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F1 2024

That's the games over, the season starts next session. We are in an unusual situation for this season with all the drivers being in a car they were last season, no driver changes. So the only difference really is the development of the cars.
 

Third Practice Results​

Results (Classification):
  1. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari -1:30.824
  2. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.141
  3. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.238
  4. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.270
  5. Lando Norris McLaren +0.294
  6. George Russell Mercedes +0.366
  7. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.386
  8. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.424
  9. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.454
  10. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.572
  11. Daniel Ricciardo RB +0.625
  12. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.628
  13. Yuki Tsunoda RB +0.807
  14. Kevin Magnussen Haas +0.847
  15. Alex Albon Williams Racing +1.141
  16. Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber +1.176
  17. Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber +1.272
  18. Esteban Ocon Alpine +1.300
  19. Logan Sargeant Williams Racing +1.301
  20. Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.558
 
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You think they have been?
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I wouldn't know tbh as I only just managed to catch FP3 so far. But I am surprised to see the other teams so much in the mix with them. Maybe they have reached the end point of development and everyone is finally catching up.

Stay tuned and find out!
 
I find it astonishing that less than one second covers the first 14 cars. And it's only a 1.5 second gap from first to last!

I recall Grands Prix in the 70s where the gap to 14th would be more like three seconds and the gap from pole to last could be over five seconds.
 
Q1 - 12 minutes remaining. Huge traffic jam in the pit-lane.

:rolleyes:

Same old.

ETA: And again at 3 minutes. :D
 
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Qualifying Results​

Q1
  1. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari -1:29.909
  2. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.056
  3. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.122
  4. Lando Norris McLaren +0.234
  5. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.270
  6. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.312
  7. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.334
  8. George Russell Mercedes +0.441
  9. Alex Albon Williams Racing +0.488
  10. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.542
  11. Yuki Tsunoda RB +0.572
  12. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.622
  13. Daniel Ricciardo RB +0.653
  14. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.657
  15. Kevin Magnussen Haas +0.737
  16. Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber +0.847
  17. Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber +0.848
  18. Logan Sargeant Williams Racing +0.861
  19. Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.884
  20. Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.039
Q2
  1. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari -1:29.165
  2. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.209
  3. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.408
  4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.553
  5. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.636
  6. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.686
  7. George Russell Mercedes +0.757
  8. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.767
  9. Lando Norris McLaren +0.776
  10. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.957
  11. Yuki Tsunoda RB +0.964
  12. Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.035
  13. Alex Albon Williams Racing +1.056
  14. Daniel Ricciardo RB +1.113
  15. Kevin Magnussen Haas +1.364
Q3
  1. Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing -1:29.179
  2. Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.228
  3. George Russell Mercedes +0.306
  4. Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.328
  5. Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.358
  6. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.363
  7. Lando Norris McLaren +0.435
  8. Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.504
  9. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.531
  10. Nico Hulkenberg Haas +1.323
 
Not a massive fan of this 'sport' but am a fan of salacious gossip. All seems pretty tame really. Pictures of his dinner etc?
 

Strategy guide for the Bahrain Grand Prix​

The season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix should not bring any big surprises as far as the race strategies are concerned. F1Technical's senior writer Balázs Szabó delivers his strategy guide for today's 57-lap Manama race. Pirelli has brought three compounds of the harder end of its five-compound range to Bahrain: the C1 will serve as the Hard, the C2 as the Medium and the C3 as the Soft compound. With teams having ordered a huge amount of C3 compounds for the pre-season testing that took place in Bahrain, they should have gained enough information of the behaviour of that compound that will be the tyre to use for a low-fuel qualifying lap. This compound provided a gain of around six tenths of a second compared to the C4 compound due to the higher grip level.

