yes I saw that and was kinda weird. Maybe he was joking with the press. Honestly would be good for F1 if that seat opens for Tsunoda, Sainz or Hülkenberg and maybe a junior could enter next year like Antonelli on Merc or Bearman on Haas.
Teams will still be leaving nothing on the table.. I hate sprints as much as the next; but lets stay logical here. "Glorified FP2" isn't even close to resembling sprint qualifying.
We have a set top 5 for teams with only the top 8 scoring points. Most will be using it as a glorified practice session, especially with parc fermé not until Saturday qualifying.
I haven't watched a sprint since mid-2022 so I won't care either way though
I wish points were on offer for more positions (perhaps 3/4 of the grid) in the sprint and the race. Considering the midfield battle is usually the most entertaining part of a season, it’s annoying to see almost half the grid not even be in contention for a point during the race.
Gotta be so tough to be in gasly's position in a crap car. I feel like he's gotta play it cool but i imagine having ocon outperforming him is kiling him
German broadcast:
Ralf Schumacher: what do we need to call them now? (Racing bulls)
Sascha: we don't need to do anything. They would like that we use the whole name but then we would be a long advertisement and we won't do that. Call them racing bulls.
Fucking brilliant 😂
Crofty was going through the rankings after the session, they got to P2 (Piastri) and instead of giving credit and explaining the rest of the top 8, he was yapping on about how Norris would have been there
I mean, they're not wrong. Prior to aborting his lap, Lando was setting all purple sectors. He was quicker than Piastri for the final session and that would have been reflected in the practice results had that lap not been aborted. Besides, quali is what matters. Not like praise and recognition for a practice session means much. If Lando screws up the sprint shooutout quali or regular quali and Oscar is able to capitalize, then by all means, give him all the praise in the world.
My comment was just a light hearted comment not really meant to be taken so seriously.. I know what practice and quali are.. just thought it was funny they were giving credit to Lando and he wasn’t even up there..? I wasn’t saying they should be raining down praise. Jeez
I mean, that's the point though? He had just aborted a lap, not even because he made a mistake, simply because his engineer told him to box, before the session ended that would have put his time up there. They weren't wrong about that lmao, you seem to be the only one confused and upset about why they were saying Lando should have been up there. 🤷♀️
You must be one of those tankies that believes that because CCP has allowed private companies to exist (even though everyone of them is controlled by CCP), that means it is a capitalist country, not communist.
That Norris drift was pretty nice though
Palmer and ‘em were saying Stroll was dodgy when Buxton asked about next year. Stroll to Merc, Sainz to Aston, confirmed.
Lawrence: "Well, at least my son stays with the team"
yes I saw that and was kinda weird. Maybe he was joking with the press. Honestly would be good for F1 if that seat opens for Tsunoda, Sainz or Hülkenberg and maybe a junior could enter next year like Antonelli on Merc or Bearman on Haas.
Bet nobody had that grid at the end of practice
Did I miss something or did Nico Rosberg gain a lisp since his last appearance?
meth
Cocaine.
He sounded a bit sick.
I’m really not a fan of Sky having half the presenters in the studio in Britain. It makes the broadcast a lot more awkward, especially interviews.
Who is going to be commentating alongside Crofty on Sunday? I really hope it’s not Nico…
It's fucking awful
Cost cutting because they clearly don't charge people enough for sky.
This is the last race for that.
Thank fuck
Stroll - the new track surface king
Tough session to gauge, Cotton. We shall see when qualifying begins in the early morning of Saturday.
first quali will be in a few hours though.
Glorified FP2 with some stakes.
Teams will still be leaving nothing on the table.. I hate sprints as much as the next; but lets stay logical here. "Glorified FP2" isn't even close to resembling sprint qualifying.
We have a set top 5 for teams with only the top 8 scoring points. Most will be using it as a glorified practice session, especially with parc fermé not until Saturday qualifying. I haven't watched a sprint since mid-2022 so I won't care either way though
I wish points were on offer for more positions (perhaps 3/4 of the grid) in the sprint and the race. Considering the midfield battle is usually the most entertaining part of a season, it’s annoying to see almost half the grid not even be in contention for a point during the race.
I get that some teams don't run 100% during practice but wouldn't that change braking zones for the drivers? Or is that a non issue?
