F1 The Wash Up - Previous 2024 Race Weekends

[darth_timon]

Another safety car. Sainz and Albon bumping wheels. Perez knackered his rear wing in a separate incident.

 

[BomberFan355]

Perez, what a complete hack.

 

[BomberFan355]

Just caught up with qualifying.
So came on here with great expectations.
To say I’m extremely disappointed is an understatement.

Where the hell is the pasta gun?

Imagine missing out on Q3 with both cars while having fresh sets of softs sitting in the garage.
Worthy of pasta gun times 2.

Saved ammunition for the race.

 

[juice t]

Good hard defending and Russell has fired his bullets

 

[darth_timon]

Hamilton showing Russell how to stick an overtake.

 

[Gak Attack]

McLaren well and truly ****ed Oscar. Not sure why they didn't pit one of them when Mercedes did.

 

[Acinath]

Oh dear Yuki

 

[Acinath]

Canada always delivers

 

[dazbroncos]

Yuki bins it.

ADR gets points

Yet another race where an aussie gets clouted by another drive and "play on"

Its unreal.

 

[Acinath]

Gees Ocon is a flog, hope he enjoys the last few races of his F1 career

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Dan seems to be forever getting stuck behind drivers, in DRS range, and just sits behind them for lap after lap and it's usually seems to be a HAAS.

Happened again today early on (with no DRS) when the HAAS were on full wets with the rest of the field on inters. Once the advantage of the wets had gone, I reckon Dan must have lost 10 secs in 3 or so laps. He's either lost his dare for the overtake or even with DRS the car just isn't quick enough or Dan's not quick enough.

Later in the race there was a DRS train with Dan 2nd in line unable to execute an overtake. In the end it was crashes that got him in the points.

 

[Aussie pie]

Where did JV get his clothes from the “Grumpy and bitter old man second hand shop”

 

[Skull Face]

McLaren well and truly ****ed Oscar. Not sure why they didn't pit one of them when Mercedes did.

strange call given they boxed him 1st for drys, basically set him up to play rear gunner to ensure lando finished p2

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Dan seems to be forever getting stuck behind drivers, in DRS range, and just sits behind them for lap after lap and it's usually seems to be a HAAS.

Happened again today early on (with no DRS) when the HAAS were on full wets with the rest of the field on inters. Once the advantage of the wets had gone, I reckon Dan must have lost 10 secs in 3 or so laps. He's either lost his dare for the overtake or even with DRS the car just isn't quick enough or Dan's not quick enough.

Later in the race there was a DRS train with Dan 2nd in line unable to execute an overtake. In the end it was crashes that got him in the points.

That's not completely fair. He got out of that train through a legitimate overtake and made 3 overtakes on track (not relating to crashes or pitting). That's as many as anyone else in that midfield group.

Sky sports only showed 1 overtake (of Magnusson) but that doesn't mean they didn't happen.

He did get stuck in the train a little longer than he should have but he did make the overtake and others behind him struggled to get out of it too.

Aside from the first 2 corners (where Tsunoda also dropped) he drove pretty well I thought, holding position and gapping Stroll before getting unlucky with the safety car, costing him about 6 places. Fought his way back, took 2-3 positions on track (and the other 2-3 through DNFs).

 

[Vader]

That's not completely fair. He got out of that train through a legitimate overtake and made 3 overtakes on track (not relating to crashes or pitting). That's as many as anyone else in that midfield group.

Sky sports only showed 1 overtake (of Magnusson) but that doesn't mean they didn't happen.

He did get stuck in the train a little longer than he should have but he did make the overtake and others behind him struggled to get out of it too.

Aside from the first 2 corners (where Tsunoda also dropped) he drove pretty well I thought, holding position and gapping Stroll before getting unlucky with the safety car, costing him about 6 places. Fought his way back, took 2-3 positions on track (and the other 2-3 through DNFs).

He did himself no favours with the false start, with the 5 second penalty putting him back in the pack.

The stewards got it right too. His on board camera clearly showed his front wheels moving before the lights went out. He didn't plant his foot, accelerating before the lights went out, but the car was definitely rolling.

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[Festerz]

Red Bull extending Perez contract for another two years looking to be a masterstroke.

“After making contact with the barriers in Turn 6, the driver continued on track for the remainder of the lap with a significantly damaged car and thereby lost several carbon fibre parts on the way back to the pits,” stewards noted.

“The Stewards determine that, as well as a financial penalty for the team, a sporting penalty is necessary due to the safety implications of the incident.”

The result was Red Bull Racing was fined €25,000 while Perez will take a three-place grid penalty for the Spanish Grand Prix.

 

[Festerz]

strange call given they boxed him 1st for drys, basically set him up to play rear gunner to ensure lando finished p2

The role played by Piastri in keeping the Mercedes at bay in the latter part of the race cannot be under-stated. It's what secured the podium place for Lando.

Good team result for McLaren in what has been one of the best races of the season. Their dramatic rise to be the best performing team in terms of both drivers' performances continues.

 

[Vader]

Ricciardo is apparently blaming his false start on a slipping clutch. Sounds plausible, as I doubt he would have been rolling slowly intentionally at the start.
https://speedcafe.com/ricciardo-suspects-clutch-issue-in-canadian-gp-penalty/

 

[ReidBetweenTheLines]

The role played by Piastri in keeping the Mercedes at bay in the latter part of the race cannot be under-stated. It's what secured the podium place for Lando.

Good team result for McLaren in what has been one of the best races of the season. Their dramatic rise to be the best performing team in terms of both drivers' performances continues.

How do you figure that? if McLaren pit Piastri for a new set of softs then he can race for the win. Leaving him out on old mediums set him up to lose out to both Mercedes. A double podium was lost and Piastri once again on the wrong end of it

 

[Festerz]

Ricciardo is apparently blaming his false start on a slipping clutch. Sounds plausible, as I doubt he would have been rolling slowly intentionally at the start.
https://speedcafe.com/ricciardo-suspects-clutch-issue-in-canadian-gp-penalty/

Looking at the on-board replay it's the only explanation for a (very) slowly forward rolling motion that makes sense even on a declining track given the launch start system of F1 cars these days.

 

[Not Important]

i wonder if the peeps at r.b are now regretting the contract extension.

 

[Vader]

Looking at the on-board replay it's the only explanation for a (very) slowly forward rolling motion that makes sense even on a declining track given the launch start system of F1 cars these days.

So... this one is almost certainly on the team, rather than the driver. He almost certainly would have finished ahead of Stroll if he didn't cop the penalty. Probably not ahead of Alonso or Hamilton though.

Yuki's spin ended up providing justice for Daniel. It put him behind Ocon, who he managed to get past (where Yuki couldn't). Of course, neither Daniel's nor Gasly's overtakes of Ocon were shown on TV. To be fair, they did happen on the final lap, with priority quite rightly being given to the pointy end of the field.

 

[gaskin]

The penalty could have been mitigated if they boxed Daniel straight away under the safety car. He had an almost 5 second gap on Stroll that ballooned out another couple of seconds as the gaps do under the safety car and VSC. For some unknown reason they left him out for another lap where the field closed right up.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

i wonder if the peeps at r.b are now regretting the contract extension.

If Perez drove the car back to the pits like that, did RBR tell him to stop the car or was the message to try and get the car back to the pits to avoid having a yellow flag or a safety car that's going to bunch up Norris/Russell to Max?

 

[BIRDBRAIN]

I once saw Hammie win a race on 3 wheels was there an investigation after that race for driving in an unsafe condition?

What a joke of a penalty honestly. Why wouldnt you drive back to the pits rather than cause a needless safety car.