2024 F1 General Discussion Thread

Magnussen got 2 penalty points for yeeting Sargent in last night's race which puts him on 5 for the weekend and 10 total. He'll need to be very careful that he doesn't get another 2 or he'll get a 1 race ban.

Does make me wonder - if he did something to attract penalty points in the middle of a race weekend, does the ban apply for same weekend's race? Or subsequent race?

Why were some of the Mclaren pit crew in yellow jumpsuits?

Awe OK. Is it the same on every team then? Never noticed before.

great to see mclaren getting back to the front of the grid, hope this continues, rb dominance is getting a bit tiring now!

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I was watching some of the Italian F4, the commentary mentioned an announcement soon about Antonelli but stopped himself from saying anything, could Sargeant be getting the boot? . At around 25 minutes in he says it

Yeah he isn't 18 until mid August but apparently the FIA received a request to grant him the super licence as he already has the points. He's had 4 top 10 finishes and one retirement in 6 races, his results have been a lot better than Bearman. If you are good enough to accumulate the points then you should be given the super license. There's also F2 on at Imola next weekend

Leclerc is getting a new race engineer starting at Imola, I'm going to miss hearing "we are checking"

Nah, I reckon if he sticks with the form he's had last 2 races he'll keep his vcarb seat. But his chance for red bull is surely over.

I was starting to.believe after he got a new chassis and immediately out performed yuki.

But a great result in the sprint followed by nothing in the grand prix..... I don't know.

He was class. But couldn't handle or didn't want to handle the pressure of red bull becoming max's team. If he had stayed put he'd have a few more wins to his name and possibly would have been in a better position to challenge max at start of last season, but unlikely to have actually beaten him.

Still, he's extremely popular and has made a hell of a lot of money, he'll be grand.

I think you're missing the point that he's not good anymore. He's not pushing to the limit of his ability and falling short. He's not able to push to the limit of his ability anymore.

I think he's just finished. I wonder if he just re evaluated his life and realised he's grand and doesn't have to push himself to the limit anymore.

Hard to explaina guy who was class and made a fortune, lost his place in F1, came back and was not really good enough. All in his prime years.

Yeah. And before, he was able to get great results and have great battles. Now he is being beaten by his young teammate who is grand, but nobody is suggesting is a top driver.

So either his level of ability has changed or he's not able to get to that level anymore. Maybe he's just failing to adapt to the last few cars he's had but that doesn't really wash. It's fine for one car, but he had that failing with mclaren, had it with Renault and now has it with RB. If its a persistent pattern then its just the fact that he can't adapt to the cars.

He wouldn't be the first sub-par F1 driver to do well in the States.

I don't think any driver loses the ability. They lose the need to put life on the line.

Once a driver starts to think.... Jesus I don't want to hit that wall, they are finished.