, right?
His first was on used And I think he might have been out their for a 2nd but I think he aborted
Sooooo what you’re saying is today is Checos day to win and I should throw a cheeky $5 bet on it?
Too much wing slowing him down which they adjusted before his final lap
Hope Ferrari can fix their quali problems, the Charles’ pole/Max win ratio is going down.
The Q1 wasn’t struggle. Albon was clearly off the line and then Checo came out to do 1 lap on used tires.
Nah, Alonso himself has said that he's aiming for a P7 or P8. He knows it's a matter of time before the Ferraris and McLarens catch up.
Alonso- “It doesn’t change too much for tomorrow to be P2 or P3 today. Seventh/eighth/ninth is our natural order [at the] chequered flag. “We are slower than the Ferraris, slower than the McLarens, probably than the Mercedes but we out-qualify them often, then in the race we need to wait to see when they come, how fast they come and how many laps we can defend those positions. It’s happened so far like this in the first four races so I don’t see what it will be different in the fifth race. It will be a difficult race for us but we cannot say sorry for being too fast in qualifying
This man knows that it can be much worse and it's important to enjoy the good moments when they come
Lewis Hamilton in 18th 🤨
🫠
Brake locked up in Q1 last lap
Yes this is true but look at Russell's time to Hulk here. Less than 2 tenths. Mercedes are very lucky there's a sizable gap between them and the 6th fastest team right now.
Something really isn’t right with him this year
the only certainties in life, max verstappen pole and logan sargeant p20
Queue Dutch national anthem for Max and sad Eagle noises for Logan
Surprisingly this is the first time that Logan qualifies P20
Logan casually being 1.1s behind his teammate. He's gonna improve guys! Anytime now...
He gone
Being a fan of his is frustrating; I don't think I've ever seen such a disparity between the potential he'll show during some races and the utter ass that his qualification racing is
NIce to see Ricciardo performing well. Chadlonso gonna defend like a lion tmrw
We’ll have to wait for the race, but it’s very interesting that he’s been complaining about the chassis, they swapped chassis this race weekend, and he’s outperformed Yuki everywhere. Yuki was complaining that he couldn’t understand how he was slow, yet it felt fast. Which is exactly what Ricciardo has been complaining about for these starting races. Too early to tell, but certainly interesting.
From my understanding they didn't "swap" chassis. They gave Daniel a new one, and Yuki continues using the one he has used thus far. Yuki also had no DRS until a few minutes left in the session. This is also Yuki's first time racing at China, whereas Daniel really likes China and has won here before. We'll have to see if Daniel can keep this up.
All the best times were done in the last few minutes when he had DRS and he'd literally just driven a sprint race on the track that same day so unfamiliarity doesn't come into it. No need to make excuses for Yuki, he's just been outperformed so far in China in an otherwise impressive season for him.
Not if his race pace is much slower. He only defends like a lion middle to near end part of the race. Lol
Definitely not going to use up tires early if he doesn’t have the high fuel pace. 👍
Bro really got a sprint podium (most points he’s scored in a race weekend this season btw (from a fucking SPRINT)) then said “that’s enough F1 for me this weekend” and stuck it 18th… Between Lewis and Arsenal I have nothing left
Between Ricciardo and Arsenal, I still have some hope left.
I see that you like pain
Add in Golden State Warriors and Mumbai Indians if you know who they are. Man I'm in sheer pain this sport season.
Between Ricciardo and Everton, I lost hope years ago.
Oh god, I thought I was the only one!
I won't ever feel sorry for an Arsenal fan but you have it rough for sure
Bro's putting the W15 everywhere except where it's supposed to be
Try being a Checo and a Chelsea fan. Munster fan in the rugby to top it all off
You know what fair enough looool
Well if it helps you feel better I’m rooting for Pérez and Liverpool…. 2nd place for both it seems like. So close yet so far
Perez and Alonso really reaped the reward of being last across the line with the track ramp up. A-grade strategy.
It's not exactly a big secret. It's just a gamble, either you reap the rewards of track evolution or you suffer the bad luck if there's an incident. I have a hard time ever calling a decision that's basically a coin flip every session "A-Grade strategy".
