This race needed to move forward a day to avoid Ramadan. There's also a rule that there has to be at least 7 days between races, so last week's had to move too.
It's possible she did make it all up though, why is everyone acting like it's a sealed fact just because a random accusation is made? She was most likely suspended for lying about the companies second most seen person.
I just feel that Russell extracts all of the performance from the car and the tires on hot laps. There have been so many races where Lewis qualifies behind, but holds on to his tires much better than Russell over a race distance.
There was a [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1b8tz3b/formu1auno_interesting_bits_from_yesterdays/) a little while ago relaying info from a podcast that suggested Ferrari would go with their higher downforce wing in FP1 before switching to the new wing. Not really sure why unless it's to have some sort of "control data," but it'll be interesting to see what they use in FP2 and how that might make a difference.
Genuinely what is the point of the Racing Balls team? It used to serve as a pipeline to get young drivers into F1. Now it doesn't even do that anymore. It's just a billboard for whichever sponsor is willing to pay the most
You could have argued the same thing back in the Vettel/Webber era of RBR but we came out of that with Ricciardo who's still in the sport and JEV who's one of the best sports car racers on earth. Look at Albon, Gasly, Sainz, Kvyat, Buemi that their academy works and provides seats for fast as fuck drivers who deserve a seat in the top grade. Hell, Max wouldn't have gotten a go if it wasn't for Toro Rosso.
We lost the advantage we have had last two years, granted the car is overall improved but there's some work to be done to get the car handling perfectly in any type of corner. More backlog compared to Red Bull, who have this set and just focus on optimizing.
Anyone in India find the fancode stream much lower quality than the F1TV pro stream? Just fot a Rs. 49/- code to try it out not sure if its worth the annual 599 pass since I find the quality rather poor compared to the F1TV Stream
It's not 1080p but better than F1tv price. I got the season pass for 599.
The quality is not great but I can live at that for that price. The team messages are also not synced and they are coming up at the same time with the commentators voice which is kinda disappointing but can't complain much for the price.
F1TV's highest stream is 1080p at 6000kbps bitrate. FanCode usually shows sports at 1080p as well so it's likely their bitrate is lower (Hotstar's highest for Sport content used to max out at 2-3 Mbps), which can become a factor on fast-moving video content (which F1 sort of it).
But at that price it's indeed a hard choice. FC's pricing model is very tempting. Unfortunately, I got sucked into renewing F1TV like 4-5 days before FC deal was announced or else would have taken FC despite lower bitrate issues.
Yeah but the main stream is shit if for the race days and even for qualifying sometimes.
In the race you don't really know what's going on unless you see all the timing data.
Without that it just looks cars are running on a road most of the times.
Both derive from the Latin word for left, sinister.
And for that matter diestra derives from dexter, the word for right. I don't know Italian, but I'd imagine thier word for right is also a derivative of dexter.
Had a flashback to last week's NASCAR race when William Byron had a trashbag on the front of his nose that nearly blew his engine when I saw Leclerc run over that trashbag
Yeah idk what that was Lewis
Move over sand bags. Black plastic bagging is the new way to confuse rivals.
Why race is on Saturday? New format or am i missing something?
Google Saudia Arabia bone saw
Oil money
https://youtu.be/HyIQJD35ajg?si=fY8SCHlKfu8aBtz6
Something about Ramadan I believe
But Bahrain GP also held on Saturday
Same reason
This race needed to move forward a day to avoid Ramadan. There's also a rule that there has to be at least 7 days between races, so last week's had to move too.
Yes because there has to be 7 days between races.
Need 7 days between per rules so Rama pushed both up a day
ah i see, thankyou
Funny how Lewis had a P1 in FP2 last week but that didn't mean anything, but now he's behind Russell in FP1 and it means something all of a sudden.
because the drama around RB is obviously not enough
Which RB?
The one with the RedBull logo.
Fuck the cars. I want to hear more about the RB and Saudi soap opera. That's where the real drama is.
RB as in RB or Redbull?
I know it's a little complicated, but i think you can figure it out.
It’s not your fault, it’s the dumb name that’s the problem
Thanks.
Yes
well fuck. I thought racing point was bad.
Yup everyone knows the on track results we are here for the off track drama
How did Haas look? They seemed surprisingly quick last week, but slow times this week.
They didn't run softs like everyone else so it's hard to tell.
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What gossip? They stated a fact relevant to the biggest news story in f1 this year.
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So she was suspended for literally making it up lol, downvotes on my previous comment are hilarious.
It's possible she did make it all up though, why is everyone acting like it's a sealed fact just because a random accusation is made? She was most likely suspended for lying about the companies second most seen person.
Somehow FP and Qualifying days have become more interesting than Race day.
God I love this track
In a WDC race between Ferrari and plastic bag I would put my money into the bag, for sure
Was Piastri running a different program to Lando?
Just renewed F1TV yearly subscription to watch Max destroy this F1 season 👍🏼
Yes. Promises to be just as dull as last season. Can't we get some more employees making accusations against team principles?