With the Bahrain International track dominated by low- and medium-speed corners, Pirelli has enforced relatively low minimum starting pressures. The limit for the front tyres is 22.0 psi while it is 19.0 psi for the rears. As far as the camber limits are concerned, the limit is -3.50° for the front and -2.00° for the rear tyres. Based on last year’s experience and the data from this this weekend, Pirelli thinks that drivers will approach today’s race with a two-stop strategy. The best way to do so is to start the 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix on a set of red-walled soft compound before jumping on to the hard rubber between Lap 13 and 19. Following a long stint on the white-walled compound, drivers could switch back to the softs for a final shorter stint.

Another option is to start the grand prix on the softs and then perform two stints of similar length on the hards. While the Milan-based company believes that the hard and the soft tyres could emerge as the preferred race tyres today, a two-stop strategy with a selection of soft-soft-medium tyres could also be on the cards. While the Bahrain International Circuit is an abrasive, high-degradation track that demands a lot from the rear tyres, a two-stop strategy should emerge definitely quicker than a three-stop approach. However, the latter could also play a role if the race was neutralised in its final stages. It could mean that drivers use another set of soft tyres to make the most of the potential of the red-walled tyres.

As far as the race sets are concerned, Red Bull have managed to carry over a new set of soft tyres for the race which means that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez might enjoy a significant advantage at the start of the race if they opt for that compound for the opening phase of the grand prix. The only other driver to have a new set of C3 tyre is Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg who did not run any new softs in the last qualifying segment. The German might have thought that he would not have any chance against his rivals in Q3 which prompted him to save a fresh set of the red-walled tyres for the race. The Bahrain Grand Prix will serve as an ultimate test for Haas after the American team has been desperately searching for solutions for their tyre issues from 2023 with the team even going as far as completing only heavy-fuel runs in Free Practice 1 on Thursday.

Interestingly, Red Bull have only carried over a single set of hard compound for the race while every other driver has two sets of the white-walled rubber. It is also worth noting that both Ferrari drivers completed a single hot lap on their only C2 medium compound at the start of qualifying, meaning that neither Carlos Sainz nor Charles Leclerc will have a new set of medium for the race.
 

FIA president: Red Bull boss Christian Horner controversy is ‘damaging the sport’ - report​

The president of Formula 1’s governing body told the Financial Times the controversy around Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is damaging the sport, but that the FIA won’t conduct its own inquiry unless it receives a complaint. Ahead of Saturday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Mohammed Ben Sulayem said any complaint lodged with its compliance officer would be investigated but it had not received one related to Horner's situation and would not “jump the gun,” the newspaper reported. “It's damaging the sport,” Ben Sulayem told the newspaper, which added that he was speaking Friday after a meeting with Horner. "This is damaging on a human level.”

On Wednesday, the team’s parent company dismissed a complaint of alleged misconduct by Horner toward a team employee. A day later during practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, a file alleged to contain evidence against Horner was emailed to nearly 200 people in the F1 paddock, including Liberty Media, F1, the FIA, the other nine team principals and multiple media outlets. The authenticity of the files has not been verified by The Associated Press; the file came from a generic email account.

Horner has denied wrongdoing and said in a statement issued Thursday that he would not “comment on anonymous speculation.” Three-time defending champion Max Verstappen said after qualifying on pole position Friday that Horner was “fully committed to the team” but that his team principal was also “probably a little bit distracted.”
 
I had an interesting chat with some F1 friends last night at a local bar. We were talking about what made Lewis change his mind and move to Ferrari. He has had 2 or 3 options to join them over the last few years but always said no. What changed his mind? For sure it isn't money, so what?

I wonder if the fact that Adrian Newey is clearly unhappy with the internal politics with the owners and management at Red Bull and for sure can't be happy with all this Horner bullshit, could he be wanting to move on? Newey last year signed a contract extensions with Red Bull but like drivers I'm sure there is some sort of "get out" clause.

Could Ferrari have spoken to Newey? If so, then I'm 100% Lewis would move to Ferrari. Maybe not for 2025 but its all change in 2026 with all the new rules, Lewis has a multi-year contract with Ferrari so he'll be there in 2026, will Newey join him?

This is of course more hope over expectation than anything else, but it could happen ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
 
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