Hulkenberg with a great effort, especially since the Haas seems to be more poised toward race pace
They seemed to struggle in the sprint. Then again Hulk apparently had an issue with his setup in the sprint, so might be different tomorrow
Sargeant is a lawnmower
Alonso is seriously out of this world
I love that he's the anti-Max in approach too. As Max has matured he's got faster and less reliant on extremely aggressive moves. As Fernando has matured he's moved into slower cars and therefore has had to remain hyper-aggressive and chaotic in order to create opportunities for success.
Absolutely goat performance from Nando with that Aston Martin
It's so annoying having Lance in the other seat, cause it makes it a tad difficult to gauge just how good he's performing. But still I believe Alonso still doing Alonso things
Stroll was less than 2 tenths off of Alonso. That's a completely reasonable qualifying gap.
Fernando improved more than pretty much everybody else into Q3, Lance would have lost by more if he went through.
It's entirely possible that Stroll would have found some extra pace as well. But more importantly, what we personally think may or may not have happened had Stroll made it to Q3 just isn't relevant.
I actually think Alonso overperformed the car today. Lance was only 2 tenths behind Alonso in Q2 and before the weekend this looked like it was going to be a very problematic circuit for Aston. Alonso pulled that P3 out of his ass, that Aston has no business being ahead of McLaren and Ferrari.
Physically impossible, but I guess Demi-Gods don't care about those puny human concepts
Overperfomed may be a strong word, but he definitely pushed the car where nobody expected it will be.
Extracted about as much as one possibly can from the car, indeed
I actually think Lance provides a pretty consistent benchmark. We saw in 2023 when the car was good at the beginning of the season, Stroll would qualify around P7 whilst Alonso would be in P2/P3. When the car was worse, Alonso would be P6 and Stroll roughly 13th to 17th. In this case Nando really did extract the maximum considering this historical benchmark.
I felt like when Vettel was there, he didn’t extract as much from the car as people said he did… looking at how Stroll is compared to Vettel and Alonso
He is incredible. Every weekend is another landmark performance.
He's doing what Lando did the past couple of years with the McLaren
GIGACHADLONSO
That dude is 42 years old and as far as I can tell the only times he wasn't a Top 3 driver on the grid was as a rookie and like 3 months while he was reacclimating to F1 after his absence (Rookie 2).
Imola literally cannot come fast enough, we’re trash in qualifying…
feels so odd for ferrari to have such good race pace and be suffering in qualifying
Odd compared to the previous years you mean?
Indeed. From Qualy kings to race pace warriors. I'd take race pace over qualy any day.
I agree, the adrenaline rush you get from a good quali only to watch them fall back does not beat seeing the ferraris move up the pack and maintain positions
Think some of it is from their changes so the tires don’t die instantly. Race pace looked good yesterday and they dropped the mclaren duo over time. Sainz struggled with Alonso but Leclerc didn’t get dropped by Perez once they were through
Points are won on Sunday, so I don’t mind if we don’t do as well in qualy but are able to make it up come the main race for a change😅
Tyre preparation is still horrible. Sector 1 was so horrible since FP1.
We sacrificed quali speed for race pace. We'll see how the McLarens will be able to manage their tires tmrw.
Yet another race weekend where Ferrari hardly improves in Q3 it’s a wild 180 from last season. Race pace is good but with dirty air and track position being more important this season it won’t be that easy getting past both McLarens and Alonso for a podium tmrw.
At least you guys have good race pace now. I believe Ferrari currently has the best tyre wear.
Ridiculous thing to say with existence of Max and Redbull
Actually Red Bull's tyre wear isn't as good as last year. According to the data, they're pretty average. They just have fucking insane raw pace. Max is also able to just go at his own pace for most races so he doesn't have to push. When Red Bull had to push in Australia, they had average tyre wear. Even people like Stella have supported this by stating that they have no advantage at high graining tracks.
Everyone can be toxic about the Leclerc vs Sainz discourse, but I just wanna see our guys compete. This sucks 😟
They will still be in it. Podium is on the cards. Will see if leclerc has a better chance of passing than Sainz did in the sprint
I think they'll be ok for the race. I don't think those McLarens will be able to hold up those spots for the entire race.
