#JP’s Obsurdly Long F1 Essays

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I’m going to post my F1 related Essays. They may be breakdowns, they may be predictions, they may be both. They’re typically very long, so I don’t want to blow up the other channels with text walls, so I’ll share them here.

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My predictions for the 2024 Formula One season after testing:

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As a start, I’ll also make my predictions for the FIA Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix:

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FREE PRACTICE ONE:

P20: Magnussen — Keeping with the trend from testing, Haas didn’t do any low fuel runs, opting to rather do more long runs. This reflects to the timing screen, as both Haas cars don’t set competitive times in FP1.
P19: Zhou — Zhou has an issue midway through the session, and doesn’t set any competitive times.
P18: Hulkenburg — Quicker than Magnussen, but not by a large amount. Sizeable gap to the cars in front of him, as well. However, Haas aren’t showing their full hand early.
P17: Tsunoda — Yuki doesn’t set any competitive times in the session, ends up P17 early and didnt set a quick lap later on due to a hydraulic issue.
P16: Sargeant — Similar senario to Tsunoda, doesn’t set a low fuel lap. Nobody under P12 set a true push lap in the opening session, and even those above weren’t showing their full hand.
P15: Alonso — Before anyone starts freaking out; no, he didn’t set a low fuel lap, similar to all those below him. Aston continue trying to find the right balance on their car in the first session.
P14: Albon — Running a similar program to Sargeant, both Williams focusing on balance, same with the Aston’s.
P13: Stroll — Set his higher fuel runs on the C3 (softs), and was quicker than the rest partially due to that.
P12: Ocon — Ocon does set a lower fuel lap, but doesn’t set a time remarkable to be higher than 12th.
P11: Russell — Despite setting a lower fuel lap, both Mercedes are running higher fuel than other teams.
P10: Gasly — With both this and Ocon’s poor time, concern starts to grow over Alpine’s lack of pace. Even though the time is in the top 10, they were some of the slowest cars that did a lower fuel lap.
P9: Ricciardo — Daniel sets a decent time, and as all teams in FP1 isn’t really pushing to the maximum that the car can handle. He sets his low fuel time quite early on, but doesn’t improve later. He sits P1 in the session for a period of time.

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P8: Hamilton — Same situation as Russell, neither Mercedes is showing their full hand, and is running slightly higher fuel than others.
P7: Perez — Checo sets a low-ish fuel run, and ends the session P7, but was 7 tenths behind his teammate in the opening session while on the same run plan.
P6: Piastri — Decent opening session for both the McLarens. They seem to have a good balance, and hope brews for fans of the Papaya’s.
P5: Norris — 3 tenths ahead of his teammate in P5, but 3 tenths more off of P1. A decent session, as stated, for the McLaren duo.
P4: Sainz — Ferrari seem to have shown the pace that they had in testing wasn’t a delusion. Ferrari has a very good showing in the opening session, with Sainz getting the lesser of his teammate.
P3: Bottas — Don’t mistake this as anything other than a glory run. Sauber have always been like this in the opening sessions, and Bottas continues that, and gives his fans (I’m so sorry…) hope that maybe it wasn’t just a glory run. (Spoiler, it is.)
P2: Verstappen — Nobody expected Max to finish outside the top 3, even if it is the opening session of the year. There’s not much that needs to be said here, other than he was well ahead of his teammate. However, considering he’s P2, then that must mean…
P1: Leclerc — THIS IS A CODE RED, FERRARI FANS. YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE CAR AGAIN. Ferrari fans both completely reject, but also delusionally pray that they are the quickest car. Even without pushing very hard, both of their cars were well up the order. However, we will see a more accurate look at the order in FP2, later in the evening.

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FREE PRACTICE TWO

The first look at what the grid order may look like will come in this session, as this is the time teams do their Qualy Simulations. Do Ferrari continue to show promise?

