Formula 1 2024 – WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS

Magnussen is poorly so Haas have put Ollie Bearman in for today and the sprint tomorrow

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/magnussen-to-miss-brazil-sprint-bearman-steps-in/10669100/

And Bearman finished FP1 3rd!!

Alonso made it. I was hoping to be able to see what Drugovitch (sp?) could do, the stand-ins have all been pretty decent this year.

Verstappen receives a 5 place grid penalty too.

Piastri pole for the sprint. At least Norris won’t have to worry about losing first place on the run to the first corner 🙂

Will Piastri yield to Norris?

Bearman qualified tenth, and will race on Sunday too.

I’m all for letting them race, but Mclaren need to have a strong word with Piastri before he gets in the car so they aren’t arguing on the radio about ‘Papaya rules’ at this point in the season.

(I do wonder if Webber having his ear as his manager, and Webber’s history of being asked to move aside may influence OP’s willingness to comply..)

Will Piastri yield to Norris?

He seems to have said he will.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/it-doesnt-matter-which-way-around-we-are-piastri-reveals-he-would-give-up.3Vb29VuQlBpM76C9KHrQlR

Hehe, Max got a penalty for driving too quickly under the VSC so demoted to 4th. Raining now for quali, looks heavy, possibly too heavy.

Not looking good for quali today is it… Also screws Lewis driving the McLaren MP4/4 which is a shame!

If qualifying doesn’t run tomorrow do they use free practice times?

And was MV 15th with a 5 place penalty to follow?

And Norris on pole?

And would that make things interesting?

I believe so yes, that would do!

Revised schedule for tomorrow agreed to try and beat the weather, qualifying at 0730 their time, race at 1230 iirc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cdd0ey1v5j9o

quali and race have revised times for tomorrow

Luke Smith

@LukeSmithF1

Updated Sao Paulo GP timetable for Sunday Qualifying: 7:30am local (10:30am UK) Race: 12:30pm local (3:30pm UK)

https://x.com/LukeSmithF1/status/1852826572321136987

Red Bull: We tried to find a way to cheat but couldn’t do it without getting caught, now we want to complain because other teams might have tried the same thing.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/fresh-twist-red-bull-mclaren-f1-title-feud-tyre-fluid/

Red Bull 101 ^^ whinge when you aren’t winning.

Not their fault tho, surely everyone knows that red bull gives you whinge?

Baaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

“It’s not fair Bwaaah” says Verstappen after not making Q3 but achieving a second visit to the sweary naughty step.

Hope they can put Albons car back together

Hope they can put Albons car back together

They haven’t got long!

Logan Sergeant right now.

Well that was a rollercoaster!

They haven’t got long!

confirmed not starting 🙁

Here’s the starting grid, Williams haven’t officially withdrawn Albon. Is there some benefit to them to keep him on the grid even though they know he won’t start?

1st: Norris
2nd: Russell
3rd: Tsunoda
4th: Ocon
5th: Lawson
6th: Leclerc
7th: Albon (DNS)
8th: Piastri
9th: Alonso
10th: Stroll
11th: Bottas
12th: Perez
13th: Gasly
14th: Hamilton
15th: Bearman
16th: Colapinto
17th: Verstappen
18th: Hulkenberg
19th: Zhou
Pitlane: Sainz

Lol stroll! What a lemon

Oh Lance. You muppet.

Classic Stroll!

Aston Marten mechanics right now.

Bloody hell Stroll…loses it on warm up lap, keeps engine running, then drives into gravel to breach himself ?

So what are they gonna do, penalise the entire front half of the grid?

Plus 10 seconds to everyone? lol

Lando needs to get past George pretty soon or he’ll have Max on his gearbox.

Lol can’t believe how unlucky George and lando were there. They’re right to be fuming

It’s not luck, it’s bad management.

Can’t remember where I read it but it was commented that todays F1 teams are run by very clever people but they aren’t racers. They don’t live and breath motorsport like the teams of old. So they make strategy mistakes that seem obvious.

ffs https://x.com/ferranwest/status/1853101429466009654

Norris doesn’t deserve this championship – so many mistakes.

And another Norris mistake.

Hard to deny that Verstappen deserves the title this year.

Perez struggling to pass Lawson just seals the deal for next year, surely.

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Hard to deny that Verstappen deserves the title this year.

Perez struggling to pass Lawson just seals the deal for next year, surely.

Drive of the season, as much as it pains me to say it!