F1 2024 Austrian Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Well done Oscar!

 

[gaskin]

Nice Oscar. Clowns on Reddit were asking for team orders as if it would have made a difference.

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Lando would have got DOTD for leading the race for 1 corner if votes were being done. Ted in particular got a raging hard-on hoping Lando would get Oscar

 

[DamoESP]

I’ll give Norris credit here, speaking well and seems to have taken responsibility for losing second place, also gave credit to Oscar

 

[gaskin]

That interviewer is a moron.

 

[Festerz]

Loving the Sky commentary combination this weekend. Intelligent and informed no-BS assessment and interviewing.

And how bloody good is Andrea Stella as the McLaren team principal? His interview with Ted Kravitz was short and to the point but very informative - happy to let Lando and Oscar race so long as it doesn't upset the team and gives a point by point assessment about how they did just that in the Sprint race. My favourite team principal atm by a country mile.

As someone said above. The favourite European track for racing and a commentary team that works. Very happy.

 

[happy_eagle]

Loving the Sky commentary combination this weekend. Intelligent and informed no-BS assessment and interviewing.

And how bloody good is Andrea Stella as the McLaren team principal? His interview with Ted Kravitz was short and to the point but very informative - happy to let Lando and Oscar race so long as it doesn't upset the team and gives a point by point assessment about how they did just that in the Sprint race. My favourite team principal atm by a country mile.

As someone said above. The favourite European track for racing and a commentary team that works. Very happy.

Andrea Stella is very underrated, and flys under the radar because of Zak Brown's large presence.

 

[Festerz]

Andrea Stella is very underrated, and flys under the radar because of Zak Brown's large presence.

Yep. And it says something about the leadership quality of Zak Brown that he has elevated Stella to the high profile role within the team.

Imho fwiw, so much attention atm is being placed on driver movements between the old favourites of Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari when all the signals suggest that McLaren has built a team with the confidence, transparency and competence at all levels to storm to the top of F1 rankings.

And I reckon they know it too.

If I was Oscar Piastri I'd be forever grateful to Mark Webber for his negotiating skills that got me to driving for McLaren at the start of my F1 career.

 

[gaskin]

10 second penalty for Hulk.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Ominous pace from Max right now

 

[gaskin]

.015 of a second. So unlucky Danny.

This is looking like a Max pole and nobody will be close.

 

[juice t]

Pasta guns at the ready

 

[gaskin]

Max 4 tenths quicker around this track is just crazy.

 

[gaskin]

Damn. Track limits for Oscar dropping him down to 7th.

Edit: The replay is extremely tight and need to see a better angle.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Damn. Track limits for Oscar dropping him down to 7th.

Looked like millimetres, poor guy

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

Max 4 tenths quicker around this track is just crazy.

That puts to bed the people going early on McLaren being better than the Res Bull. No chance Max is more than 4 tenths quicker on this track.

 

[juice t]

The McLaren is better than the Red Bull

The McLaren is not better than Max Verstappen

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

yeah, nah.

Everyone else is within 100ths of each other. Being half a second quicker on this track is not all driver skill.

Dunno why everyone wants to be so quick declaring McLaren to have passed Red Bull, aside from Verstappen worship.

 

[gaskin]

Literal mm looking at the replay of Oscar's track limits.

 

[gaskin]

Strong words from Oscar. He is pissed.

McLaren are appealing.

 

[ptrg]

Strong words from Oscar. He is pissed.

McLaren are appealing.

Appeal failed due to:

"the stewards deemed the protest inadmissible, because a decision of the stewards is not open to protest, and McLaren did not specify any relevant regulations or who the protest was lodged against, as well as addressing it to the wrong administrator."

Why would they even include the last 2 points if the first is indeed true?

 

[DamoESP]

Did lol

 

[Not Important]

“Yuki Tsunoda has been fined €40,000 for his use of obscene and derogatory language towards his fellow drivers over his team radio in qualifying.”

probably petty cash even though he’s at the lower end of the f1 driver pay scale

 

[Not Important]

the reason for the failure of oscar's track limit protest. what a crock of s**t

They decided that the protest could not be allowed for the following reason: "A decision by the stewards is not open to protest." Moreover, they ruled that the protest did not meet all the requirements: for example, it was not addressed to the right person and it was not clear against whom the protest was made.

 

[ptrg]

“Yuki Tsunoda has been fined €40,000 for his use of obscene and derogatory language towards his fellow drivers over his team radio in qualifying.”

probably petty cash even though he’s at the lower end of the f1 driver pay scale

For those thinking it was some horrific racial or homophobic slur, he said on his team radio: “these guys are f***ing ret****d”
(they had zero issues with he f***ing part)