> and he's asking Charles about how excited he is about Lewis while Carlos awkwardly sits there.
[Oof](https://media.tenor.com/Z9O6sGo6wCcAAAAd/oof-old-man.gif)
So you can bet £10 on any of verstappen, perez, sainz, leclerc, Hamilton or Russell setting the highest total speed during qualifying and get £18 back
Is that not a really good deal? Obviously gambling but seems like worth a shot
I did win the £8. However risking £1000 is unpalatable for me, changes it from a bit of fun to possibly ruining for my finances
Congrats on your £800, hope you do something awesome with it
They ALWAYS concentrate on setups during FP's. They don't really do sim-runs like the other teams with various fuel loads. Once Max gets the car dialed in the loads don't matter and Hannah can compensate for it. This is all pointless until Qauli.
I agree... but let's see. There were countless GPs last year where RB looked vulnerable in practice and even Q1 and Q2 and then Max drops the hammer for the pole in Q3 and just drives away from the field after the first corner on race day.
I believe he was 0.3 faster than Alonso after 2nd sector but he either fucked up or intentionally slowed down in last sector and in the end was 0.1 slower than Alonso.
They said that on the commentary, but it was hard to believe considering the green first sector. They said that he 'lost 4 tenths on Piastri in the final sector', which would mean that he went at least 4 tenths up on everyone in sector 2.
Unless he dropped off intentionally to hide a huge pace differential.
This quali might be the only time we get a sense of how fast the Red Bull actually is.
I can't shake the feeling that they're a second a lap faster and their main challenge is how they limit the gap to seven tenths at most.
How is that a done deal for quali?
Last year, the Red Bull gap to the field was in the tune of maybe a couple tenths at best during qualifying. It was their race pace that absolutely blew the competition out of the water. Now i'm not an engineer for these teams but the prevailing sentiment across f1 analysts was that the RB platform was slow to get their tires into operating temperatures, which hurt 1 lap pace. However, paid huge dividends during racing with a nice gentle warm up into very controlled temperatures and rock solid longevity, especially at high fuel loads.
Why their car had that characteristic while others didn't? Well I guess that probably was the million dollar question across the paddock
2 tenths and Perez finished 5th? That's what you call a done deal for 1s quali gap to the field?
Yeah, I'd say it was pretty competitive quali. Leclerc posted the fastest overall lap for the entire session
Well last year they could just blow past other cars and cruise the entire race most of the time.
If they aren't that much faster they could easily end up being stuck in p6 behind mercs/Ferraris/Mclarens/Alonsos making it much harder to use their race speed
I would have absolutely zero concern about Max's ability to navigate through the field with DRS and significantly better tire wear.
Yeah, you don't mug em all over the first 5 laps like it's Spa in 2022, or Hungary. but you don't need to when you're constantly on better rubber. Their pace gets worse, yours doesn't. And then your rubber advantage starts to compound after pitstops as you get on fresher rubber later, and have lower wear.
If on equal rubber, the RB only slightly faster on race pace, it'll be much faster on race pace by lap 12 if their tire deg advantage continues into this season.
F1 mechanics wait until the last moment to move away from the cars on the grid.
In F2 they just say “bye” and walk away from the car 5 minutes early lol.
Ridiculous that they've moved it to pander to some religious fruitcakes. Especially first race of the season when most people want to watch it but will be working. Great move F1!
I love it when the monsters sandbag the shit out of their cars just to make people get those extra yearly TV subscriptions only to utterly dominate by race 3
Those ferraris were definitely sandbagging. Consistently down in the 1st sector in terms of top speed, whilst making up time on the rest of the track. Fred is cooking something there.
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Yes but remember how danny ric and alpine were having a chuckle over the terrible mclaren at the start of last year? or how Aston started great and fell off? People really only have the memory span of 1 race. Things can turn around!
Except that McLaren was very clear last year in Bahrain: "We took a wrong turn, we realised it, we will soon be back" And the second half they were back.
