F1 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Nuggs Bunny]

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[gaskin]

Sprint weekend.

KMag is ill so Bearman is driving today. Because he is doing the sprint quali he will be racing in the sprint before KMag takes over for main race quali tomorrow.

 

[gaskin]

5 place grid drop for Max.

 

[Bedi]

Interesting to hear about this attempted robbery on the Williams team. It's happened a few times over the years so glad to hear it was thwarted by security. i guess there are added risks if you are a high profile visitor but honestly Sao Paulo is hands down one of the greatest cities i've been to, so i dont think this it's reflective of the city. Def areas downtown (cracolandia) where you need to watch your belongings, but otherwise i reckon it's more or less usual big city precautions for travellers (take an Uber at night etc). But awesome food, bars, art, sports, live music, architecture and very cool, progressive locals. Nick Cave actually lived here for a few years and he loved it. As Senna's hometown they are F1 mad too, obviously, and still very much revered with his memorial park, murals etc. It should be very cool seeing Hamilton drive his world championship Mclaren tmrw as they love Lewis too.

 

[Bedi]

Obviously want an Oscar win, but failing that i'd be thrilled with a Max DNF, a Norris win and Ferraris coming in 2 and 3 to set up an exciting finish to the year. I miss the days where Adelaide was the last race

 

[hotchilli]

No messing around from Oscar in his SQ1 run.

 

[Bedi]

Thatta boy Oscar, great work!

 

[hotchilli]

**** yeah Oscar!

 

[Gak Attack]

Nice lap Oscar!

 

[Bedi]

**** yeah Oscar!

Pulled that one from nowhere! Guess team directives tmrw will be to let Lando through, which is fair enough given championship still within reach

 

[hotchilli]

Pulled that one from nowhere! Guess team directives tmrw will be to let Lando through, which is fair enough given championship still within reach

Hopefully he's forced into some team orders to let Lando through, few little mental wins that that he's not capable of beating Oscar on merit

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Good boy.

 

[Cromulant]

Who said last week that going out in Q1 would affect his career long term ??

Didn't even bother him for a week

 

[Cromulant]

Obviously want an Oscar win, but failing that i'd be thrilled with a Max DNF, a Norris win and Ferraris coming in 2 and 3 to set up an exciting finish to the year. I miss the days where Adelaide was the last race

**** Lando

 

[Festerz]

Norris' misinterpreting the question thrown at him after sprint quali as being about Piastri finishing above him and then giving a petulant answer about him not caring shows that he does care and it does tick him off when his team mate trumps him.

Him getting ticked off saying that 'it's the same question every time' when it actually wasn't the question he thought it was pretty funny especially when the same generic questions are asked of drivers after EVERY practice or quali session unless there's an incident or unexpected result.

McLarens are clearly in good form at this track and Norris chances of taking a significant chunk out of Verstappen's championship title lead are very strong. Especially with Oscar openly admitting again today that he will hand over a position or race lead to his team mate if asked by the team.

Seems to me is the only threat to Norris at this track is the pressure he might place on himself by trying to prove a point againt his team mate.

 

[Shifty1]

Great lap from Oscar. Still needs to improve his qualis but when he puts a full lap together, he's as quick as anyone.

 

[Festerz]

Great work from Ollie Bearman btw.

But having another British driver for the Sky F1 crew to get all hot and sweaty over - especially Schiff and Chandhok - is not something that makes their already unbalanced commentary any easier to listen to.

 

[Cromulant]

Great work from Ollie Bearman btw.

But having another British driver for the Sky F1 crew to get all hot and sweaty over - especially Schiff and Chandhok - is not something that makes their already unbalanced commentary any easier to listen to.

I can forgive Schiff....

 

[Festerz]

I can forgive Schiff....

I said 'listen to' Crom

 

[Skull Face]

Pulled that one from nowhere! Guess team directives tmrw will be to let Lando through, which is fair enough given championship still within reach

Oscars directive, get a good start and hope Charles gets past Lando lap 1 cruise to win repeat tomorrow