Nobody crashed in practice either :tup:

I sure hope 2024 is more competitive than the last 2 years

something of interest - before the start of F1 this week






enjoy..

Thanks for sharing. Very cool!

PSA:
Remember, it is a SATURDAY race this weekend.

Yes!!!

interesting FP2
Mercedes 1/2,

1 Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m30.374s
2 Russell (Mercedes) +0.206s
3 Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.286s
4 Sainz (Ferrari) +0.395s
5 Piastri (McLaren) +0.410s
6 Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.477s - Max is unhappy, lots of comments on track..
7 Hulkenberg (Haas) +0.510s
8 Stroll (Aston Martin) +0.517s
9 Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.739s
10 Perez (Red Bull) +0.741s

So is this all about 1 lap pace... time will tell
we'll see what happens in FP3

I hope Mercedes is back. We shall see in FP3 and qualifying.

FP 3 top 10
1 Sainz (Ferrari) 1m30.824s
2 Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.141s
3 Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.238s
4 Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.270s
5 Norris (McLaren) +0.294s
6 Russell (Mercedes) +0.366s
7 Piastri (McLaren) +0.386s
8 Perez (Red Bull) +0.424s
9 Hulkenberg (Haas) +0.454s
10 Stroll (Aston Martin) +0.572s

going to be interesting for the pole.
RB - has not been number 1 in any practice.
Qual going to be fun to watch

Qualifying is 11AM ET on ESPN.

Qualifying was interesting

1 Verstappen (Red Bull)
2 Leclerc (Ferrari)
3 Russell (Mercedes)
4 Sainz (Ferrari)
5 Perez (Red Bull)
6 Alonso (Aston Martin)
7 Norris (McLaren)
8 Piastri (McLaren)
9 Hamilton (Mercedes)
10 Hulkenberg (Haas)

Hope the race is tomorrow

The gap from VER to the rest of the qualifiers suggests more of 2023. The race for 2-6 might be entertaining, but I think the 2024 WDC has already been decided.

It appears Mercedes is prioritizing George over Lewis now, or am I jumping to conclusions?

I mean, it wouldn’t be surprising since Lewis is a lame duck, so to speak

I think its too early for that... just depends on the weekend with those two..
Lewis was on top yesterday, wasn't his day today...

Let's see how the race goes...

maybe, but this was the only time that Max was on top this weekend, thou the important time to be on top...
The concern for me is race pace... which might mean the more for Max.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out Saturday....

Yeah… Maybe Ferrari will race smarter this year and Mercedes will have good race pace. I would also like to see Checo be more consistent and fighting for wins.

HAAS is in the top ten on the grid. I wonder if they can keep it there and not use up the tires.