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Saudi banker

Verstappen
Perez
Leclerc

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Saudi Arabia

Q1
20. Sargeant
19. Zhou
18. Ocon
17. Gasly
16. Magnussen

Q2
15. Bottas
14. Tsunoda
13. Albon
12. Hulkenberg
11. Stroll

Q3
10. Ricciardo
9. Alonso
8. Piastri
7. Hamilton
6. Russell
5. Norris
4. Perez
3. Sainz
2. Leclerc
1. Verstappen

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One of my favorite race tracks on the calendar. Waiting to see how strong Ferrari & McLaren will be especially the latter as they excel in fast speed corners. It looks and feels a lot like a street circuit, am I the only one who thinks this? That it is a night race doesn’t help, I don’t like any of...

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One of my favorite race tracks on the calendar. Waiting to see how strong Ferrari & McLaren will be especially the latter as they excel in fast speed corners. It looks and feels a lot like a street circuit, am I the only one who thinks this? That it is a night race doesn’t help, I don’t like any of...

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I htimk Red Bull need to fire Jos Verstappen from… Oh wait, he's not an employee and he could easily have his paddock pass revoked, and even if his son applies for one for him, Red Bull can have him banned from entering any of their spaces, and I think that's th emost sensible thing. There's no rea...

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A good list here, including some I didn't miss :thumbup: 2003 was before my time watching but it's on my list of races to watch at some point. 2008 & 2009 would be my picks. A sign of how the sport has changed is how few cars break down nowadays, but loads breaking down seemed to be a hallmark of t...

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10. Australia 2002 A chaotic race with a dramatic first stint, but it died down quite a bit after Schumacher overtook Montoya, and it had the gloomy look of Ferrari dominance. 9. Australia 2008 A chaotic race and a competitive field to show for it, we knew that the title fight would be similar to l...

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And there’s more! Ben Sulayem reportedly told officials not to verify the Las Vegas circuit:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68478049

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We’ve already had a cracking start to silly season with Hamilton going to Ferrari out of nowhere, and there’s hopefully still some exciting moves ahead. If Verstappen leaves Red Bull though, it’s going to be an all timer of a silly season.

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A penny for Newey's thoughts Shame he's seemingly one of the only high ranking members of Red Bull with any kind of professionalism so likely we won't hear anything from him Newey is also probably the only single person with the gravity to definitively conclude this one way or the other. Do you mea...

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In terms of something I learnt, Gasly said his relationship with Ocon is the best it has been in years, which was nice. The way they portrayed the Alpine's crashing in Australia was typical DTS. They portrayed it as something that happened because it was Gasly vs Ocon and their history meaning they ...

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10. Australia 2002 A chaotic race with a dramatic first stint, but it died down quite a bit after Schumacher overtook Montoya, and it had the gloomy look of Ferrari dominance. 9. Australia 2008 A chaotic race and a competitive field to show for it, we knew that the title fight would be similar to l...

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A penny for Newey's thoughts Shame he's seemingly one of the only high ranking members of Red Bull with any kind of professionalism so likely we won't hear anything from him Newey is also probably the only single person with the gravity to definitively conclude this one way or the other. Do you mea...

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One would almost think that the lack of competition on the track for the WDC needs to be offset with as many scandals as possible. :thumbup: Keeping it in the news at all costs ... (... what is Massa doing these days?) :lol: The Massa 2008 stuff has gone incredibly quiet! Anyone know of any recent ...

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10. Australia 2002 A chaotic race with a dramatic first stint, but it died down quite a bit after Schumacher overtook Montoya, and it had the gloomy look of Ferrari dominance. 9. Australia 2008 A chaotic race and a competitive field to show for it, we knew that the title fight would be similar to l...

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DOUBLE POINTS I’m going to go ahead with double points. I suspect we’re going to have a lot of predicting Verstappen to win again this season so I’m hoping adding another variable (or two) in might add a bit more jeporday. As in the OP, there will be two opportunities to score double points. Once i...

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Bahrain Grand Prix Max Verstappen won the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Verstappen led from lights to flags and like on countless occasions last season, never looked troubled on his way to the 55th victory of his career. Perez fought ba...

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Being sidetracked today and being lazy over winter and not getting my spreadsheet sorted means that the results will be posted tomorrow. Apologies for the delay. Were you with Alpine over the winter? :lol: All good, thanks in advance for keeping track this season :lol: I hope my spreadsheet works b...

