F1 2024

[Buddy Bradley]

Where's all the water gone?

 

[Ax^]

George

 

[spitfire]

lol @ Carlos

 

[Ax^]

Maybe Maybe Maybe....

 

[Buddy Bradley]

lol @ Carlos

Having a ride on the teacups

 

[spitfire]

Where's all the water gone?

Checo found it.

 

[spitfire]

Checo will end up in the wall.

Called it.

 

[Ax^]

lewis?... hards

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Oof, look at that sky.

 

[spitfire]

Shoot the director!

 

[spitfire]

Oh, I'm conflicted now. Lews/Mclaren/Lando/George what's a boy to do?

 

[spitfire]

Jesus shitting christ k mag.

 

[Limejuice]

Jesus shitting christ k mag.

Is that one of those new saints' days?

 

[Limejuice]

Enjoyable race. Plenty of jeopardy with the weather, safety cars, and so on.

Wrong winner, obviously.

 

[1%er]

Ok guys we are out of here, catch you in 2 weeks for Spain

 

[spitfire]

How do you get that job?

Where do I apply?

Gotta start somewhere!

 

[Limejuice]

Well, hang onto your castanets, and de-moth your trajes de luces. If you don't have one of those, put some fairy lights on your jammies. It's the Spain Grand Prix.

Unlike Canada, Spain actually is in Europe,hence its appearance during the European rounds. Accordingly, the UK telly timings are civilised:

Fri 21 June
FP1 - 12:30
FP2 - 16:00

Sat 22 June
FP3 - 11:30
Qual - 15:00

Sun 23 June
Race - 14:00

I think a Spanish winner would go down pretty well with... everyone really, apart from the lacuna of grace squatting under the Red Bull signage.

 

[dessiato]

Well, hang onto your castanets, and de-moth your trajes de luces. If you don't have one of those, put some fairy lights on your jammies. It's the Spain Grand Prix.

Unlike Canada, Spain actually is in Europe,hence its appearance during the European rounds. Accordingly, the UK telly timings are civilised:

Fri 21 June
FP1 - 12:30
FP2 - 16:00

Sat 22 June
FP3 - 11:30
Qual - 15:00

Sun 23 June
Race - 14:00

I think a Spanish winner would go down pretty well with... everyone really, apart from the lacuna of grace squatting under the Red Bull signage.

Imagine if it was Nando.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Renault works team, Alpine, could abandon Renault engine in 2026.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alpine-could-abandon-renault-engines-and-become-f1-customer-team-in-2026/10624346/

That's not great PR for Renault really.

 

[Bingoman]

Renault works team, Alpine, could abandon Renault engine in 2026.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alpine-could-abandon-renault-engines-and-become-f1-customer-team-in-2026/10624346/

That's not great PR for Renault really.

Just sell the team because let's be honest here it not going well and getting rid of the ownership is not going happen

 

[1%er]

Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 1 - Results​

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:14.228s		26
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.252s	+ 0.024s	26
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:14.572s	+ 0.344s	30
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:14.614s	+ 0.386s	30
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:14.692s	+ 0.464s	27
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:14.867s	+ 0.639s	28
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.911s	+ 0.683s	27
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:15.086s	+ 0.858s	29
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:15.222s	+ 0.994s	25
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:15.417s	+ 1.189s	24
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.434s	+ 1.206s	25
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:15.472s	+ 1.244s	23
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:15.484s	+ 1.256s	20
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:15.512s	+ 1.284s	27
15	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:15.580s	+ 1.352s	29
16	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:15.616s	+ 1.388s	23
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:15.644s	+ 1.416s	29
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:15.752s	+ 1.524s	24
19	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:15.865s	+ 1.637s	28
20	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:15.916s	+ 1.688s	20

 

[1%er]

Spanish Grand Prix Free Practice 2 - Results​

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:13.264s		27
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:13.286s	+ 0.022s	29
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:13.319s	+ 0.055s	30
4	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:13.443s	+ 0.179s	26
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.504s	+ 0.240s	28
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.597s	+ 0.333s	21
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:13.622s	+ 0.358s	27
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.722s	+ 0.458s	27
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:13.766s	+ 0.502s	29
10	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:13.924s	+ 0.660s	29
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:14.021s	+ 0.757s	31
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:14.053s	+ 0.789s	28
13	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:14.081s	+ 0.817s	22
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:14.091s	+ 0.827s	27
15	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:14.211s	+ 0.947s	30
16	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:14.257s	+ 0.993s	28
17	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:14.345s	+ 1.081s	21
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:14.402s	+ 1.138s	27
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:14.807s	+ 1.543s	33
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:15.070s	+ 1.806s	32

 

[1%er]

Flavio Briatore is returning to F1​

Flavio Briatore will return to Formula 1 in an advisory role for Alpine, the team owned by French carmaker Renault said Friday. Alpine made the announcement at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Italian businessman will have an “executive advisor” role, the team said. Briatore, 74, was the team principal at Benetton and Renault, the previous iterations of Alpine, in the 1990s and 2000s. Under his leadership, Michael Schumacher won championships in 1994 and 1995 for Benetton, and Fernando Alonso won the 2004 and 2005 titles under Renault.