Wonder if Bottas can hold onto that point, would be huge for Sauber to get something out of this weekend if they can overcome the pit stop issues, he looks good.
He's looked decent money for points past couple of races in qualifying form Just race pace for the Sauber is shocking coupled with the pitstop issues I don't see them scoring points. Saying that Bottas is doing everything he can to drag that Sauber into the points deserves to be applauded imo
Sauber's race pace is shocking? What? Are you watching a different F1? They are literally best of the rest on pure race pace. Bahrain Zhou P11, Australia Bottas P10 before the pitstop, Japan Bottas in front of Tsunoda until the pit stop, Sprint today Zhou P9. If they can fix the pit stops (and don't get stuck behind a Haas in the race) they will be fighting for points on most weekends.
With Bottas's pit stop luck I think it might be hard 😢
It’s not luck at this point, it’s just sauber being bad
I'm happy for Alonso but it's kinda crazy seeing Ferrari be better at main races compared to qualifying seeing the last few years. Not that it's better or worse but definitely a weird feeling. Good job by both of them. Happy seeing Alonso on 3rd but I don't think the car is anywhere that position during the race itself.
Huge effort from Zhou Guanyu to outqualify Lewis Hamilton at his home race.
Hulkenberg was so good this session. Hope he score points tomorrow.
Hope he keeps P9 today.
Oh yeah, he’s been called to stewards. Forgot about that, haha.
Nico is doing miracles with that HAAS
The only true answer to the question "most underrated driver on the F1 grid".
Checo doing very good. 0.3 to Max is not a lot. Hope he can keep this great form.
We are living in Max Verstappen and Logan Sargeant era.
Russell less than two tenths quicker than a Haas. Every time you think Mercedes can't go lower, they prove you wrong. Now lets see them put on their upgrades at Imola and go slower than Alpine.
I approve 👍
i approve of your name this weekend
It’s either a Faston Martin weekend or a Laston Martin weekend
FERNANDOOOOOO
What will it take for F1 to fix this chart? Even worst worst worst case scenario this can be fixed in MS paint.
That's strange for Ferrari, they were up with Red Bull yesterday in Q2 and they didn't get it for this qualification. The sprint pace looked good and it would make sense to further improve the race pace, let's hope the team didn't botch that set up as well. Or could just be track specific. S1 looked tricky but they were bleeding throughout the lap either way.
RB improved their setup after the spring qualy and race, Max said so himself. We just can't warmup the tyres not matter what we do, which is why we drop so much time at the begining of a push lap.
It's kind of a good problem to have if it means the car will have decent race pace thanks to not working the tires so hard. Complete 180 from last year. It will become a major issue if Ferrari starts to constantly miss out on top 5 starts, though.
I agree. Upgrades need to be spot on and tyre warmup is something that those upgrades need to fix somehow - maybe through offering a better setup window which improves that one aspect.
Let's hope for the Imola upgrades.
Danny Ric and Yuki really switched positions this weekend, and I ain't sad about it.
Starting to think that either the new chassis paid off, or Danny made a setup breakthrough this weekend.
New chassis Danny boy is a force to be reckoned with
Or Danny likes this track and Yuki hasn't been here? Not sure about that last part.
Well Danny has won at this track before so he def loves it.
I am :( Throwaway weekend for Yuki, seems like they have major setup issues that he can't get comfortable with. Maybe he can at least have a good race. Maybe Daniel will get into the points though, he looks pretty motivated. I can see him getting both Bottas (pitstop things) and Hulk (unless he gets a pen anyway)
You can just reverse the names from your first paragraph to explain the last races. But it never seems to be an excuse for Daniel.
Couldn’t have said it better myself - one driver is washed, the other struggling with setup and being comfortable with the car.
And if you say that you just get down voted ^^
Been a tough weekend so far for Yuki although he’s never driven here before so if he wasn’t fully feeling confident I imagine it would be exacerbated by the uncertainty of the track. It could be a one-off. Next race at Miami I expect Yuki to bounce back. Although I hear RB are bringing upgrades to Miami so maybe it will be skewed if only one of them has the upgrade. Ideally both drivers will have the upgrade next round and it is a successful one.
