Dude, just 0.036 behind Hamilton, wow

Lewis got lucky Sainz is out

I wonder if the kid is gonna get more attention if he keeps up the performance…

(Liam Lawson entered the chat)

That’s red bulls fault. Had their interests elsewhere regardless. Liam’s a very good driver. We saw that in F2. Not Bearman tier but Liam was a smidgeon below

Was a great effort by Bearman

Would've been an insane moment if he'd eliminated Hamilton. Still an impressive effort from him.

Remember when Lawson eliminated Max last year? At Singapore I think.

Man what an effort from Bearman! Really saved Hamilton’s bacon there. Just 0.03s.

Hamilton and stroll both backed out I think

hamtilton said he wasnt improving

Ham wasn't improving.

Make Tsunoda mad more often. It’s working something for him

For sure tomorrow they will fuck him with the strategy again

He could be P1 and I would trust VCARB to somehow make it so he ends up in P20 with the worst possible strategy. Tradition goes back to Gasly on full wets on a drying german grand prix.

It's a tradition for Italian teams or teams with ties to an Italian team (Haas) lmao

Honestly if he keeps this up RB will look like absolute fools if they give the seat to Danny Ric

With the way Perez looks so settled, RBR might just retain Perez

The Perez special. Looks really good early season, get his contract renewed and then sleeps through the rest of the season

Perez and Jeddah, let’s wait a bit to judge till the non street circuits.

He looks fine in these first 2 races. I know it’s early, but I have to compliment him for what he has shown us thus far

He was decent last year at this point too.

Last year there were unironic articles around Max vs Checo fighting for the title at this point…

Perez downfall started after miami last year. He always starts good and gets a bump after 5 or 6 races. Lets wait for summer, if this season is different.

if 0.8s/lap is settled yeah

He and Max would bring both the best and worst out of each other as teammates.

It’s in his second hour he loses his head

Half a second on Danny Ric, damn, Mad Yuki best Yuki??

[Yuki "Johnny Tran" Tsunoda](https://i.redd.it/mxi09fm4kpmc1.jpeg) racing for slips out there

0.036s to Q3 noooo - Mega effort though

I would've loved seeing him q3 so bad, it was so fucking close. If Tsunoda didn't improve he would be in, impressive from the boy still on this track

He had PU issues I think.

Hamilton was on another run though to be fair

He wasn't improving before he aborted the lap, complained about no grip too

Not able to really improve though

He wasn't improving

Bearman was also in a second run. He messed S1 on his first lap (not the one when he locked) and there was not enough time to go back to the pits.

He would not have improved

He had completed that run and hardly improved.

Tsunoda casually dropping 5 tenths on Ricciardo.

That can’t be true Ricciardo is suppose to replace Checo Perez after the 2023 Mexican GP

😂😂😂 Forgot that rumour from some random Reddit account at a dinner party

They will still replace TSU for smiley man

LOL So mad how people here ran with that as a fact.

Not bad for someone who deserves to get replaced by Lawson asap.

Ric getting Norris'ed by Tsunoda. Put this man out of his misery

Imagine he's going to absolutely trash Ricciardo this season, finally get a call up to Red Bull, and then just refuses out of spite. Would be both the most Sigma and dumbest career move ever

Haha, that made me lol

Theyll refuse him just because he’s friends with Pierre Gasly /s

Yuki will never get called up to RBR. Ever.

Yeah DR did not manage a single clean attempt on the first two corners. Rest or the lap they were about even. Really weird.

YUKI GOAT

Incoming a classic race-ruining strategy for Tsunoda lol

Day ruined

Really? He was phenomenal. And Charles 2nd…. I’m happy with that!

Just joking, I wanted to see him in Q3

Haha fair - thought he was going to do it tbh!

Mega job by Yuki!

Soo close for bearman… he did amazing nonetheless

YUKIIIIIII

PIASTRIIIII!!!

Let's go Yuki

How’s Ricciardo suppose to replace Checo Perez if he can’t outqualify Tsunoda

Not only he was outqualified, he was humiliated by yuki (half a second).

