F1 F1 2024 thread

[gaskin]

What an absolute crock of s**t.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Surely they appeal that. Absolutely laughable that what's little more than an administrative breach of the rules nets a harsher penalty than running into the back of someone because you weren't paying attention.

 

[largebus]

If only Dan had character references who could downgrade his penalty at the FIA tribunal

 

[barrackers]

Riccardo didn’t retire immediately, but can’t remember if he was still on the track when 3-4 incidents with the safety car were noted. Perhaps Stroll or someone sooked to the stewards after he had to retire the car?

 

[jabba5114]

Wow that's ****ed. Rough on Hulkenberg as well. Stroll should be thankful he's not serving a three-place grid penalty in Miami.

Should have a lifetime ban for the sake of the sport

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[Bradesmaen]

Sargent got ****ed as well. 10 second penalty because Hulk(?) beat him to the line by 0.01 seconds but was easily travelling at a higher speed.

 

[dazbroncos]

Stroll the deadshit punted DR into OP.

heck off.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Surely they appeal that. Absolutely laughable that what's little more than an administrative breach of the rules nets a harsher penalty than running into the back of someone because you weren't paying attention.

It's only for the sprint race according to F1.com

 

[DamoESP]

It's only for the sprint race according to F1.com

Which makes sense, as penalties from a sprint race get applied to the feature race, so it definitely should be vice versa, so that's one saving grace at least...

 

[Festerz]

Wow that's ****ed. Rough on Hulkenberg as well. Stroll should be thankful he's not serving a three-place grid penalty in Miami.

Stroll should be thankful his last name is Stroll.

 

[Not Important]

Stroll the deadshit punted DR into OP.

* off.

if it wasn't for daddy he would not have an f1 seat.

 

[Not Important]

notwithstanding his bad luck being caught up in the stroll/danny ric bingle, oscar hasn't shown the improvement many expected so far. i’m confident in his ability, just a bit disappointed.

 

[Barrybran]

notwithstanding his bad luck being caught up in the stroll/danny ric bingle, oscar hasn't shown the improvement many expected so far. i’m confident in his ability, just a bit disappointed.

He's done better with the management so far this season. China was a new track for him.

 

[DamoESP]

 

[Not Important]

He's done better with the management so far this season. China was a new track for him.

the so-called sperts were critical of his tyre management. i get that norris is the more experienced and better driver but the difference in their capacities is growing. second year nerves perhaps.

 

[Barrybran]

the so-called sperts were critical of his tyre management. i get that norris is the more experienced and better driver but the difference in their capacities is growing. second year nerves perhaps.

He's a second year driver who is performing better than his first year

 

[gaskin]

The McLaren is a better car this year and Lando is making the most of it. Lando is a great driver and the experience difference is real.

 

[happy_eagle]

Came up in commentary. What do we think about extending points down to 12th (or even further ?)

I can see the possible merit in it. Especially when you have a year like this where there is a clear gap between the Top 5 teams (10 drivers) and the rest. A lot of the close racing and battles are around the 12th to 15th place, which as of now have no real consequence or outcome in terms of the championship.

 

[gaskin]

I'm for it. At this point there is really no point in having the bottom 5 teams out there. They are fighting for a point on the off chance one of the faster cars DNFs. Even Lewis was 19th at one point and was that much quicker he managed to come through the field and finish in the points. At least giving them something to fight for on a weekly basis gives the back marker cars a purpose for being there.

If they do add another team in the near future they really need to extend the points. 22 drivers fighting for a top 10 spot when week in week out realistically you will have maybe 12-13 drivers capable of fighting for a points finish just seems stupid to me.

 

[MKMatty]

Given the rarity of car issue related DNFs I would be interested in seeing points extended out to 15th.

I don't think it's fair for someone like Hulk to be below a one race runner in Bearman on the points tally.

 

[99 Problems]

I’d even be happy if every finisher got a point. You could scale it if you want so there is a decent leap from tenth to eleventh so that would still be a key aim, but it would give real value to the battle between the backmarkers each round.

At the moment for 3-4 teams it feels like their season depends on who is lucky enough that their good weekend falls on a race with a handful of retirements up ahead so they can pick up points. I think consistently finishing 12-13 should be rewarded more than finishing 17-18 but falling in to a random 5th place finish one weekend thanks to some late rain or a red flag massively compromising the result.

 

[Neale4brownlow]

All for the points extension.
If they can extend it to a place where anyone on the grid has a realistic chance at a point i think that improves the spectacle.

12th -14th(ish) would be about right with the field possibly increasing to 22 in due course.

 

[Pugz89]

A couple of people on Reddit have said China are notorious for using chemicals and painting the grass green to look better for tourists so I wonder if that has gone on here.

They paint the grass at Albert Park as well, I feel like most tracks would paint the grass.

 

[Not Important]

He's a second year driver who is performing better than his first year

except, i don’t think that’s accurate.

i'm an oscar fan. but the records show he is not performing better than last year. and he said as much after the race before china in a mclaren piece with norris.

 

[happy_eagle]

except, i don’t think that’s accurate.

i'm an oscar fan. but the records show he is not performing better than last year. and he said as much after the race before china in a mclaren piece with norris.

Are you comparing him to the back end of last year, or when he started?

If comparing both season starts, he's doing much better.
If comparing post Austria from last year, then any improvement has been marginal compared to the teammate benchmark.