F1 2024 - Round 20 - Mexico - Mexico City

rameire

Friday 25th
Practice 1 - 19.30 - 20.30
Practice 2 - 23.00 - 00.30

Saturday 26th
Practice 3 - 18.30 - 19.30
Qualifying - 22.00 - 23.00

Sunday 27th
Race - 20.00

Speedy Gonzales and Slowpoke Rodriguez.

Jordan 199

Bank holiday weekend too 😎

dulpit

Do we think there'll be any movement from Sergio Perez? There were rumours a while back that he may announce a retirement at the Mexican Grand Prix. I'd be surprised, but you never know…

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748582#Comment_122748582

Movement from whom? 😋😋

I guess he has until the end of the season to see what his fate is going to be - get sacked/demoted to RB/retire - no rush.

ELM327

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748659#Comment_122748659

I mean, he's obviously gone at end of year, from RB period, so it would be good for him to have a homecoming and announce it.

Otherwise he's getting ricciardoed at the end of year anyway

rameire

Tyres

dulpit

Williams will have a special livery for Mexico. What has been teased makes it look like it might be the old Camel/Canon livery:

https://www.instagram.com/santorf1info/p/DBfZr40MoHW/

Andrew76

Looking forward to seeing how the rookies get on in this session, and Pato O’Ward. Bearman in the Ferrari this time.

Andrew76

Not 5 mina in and Kimi caused another red flag. Drove over some debris rather than crashing this time. 😁

Andrew76

Another red flag. Albon into the wall (after clipping a slow moving Bearman through the bends). Bearman out too.

ShamoBuc

Albon and Bearman tip I'd say.

PsychoPete

Having to suffer through Rachel Brookes and Danica Patrick! I like how Mclaren roll out Pato to keep the Mexicans happy

sioda

Had Albon already lost it before he hit Bearman?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763542#Comment_122763542

Yeah but I’m wondering was that because he saw a slow moving car just ahead and reacted.

Andrew76

Yeah so Albon lifted off mid corner after seeing the Ferrari and lost the car. Crap load of damage to that Williams.

Andrew76

lol Danica is rubbish on commentary.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122763576#Comment_122763576

She's just rubbish. I don't know why sky keep bringing her back.

PsychoPete

Red flag, Russell in the wall for the second time in a week

Andrew76

Big shunt that. He put a wheel beyond the kerbing which bottomed out the car. Thankfully he looked ok but I thought I saw a bit of a limp as he walked to the medical car? Possibly another start from the pits come race day.
If he wasn’t able to race, who are the reserve drivers for Merc these days? Not Schumacher is it or Kimi even?

Ghost Train

That Mercedes will need a bit of work to buff out those scratches

Nasty enough crash, just tried to take to much of the curb, car bottomed out

dulpit

McLaren's right to appeal denied. Turns out their relevant new information was the steward's decision itself, which makes no sense. By that logic, every decision is itself new information, so you'd be in an endless cycle of rights to review.

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1849998738531475796?t=n1ARnV8gYSMEY1_XIvV-5A&s=19

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764307#Comment_122764307

It's a good thing for Merc they didn't have enough of the new upgrades to put back onto Russells car after last weekend

PsychoPete

Nice to hear Sky are still banging on about the Lando penalty in cota

klose

McLaren a mile ahead on the qualifying runs in P3, a half second a head of verstappen in p4. Perez in p14, jaysus.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122766544#Comment_122766544

And they did their best laps earlier than the others. They’ll be favourite for pole I guess but the race is there important one. 🙂

flazio

I still reckon Ferrari have an ace up their sleeve.

Itssoeasy

good evening lads. I know it can’t happen every week but this qualifying at 10pm on a Saturday is great. As it’s a bank holiday weekend I’m having a can or two. That’s a new one.

Andrew76

Yeah the evening sessions are great. Hopefully it’s a close one and no poxy yellow or red flags to screw ppl’s laps up.

Itssoeasy

I do try to watch some of the build up from sky but that is normally the European stretch as it’s not as cringe. The US races and to a point to Mexico, I don’t watch because Danica Patrick is involved and that’s a no from me.

Itssoeasy

oh dear Sergio. Improvement needed good sir.

Jordan 199

Good evening.

ctrl-alt-delete

Piastri struggling too, a lap on the softs that doesn't look good enough

Itssoeasy

yes negative George. Go again I think is the message.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767078#Comment_122767078

track limits deleted his lap. He needs to go again.

ctrl-alt-delete

Dear oh dear Sergio.

Piastri out too.

ShamoBuc

This is a very big 2 minutes.

Andrew76

Perez and Piastri out! Oof.

ShamoBuc

Perez out........

ShamoBuc

Piastri out..... wow !!

PsychoPete

Checo needs to hang up his helmut

Longing

Im not surprised by Perez being out in Q3 anymore

ShamoBuc

Piastri 17th

Perez 18thh

Andrew76

Whatever about Perez, how the feck did Piastri not make it?!

This is it

So poor from Checo

recyclebin

Piastris form has really dipped since been told to help Norris.

Jacovs

Ferrari gonna overtake RedBull and close the gap to McLaren too.

Itssoeasy

it was interesting to hear that the lapt that piastri had deleted wouldn’t have gotten him into Q2 anyway.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767111#Comment_122767111

i honestly don't think RedBull care about the constructors anymore. They will take the financal hit for more wind tunnel time.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767100#Comment_122767100

He didn't make Q3 owing to getting knocked out in Q1.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122767130#Comment_122767130

Yes. lol, A few pints the cause. Typo

flazio

It's the mexican weekend, you should be on Tequilas