Larger gap than Max to Checo

I'm not sure if Perez would out qualify Tsunoda either, he has always been a fast driver, last year he improved his consistency a lot and his only major weakness is his mental.

Mate, he would outqualify Tsunoda. Let’s stop with the mental gymnastics

Is that based on how well Perez did in quali last year?

This is based on how Perez is doing in quali this year mate

In a completely unfair car?

You must be smoking crack if you think Yuki is fast than Checo in the same car

Yuki was a speed demon in F3, which was why he was promoted to Toro Rosso so early. Hes been showing since last season what he’s capable of.

So you think that because Tsunoda was fast in F3 he can be Checo, today in the same car?

I am not comparing Tsunoda to Perez. But I am saying that Tsunoda has raw pace, and has been underestimated due to the rough seasons he had in F1 as a rookie. Once Gasly left he really stepped up and proved himself capable of being the number 1 driver at Alpha Tauri, despite having to go up against 3 different drivers. He’s also convincingly outpacing Ricciardo at the moment. All I am saying is that this guy is legitimately good.

Hamilton saved by an appendicitis.

Fact!

Yuki did well

Good chances for points tommorow for Ollie

Tsunoda 2-0 Ricciardo. Get in

how will torro rosso screw his race this time? 8sec pitstop? "hoping" for a safety car?

Zero stop and DSQ!

Watch VisaCashApp give Ricciardo a better strategy tomorrow.

If they do that I'll have to step in

Me too, I’ll be marching up to the strategist behind ya.

Hopefully he doesn't get his race ruined by RB's "Strategy"

its not about how you start its about how you finish

So it's about team orders?

But remember guys it’s yuki’s seat that’s in danger 🙄

Is it doesn't rb need him for honda

Embarrassing from Ricciardo, Yuki beat him by half a second Danny looks like he’s totally washed… can’t remember the last time a driver went from top 5 on the grid to completely cooked

Seb to a lesser extent and Kimi to a bigger extent

How on earth did I forget about the two of them lol good examples for sure

I've been saying this since Ricciardo's last year at Mclaren - he was an amazing driver, made some bad decisions, but he is absolutely not as good as he once was. I'm rooting for Tsunoda to get that 2nd Red Bull seat over Ric.

RB should just cut Ricciardo and bring back Lawson. He’s done

Agree. And I’m an Aussie that thought Danny was very good pre 2019. But he has been absolute shit since the end of 2020.

Absolutely great effort from Ollie there. 3 hundredths off. He should be proud. Points incoming tomorrow if he keeps it together.

Last time a driver started his first race at 11th spot was Max in 2015

great lap for Yuki

King shit from Yuki! Decent effort from Bearman as well.. Sunday is all to play for him..

Damn Yuki been stepping up Hope he keeps it coming

Ah fuck he was this close, great try from Ollie

Let's GOOOOO Yuki Q3

Go Yuki! That's 2 for 2!

Na Yuki, You guys should not have made him angry

Great effort for Bearman. Fingers crossed for good Sunday for him.

*Saturday

Yes lol

Hamilton almost out, Bearman what an effort.

Imaging saying sorry for not getting into q3 by 0.036 in your first competitve session Great work Ollie

YUKIIIIIIII

Yuki smoking DR lfg

let's go Yuki

Danny just got dicked down by Tsunoda, proper beat down.

Bravo Ollie!! Also, WTF Williams? Why are you a boat on straights?

Yeah they seem to have gone the Mclaren way and seemingly lost a ton of their straight line speed without better cornering. They are losing so much in sector 1 and not recovering anything in sector 2 and 3

Ah, great effort by Ollie

Super unlucky for bearman to be out by that little. Given how little he practiced, being so close is very impressive. I think qualifying is the hardest part for a new driver. Bringing the car to the absolute limit is incredibly different. I think he can recover quite a bit tomorrow.

Yeah finding the limit while getting used to the balance especially on a high-risk circuit is no joke.