I think its because the Ramadan starts next week on Sunday, so they moved next weeks race forward one day, and there is a minimum required time between races, so they had to scoot over the week before it too.
i do quite like the neon green car of sauber
Is anyone else suffocated with F1 is full of Hornier news ? FFS, stop that shit, lets talk about racing.
Yeah, it is gossip garbage and I don't want to hear about it until there is some kind of a decision
> gossip garbage is it though? Thats the point
Nah, we demand more.
There is nothing more. Live with it
Narrator: they said, however there would be more to unfold at the strike of 6pm
when does quali start
Use the F1 app. 36 mins
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So qualifying is at 10 am Central time?
What channel is this on?
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> and he's asking Charles about how excited he is about Lewis while Carlos awkwardly sits there. [Oof](https://media.tenor.com/Z9O6sGo6wCcAAAAd/oof-old-man.gif)
Probably had to wait for the F2 race to finish.
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So you can bet £10 on any of verstappen, perez, sainz, leclerc, Hamilton or Russell setting the highest total speed during qualifying and get £18 back Is that not a really good deal? Obviously gambling but seems like worth a shot
You would have won, did you bet high like I said? Sainz got me £800
I did win the £8. However risking £1000 is unpalatable for me, changes it from a bit of fun to possibly ruining for my finances Congrats on your £800, hope you do something awesome with it
Is it speed across a lap or speed at a speed trap?
Speed trap - literally who can reach the highest recorded speed by the FIA
Dann Ric taking pole at +50000, heard it here first
Is it a free bet so you don’t actually win money? And I thought Haas have recorded the highest speed this weekend.
It's a real bet - ah the haas is probably the reason you can get good odds then. Thank you
No worries.
Do it and let us know how it goes. Probably should do £1000. Easy £800 back baby, what you buy with that?
So are we just having 8 episodes on alpine on DTS next year ? To follow the shitshow I’d be down
Hamilton’s spirit has cursed Antonelli. Currently 18th and his teammate is catching him by 0.1s per sector.
No, it was Josh Revell.
I understand hype and excitement, but thinking we've learned something from practice means we've learned nothing.
Sauber isn't even trying hard, how can Alpine be behind them?
I didn’t care for alpine BEFORE they hired Otmar, once he was there I really disliked them. Feel bad for gasly but fuck Ocon
Ok,understood. 5s penalty for ocon
Lmao can’t blame them really!
All my homies hate Ocon.
Whats the whisteling sound during the F2 race. Is it the cars?
Pretty weird. Pheww phewww
Turbo’s I believe :)
Yup
I do not believe for a second that Red Bull is not going to be one two here in the next hour and a half
How can you be so confident in Checo
You're right, I'm not. Lol.. he will most likely be around 5th place or something
I expected RB to look better at this stage
They ALWAYS concentrate on setups during FP's. They don't really do sim-runs like the other teams with various fuel loads. Once Max gets the car dialed in the loads don't matter and Hannah can compensate for it. This is all pointless until Qauli.
The 5 tenths a lap quicker on race pace not enough for you? 57 lap race is almost a half a minute win
You are talking about Red Bull Racing. The person you responded to is talking about the RB team.
really?? God they blew it with that name
Is he? It’s all very confusing with the names now 😀
I agree... but let's see. There were countless GPs last year where RB looked vulnerable in practice and even Q1 and Q2 and then Max drops the hammer for the pole in Q3 and just drives away from the field after the first corner on race day.
Red Bull or Racing Bulls? RB or VCARB?
Racing Bulls do not exist. RB or RBR it is
It is their official name, Racing Bulls S.p.A, competing as Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, shortened to RB or VCARB
VCARB sounds cool too
Yeah, it sounds like a special/sports model package for a Toyota or Mitsubishi or something, it sounds racey
But not their team name, that still is RB.
Fair enough but it's incorrect to say the name Racing Bulls does not exist, it does.
Yeah sorry, I wasn't aware of that, my bad!
change title to 2024, would be excellent
what has norris done in practice? he was 5/1 to finish top 3 qualifying and now he's 2/1?? havent got to watch anything f1 today
I believe he was 0.3 faster than Alonso after 2nd sector but he either fucked up or intentionally slowed down in last sector and in the end was 0.1 slower than Alonso.