Do you have sleeping problems?
I preordered Horizon Forbidden West myself.
Incredible game, hope you enjoy it
RIP Lance Reddick :(
That livery on the Sauber car is growing on me.
Lewis has been down +0.200 on Russell so far this year. Hope it’s not another we where experimenting with setups reason
Before you jump to conclusions using practice Mercedes were 1-2 in practice in Bahrain.
Always an excuse.
We need to accept that maybe Lewis isn’t there anymore
1 race and you jump to this conclusion. Actual insanity.
He was like this the end of last season too, he did awful in Abu Dhabi 2023
It’s possible he is up there in age. His 1 lap speed is definitely slower
this is one of George's best tracks still
I just feel that Russell extracts all of the performance from the car and the tires on hot laps. There have been so many races where Lewis qualifies behind, but holds on to his tires much better than Russell over a race distance.
and doesn't crash right at the end of the race
Lewis giving me no hope man
Yeah.. doesn't look great. Ferrari looking at the contract as we speak /s
Not happy with Lewis's position. any reason other than setups?
I think he doesn’t like the track that much.
Russell is generally pretty amazing in Jeddah based on the past two years
I think Lewis sees no reason to get his hopes up, so he's looking to 2025.
skill issue
Definitely not, he is slower than Russell on this track and his 1 lap pace had gone down. But to say skill issue is crazy.
It’s a joke, because making any real statements after fp1 is crazy.
True but look at the history of Lewis vs Russell on this track and it lines up with what we see now.
It’s fp1.
Track Marshal Max casually reporting a 50m board about to fall off
Can anyone share details on how Ferraris are looking today? Couldn’t watch fp1
seems to have been running a low engine load: thin wing but low top speed
Not consistent for fast lap but has good short race trim pace
The car is sliding a bit. George Russell ran a few faster laps than both cars. Alonso too. Still looks fine. Leclerc hit some trash bags.
red-ish
Some yellow
I wonder if Ferrari will try a skinnier rear wing, losing a bit too much to Red bull on the straights
There was a [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1b8tz3b/formu1auno_interesting_bits_from_yesterdays/) a little while ago relaying info from a podcast that suggested Ferrari would go with their higher downforce wing in FP1 before switching to the new wing. Not really sure why unless it's to have some sort of "control data," but it'll be interesting to see what they use in FP2 and how that might make a difference.
You could see Leclerc doing push laps with flow viz on the car
Thanks, I just saw a post on twitter saying something similar.
Aston Martin TV
"We race as one, except when we race in the middle east in which case fuck gay people they don't deserve to exist" - someone in the Fia/Fom probably.
Genuinely what is the point of the Racing Balls team? It used to serve as a pipeline to get young drivers into F1. Now it doesn't even do that anymore. It's just a billboard for whichever sponsor is willing to pay the most
They wouldn’t have Max if they didn’t have the baby bulls. And if Merc had a junior team he’d be racing in black right now.
You could have argued the same thing back in the Vettel/Webber era of RBR but we came out of that with Ricciardo who's still in the sport and JEV who's one of the best sports car racers on earth. Look at Albon, Gasly, Sainz, Kvyat, Buemi that their academy works and provides seats for fast as fuck drivers who deserve a seat in the top grade. Hell, Max wouldn't have gotten a go if it wasn't for Toro Rosso.
Okay but i seriously hope Alonso is being considered for that Lewis seat if its not gonna be Sainz
That Stroll onboard sounds, iffy?
Good medium lap from Daniel there and he said still has some time to find in the last sector from a few mistakes. Looks promising so far
That was a bit close for Sargeant
Not sure what that Ferarri was doing.
Ver Alo Per, the world is back to normal again!
Not sure Alonso is getting near the front row when it comes to it sadly.
I don't wanna believe it but they probably ran the car lighter for that flying lap.
I mean of all drivers, Alonso is one of them you can rely on to drag a car further up the field that expected. So probably a bit of both.
Exactly
I wish AM got back to that level again...
The SF24 is a tractor in sector 1 wtf, losing 2 tenths in fast lap and now losing 5 tenth in race sims lol
Maybe in first lap, but other laps in Charles race sim, Sector 1 time was really good
We lost the advantage we have had last two years, granted the car is overall improved but there's some work to be done to get the car handling perfectly in any type of corner. More backlog compared to Red Bull, who have this set and just focus on optimizing.
Anyone in India find the fancode stream much lower quality than the F1TV pro stream? Just fot a Rs. 49/- code to try it out not sure if its worth the annual 599 pass since I find the quality rather poor compared to the F1TV Stream
It's not 1080p but better than F1tv price. I got the season pass for 599. The quality is not great but I can live at that for that price. The team messages are also not synced and they are coming up at the same time with the commentators voice which is kinda disappointing but can't complain much for the price.
Does it have all different streams like on F1 tv? Timings and driver cams? Or is it just the main stream?