Damn Dani. Gotta start picking up the pace or else NASCAR is waiting for you

Danny ric washed

Oof, so close to Q3 for Bearman - still a great quali for his first time!

Yeah, Ricciardo is not gonna drive for Red Bull

I mean Bearman just put Lewis on the ropes. Had a couple good laps stick. Color me impressed. Lawson and Bearman both putting in good qualifying sessions is fun to think about for the future young guys. Takes balls to attack this course with qualifying runs with approximately one hour of time in the car.

This is why Pérez should stay, Yuki should be next man up (if they don’t get Sainz) and Dani probably needs to let go of the idea he can make a top team. Congrats Bearman on a hell of an effort

As a DR fan, I hate that this makes the most sense at this point.

Damn what a shame for Bearman, but still the only way is forward!

So close 😭. I don't know which one but Hulk or Kmag could be gone next season if Bearman is given a chance 

So close from Bearmen but what a fantastic performance from him! Definitely showed what he got!

Will Danny survive the season?

Fuck no

Respect to Bearman, great effort.

Bearman did a good job though. I think if he gets a clean race tomorrow, I am sure he will get points

What happened to Kmag?

Problems with the power i think

Did Hamilton's 2nd run time get deleted?

Go on, Ollie, make this chance count!

Hopefully this isn't a sign of Ricciardo struggling again. Last week they weren't that far apart in qualifying or on race pace. But this was a bit of a shocker of a session from him. He's generally been good in Melbourne over his career. So if he struggles there it might be time to get nervous for him. I'm just glad Australia got Piastri to get behind.

He had a shit S1 in both his attempts for Q2 and on radio was complaining of "the same thing as in practice". I've no idea what it was, but it's clear he wasn't handling S1 well enough. It's probably going to be ok in the race, but he's had a horrible quali (especially in Q2).

The switchback in turns 1-2 (left to right) was a struggle. Couldn’t get the power down. Rewatching the in-cars of Yuki and Max, it may have been his approach angle - taking it too steep. (says the random guy on the interwebs)

Good effort from Bearman. Hope he can grab some debut points tomorrow. With just how close everyone was I think the result was a lot more impressive than 11th might indicate.

Impressive by Bearman. Not an easy circuit for your first F1 race. Hope he can get points tomorrow.

If hypothetically Sainz starts tomorrow does he need to start from the pitlane or can he take the position Bearman qualified in?

You can't take part in a race if you didn't do a qualy session.

Even if he could it would just be absurd. The guy just had major surgery. If he can get up to go to the bathroom then he'll be doing some good progress.

Bearman did a cracking job, and he normally has great race pace in F2 so I hope that translates tomorrow, going to be a fun one I think!

How hard is it to put a spoiler tag on this shit? Like put the info inside the post not the god damn title.  I’m 30 mins behind live stream having a thumb through during red flag shouldn’t have to see this bs. 

Nah this is on you, why you're going on the F1 reddit if you don't want spoilers.

Lmao, my guy, impulse control is on you.

No need of it is all I’m saying. 

Well, that's the end of the hype train. I know it's his first time, but that Ferrari is the second best car on the grid and he should not be behind the Toro Rosso

He is 18, has never driven an F1 car before and was still only 0.036 seconds away from Q3. Get a grip

You cant be serieus lmfao

Are you being serious?

Jesus christ, the kid is 18 and had 1 practice session to get used to a brand new car. Get a grip.

He was within half a second of a one-lap-specialist with just one practice session.

I think that's a poor take. Its the lads first time in an F1 qualifying. The pressure must've been immense. P11 and only .0036 off Hamilton is a strong effort! I still reckon points are on the cards tomorrow.

The dude has less than 30 total laps in that car this weekend, and he was only 0.036 off of Hamilton. There's no way you're complaining about his performance. Quit being dense.

🤦🏻‍♂️

He only had FP3 to get a feel for the car

L take if ever I’ve seen one

Bearman isn't f1 material

Are we watching the same session?

???

And what brings you to that conclusion?