P20: Tsunoda — Yuki doesn’t set a time in the session, as his car is still experiencing a Hydraulic issue.
P19: Bottas — Aaaaand Bottas fan’s heart’s shattered once again, this time relatively quickly. Bottas didn’t get the cleanest lap in, but he was still well off the pace of the rest of the field.
P18: Gasly — Oh, brother, Alpine. Their car looks to be firmly in the shitter after a horrible session, as not only was Gasly 18th, but…
P17: Ocon — Ocon was also 17th. Despite having no major issues (other than a skill one), Alpine were absolutely nowhere in their qualy sims. Disappointment brews in the garage quite quickly as they realize how badly things are going.
P16: Zhou — Although he was ahead of his teammate and the Alpine’s, it wasn’t a remarkable session in the slightest for Zhou. Ahead of him was a 4 tenth gap, and behind were cars that looked, at best, shit. The world rejoices as Kick sucks ass.
P15: Magnussen — Despite being in 15th, he wasn’t terribly far off being even P8, as they gap from P8 to P15 was only 2 tenths of a second. The midfield is unbelievably tight, and Haas definitely (for now) aren’t out of it.
P14: Albon — Alex didn’t have the cleanest of laps, as he makes a major mistake into T4, going deep on his fastest attempt. Still, the Williams does have hope in terms of it’s pace.
P13: Piastri — Piastri has a terrible time in FP2, getting held up on multiple fast laps, and doing his best time on worn softs on his 3rd flying lap. The pace is there, but the luck isn’t in the session.
P12: Stroll — Despite seeming well behind his teammate, the gap between the pair was only around a tenth of a second, which compared to times last year, is quite an improvement. Unfortunately, with how tight the grid is, it isn’t enough.

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P11: Sargeant — Definitely not my Bias showing here, but Logan does have a very solid session. Considering he went well here last year, and had a smooth test, I think he’ll be right in the fight.
P10: Hulkenburg — Once again, Nico pulls out the rabbit and plants the Haas in the top 10. Later in the session, the Haas also shows much improved long run pace, giving hope in the garage that there might be a way out of the tunnel of demise.
P9: Russell — George has an uneventful, and quite plain session, not achieving much. P9 is definitely not what they are wanting, currently, but for now they’ll have to settle as they get used to their new car.
P8: Alonso — Not what Fernando would be hoping for to start the year. Despite only being half a second off the pace, P8 is not enough for his high expectations, and is all around disappointed, but hopeful to close the gap ahead.
P7: Perez — An all-around shitfest for Checo as even though he made a clean lap, he was still well off his teammate, being 4 tenths behind.
P6: Ricciardo — Daniel does an impressive time to go into P6 in the session. The team is quietly optimistic in their chances at good points in the race.
P5: Hamilton — Lewis is around 3 tenths ahead of his teammate in FP2, and is only 3 tenths off the quickest time. Mercedes fans and Hamilton fans begin to inhale mass amounts of hopium.
P4: Sainz — Sainz was only a tenth off his teammate, yet is multiple places back, as Ferrari continues to show great speed.
P3: Norris — McLaren look strong once again as Norris puts his car into the top 3, as now multiple teams believe they have a genuine shot, if they get their adjustments right overnight.
P2: Leclerc — Charles is less than a tenth off of Verstappen, and even the long run pace of the Ferrari looks good compared to the Red Bull. Copious amounts of Hopium seem to also be shipped to Marinello.
P1: Verstappen —Back to normal, but not quite, as everything behind him is close.

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"Copious amounts of Hopium seem to also be shipped to Marinello." incredible

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JP’s Obsurdly Long F1 Essays

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Nice

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FREE PRACTICE THREE PREDICTIONS

In the final session before Qualifying, the teams try to refine their setups to make sure they extract the maximum from their cars.

P20: Zhou — Zhou, despite being in P20, was only 1.2 seconds off of P1, showing that the grid is more compact than it’s ever been before. Not a poor session from the Chinese driver, the car underneath him just doesn’t have the pace.
P19: Ocon — Alpiss is in shambles after yet another horrific showcase in practice, and it doesn’t look like it’ll be getting any better anytime soon.
P18: Bottas — Similar to Zhou, it wasn’t a poor showing from him, the car just isn’t there, and Sauber/Bottas fans begin the long journey of depression.
P17: Gasly —HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. AAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAH FUCK YOU ALPINE BWAHAHAHHAAAA
P16: Albon — Another poor lap from Alex as once again he sees himself further down the order than he would have wanted to see, making a mistake into T9 on his fastest attempt.
P15: Tsunoda — After having very little time on track yesterday, he starts off slow on track, and starts to work his times down as the session closes, before doing a Qualy sim late in the session.
P14: Magnussen — Haas shockingly doesn’t seem to have horrible pace around the track, continuing to show solid form from both drivers.
P13: Ricciardo — A poor lap from Daniel puts himself P13 in FP3, but with the hopes that yesterday wasn’t just a flash in the pan.
P12: Sargeant — Showing his continued form, he has another decent session here, showing solid pace throughout.
P11: Hulkenburg — Haas shows that, under the right circumstances, they might be able to pull off a Q3 appearance, which considering where they thought they’d be to start the year, is damn impressive.
P10: Alonso — Not the best lap of Fernando’s career, but he’s shown in the past he can find the difference when he needs to, and that’s what Aston Martin and his fans will be wanting to see.

