re: 2024 Formula 1 season Thread

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Another midnight start... Power nap from 9-11 and then LFG.

Yes, I'm old...

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Should be pre-race right when Wrestlemania Night 1 is wrapping up.

Q1

Kevin Magnussen took three attempts in this session, as the Haas team tested out a new setup after being slow in practice. It wasn’t enough, as the Dane was eliminated in this round anyway.

Bottas had a monster lap at the very end of the session to finish this round in eighth, a high mark for KICK Sauber so far this season.


Pos. Driver No. Driver Team Time from Advancing
16. 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes +0.061s
17. 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault +0.156s
18. 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari +0.168s
19. 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Mercedes +0.176s
20. 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK Sauber Ferrari +0.180s

Q2

Tsunoda advanced to Q3 in front of his home crowd for the second season in a row after putting in a fast lap at the very end of the session. However, this advancement came at the expense of Tsunoda’s RB teammate Daniel Ricciardo.

Pos. Driver No. Driver Team Time from Advancing
11. 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB Honda RBPT +0.055s
12. 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari +0.077s
13. 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK Sauber Ferrari +0.176s
14. 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes +0.297s
15. 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault +0.399s

Q3

There were no on-track incidents in this round, nor in the other two rounds of qualifying.

Pos. Driver No. Driver Team Time from Leader
1. 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 1:28:197m
2. 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT +0.066s
3. 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes +0.292
4. 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +0.485s
5. 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes +0.489s
6. 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes +0.563s
7. 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.569s
8. 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.589s
9. 63 George Russell Mercedes +0.811s
10. 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB Honda RBPT +1.216s

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Max Verstappen rebounded from a rare did-not-finish at the Australian Grand Prix by winning pole for the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix during Saturday’s (April 6) qualifying session. Verstappen was able to lead off a Red Bull Racing front row lockout – the team’s fourth at Suzuka – with teammate Sergio Perez qualifying less than a tenth of a second him. Lando Norris was best of the rest in third. “To be on pole, you want every lap to be perfect,” Verstappen told Sky Sports’ Jean Alesi after the session. “Around a track like this, that’s not always the case. Overall, very good day and very good starting position. And tomorrow is what counts.”

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Pulled it off twitter. Maybe this is more readable;

No problem Cali time.

I'm a night owl. Prefer midnight starts to the 5 or 6AM crap.

Praying to the racing gods for a replay of Senna/Prost in turn one.

*No, not saying Perez is anywhere near their level.

Almost time

LFG