2024 F1 General Discussion Thread

Finished P8. Could have been net P7 after a car ahead crashed out on the final lap but he got passed by a car behind on the penultimate lap.

Still, up 5 places and seeing the finish line which he didn't last year. Well done Alex.

Zhou in talks to become Ferrari reserve driver next year. Madness. LeClerc and Hamilton with Zhou for back up.

Amendment in Macau. Two of the cars ahead of Alex were disqualified for illegal parts so Alex Dunne is classified 6th.

I need to mentally prepare myself for all the nonsense that goes with a race in Vegas

Ugh, and then the qualifying and race are both early saturday and sunday mornings. Which would actually suite me perfectly if I was home, not working both days.

Channel 4 coverage won’t be on until lunchtime on Sunday though. What a disaster!

I don’t take much notice of the hoopla around races. Need to obviously improve some of the organisation versus last year but track should lend itself to a good race.

Not really, all the teams have 3 full garage setups overlapping all season so it makes sense that they all come back and finish pretty much at once. Logistically it may be easier, hence it’s the way it is

As many as 3? I knew they had 2 but didn't know they had 3 crews on the go. I suppose if they ship the stuff to Australia it will still take weeks each way. Fair play. The logistics must me mad to work out.

I was thinking more of the timezone changes to adapt to in 1 week. UTC-8 to UTC+3 can't be much fun when you don't get to take any sort of break in between.

Max is likely to win his fourth World Drivers' Championship this weekend. He only needs to finish ahead of Lando Norris and I think he will do it but I expect greater competition next season for him.

Yeh. Piastri taking points off Lando and then what way will the points slice between Lewis and Leclerc. Can't wait.

Ya looking like piastri will own the mclaren team next year. I think this year was Landos best chance for the foreseeable. No chance now.

I think he will leapfrog norris.

He looks the more reliable and cool headed driver and that is only going to improve further.

Other than Hungary when has Lando been prioritised over Piastri? Don't recall any other circumstances, I believe Lando is ahead on merit although the difference slightly skewed

I don't get the rhetoric of Piastri beating Lando next year that seems to be the consensus. He may be having a better season in his own right considering he's in year 2 while Lando is year 6, but Lando has his number in quali and race pace more often than not. The only area I see Piastri being better than Lando right now is racecraft and wheel to wheel, but if his quali pace and general race pace isn't as good as Lando it's not much use if Lando is further up the field.