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P9: Piastri — Still not showing the pace that we had grown accustomed to at the end of last year, Piastri pushed too hard on the entrance of T9 nearing the end of the session and dumps his McLaren into the wall. The team hurries to rebuild the car before Qualifying begins.
P8: Russell — Neither of the Mercedes get a last run in due to Piastri’s issues at the end of the session, but Russell in particular looked much closer to his teammate than he did previously.
P7: Sainz — Same with the Mercedes, he didn’t get to finish his final run in the session, and his best time was on the Medium C2 Tyre, which all things considered is quite impressive considering the gap to P1 was only 6 tenths.
P6: Hamilton — As with both Russell and Sainz, he didn’t get to finish his final stint. However, he did finish a lap, albeit with a mistake, having a snap of oversteer on the exit of T4.
P5: Perez — Having a much better session than his previous two, he finds a groove and ends up P5, not terribly far off his teammate.
P4: Stroll — Due to the late red flag, Stroll ends the session P4. However, he did have a very solid lap, giving the team hope that there might be some unexpected potential in the car.
P3: Norris — An Uneventful session for the most part, showing great pace throughout, as the McLaren seems to clearly be the 3rd quickest car.
P2: Verstappen — Shockingly, Max doesn’t end the final practice in front, giving all who watch belief that perhaps there is hope for the season.
P1: Leclerc — FRATELLI D’ITALIA, L’ITALIA S’È DESTA. DELL’ELMO DI SCIPIO S'È CINTA LA TESTA. DOV’È LA, VITTORIA? LE PORGA LA CHIOMA. CHÈ SCHIAVA DI ROMA. IDDIO LA CREÒ FERRARI IS BACK.

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Enough for tonight. I’ll finish the Qualifying and Race Predictions tomorrow evening.

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let bro cook 🔥

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QUALIFYING PREDICTIONS

Q1

After three months of winter break, we finally have our first competitive session of the year. Multiple teams have hope that they will find the right balance in their car and be able to find the difference needed, while other teams are just hoping it is better than it has been in the practice sessions. After having an impressive test and even more remarkable practice, Ferrari goes into the session with high expectations. Meanwhile, teams like Alpine and Sauber go into the session go into the session hoping to show more promise than they had shown in the opening sessions of the weekend.

The McLaren team is still trying to rapidly repair Piastri's car after an incident in FP3 left his car damaged. They are optimistic they can send him out in time for the end of the session.

With the year moments from being underway, the team that has sent their cars out of the pitlane first is Sauber. They wait for the pit light to turn green to begin the session. Behind them, the Alpine's follow. Zhou is the first driver to hit the track as the light goes green. Behind him are his teammate Bottas and the Alpines of Ocon and Gasly. As they make their way around the track on their prep lap, the Haas pair and Alonso come out onto the track. Zhou begins his first flying lap of the session, and he sets a 1:30.488 at the line. Bottas behind him sets a 1:30.544, just over half a tenth behind his younger teammate. Ocon, the next driver over the line, sets a 1:30.268, and his teammate Gasly sets a 1:30.074. The following two drivers over the line are the Haas pair, with the first driver to cross the line being Magnussen, putting a 1:30.120 behind Gasly and into P2. Hulkenburg crosses the line shortly after and sets a 1:29.889, being the first driver of the weekend to go into the 1:29s and only just over a tenth off of Verstappen's pole time in 2023, showing just how far we've come in the calendar year. Alonso is the next driver over the line and sets a time of 1:29.976 behind the Haas of Hulkenburg into P2. The following driver to set a flying lap is Perez, with a 1:29.443, three-tenths quicker than last year's pole time. His teammate and 3x (depending on who you ask) champion Verstappen is the next driver to set a flying lap with a 1:29.193, three-tenths quicker than his teammate and seven-tenths ahead of his pole time in the previous season. Tsunoda is the next driver to set a lap with a 1:30.121 behind Gasly. Behind him, Stroll sets a lap time of 1:29.708, two-tenths ahead of his teammate, and into P3 provisionally. Russell is the first Mercedes to set a lap and does a 1:29.695, ahead of Stroll and behind Perez. Ricciardo is the next driver over the line and the VCARB driver sets a 1:29.755, behind Stroll and ahead of Hulkenburg. Albon is the next driver to set a lap with a 1:30.007, ahead of Gasly. His teammate Sargeant sets a lap time of 1:30.047, splitting Gasly and Alex. Hamilton finishes his lap with a time of 1:29.707, behind his teammate and ahead of Ricciardo.

