F1 The Wash Up - Previous 2024 Race Weekends

[Nuggs Bunny]

Mega-thread for all previous gran prixs in 2024

Miami GP

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

As of Rd 5	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	110
2	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	85
3	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	76
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari HP	69
5	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	58
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	38
7	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	33
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	31
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	19
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	9
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	7
12	Oliver Bearman	Scuderia Ferrari HP	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Moneygram Haas F1 Team	4
14	Kevin Magnussen	Moneygram Haas F1 Team	1
15	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	0
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	0
17	Zhou Guanyu	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	0
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	0
21	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	0

 

[Jatz]

Can't say I love this circuit.

Hopefully some competitive racing although I won't hold my breath.

 

[jabba5114]

Had to long way. Link didn't work for me

Sent from my motorola edge 30 pro using Tapatalk

 

[happy_eagle]

Still amazes me that we can race in a picturesque city like Miami, and have the race in a car park.

You could almost understand it if they had built a great track, but even the circuit is boring.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Still amazes me that we can race in a picturesque city like Miami, and have the race in a car park.

You could almost understand it if they had built a great track, but even the circuit is boring.

There's not exactly any land available to build it. You'd have to have a street circuit otherwise and gridded cities aren't great for layouts.

 

[happy_eagle]

There's not exactly any land available to build it. You'd have to have a street circuit otherwise and gridded cities aren't great for layouts.

If theres not a suitable race track available, or you can't create something that visually compares with Vegas, then I dont think we need a race in Miami.

 

[Bradesmaen]

If theres not a suitable race track available, or you can't create something that visually compares with Vegas, then I dont think we need a race in Miami.

Money says you do. That's about it. Like all major sports that exist outside of the US, the US is the untapped gold mine. Surprised there isn't an event up towards the north though, wonder if COTA will make way for that.

 

[Jatz]

If theres not a suitable race track available, or you can't create something that visually compares with Vegas, then I dont think we need a race in Miami.

I think once Vegas came in, Miami needed to be dropped.

 

[Not Important]

6 am monday in aus. late for work of sickie?

 

[gaskin]

Jensen and Martin are in Miami which is good. Should make for good commentary. Unfortunately Danica Patrick is there as you would expect.

 

[gaskin]

LeClerc lucky not to hit the wall there.

 

[BomberFan355]

Oscar only has half the upgrades until next round.

 

[gaskin]

The pace from the McLaren on a hard tyre is promising since it isn't a track that suits them.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Nice work Danny.

 

[No Quarter]

Go DR!

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

DR sticking his middle finger up at a few of us. Piastri outshining Norris makes it a great result for the Aussies

 

[santainacathat]

Rightly sticking it it up his team a bit too. Dan is good at giving the engineers tangible input into what the car is doing and has said all along that something wasn't right with the previous chassis but he wasn't able to put his finger on it. Just hope he can get lucky and not get into any dramas, follows up with a good Q for the race and hopefully even score points twice.

 

[Festerz]

Piastri outshining Norris makes it a great result for the Aussies

Sure, PIA was faster than NOR in one lap on softs. But wouldn't be taking too much from that.

Norris finished top of the boards during Sprint Q1/Q2 on mediums but both McLarens lacked pace on the softs.

There's also the fact that Norris has the full upgrade package whereas Piasti only has about half - this equated to about a 0.2 second/lap differential on race pace according to Zac Brown.

My point being both McLaren drivers driving really well and this track suits their car for the race. But Piastri will be at a significant pace disadvantage for the race. Norris and Leclerc are the 2 drivers most likely to challenge Verstappen this race imho.

Takeaway is that McLaren as a team is continuing to move upwards in terms of car development and has the best quality pairing on the grid.

Ricciardo clearly outclassing his co-driver on this track and a good roughie for a podium in the sprint. Will take a penalty for the race grid however which will hurt.

McLaren upgrade has taken it backwards. Has heck all rear grip on this track and lack of downforce continues to hurt.

 

[largebus]

Why is there a separate thread for this race? Regardless, good performance from Dan

 

[gaskin]

Why is there a separate thread for this race? Regardless, good performance from Dan

Trying out a separate race thread for each race instead of having everything in the one thread.

 

[gaskin]

Stroll starting behind Oscar is scary.

 

[happy_eagle]

Stroll starting behind Oscar is scary.

Lets hope there is no safety car.

Hopefully this is a trend that Daniel continues performance wise.

 

[Not Important]

Lets hope there is no safety car.

Hopefully this is a trend that Daniel continues performance wise.

yep! really pleased for danny ric. reckon this year has to be the one to make an impact.

 

[happy_eagle]

yep! really pleased for danny ric. reckon this year has to be the one to make an impact.

Who knows, if the McLarens close the gap to Perez (Max is unreachable) and Daniel keeps performing, then it could reignite conversations about that second Red Bull seat (but I'd still take Sainz over Ricciardo if I were Red Bull)