F1 2024 USA Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Gunf]

Like clockwork......

He is by far my least favourite person involved with commentary

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

inb4 "you're an amateur hack who's never going to race anything more powerful than an excel" but if Lando braked earlier than Max and had more grip on better tyres it probably wasn't his best call to commit to going around him on the outside instead of doing the switchback. Max would have gone off anyway and wouldn't have been able to defend without falling afoul of leaving the track and gaining and advantage himself.

 

[Gunf]

inb4 "you're an amateur hack who's never going to race anything more powerful than an excel" but if Lando braked earlier than Max and had more grip on better tyres it probably wasn't his best call to commit to going around him on the outside instead of doing the switchback. Max would have gone off anyway and wouldn't have been able to defend without falling afoul of leaving the track and gaining and advantage himself.

This is exactly what he should have tried but for some unknown reason he didn't he just kept doing the same thing lap after lap expecting something different.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Was the most nondescript race by Oscar in recent memory. Basically, plod around in 5th for the whole race with nothing eventful happening.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

It won't happen because motorsport is ridiculously expensive. The vast majority of drivers in come from quite well-off families who gave them big financial backing, or their families had friends in high places that could give them that backing. Especially in Australia where all the drivers have to move halfway around the world to Europe to get noticed. A lot of talented drivers don't make it simply because they don't have the sponsorship.

Danny Ric himself said everyone in the paddock is a pay driver with "daddy's money" to some extent, it's just often less blatant than Stroll.

I get it but if F1 wants respect in the wider world they need to change that. I'm not sure exactly how but you need to have a central pool of funding that drivers can access so in effect it becomes a salary cap like other major sports. And you need to limit the number and $ value of sponsors that teams are allowed to get from drivers. That way you have young drivers getting there on merit not because of how rich or poor their parents are.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

To fix this though you'd need to remove a lot of money from both F1 and motorsport in general. All of the junior categories appear to be built around paying your way into a seat, even kids karting comps.

I agree but part of the solution is cost caps. Cap significantly what teams can spend (yes this may impact quality but ifs a fair trade off for better equity) and stop teams selling seats for money. It definitely needs to be done ar the junior level as much as the top level.