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The Ferrari pair of Sainz and Leclerc are the following two drivers to finish their laps, with Sainz setting a 1:29.375 and Leclerc setting a time of 1:29.167 into P1 provisionally. Norris is the 19th driver to set a lap, finishing with a 1:29.568 behind Checo and ahead of Russell. Piastri and McLaren are still trying to repair the car to ensure they don't start the race last.

Alonso sets his next lap, it being a 1:29.658. Stroll behind him does not improve on his second run. For now, Sargeant sets a time of 1:29.809, moving him clear of the drop zone. Tsunoda locks up on his lap, ruining his chances of improving his place in the session. The Haas of Kevin Magnussen improves his time to a 1:29.974 ahead of Gasly and Albon. Speaking of, Alex finishes his lap and improves to a 1:29.794 marginally ahead of his teammate Logan. Zhou improves his best time to 1:30.114, ahead of Tsunoda. Ocon behind him sets a 1:30.178 behind Zhou. Gasly in the other Alpine doesn't manage much better, finishing with a 1:30.097. Hulkenburg improves his best time marginally to a 1:29.787. Bottas does not go out for a last run, due to a fuel pump issue. Piastri in the McLaren doesn't manage to get a lap in the session, classifying in P20.

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Q1 CLASSIFICATIONS

P20: Oscar Piastri - No Time Set
P19: Valterri Bottas - 1:30.544
P18 Esteban Ocon - 1:30.178
P17 Yuki Tsunoda - 1:30.121
P16 Zhou Guanyu - 1:30.114

P15 Gasly - 1:30.097
P14 Magnussen - 1:29.974
P13 Sargeant - 1:29.809
P12 Albon - 1:29.794
P11 Hulkenburg - 1:29.787
P10 Ricciardo - 1:29.755
P9 Stroll - 1:29.708
P8 Hamilton - 1:29.707
P7 Russell - 1:29.695
P6 Alonso - 1:29.658
P5 Norris - 1:29.568
P4 Perez - 1:29.443
P3 Sainz - 1:29.375
P2 Verstappen - 1:29.193
P1 Leclerc - 1:29.167

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Rest In Piastri

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Q2

Gasly and the two Williams cars are the first cars out on the track. Gasly is the first set a lap time, being a 1:30.164, slower than his Q1 time. Albon is the next car over the line, setting a time of 1:29.733. Sargeant behind him finishes his lap at a 1:29.688, ahead of his teammate in the early runs. Magnussen sets a time of a 1:30.377 after a mistake in his lap. Ricciardo does a time of 1:29.749, and his former teammate Norris sets a 1:29.369 behind him. Stroll is the next driver to do a time at a 1:29.524 ahead of Sargeant and behind Norris into P2. The second Haas of Hulkenburg does a time of 1:29.748, only quicker than his teammate and Gasly. Russell does a time of 1:29.574 behind Stroll and into P3. Alonso is the next driver and does a 1:29.548 splitting his teammate and George into P3. Leclerc, the quickest car in Q1, sets a time of 1:29.084, nearly into the 28s. His teammate Sainz does a time of 1:29.423 behind his former teammate Norris. The two Red Bulls are the last cars to set their first laps, with Perez setting a 1:29.224 and the reigning champion Max does a time of 1:28.978 becoming the first driver to set a 1:28.9 since his pole time in 2021 in the old regulations.

