F1 F1 2024 thread

[happy_eagle]

Boring Q2. The 5 teams are clearly quicker than the rest.

 

[Barrybran]

Damn. Nice lap by Yuki.

 

[drd23]

Mercedes struggling

 

[gaskin]

Danny Ricciardo surely must give up his seat to a new and hungrier driver. Watching him today was quite sad.

Nope. Every member of the team hierarchy since he came back last season has said that he is invaluable when it comes to providing info about the setup and any changes needed to be made. Yuki doesn't provide that and it is no coincidence that he has improved since Daniel came in. In a season where nobody outside the top 5 teams is scoring points it doesn't matter as much- especially when the car in the first 2 races has been a shit box.

 

[gaskin]

EAD Lewis.

 

[Barrybran]

Russell 3-0 over Hamilton in 2024

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Tsunoda into Q3 really making it look worse for Dan.

 

[Acinath]

Lewis can’t get to Ferrari fast enough, that Mercedes hasn’t looked great at all

 

[drd23]

Yuki making Q3 makes ADR not getting out of Q1 all the worse

 

[happy_eagle]

Boring Q2. The 5 teams are clearly quicker than the rest.

You're welcome

 

[gaskin]

Okay Crofty: "many here with Mercedes Benz hats on."

Pans to the crowd and there are **** all.

 

[Barrybran]

Okay Crofty: "many here with Mercedes Benz hats on."

Pans to the crowd and there are * all.

Sea of orange by the looks

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Not a great lap by Oscar there

 

[gaskin]

Not a great lap by Oscar there

There you go. Turn 10 but also looking at the difference between him and Lando it is sector one that he really ****ed up.

 

[Acinath]

Charles stuffed up somewhere?

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Norris spanked Oscar in this last qualifying when Oscar’s been quicker most of the weekend. That’s disappointing.

 

[Barrybran]

Cracking lap by Sainz two weeks post surgery

 

[gaskin]

So anti-climactic.

Looked like Oscar stuffed the last corner. There was a bit of dust behind him when he went around the last corner.

 

[99 Problems]

Wonder how the Sainz contract situation works out. Is he waiting to see if the second Red Bull seat is available? I’d have him the clear best option as a replacement but Perez has started the season well. Does he wait to see if Alonso is leaving Aston? Should Mercedes be trying to beat both to get a deal sorted.

Feels like he’s driving too well to end up at any of the other teams and the best driver off contract ready to perform now, but the longer he leaves it the more chance he leaves himself without a competitive drive.

 

[JackFlash]

Nope. Every member of the team hierarchy since he came back last season has said that he is invaluable when it comes to providing info about the setup and any changes needed to be made. Yuki doesn't provide that and it is no coincidence that he has improved since Daniel came in. In a season where nobody outside the top 5 teams is scoring points it doesn't matter as much- especially when the car in the first 2 races has been a s**t box.

Not buying it, i like Dan the man, but his days are over. He's holding back the team with even worse results than Nyck De Vries. Logan Sargent could probably run faster around Albert Park than Daniel does driving.

 

[Acinath]

Not buying it, i like Dan the man, but his days are over. He's holding back the team with even worse results than Nyck De Vries. Logan Sargent could probably run faster around Albert Park than Daniel does driving.

Gaskin isn’t wrong, the only thing saving Dan is his understanding of car setup, I think it’s had a massive impact on Yuki too. Holding back the team more than NDV is a ridiculous statement to make.

 

[Vader]

Dan may be great at helping to setup the car, but his lack of performance when driving the car is getting to be beyond a joke now. It's getting very hard to defend him, and justify him having a drive ahead of Lawson.

 

[JackFlash]

Gaskin isn’t wrong, the only thing saving Dan is his understanding of car setup, I think it’s had a massive impact on Yuki too. Holding back the team more than NDV is a ridiculous statement to make.

The results say otherwise, does Yuki need Daniel to hold his hand? Yuki is driving Daniel's pants off and i doubt Ricciardo will make it past Monaco this year before they change drivers again and Lawson gets a another go. Unfortunately Ricciardo is a slow coach and unless we see some sort of miracle i can't see him making it to Moncaco or maybe Canada?

 

[99 Problems]

It’s a very long season and we’re 2 races and a qualifying in, and they’ve split the results 1 each so far. DR had been underwhelming so far but reality is it’s cost the team nothing. I doubt he does improve much, but he might and he only needs to do that either by the time the car gets competitive, or until a situation pops up where there’s a chance to pick up points and he doesn’t take advantage of it.

Going beyond this season it would be a problem though. Given they are just a feeder team it makes no sense to keep a driver his age in a seat. To be honest it makes no sense to keep Yuki around much longer either. I’d think the only purpose for that team is to find either the next Max, or at least his teammate. Which is neither of them.

 

[Barrybran]

The results say otherwise, does Yuki need Daniel to hold his hand? Yuki is driving Daniel's pants off and i doubt Ricciardo will make it past Monaco this year before they change drivers again and Lawson gets a another go. Unfortunately Ricciardo is a slow coach and unless we see some sort of miracle i can't see him making it to Moncaco or maybe Canada?

Ricciardo has been underwhelming but he's been within a tenth of Yuki in all qualifying sessions except Q2 in Bahrain