F1 2024 Season

dinostar77

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The car is a dog, it will show in one session it has some potential, then in the next its back to shit. They seem to spend to much time messing with the set up and its not working.
Mercedes brought a new floor to Miami for both cars. Doesn't seem to have made the slightest bit of difference. As Anthony Davidson showed on the Skypad, there is no rear end grip so neither driver can go full throttle through the high speed corners. There's a lack of grip at front end so it's not turning in and apex's are being missed.

More parts are coming for next few races. But unless they can fix whatever correlation issue they have, it seems pointless.
 

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Mercedes are going all out with the kid. Though he has shown remarkable ability to be competitive in pretty much any machinery he has been thrown into, it seems a bit too early
Totto determined not to lose this kid like he lost Verstappen (Red Bull offered max the torro rosso seat and Totto had nothing available for a young max).

Rumour that he will go to Williams for a few seasons. Though I fail to see what's in it for Williams. Would have thought Bottas (if he loses his Sauber drive) would be a more solid option alongside Albion.
 

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Absolutely nothing Alonso could do there. Hamilton was hitting him regardless. Stroll was turning in on him regardless. Norris the most innocent victim.
 

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Alonso saw Hamilton coming and tried to turn as late as possible.

Hamilton was driving like if he was alone on the track, and you can't simply drive like that on a start.
 

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Norris will get a penalty for being taken out by Hamilton this is peak comedy. Stewards are a joke.
 

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Yeah smash him Kmag

Lewis takes two cars out the race - no penalty.

Kmag gets about a 0.5s advantage cutting a chicane - 10 seconds.

Sheer comedy.
 

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Beautiful race directorship missing literally every pass that happens live.
 

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K Mag made that so much more interesting. 3 x time penalties in a sprint race must be a record. I quite like the hard driving of K Mag (pushing Hamilton off the track was OOT) but apart from that he's so good to watch when defending. Thought he was immense in Singapore.

Mercedes have to trim some wing off rear wing, that Mercedes is so slow.
 

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Idiot director missing overtakes.
Yep, also I know you have to show max crossing the line, but surely in this age of tech they can do picture in picture and have a smaller picture box of max crossing the line while we watch Sainz/Riccardo/Piastri on the last lap duke it out.
 

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Half the race is Magnusson holding back Hamilton then never shows where he and Tsunoda get past. Terrible.
Watching the time deltas for Magnussen getting passed by Yuki and Lewis, and then later Lewis passing Yuki, while we were sat on board Sainz clearly making no inroads, and listening to Crofty waffle on about absolute drivel as usual.

Standard sky f1.
 

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K Mag made that so much more interesting. 3 x time penalties in a sprint race must be a record. I quite like the hard driving of K Mag (pushing Hamilton off the track was OOT) but apart from that he's so good to watch when defending. Thought he was immense in Singapore.

Mercedes have to trim some wing off rear wing, that Mercedes is so slow.
I am starting to think that Lewis is part of the problem, there is a lot of mistakes creeping into his racing, maybe frustration with the car.
 

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Surely Haas should've kept Magnussen within DRS of Hulk, doubt Lewis would've been able to take him, let alone both.