As the drivers start their second runs, neither Red Bull nor Leclerc go out to set a second lap. Every other driver goes to the track to try to secure their spot into the final stage of Qualifying. The first driver to finish their second run is Norris who does a time of 1:29.210. The Aston Martin Pair follows behind him, as Stroll improves his best time to 1:29.388 and Alonso sets a time of 1:29.364 marginally ahead of his younger teammate. Magnussen is the next driver to set a time and improves to a 1:29.818, but his time isn't enough to get him out of the bottom 5 and out of qualifying. Sainz is the next driver to do a lap and goes quickest by improving to a 1:28.880. Albon is on a lap but is impeded by Russell on his lap and does not improve his time. His teammate Sargeant improves his time to 1:29.558. Gasly finishes his last run, does not improve his best time, and is out of qualifying. Russell does not improve his lap, but his teammate Hamilton improves to a 1:29.477. Ricciardo finishes his lap at a 1:29.672. Hulkenburg is the last driver to finish his final run, and needing to improve to get out of the dropzone, he sets a 1:29.561.

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QUALIFYING 2 CLASSIFICATIONS

P15: Gasly - 1:30.164
P14: Magnussen - 1:29.818
P13: Albon - 1:29.733
P12: Ricciardo - 1:29.672
P11: Russell - 1:29.574

P10: Hulkenburg - 1:29.561
P9: Sargeant - 1:29.558
P8: Hamilton - 1:29.477
P7 Stroll - 1:29.388
P6 Alonso - 1:29.364
P5 Perez - 1:29.224
P4 Norris - 1:29.210
P3 Leclerc - 1:29.084
P2 Verstappen - 1:28.978
P1 Sainz - 1:28.880

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I'm glad you aren't sleeping on Logan 💪

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he will be there

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oh Albon was impeded

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but still

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Interesting

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And Sainz with Leclerc

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Q3

The ten remaining drivers are ready to begin their final attempts in qualifying. There are only three drivers who have two new sets of softs, being Verstappen, Leclerc, and Perez. All the remaining drivers bar these three wait in the garage for their final runs.

Verstappen is the first car over the line in Q3, and he sets a time of 1:28.742 being the quickest time set so far throughout the entire session. His teammate Perez follows shortly after with a 1:29.048, just over three tenths off of his teammate. Leclerc in the Ferrari sets a time of 1:28.817 splitting the two Red Bull cars. Norris does a run on used softs, finishing his lap at a 1:29.491. Alonso and Stroll both do a lap on used softs, Alonso setting a 1:29.595 and Stroll a 1:29.618 behind. Sainz finishes a run with a 1:29.147 being the quickest time on used softs by a considerable margin.

Hamilton comes out on new softs partway through the session and sets a 1:29.047 putting the Mercedes into an impressive P4 currently. Sargeant finishes a time on new softs being a 1:29.382 and ahead of both the Aston Martins. The Haas of Hulkenburg finishes his one and only run with a 1:29.448 also moving ahead of both the Astons. Speaking of, Alonso finishes his final run with a 1:29.122 behind Hamilton and ahead of Sainz for the moment. His teammate Stroll does a 1:28.988 outqualifying his teammate who had the better of him in the previous season. Perez in the Red Bull does his final run and sets a 1:28.938 and ahead of Stroll into P3 provisionally. Norris does an impressive time of a 1:28.897 with his first time in the 28s of the weekend. Leclerc in the Ferrari does a time of 1:28.696 going into provisional pole. His teammate Sainz does a 1:28.908 behind Norris and ahead of Perez. Verstappen is the last driver to finish his final time, and does a 1:28.526 and takes pole position in the dying stages of Qualifying.

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QUALIFYING THREE CLASSIFICATIONS

P10: Hulkenburg - 1:29.448
P9: Sargeant - 1:29.382
P8: Alonso - 1:29.122
P7: Hamilton - 1:29.047
P6: Stroll - 1:28.988
P5: Perez - 1:28.938
P4: Sainz - 1:28.908
P3: Norris - 1:28.897
P2: Leclerc - 1:28.696
P1: Verstappen - 1.28.526

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FULL QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATIONS

P20: Oscar Piastri - No Time Set
P19: Valterri Bottas - 1:30.544
P18 Esteban Ocon - 1:30.178
P17 Yuki Tsunoda - 1:30.121
P16 Zhou Guanyu - 1:30.114

P15: Gasly - 1:30.164
P14: Magnussen - 1:29.818
P13: Albon - 1:29.733
P12: Ricciardo - 1:29.672
P11: Russell - 1:29.574

P10: Hulkenburg - 1:29.448
P9: Sargeant - 1:29.382
P8: Alonso - 1:29.122
P7: Hamilton - 1:29.047
P6: Stroll - 1:28.988
P5: Perez - 1:28.938
P4: Sainz - 1:28.908
P3: Norris - 1:28.897
P2: Leclerc - 1:28.696
P1: Verstappen - 1.28.526

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And Hamilton is low is also bold.