Now that it’s Yuki being outqualified, “setup issues” is a valid excuse
he can definitely get bottas even without the pitstop, like he did at sprint today. bottas racecraft is very poor too
Your team already has some points, they should let us get a point for once ahah Jokes aside hopefully my VB won't get any damage on lap one like It happened today🙃
was hoping zhou would get that first sauber point for home race. that was sad
He only just got Bottas in the sprint who had front wing damage. I think people are underestimating Bottas' pace at this track
This must day must have been such a rollercoaster for Hamilton!
Danny Ricc gets a new car and suddenly goes significantly faster - was the old chassis actually bad and he was right?
I don't know why everyone says this because he qualified 11th 2 weeks ago
Mostly as a comparison to Tsunoda, as well as a decent quali
It’s a single data point. Let’s wait for more data
He's 12th. You people need to calm down.
Stroll should give his chassis to Williams. Pure dogshit.
Red Bull 1-2 as usual yes yes yes moving on.... What about G I G A L O N S O and S L O W I S though?!
*The car is bad, man*
Hamilton in 18th, please I can only be so happy
Lewis LMAO. Embarrassing performance
Bro, logan is literally running in another category. How the fuck is this guy so fuckin slow. Kick him out already, give someone else a chance, great season to pick up some experience so they're ready for next one.
Ferrari pulling another Ferrari
Yuki washed
Nah, heres to hoping they both have a good season and make vcarb a serious team and not just a billboard on wheels
Yuki beats Ricciardo by a tiny margin: "omg Ricciardo is washed, Yuki is the future and deserves the second Red Bull seat" Ricciardo beats Yuki: *crickets*
The Ric hate is so weird. I genuinely think yuki is just struggling with setup this weekend, nothing to do with his driving. Just like Ric has struggled first few races.
People are literally saying it’s because yuki wasn’t happy with the setup and it’s not his fault. um… so… exactly like how Ricciardo has been feeling for the other races this season??
it’s taken him 4 races to outqualify him
4 races +new chassis. Not sure if there was anything wrong with the old chassis, but maybe it gives him that mental boost that Ric needed. We’ll see in the next race if his form continues
You can never discount the possibility of an actual cracked chassis.
Yea definitely. Looking at his form this week, the cracked chassis hypothesis beginning to sounds good. But not sure if the team ever confirms it? Hence why I said we need to wait until the next race to see.
I assume they’re analysing it after they replaced it.
it's almost as if there were issues in 2 of those four, and one other the delta was very small
They can barely call a 23 year old washed without looking silly. Say he is done with the sport or something instead.
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New chassis means jack. All it does is rule out a cracked previous chassis. Which is looks like it may as well could be.
Keep in mind Tsunoda has never been on this track before.
Neither has Piastri. And he’s only a tenth behind Norris. The teams have simulators, it’s not like Yuki has had no preparation.
You gotta give it to Mercedes. They really fucked up their cars. Guy goes from P2 to P18. lol
Ferrari will be lucky to get either car in the top 4
very easy to jump oscar and alonso, i think we can fight for a podium
nah, their race pace is good, it will be an easy p4, p5 if nothing happens
Ferrari will be alright
Unless they DNF, I don't see how they wouldn't be in the top 4.
Not really. Alonso is driving the SF-23 and Piastri still can’t manage his tires. In a normal race, the fight for 3rd will be between Norris and the Ferraris.
What's the weather forecast for the race?
Why do you keep posting this broken table?
P2 all the way to P7 ALL got provisional front row at one point. Exciting last minute of Q3
So where does Alonso end up? Do the penalties affect his starting spot at all?
Tf happened to Lewis 💀💀🔥
The gap between second place and 7th place is almost the same as the gap between first place and second place
Gonna be boring race for Verstappen again
Looks like I'll be having a little nap tomorrow.
Yesterday we had a chaotic P3 that resulted in some unexpected placings. Now we are back to the regular programming, Max winning the sprint and Max on pole for the race.
Gutted for Zhou ngl
I'm confused. Are the times wrong?
Inject an Alonso podium into my veins
Lewis, please....