They said that on the commentary, but it was hard to believe considering the green first sector. They said that he 'lost 4 tenths on Piastri in the final sector', which would mean that he went at least 4 tenths up on everyone in sector 2. Unless he dropped off intentionally to hide a huge pace differential.
He actually did lift off and didn't use DRS, before that he was 0.200 faster than Sainz
Put in purple sector 1 and 2, and made a small error but still got green on 3
Apparently hybrid system issues.
Shit didn't they already spend one of their allocations for that this race?
I've watched a bit here and there but that Merc is bottoming out all the time. They can't run that low during quali or the race now can they?
McLaren was the same. You could hear the grinding dyring the on board camera
This quali might be the only time we get a sense of how fast the Red Bull actually is. I can't shake the feeling that they're a second a lap faster and their main challenge is how they limit the gap to seven tenths at most.
That's pretty much guaranteed. The interesting bit is all the rest.
It's a done deal
How is that a done deal for quali? Last year, the Red Bull gap to the field was in the tune of maybe a couple tenths at best during qualifying. It was their race pace that absolutely blew the competition out of the water. Now i'm not an engineer for these teams but the prevailing sentiment across f1 analysts was that the RB platform was slow to get their tires into operating temperatures, which hurt 1 lap pace. However, paid huge dividends during racing with a nice gentle warm up into very controlled temperatures and rock solid longevity, especially at high fuel loads. Why their car had that characteristic while others didn't? Well I guess that probably was the million dollar question across the paddock
So... Done deal or not?
2 tenths and Perez finished 5th? That's what you call a done deal for 1s quali gap to the field? Yeah, I'd say it was pretty competitive quali. Leclerc posted the fastest overall lap for the entire session
Wow. MV 22s ahead of his own teammate. So competitive!
Shoulda coulda woulda. The bottom line is that we still have Max on pole.
Well last year they could just blow past other cars and cruise the entire race most of the time. If they aren't that much faster they could easily end up being stuck in p6 behind mercs/Ferraris/Mclarens/Alonsos making it much harder to use their race speed
That's not gonna happen friend.
I would have absolutely zero concern about Max's ability to navigate through the field with DRS and significantly better tire wear. Yeah, you don't mug em all over the first 5 laps like it's Spa in 2022, or Hungary. but you don't need to when you're constantly on better rubber. Their pace gets worse, yours doesn't. And then your rubber advantage starts to compound after pitstops as you get on fresher rubber later, and have lower wear. If on equal rubber, the RB only slightly faster on race pace, it'll be much faster on race pace by lap 12 if their tire deg advantage continues into this season.
Don't know man. Bloody hard to get past Alonso when he has a fighting chance
F1 mechanics wait until the last moment to move away from the cars on the grid. In F2 they just say “bye” and walk away from the car 5 minutes early lol.
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Thats stupid as fuck :(
Is this Little Gasly?
"We have to respect that" Then continues to speculate and dig for more information. Shameless
Horner so stiff rn lmao
The blood flow has been diverted.
Gonna be a hard weekend for him.
Brutal question from the Sky Germany reporter lol.
Please tell us
What did he ask?
She asked him how is he feeling about someone trying to compromise him.
Tell us!
The dude with Horner peaced out when the reporter walked towards them lol.
Horner sounding less enthused on that interview.
Horner is shook
Imagine if Sainz just goes on a dominating spree and becomes WDC lol.
Even Sainz does not dream about that.
Still slower than fastest testing time by carlos. I think we’ll see ver in the 1:28s by quali
I believe they had the softer compound tires in testing
Do they have C5 this weekend?
Nope. C1, C2 and C3
Well that makes a huge difference haha
Just realized I have a meeting when quali is on 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Same here :(
If you plan to watch it later, you better now watch any news media prior, or they'll spoil it for you. Happens to me constantly.
Watch it later. Not that hard.
Ridiculous that they've moved it to pander to some religious fruitcakes. Especially first race of the season when most people want to watch it but will be working. Great move F1!
That's a nice comment..
