F1 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Burningleviathan]

Great race, great drive from Oscar.
Was stressing till he finally pulled away. Great defensive driving.
Credit to both him and Leclerc. Sainz and Perez showing what happens when you don't know how to fight clean.

 

[MaxHunt]

Nice to be able to get behind an Aussie again that has a genuine chance each race.

 

[Black_White]

Kudos to Mark Webber.
Imagine if Oscar was at Alpine!

 

[99 Problems]

Oscar Piastri career race wins - 2
Lando Norris career race wins - 2

Same as Russell as well. Charles even only has 7. All 3 of them have been touted as future world champions and 5+ seasons each in F1. Oscar hasn’t finished his second yet and is as likely as anyone to pick up more wins this year. What a start to his career.

 

[Gak Attack]

Must be some teams kicking themselves they didn't take a punt on him after f2.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Pretty clear that Oscar is our best driver in a while. He’s ahead of Webber and Danny Ric.

Hes got a far better car than either of them had at the same stage of their careers so its hard to draw direct comparisons but oscar is really good.

 

[Jatz]

McLaren may have fumbled a bit this year.

Taking Oscar from Alpine is the greatest decision they’ve made in some time.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Wtf was perez doing there.

Maybe Ricciardo has some dirt on him

 

[ptrg]

does Oscar have imposter syndrome? lol, looks shy to talk in there

 

[Shifty1]

Alpine you ****ing morons. How the **** do you lose this kid!?

 

[happy_eagle]

Must be some teams kicking themselves they didn't take a punt on him after f2.

Glad he avoided Alpine

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Finally, a decent cool down room.

 

[ptrg]

Haha, Oscar: is your back destroyed too?
Nope, nope,

Mate, that’s the curse of carrying the weight of the team on your own back!

 

[Magma]

GIRT BY ****IN SEA

 

[Black_White]

Stand up.
Hand on heart.
Great to hear!

 

[ptrg]

Aussie anthem is always father to pommy anthem

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Just watched Oscar's perfect overtake for the lead again...

Was a thing of beauty...and great footage cos we were on board for the build up and eventual overtake.

For those interested, it was Lap 20 - and at about 2:08:30 of the Kayo coverage

 

[Ghost Patrol]

GIRT BY ****IN SEA

Rolf Harris wrote this song in the 70's

Not a fan.

 

[Satan]

Gold medal too

 

[Barrybran]

Great race, great drive from Oscar.
Was stressing till he finally pulled away. Great defensive driving.
Credit to both him and Leclerc. Sainz and Perez showing what happens when you don't know how to fight clean.

I'd like to see Perez's onboard but Sainz hasn't done anything wrong there. Leclerc compromised his corner and Sainz didn't turn the wheel from his onboard vision.

 

[Hawks1523]

Time to go stress over the Arsenal.

 

[Jatz]

Oscar deadset looked like he finished 17th up there haha

 

[Magma]

and a big chocolate medal too

 

[Barrybran]

Finally, a decent cool down room.

The Max Verstappen Podcast sounds different without Max Verstappen

 

[happy_eagle]

Do McLaren reverse their decision on team orders favouring Norris ?

Piastri by far the more composed driver, and pace is now much closer between the two.