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bold?

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that's italic

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well

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My Haas prediction seems to be coming into fruition, though. Despite everyone doubting it.

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Ferrari also seem to be quick, too. The only real difference in my predictions is the fact that Aston as quick.

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I'm sort of shocked by that.

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Who in their right mind would think Haas is quick?

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Also, not a single thing yet I predicted Alpine and Sauber to be shit, Merc to be around 4th quickest, and Haas to be a solid team. All of which were very bold before testing started, other than Sauber, maybe.

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where is sargeant? where is gasly? there is stroll?

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and what about those timing predicitons?

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The cars were quicker in Q2 for whatever reason.

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11 incorrect

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I'd like to see you do better.

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thats an F

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I had 4 out of the top 5 correct.

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the top 5 were practically a given

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skididi toibet

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Pace Predictions for Jeddah (before FP1 even happens)

1: Red Bull - It's impossible to put anyone other than Red Bull as the quickest car. Their biggest weakness is in low speed, and Jeddah has around 1 low speed corner, but it isn't even that low speed.

2: Ferrari - Ferrari seem very quick, plus the main factor as to why the Mercedes powered cars struggled in the race in Bahrain was due to them running the engine too high, I think they're currently the next up challenger for Red Bull, however they are considerably off of the reigning champions.

3: McLaren -- McLaren's strength is the high speed corners. I wouldn't be shocked to see them even being the 2nd quickest team in Jeddah, considering it's basically all High Speed. McLaren's weakness was Low Speed, which Bahrain had quite a bit of.

4: Mercedes -- Although they are 4th, I think they're a very good all around car and wouldn't at all be shocked if they pull off a top 5 in the Qualifying and race.

5: Aston Martin -- Although Aston were considerably off the top 4 teams in the race, I think they are still considerably ahead of the rest of the field as well. 5th should be the minimum for them.

6: VCARB -- Considering the car is basically the RB19, and the RB19's strength was High Speed, I think they'll be better than they were in Bahrain, and they should try to challenge for points here as much as they can early on before they fall back in development, since they'll likely not understand the concept that was given to them.

7: Haas -- Haas were easily the 6th (Maybe even 5th) quickest car in Bahrain, however their biggest strength was Low Speed, even seeming like the absolute best car in Low Speed. Their top speed seems to be one of the best on the grid as well, which I believe will help them out here. They scored points at this track last season, and I don't think it's out of the question here this year either.

8: Williams -- Williams last year were sort of like the McLaren, in the terms that they were only truly quick at tracks that specialized in High Speed turns. I think they'll be better than they were last week, but they'll need to improve if they want to challenge for 6th in the championship this year.

9: Sauber -- Despite an incredible P11 for Zhou last week, I don't know if that is their true pace. I still have my doubts to if they'll be able to do that well throughout the year. They have always been good in Bahrain, and they'll be hoping they can continue that into Jeddah.

10: Alpine -- Pshshhhh Hahaha. This team is FUCKED, they lost their Head of Aero and Technical Director after their horrific race in Bahrain. I wouldn't be shocked if they back out of F1 entirely after this year, and now that they're going to have new heads at the top, I'm not hopeful they'll be able to improve much this season either.

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good prediction imo

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what about drivers

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Could Perez come first again this year

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Alpine in its own personal hell

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on the point about VCARB, they actually don't tend to fare that badly with having to develop around Red Bull parts, it should only be improvements on that spectrum given they're not also sharing space in the Red Bull factory

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I'd reckon their mid season development would be better than expected

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I think there's a reason why Red Bull moved away from that concept. They likely saw that there wasn't much more they could extract and swapped.

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Yeah, every concept has their ceilings but I don't think it'll be a problem for vcarb given that at least this year, no one's really capitalized on any new concepts they've switched to

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For sure, the team has high hopes for their development season but yes only time will tell

warped swan
# vale musk For sure, the team has high hopes for their development season but yes only time...

I'm skeptical of VCARB, Haas, and Alpine's development. Haas has always been...unoptimal in their upgrades. Maybe with their new leadership they'll be able to do better, but I'm not super optimistic. However, they might be able to be okay considering they somehow gained a second over the offseason despite putting a significant amount of their resourses into an upgrade last year that didn't do shit. Alpine just looks like they are dead, and I don't think they'll be around much longer.