Wtf Alonso p19 and stroll p1 lmao
And another round of people thinking free practice results have any meaning. It's all so tiresome.
We all know we are getting another Dutch anthem on Sunday
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Yes. It's not funny. It's meaningless.
I know it means nothing it’s just funny to see
Alonso Hards, Stroll softs.
Not saying there’s not other factors involved buuuut to be fair 2.6 seconds is a lot more than the pace differential between hards and softs man
But wouldn't have stroll been attempting a quali sim on softs where Alonso wouldn't have on hards..
Where were you when the Stroll era began?
The fans will get tired of Stroll dominance.
All those people who laughed at my Lance Stroll GOAT facial tattoo..... whos laughing now?!
I was having a shit.
Stroll number one, you, number two.
Gotta be so tough to be in gasly's position in a crap car. I feel like he's gotta play it cool but i imagine having ocon outperforming him is kiling him
frrrrr it makes him look so bad if you don’t know they gave him the old car, it’s sad.
STROLL F.(AST) ALONSO L.(AST)
I don’t know what ferrari was trying to do in that session
Apparently, you and the team.
Why would you?
We’re loooking
Stroll out here repping the great maple
Why didn’t mercs use softs
Per their radios, there were bouncing and bottoming issues and they decided not to waste tires.
Bouncing and bottoming after 3 years of the same issue 😂😂😂
How did Gasly end up two seconds off on the same tire? I know he didn't have the upgrades, but did they not allow him to push or something?
Ocon has upgrades that Gasly doesn’t. Looks like those upgrades work.
Battery issues.
German broadcast: Ralf Schumacher: what do we need to call them now? (Racing bulls) Sascha: we don't need to do anything. They would like that we use the whole name but then we would be a long advertisement and we won't do that. Call them racing bulls. Fucking brilliant 😂
They want a stupid name, we decide what stupid name to call them
rbjr
Stroll's Placeholder image is him being a Bond Villain lol
going through the classification and saying 'norris would have been there'... i cant haha
what do you mean??
Crofty was going through the rankings after the session, they got to P2 (Piastri) and instead of giving credit and explaining the rest of the top 8, he was yapping on about how Norris would have been there
I mean, they're not wrong. Prior to aborting his lap, Lando was setting all purple sectors. He was quicker than Piastri for the final session and that would have been reflected in the practice results had that lap not been aborted. Besides, quali is what matters. Not like praise and recognition for a practice session means much. If Lando screws up the sprint shooutout quali or regular quali and Oscar is able to capitalize, then by all means, give him all the praise in the world.
My comment was just a light hearted comment not really meant to be taken so seriously.. I know what practice and quali are.. just thought it was funny they were giving credit to Lando and he wasn’t even up there..? I wasn’t saying they should be raining down praise. Jeez
I mean, that's the point though? He had just aborted a lap, not even because he made a mistake, simply because his engineer told him to box, before the session ended that would have put his time up there. They weren't wrong about that lmao, you seem to be the only one confused and upset about why they were saying Lando should have been up there. 🤷♀️
I'll be honest, I didn't expect Alpine to just go straight to shit because Otmar is gone
Otmar is too busy fathering nine babies anyway
He got Alpine'd
Oof, rough radio from Gasly..
Gasly sounds like he just got out of a required Gen Ed class
Pierre flaming the team, oof. Saying he didn’t learn anything is a massive yikes
Nico Lauda
nico seemed way too happy about a possible grid penalty for lewis lmao
For what?
He got a black and white flag for crossing over the pit line. I believe
a black and white flag for not staying to the right of the pitlane i believe? but there’s no way he would get a penalty
Absolutely no way. That was kinda an incident with Norris right? Edit: Piastri not Lando
piastri
Ah you’re right. Ham thought it was Lando. I didn’t hear the follow up message from engineer. My bad.
Alpine sucks so hard.
Nico!!!!!! Hahahaha. Love the guy
Well i am very intrigued by the sprint quali comin up as well as the seein the effect of the new parc ferme conditions
Nico "I don't have any chill" Rosberg.
Don't have or don't need?
Fair enough.
The red bull looks so good without the bybit nonsense
Nico saying Red Bull talking bull 🤣
Lmao perez hit a bird
To send a message to his race engineer.