Briatore left F1 after being found guilty of ordering Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash his car to help teammate Alonso win the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008. He was initially handed a life ban by governing body FIA but he took the matter to a French court and successfully overturned the punishment. When asked about the return of Briatore, Alpine team principal Bruno Famin said he “really didn’t mind the past. We are looking toward the future,” Famin said. “The target is to make the team better as soon as possible and having the knowledge and the network and influence of Flavio with us is an asset.”

Alpine has struggled this season, scoring just five points from nine races. The team said in May that it would part ways in 2025 with Esteban Ocon, the only driver to win a race for the team since it rebranded from Renault in 2020. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said he had no problem with Briatore’s comeback. “I have known Flavio as an extremely smart businessman with a lot of knowledge in Formula 1,” Wolff said. “He has a lot of experience and expertise, and I think that everyone deserves the opportunity to come back.”

Ferrari counterpart Frédéric Vasseur agreed, saying, “He has paid his price.” Briatore was also part-owner and chairman of English soccer club Queens Park Rangers from 2007-10.

 

[Limejuice]

Sounds like McLaren burnt the toast today... (Sky report before FP3.)

Apparently, they had an electrical fire in the hospitality emporium.

No injuries. Several peckish journalists spotted truffling out bacon sammies wherever they could find them.

 

[MrCurry]

It’s getting rather good this year, the F1! Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and now perhaps even Mercs participating in a close fight. We haven’t had the luxury of such close competition between 4 teams in many years and now they will go and shake up the rules again in 2026 and probably have a single team dominate again

 

[1%er]

FP3 Results​

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:13.013
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.030
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.037
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.074
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.151
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.346
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+0.710
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	+0.740
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.773
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.894
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+0.937
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+0.951
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	+0.962
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+1.011
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.061
16	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	+1.148
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1.241
18	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+1.407
19	Guanyu Zhou	Sauber	+1.559
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+1.716

 

[1%er]

F1 driver’s ‘road rage’ stuns Anthony Davidson and Karun Chandhok​

Sky Sports F1 pundits Anthony Davidson and Karun Chandhok were both left stunned during the final practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix by one driver’s ‘road rage’. The pinnacle of motorsport had one last 60-minute session to finalise preparing their cars to qualify on Saturday afternoon. Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz set the pace in FP3 for the Spanish GP. The 29-year-old topped the timing sheet at his home race with a fastest lap of 1:13.013. Sainz pipped McLaren rival and good friend Lando Norris to top the FP3 time sheet after the Briton’s 1:13.043 run. Less than one tenth of a second also separated the top four as Charles Leclerc (1:13.050) ran well in the sister Ferrari to pip Max Verstappen (1:13.087) of Red Bull.

Charles Leclerc’s ‘road rage’ at the Spanish GP stuns Anthony Davidson and Karun Chandhok
But while Leclerc set the third-fastest time in FP3 at the Spanish GP, the 26-year-old also stunned Davidson and Chandhok with the Ferrari driver’s ‘road rage’ against Norris. The Sky Sports F1 pundits’ shock at the six-time Grand Prix winners’ moment of madness was clear. Norris had kept to the inside through the kink of Turn 6 to let Leclerc take the racing line for the T7 braking zone. But the Monegasque aborted a push lap and cut straight in front of the McLaren driver. Leclerc’s chop inside even saw the rear of his Ferrari clip Norris’ front wing.

Davidson instantly reacted to the incident on Sky Sports F1 by claiming he saw some ‘road rage’. Chandhok even agreed with his colleague that the Scuderia star’s chop on Norris was clear ‘road rage’ and admitted, ‘I don’t understand what Leclerc has done there’. Upon seeing replays of Leclerc and Norris’ incident in FP3 at the Spanish GP, Davidson also added: “Wow! They did touch! He’s going to get a penalty for that.” Davidson also added “Lando pulls over to the side. Leclerc takes it, basically these drivers are taking matters into their own hands. They’re trying to show each other, ‘You don’t do that to me otherwise there’ll be consequences’.”

Lando Norris made every effort to avoid impeding Charles Leclerc in FP3
Leclerc clearly had a hot-headed moment under the sun at the Spanish GP as he needlessly chopped inside Norris. The pair are friends off the track but the Ferrari racer could not hide his frustration after feeling the McLaren star impeded his last push lap during final practice. But even if Norris had impeded Leclerc – which he arguably did not beyond leaving dirty air having left the Ferrari driver acres of tarmac – the Monegasque had no reason to drive in a dangerous manner and actually cause, albeit slight, contact with his McLaren counterpart.

 

[1%er]

Mercedes look to be about only 1/10 behind Red Bull, I wonder if thet will be the same in the race?

 

[1%er]

Starting grid for F1 Spanish Grand Prix​

Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team
1	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team
2	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing
3	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
4	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
5	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari
7	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team
8	Esteban Ocon	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team
9	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team
10	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
*11	Sergio Perez	MEX	Oracle Red Bull Racing
12	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
13	Kevin Magnussen	DEN	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
14	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
15	Zhou Guanyu	CHN	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
16	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
17	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team
18	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team
19**	Logan Sargeant	USA	Williams Racing
PL***	Alex Albon	THA	Williams Racing

* Sergio Perez has a three-place grid penalty for driving his Red Bull in an unsafe condition after crashing in the Canadian Grand Prix.
** Logan Sargeant was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Lance Stroll in Q1.
*** Alex Albon will start from the pit lane after breaching parc ferme rules.

 

[spitfire]

I’m in Manchester for more BMX racing this weekend so missed quali and will miss the race.

Are the mercs that quick then?