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Hard to come back from this when you lost your team CEO, team principal, sporting director, racing director, cto, technical director, and then your head of aero in the last year

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That would be better for Andretti than buying Haas.

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I mean, Haas' facilities are basically ran in Gene's parent's basement.

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Alpine have decent facilities.

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definitely not ones up to par with the top 4

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or top 5 rather

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since mclaren and aston martin both upgraded

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They have the 6th best facilities.

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and probably one of the worst wind tunnels

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Not that their competition lower has much to go off of at all.

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Thanks Gene.

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I think they switched to Ferrari's wind tunnel when they got the hub there

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Is it possible to pin messages in a thread that I created?

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If not can you pin the predictions so it's easy to find?

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as a thread owner you still can't pin any message in your thread

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That's kind of stupid.

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is there any other ones

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Pin the season predictions, they're at the top of the list.

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I think they're the first thing I sent.

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As well as the Bahrain Qualifying predictions, I'd like those done as well.

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alpine is truly, royally, fucked in the ass

warped swan
vale musk
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i REALLY hope they sell to andretti

vale musk
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like oml

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i hope i got the right ones

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That would be best for their employees.

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check

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its perfect timing too

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That'll do, thanks.

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andretti wanted in in 25, and alpine wants out maybe in 25

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or 26

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no shot alpine sticks around after 26

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I can't imagine they stay for much longer.

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but i dont see renault shutting down the engine program

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no one in their right mind is going to buy from them

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they are the only renault powered team iirc

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Andretti was already going to be powered by Renault engines.

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GM wont help them until 26, so use a renault engine until then

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its fucking perfect

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I mean someone is eventually going to take a Renault works contract

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whether it be mclaren williams or whoever

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sell the team, make a buck, and then leave

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Williams would likely benefit from it, but I can't imagine Vowles wanting to break from Mercedes.

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dont the teams only go against it because andretti wants to be an 11th team?

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true, and i also dont really feel like vowles is gonna be the williams team principal for the foreseeable future

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if andretti buys alpine then no one would get mad bc prize money right?

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more or less yeah

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but the main problem the teams had with Andretti's entry was that they'd be a customer team

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for 1 year

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Supposedly.

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haas, hrt, and the other one, were all customer teams and no one cared

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The sport was in a different time though

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like when those 3 backmarker teams got added, a bunch of manufacturers had just a couple years prior dropped out because of the financial crisis

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BMW, Toyota, Honda

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haas came in 2016

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Right, and Manor/Marussia were on their way out by that time too

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Liberty doesn't care for more privateer customer teams, they just want OEM's for new entries

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manor

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thats the other one

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and marussia

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they're the same team but yeah

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I wonder who would take their place in that case

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I will be posting each driver's race breakdown as I finish editing them. Once I am finished, I will be ranking every driver from best to worst, to see who had the best weekend. I have watched every single driver's onboard, and found every nuance that each driver had in the race to come to the best possible answer.

For starters, I will now show you Verstappen's:

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On the race start, Verstappen gets a solid start and cuts to the right to cover off Leclerc. Leclerc moves to the outside to try to go around the outside of Max, but he covers him off well. Verstappen pulls a gap of 1.0, keeping Leclerc from being inside of his DRS. By the second lap, the gap is 1.2 seconds, and keeps Leclerc from keeping in his DRS again. This is the closest challenge that he will receive for the rest of the race. By the end of Lap 7, the gap behind is 4.7 seconds. He is pulling away from the cars by around 1 second per lap at this point in the race, at it shows that his deg is by far and away better than anyone else in the field. GP tells Max to push here, to build a gap. Target lap time at this point for Max is a 37.0. Cars behind him are setting low 38s, high 37s. The team comes onto the radio to give him. Team now tells max to keep pace to a 37.0. Max then does a 36.9. Team wants max to do 37.2s, Max copies message and on the start of lap 12, he still continues to do 37.0. Team then asks Max to continue at the pace he is currently on, as the car behind is Perez with a gap of 9.6 seconds. By the end of lap 15, the car behind is Alonso with a gap of 25.4 seconds. Of the top contenders, hye is the last driver that has not boxed. Alonso behind him boxes at the start of Lap 16, and Perez moves behind him, with a gap of 31.2 seconds. Despite having not boxed yet, he is still setting similar laptimes to nearly every car behind him. At the start of lap 17, the team informs Max that he is free to push, and to Box. He comes into the pits, the team does a solid stop, and that there is going to be a front limitation on this stint. He comes out of the pits still in the lead of the race, and the car behind him is Perez with a 5.1 second gap. On his previous stint on the soft tyres, Max did 18 laps on used soft tyres, and did only one lap slower than a 37.0 (other than the race start.)