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Ben Sulayem is under investigation for allegedly trying to get Alonso's penalty in Saudi Arabia last year: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68465516 I don't think F1 themselves are much better, if better at all, but it's understanding why they aren't happy with the FIA over the past couple of ye...

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It's hard not to think that the 'Max could go to Mercedes' rumour isn't just another ploy to try and exert pressure on Horner to quit, but if it does actually have some substance and he does have a way out of the contract, it would be astonishing to see him go to Merc. I would also assume that Red ...

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Sadly I don’t think the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix will be towards the top of anyone’s list of favourite season openers. So as there has only been three Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, here’s a look back at some more memorable season openers. 2002 - Eight retirements on lap one with Ralf Schumacher going airb...

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From 2017 onwards. So you agree that Mercedes got to enjoy 3 years of total domination before the FIA stepped in, in an era where engine development was all but frozen. Currently we have engine parity with the exception of Alpine and there is nothing stopping other teams from developing a better ch...

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Being sidetracked today and being lazy over winter and not getting my spreadsheet sorted means that the results will be posted tomorrow. Apologies for the delay.

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The Telegraph (UK) are reporting that Jos has said that Max will leave Red Bull if Horner stays. Also that Jos met with Toto over the weekend.

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Well done Bentrovato and Fountoukos13, that's a mega score.

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Yeah, we desperately need to hope Bahrain is towards the upper end of the Red Bull's competitiveness this season.

Mercedes having to lift and coast at a relatively cool race is not a good sign.

Alpine should fold.

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I've said for the last few years that when Verstappen realises how close he is to the records in a few years he will stick around. At the end of 2025 he could have 85 (15 this season and next as an estimate) and five championships. If Red Bull get the 2026 regs right, or he can get himself into the ...

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According to the Daily Mail (I know), Jos is calling for Horner’s head because Red Bull will ‘explode’ is Horner remains as team principal. According the article Verstappen senior had a row in Horner’s office on Friday night. Horner believes Verstappen senior has orchestrated a smear campaign. Jos d...

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I wouldn't have a problem with teaming up with Jezza again, but since he is not sure about committing full time and Strider is alone, I could team up with Strider. Strider, if you're in as well in teaming up, pm me so we could discuss a team name. PS: i am horrible at picking names. :-| :-| :thumbu...

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RB may have got it right but Ferrari is close. Lewis could not beat last year's undeveloped RB time. Max only beat it by 0.5, why were the gains for little from last year? Perez was only 0.3 up on his time last year. Differences in tyres? McLaren found 1.8 seconds though. Interesting that Leclerc 2...

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So it looks like we have 15 entries for this season. The following don't have teammates yet: donr Fountoukos13 Jezza13 Herb Strider Jezza13 on the last page said he thought over the break that he would enter on his own this year. donr & Herb teamed up in Team A last year so I suggest that they carry...

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Poor from Hamilton there, lot of work for him to do. Super tight quali behind Max, 0.3 covering 2nd to 9th Yes looks like Russell had 2 sets of new tyres for Q3, however are we allowed to discuss Mercedes things? Of course we're allowed to discuss Mercedes things, it's daft to suggest we aren't. I'...

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I'm skeptical that Leclerc was on used tyres if he's that close to Verstappen on new tyres. I think they were "used" in the sense that he did an out lap on them in Q1 but then came into the pits, so they hadn't really been pushed. Basically as new as "used" tires can get. I believe it was the same ...

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My take on the one lap pace pecking order here:

1. Red Bull
2. Ferrari
3. Aston
4. Mercedes
5. McLaren
6. Haas
7. RB
8. Williams
9. Stake
10. Alpine

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Is it me or have they changed how the colours work on the laptimes, how is Piastri green sector 1 and green sector 2 when he was slower than Max in both Green is personal best. Purple is best of anyone. I always thought the reference was Pole / Safety The + or - figure you see is reference to faste...

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mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:02 pm
Well there goes that hope. Verstappen's pace advantage over Leclerc is basically the same as it was last season.

Interesting that Leclerc was slower in Q3 than Q2.

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:03 pm
Poor from Hamilton there, lot of work for him to do. Super tight quali behind Max, 0.3 covering 2nd to 9th

Yeah he needs to be at least equal with Russell generally. 3rd to 9th is a big gap.

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So after all that, Leclerc is 0.064s closer to Verstappen than he was last year.

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:00 pm
Is it me or have they changed how the colours work on the laptimes, how is Piastri green sector 1 and green sector 2 when he was slower than Max in both

Green is personal best. Purple is best of anyone.

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