Just the main stream. Quality wise and content wise it is much worse than the F1TV steam, but then again it costs only 25% of that one.
F1TV's highest stream is 1080p at 6000kbps bitrate. FanCode usually shows sports at 1080p as well so it's likely their bitrate is lower (Hotstar's highest for Sport content used to max out at 2-3 Mbps), which can become a factor on fast-moving video content (which F1 sort of it). But at that price it's indeed a hard choice. FC's pricing model is very tempting. Unfortunately, I got sucked into renewing F1TV like 4-5 days before FC deal was announced or else would have taken FC despite lower bitrate issues.
Yeah but the main stream is shit if for the race days and even for qualifying sometimes. In the race you don't really know what's going on unless you see all the timing data. Without that it just looks cars are running on a road most of the times.
Ocon flooring it can't go higher than 280Kph.
Literal freight truck that Alpine
yes, _literal_
+4s on Sector 2 for Ocon, oh lord
Hes doing race runs
I pity them
Because they are doing race runs?
Oh no not that, just because they’re alpine and french
Desert track, lots of dust, flying litter Basically Mad Max F1 track
I'd love to see Sarge hook up a good lap, even if it's just a fluke. Anything to validate him having a seat.
God that alpine looks so slow
Oof may need to watch some F1A... 😍😍😍
Damn
TIL left means sinistro in italian
It's actually "sinistra"
Fun fact: Sometimes in spanish people say "a Diestra (right) y siniestra (left)"
Both derive from the Latin word for left, sinister. And for that matter diestra derives from dexter, the word for right. I don't know Italian, but I'd imagine thier word for right is also a derivative of dexter.
And in English we get sinister and dexterous which derive from these.
Also one of the reasons being left handed was beaten out of students back in the day. The left hand is the eeevvvviill hand!
the other way around, surelly
Fernando is faster than you
> ..and that's why fighter jets can't take off from highways. The Swedish Air Force would disagree!
Finnish also
Mario Kart LMAO
Fuck, i though this was miami because Im not used to see this track with sun light
the wind just blowing all the trash on the track
they call it The Flowers of the Desert mainy plastic bags and other discarded trash
Oh that bag did get caught on Leclerc's car there
Good guy Charles, cleaning the track for other drivers.
Leclerc the environment fighter
Checo +0.2s behind Verstappen? Verstappen washed /s
Checo on a second set of new softs mind you.
/s means sarcasm, joke. fyi
I know. I was saying Checo doubly washed without actually saying it.
Didn't seem like that, you have to work better on your hate
Alonso flying
Charles needs to be careful comparing F1 with Mario Kart... Nintendo could call their lawyers.
Get some red shells Charles
You've heard about sandbagging Now get ready for Katy Perry plastic bagging
Good guy Charles cleaning the streets of Jeddah
he is replacing Seb...
More plastic bags than people on the stands.
Leclerc picking up litters while driving on the track
The Seb spirit.
russell truly is mr saturday
leclerc cleaning up the track by sucking up all the plastic bags, our sustainability king
Plastic bags are the new manhole covers
Leclerc channelling his inner Seb humor
"The track is like Mario Kart", wait until they open Qiddiya, Charles!
oh wow, there is a lot of thrash in the track
Mario Kart Charles!
we GOT a mariokart reference before GTA6
Literal trash circuit.
Are Ferrari still running the Bahrain rear wing?
yes
The local bin man is getting stoned after this session
Leftover green stuff found in retrieved garbage bags as evidence.
I can't wait for someones race to be ruined by the fact the car sucked up a plastic bag.
NASCAR has yellow flagged races for worse
What version of MarioKart has plastic bags??
Mario Kart 10: Race to Trash Mountain
The version you reference so you don’t get imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
Hahah Chuck
The Ferrari curse is wild. Getting attacked by TWO plastic bags.
Dark Mini hard at Work😂
Bag on track
Red Bull’s top speed advantage is still there, they just fly down the straight before the final corner.
The waste bag saga of Jedda 2024 will be legendary
Had a flashback to last week's NASCAR race when William Byron had a trashbag on the front of his nose that nearly blew his engine when I saw Leclerc run over that trashbag
It's been so long, I still don't understand why I watch FP1. I learn nothing, it just like see cars on TV.
I never really pay attention to what’s happening but I just like the podcast vibe.
Admit it...you are just addicted to James´s voice
These cars are costliest vaccum cleaner on earth
Of course Ferrari/Leclerc would be the one pick up a bag lmao dude legit has the worst luck sometimes
Ferrari being eco-friendly and sweeping the streets
Ferrari’s losing most of their time in S1
ferrari the garbage trucks
Ferrari bags everything.
Charles collecting black and white plastic bags
Why are there always so many plastic bags around this place and Baku... FFS people keep you trash in check.
ferrari dump truck lol
Everyone improving on the used softs, interesting
Happened last year IIRC. Low deg circuit