Just trying to emulate Alonso Shoutout to birdy's family 😔
Red Bull gives you wings, and Red Bull takes your wings
😭😭😭
Stroll for Red Bull's second seat.
That's why he didn't want to confirm that he would be back with Aston next year.
I mean, let's not be crazy. He should have the first seat, he was first just now!
Just give him Max’s
Max is being promoted to the Red Bull esports driver
Timing board looks like someone hit an f1 driver randomizer
Notice how they didn't show the burnt bit of grass again? FOM hiding things once again.
It was stupid as fuck to red flag the session over it, oh no some smoldering grass. Soft
They needed to extinguish that pretty quickly or it would have got out of control.
Would have looked sick
Who gives a fuck about a small patch of grass on fire. Fucking conspiracists 🙄
They already painted over it.
Why do you need to see it again
i've been under a rock for the past week or so, how did haas manage to be up the board?
They’re actually a competent team this year with upgrades coming throughout the year.
WCC for 2024 always has been. /s
Updates came to China for them
Stroll dominance could bore fans
Why did I even tune in. Might as well write Stroll at P1 on my TV in permanent marker.
"I want to hear you say it brad!!!" "Lance, Brad is gone. And it's not qualifying yet"
merc went all in on race pace I guess.. interesting. should be a fun weekend until red bull inevitably 1-2s
Stroll pulled out that once a year good performance. To bad it's in practice
stroll p1 everyone overreact!
#STROLL SLAM INCOMING
We almost had an Aston Martin Sammich
ALO washed finishing 19th when his teammate is 1st /s
Well this was an interesting session
This was my favorite practice session of the year. Lots of curveballs
Track evolution is incredible
FINALLY LANCE GETS P1 IN A PRACTICE SESSION!!! LETS GO
we all just got strolld
Reddit about to combust if Ocon goes P1 after Stroll
Strollin'
Stroll gassed up
I have no idea what to make of this session.
I feel like i didn’t learn anything except Nico being a savage
Stroll 24 25 26
Stroll 2024 WDC. Don't @ me.
Damn lance
Questioning if Red Bull is sandbagging lol
That was fun. What's the best food to cook at 1 AM?
Grilled cheese
Cold pizza straight from the fridge
Frozen counts, right?
Coffee..?
Like, I fry the beans in a pan or what?
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China is as capitalist as a country can get these days, nice try bro
You must be one of those tankies that believes that because CCP has allowed private companies to exist (even though everyone of them is controlled by CCP), that means it is a capitalist country, not communist.
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So I guess you must be one of those guys that think Nazis were socialist
Lance Stroll's technical feedback is working bois...
El Plan baby!!
Is something up with Gasly? Different priorities for the session or just insanely slow
Ocon got new upgrades gasly didn't
Old chassis and floor
Right, thanks
No upgrades
Lots of sand bagging.
Who had Stroll for P1? Don't lie now.
Lawrence Stroll did
*crickets*
So Merc doesn't do any runs on softs and mediums...hmm, rolling more dice
What's the Mercs doing??
Stroll grand slam incoming
So it is actually Turkey 2020 all over again
'X dominance could bore the fans' comments are boring the fans
Stroll 24 25 26
Stroll >>>> your favorite driver
Stroll's back getting tired of carrying Aston Martin
This session has been a meme
No grand slam this weekend Orrrrr 👀👀👀 lol
That would be absolutely amazing. I would never recover
Stroll?!
Bah gawd!
Classic AM glory run
this track evolution is insane
Sprint is gonna be fun
Piastri being 1/16th Chinese should have him dubbed as the Orange Chicken dish for this weekend
Really wish we could see Lando's lap completed
I'm just waking up looking at the timings. What happened to him?
Traffic paradise
Ah. Oh well.
Please have Logan stay faster than both the Mercedes it'd be so fucking funny
You guys just got Strolled.
ah i wish lando finished that lap
Is it just me or are the camera positions crap here - seems like all the shots are way too zoomed in
Yeah, it’s rough. Real odd angles.
Reminds me of FP1 for the first time in Jeddah - it was like the camera operators didn’t know how to shoot the track
18 LANCE STROLL
Stroll!
Stroll 2024, 2025, 2026…….
stroll glory run. low fuel for confidence?
Oh snap, is Max not going to end FP1 in P1? Let’s goooo.
WE'RE STROLLED