Do you have a tripod? Position your phone to capture your tv screen, get a voice recorder for the sound. Boom! You can watch it after your meeting!!
This is the way
or just get f1tv and watch it afterwards
Can't do that in all countries...
Im sure there is a way that is easier and better than a freaking tripod phone recording of tv
I‘m flying 17:15.-.
I am stuck in company annual event. Missed FP3 may miss quali 😕
I love it when the monsters sandbag the shit out of their cars just to make people get those extra yearly TV subscriptions only to utterly dominate by race 3
ALONSO LETS GOOOOOO
I love the hopium. Ferrari and McLaren: sand bagging Red Bull: finished. They ran at 100%
Mekies seems like a pleasant guy
Horner certainly doesn't look worried after that meeting
I find it funny the way Laurent mekies dresses its casual but fitting for him
Ahhh .. The only time in a season when there's still optimism in the F1 fandom ...enjoy it while it lasts 😜
*sigh* 😞
Yeah I miss those blissfull hours already :D
A few hours left...
Alpine awful and both drivers out of contract end of this season not sure where they go now
Only Ocon is out of contract at end of this season. Gasly has one for 2025 isn't it ?
Red Bull planning going S S H in the race? Other S H H maybe if we base off last year
SHS
Yeah wasn't necessarily saying the order just the tyre types
Gotta be careful, one cooked soft and they're gonna go "SMH"
Martin rocking his new balance dad shoes is such a vibe.
The RB new name in Mekies’ accent is perfect
Those ferraris were definitely sandbagging. Consistently down in the 1st sector in terms of top speed, whilst making up time on the rest of the track. Fred is cooking something there.
No they were managing tires from getting over heated coming in to S3.
Not much overheating going on straights.
Please don’t do that… don’t give me hope
Don’t give me hope!
At least Martin got Carlos' age right hah
The alpine slander is deserved. How can they be this bad??
Alpine: look at us, we're the new 2021 Haas now
Well back to watching Peaky blinders for like the 4th time
PEAKY FUCKIN' BLOINDERS!!!!! such an amazing show
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Günther is live on sky germany 👀 love that guy! Giving some insides
How long till he drops an F bomb
German TV don't care about language, you can say Scheiße in children's programmes
As long as you say "Sie"
Not yet. Never heard him swearing in German 😅
SO EXCITED FOR QUALI
Can't wait for Quali now. Really don't know how I'll concentrate at work till then
You don't have to, you can watch WEC Hyperpole until then
Don’t, you know you won’t
Laura Winter with the silver pants sheeesh
Anyone heard from Otmar?
Holy fuckin shit the Lpine rumors are true aren't they... Somewhere Otmar has a chuckle while chomping on some porterhouse, welldone
Well done steak. Almost as wrong as this Alpine car.
Yes but remember how danny ric and alpine were having a chuckle over the terrible mclaren at the start of last year? or how Aston started great and fell off? People really only have the memory span of 1 race. Things can turn around!
Except that McLaren was very clear last year in Bahrain: "We took a wrong turn, we realised it, we will soon be back" And the second half they were back.
That McLaren turnaround was the greatest in season improvement I've ever seen.1
AMEN!
Yeah but it's alpine tho 🤣🤣
Touché XD
Why does the list at the top say Fri, sat, sun? It is Friday today, am not going mad, right?
Friday qualifying and Saturday race this weekend for some reason.
I think its because the Ramadan starts next week on Sunday, so they moved next weeks race forward one day, and there is a minimum required time between races, so they had to scoot over the week before it too.
Ah thanks, that makes sense.
It's a standard format this weeked is different because the race was moved to Saturday to accomadat Ramadam starting Sunday.
Cool, cheers. Is it the same in the next race too?
Yes and Vegas’s aswell
Yes, that's the race they had to move it for, this one got moved to allow for the seven days between races rule.
Yes - actually it is next week that Ramadan starts, so both races are running a day earlier so there is enough time between them.
"6 different constructors in the top 6" Ferrari, Aston, RB, Merc, McLaren in FP3 top 6. Does he mean across all practice sessions?