F1 The Wash Up - Previous 2024 Race Weekends

[gaskin]

It would be a lot easier to stomach if it were a one off boring street track on the calendar.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

As of Rd 8	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	169
2	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	138
3	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	113
4	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Ferrari HP	108
5	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	107
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	71
7	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	54
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	42
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	33
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	19
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team	11
12	Oliver Bearman	Scuderia Ferrari HP	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Moneygram Haas F1 Team	6
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	5
15	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	2
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Moneygram Haas F1 Team	1
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1
19	Zhou Guanyu	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber	0
21	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	0

 

[happy_eagle]

Monaco is fine as long as you go into the race with suitable expectations.

I see it similarly to watching the final stage of the tour de france.

 

[happy_eagle]

One of my favourite tracks

 

[dazbroncos]

Monaco is fine as long as you go into the race with suitable expectations.

I see it similarly to watching the final stage of the tour de france.

Cars are too big to legit pass these days..

Widen some areas and it will work.. but you gotta be spot on

 

[Jatz]

Monaco is fine as long as you go into the race with suitable expectations.

I see it similarly to watching the final stage of the tour de france.

The final stage of the Tour de France is equally ridiculous. It's a good comparison.

Realistically, neither are worth the time if you're wanting to watch anything genuinely entertaining.

 

[Vader]

The final stage of the Tour de France is equally ridiculous. It's a good comparison.

Realistically, neither are worth the time if you're wanting to watch anything genuinely entertaining.

The difference is that the final stage of the TdF is only a procession until the teams arrive at the Champs Elysees loop - after which racing finally breaks out. Monaco is a procession from start to finish.

This year's TdF will be very different, finishing with a Time Trial from Monaco to Nice. They can't do the traditional finish in Paris, due to the Olympics.

... but yes, in most years the TdF final stage is tediously boring (for at least the first half of the stage).

 

[Black_White]

Time for Oscar to break his cherry.

 

[Skull Face]

Time for Oscar to break his cherry.

big weekend for him, has beaten norris the last 3 qualifying sessions (Technically norris 1 tenth ahead at miami but the car upgrade was worth 2). Canada last year was probably his worst weekend for the year i think a spin in free practice followed by crash in qually he couldnt find the confidence in the car until the race itself.

If he beats norris in qually again here we could be seeing the start of his takeover of the team

 

[gaskin]

Supposedly it is meant to rain. There is a storm moving up towards Montreal.

Bring on the wet.

 

[Pugz89]

Supposedly it is meant to rain. There is a storm moving up towards Montreal.

Bring on the wet.

I'm here now and it's raining. 40% chance of showers for Sunday.

This is my fifth different Grand Prix since start of last yr - sixth overall - having done Melbourne twice.

Super keen to see 3 Aussies on track for FP1.

 

[Jatz]

Supposedly it is meant to rain. There is a storm moving up towards Montreal.

Bring on the wet.

That's not like the Canadian Grand Prix

 

[Tandy]

This and Brazil are my fav tracks. Looking forward to it

 

[happy_eagle]

This and Brazil are my fav tracks. Looking forward to it

Fun one to drive in the video game (Montreal), a lot of aggressive corners where you can make up a lot of lap time (particularly the final corner).

 

[DamoESP]

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Villeneuve gave Ricciardo a huge clip after fp1. Asked what the point of him still being in F1 was.

 

[DamoESP]

So, looks like after the track resurface it isn’t draining water as fast as previous years so if there is a heap of rain expect red flags due to standing water

 

[Festerz]

Villeneuve gave Ricciardo a huge clip after fp1. Asked what the point of him still being in F1 was.

Yes I saw that interview with Danica Patrick and Villeneuve.

‘Why’s he still in F1?’ - Jacques Villeneuve’s explosive rant about Daniel Ricciardo

1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve launches a scathing attack about Daniel Ricciardo's form.

www.crash.net

Of course the more important question to be asked is wtaf is the relevance of Villeneuve's views on F1 in 2024 to a global audience?

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Villeneuve gave Ricciardo a huge clip after fp1. Asked what the point of him still being in F1 was.

He really doesn't like him.

 

[gaskin]

So then what is the point of anyone not driving a Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, or Merc being in F1?

What an absolute knob spanker.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Yes I saw that interview with Danica Patrick and Villeneuve.

‘Why’s he still in F1?’ - Jacques Villeneuve’s explosive rant about Daniel Ricciardo

1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve launches a scathing attack about Daniel Ricciardo's form.

www.crash.net

Of course the more important question to be asked is wtaf is the relevance of Villeneuve's views on F1 in 2024 to a global audience?

He's World Champion.

 

[happy_eagle]

People do tend to conveniently leave out or forget that Daniel wasn't bad at Renault. He had 2 very strong seasons there including some podiums.

 

[Festerz]

He's World Champion.

27 years ago and f-all since other than take cheap ass pot shots.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

People say the same things on the regular about Hulkenberg and sometimes also reach out to clip Bottas and Perez as well. It's not surprising Dan is starting to cop strays when there's a long list of drivers banging down the door to get into F1.

 

[happy_eagle]

Funnily enough the version I heard of the clip didn't include Ricciardo's name, so for the first 30 seconds or so I was like "oh man he's really going hard on Stroll here"