F1 2024 - Round 4 - Suzuka Japan.

Wanderer78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982700#Comment_121982700

id say danny ric is fcuked tbh

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121982700#Comment_121982700

Ricciardo spinning in practice and the camera just cuts to Lawson and I think they done the same in qualifying when he got knocked out. He looks and sounds defeated

dulpit

Interesting quali. Perez is very much on it, which is good to see. Ricciardo was very close to Yuki but the problem was Yuki was p10, so that mean Ricciardo was out in q2.

Big issues coming to light with the 2nd Williams seat, 2nd Aston seat and the 2nd Sauber seat. In all cases the 2nd driver is a waste of a seat. Can't see Sauber or Aston changing mid-season, but there's a chance with Williams with Sargent already p21 in a 20 driver championship (again...)

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121983174#Comment_121983174

Pretty sure Max went slightly faster again on his second run (only talking 0.04s) so both of his laps were good enough for pole. Think they said only both Red Bulls went faster on their second runs, Perez was savage around Spoon tbf to him.

Andrew76

Yep, dead man walking Danny is unfortunately.

the-race.com have a decent article about the Merc second seat - sounds like Toto isn’t bothered if he misses out on Sainz or Alonso - if he can’t get Max (which is most likely) then he’s happy to wait to later in the year to see how Antonelli does in the F1 tests - they’ll put him in the ‘21 Merc and then the ‘22. If the kid does well then put him in beside George for 2025 since they’ll probably not be challenging for that title either - give him a years worth of F1 experience before the rules change in 2026. Bearman did very well as a last minute replacement for Sainz so if Kimi is better again then he’ll be fine goes the logic. Makes some sense tbh.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121983737#Comment_121983737

"Pretty sure Max went slightly faster again on his second run (only talking 0.04s)"

Yes I said that

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985456#Comment_121985456

”Verstappens last lap was not as good as his lap before. His last sector was a bit slower but he still went faster overall”

So you did, kind of. Your second sentence completely contradicts your first. His lap was as good as his lap before, better in fact. 😉

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985956#Comment_121985956

Not at all because his lap before his last lap was a better executed lap but just not as fast as his last lap. His last lap was only faster in the first two sectors and slower in the third sector but it did not matter as overall it was faster.

Widdensushi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986048#Comment_121986048

Again emphasizes the superiority of the car ,, doesn't need a perfect lap for pole ,car probably turned down,Perez qualified second,,, might be a competition for second

ctrl-alt-delete

Goodmorning to anyone up for this one…

Andrew76

Morning folks. Anyone else awake out there? 🙂

rameire

Hope it's a good one. Looks warm and dry so far.

Andrew76

Yeah warmer temps and higher tyre deg they are saying so might spice things up a bit.

ctrl-alt-delete

Perez getting talked up pre-race on the way to the grid. Watch him go backwards now...

ctrl-alt-delete

Safety car incoming.

Williams and an RB.

It is a red flag

Andrew76

Albon and Ric out, red flag.

Jacovs

Ricciardo and Albon out at turn 2.

Longing

This is going to take awhile to get going again.

ctrl-alt-delete

Racing incident, Albon had nowhere to go.

Onboards would give RIC more blame.

Both might be close to giving up in F1, RIC & Williams that is.

flazio

Halo saving Albon from a massive headache.

sioda

Feel that's that for Honey Badger unfortunately.

Poor Williams just cant get a break with their chassis

waynescales1

Ricciardo lost about 5 places off the line then swerved into Albon. Woeful driving.

Jacovs

If Albon's chassis is fooked, will they give him Logan's again for the next race?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986863#Comment_121986863

I’d assign more blame to Albon if anything, he was trying to overtake at the wrong place, Danny was on the racing line. But you’re right, racing incident. Shame they’re both out though.

Bad start from Yuki too.

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986868#Comment_121986868

I don't know, Albon had already been squeezed previously and found himself where he was - trying to line himself up to overtake.

RIC was trying to regroup after a bad start and only seemed to look to his left and reacted to whoever was there which ended up with him clipping Albon.

Either ways it is a racing incident and to be expected somewhat given where and when.

Charlie-Bravo

Good stuff the drivers are unscathed in that one. You know what that means with a red flag, parc ferme rules out the door. Change wing angle! Get those right tyres on.

Andrew76

Those aramco boards in front of the tyres don’t look secured at all, like they are just leaning against the tyre barrier behind.
10 mins before restart.

Andrew76

Oh that looked like soft tyres fitted to Max’s car?

Edit: Nope I’m blind, he’s still on mediums. 🙂

ctrl-alt-delete

Bernie raises a good point re the gamble with Merc on the hard tyres. Just depends on how they get on at the restart

Ghost Train

some issue with timing screen?