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That lap was a 37.1. The Red Bull showed almost no degradation unlike every other team. On lap 19, Max sets his fastest lap of the race at the time with a 35.1. The team asks Max to keep pace to a 36.0 for the time being. Max ignores this and keeps pace to a 35.2, which the team agrees is for the best for the time being. By the end of lap 25, the gap to Perez behind is 12 seconds. Max keeps at a pace of a 35.2 until the team asks to drop pace to a 35.7, which Max obliges. He continues on this pace until lap 32, when the team aks to drop pace further to a 36.0. For reference, a 36.0 was still 5 tenths faster than his teammate was managing. On lap 36, Max reports in that the tyres are starting to lose grip. The gap to Perez behind at the end of lap 36 was 19 seconds. On lap 36, Max is told to push in and pit for Soft tyres. He exits the pits still in the lead of the race, with a 17.2 second lead. Max is then told to go for one push lap, which he does on lap 38 and sets a time of a 32.6, miles ahead of any other driver. The team then asks to back off completely for 2-3 laps. Max agrees and drops his pace to a 36.5 for lap 39. He then brings pace up a bit on lap 40 to a 35.2, which is around 8 tenths of a second slower than his teammate for reference. On lap 41, he brings pace down further to a 34.6. On lap 42, he brings pace down to a 34.1. On lap 43, the team then asks him to turn his engine down, since the gap is far enough that there is no real threat behind. The team asks Max to keep pace to around a 34.2, (For reference, this is quicker than any other driver’s fastest lap of the race.) He keeps around this pace until around lap 50, which he then is asked to bring pace down further to a 34.7. Max continues on this pace, except for a few laps where he is stuck behind traffic and cannot keep to the pace. On lap 57, Max crosses the line to win the race at a lap of 22.4 seconds.

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An unbelievably flawless drive. Not a single mistake for all 57 laps, and would have likely won by an even larger gap than he did, if not for his team asking to drop his pace for the last 15 laps, when he had the newest tyres in the field. Max lead every lap, had the fastest lap, started from pole, and was even quickest in every single sector on the race track. His fastest lap was almost 2 seconds ahead of any other driver, which is even more insane considering he didn’t make a late stop to do it; he just did his strategy and was around 2 seconds quicker still. Nearly every single lap, his pace was around 7-8 tenths ahead of any other driver on the grid. One of the most composed and complete drives I’ve ever seen. Pure madness.

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I won't be posting them all at once, I'll be posting them periodically throughout the week as we get closer to the race weekend starting on Thursday.

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Is this the definition of insanity?

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Sergio Perez

Perez starts the race from P5. He has a solid getaway and jumps Sainz off the start immediately. He tries to go around the outside of Russell into T1 but doesn’t complete the move. He tries again on Russell into T4 on Lap 1, and continues to hound him. At the end of lap 1, the gap is around 7 tenths. Russell ahead pulls a move out on Leclerc, and now the driver ahead is Charles. Charles ahead locks up into T9, putting Checo right on his ass. Charles goes off again at T9 on lap 4, putting Checo right behind him again. Charles doesn’t have DRS on the main straight wich alows Checo to close up again, but Leclerc gets it again on the run into T4. Leclerc again on Lap 5 locks up in T9, keeping Checo right on him. Skipping ahead to lap 7, Leclerc again goes off at T9, and Checo pulls off the overtake into T10. The gap ahead to Russell at the end of lap 7 was 1.2 seconds. Charles tries to fight back around the outside of T1, but to no avail. On lap 10, Perez is going around 2 tenths per lap quicker than Russell ahead, and finally sneaks into his DRS going into T10 on lap 10. Going onto lap 12, the gap to Russell is 6 tenths, and Russell pits on lap 12. Checo is told to box for hards going into lap 13, and comes out of the pitlane after a decent stop in P9, behind Russell who boxed the lap prior. He maintains his lead over Leclerc behind.Going into lap 14, He goes for a move on Russell into T4, and makes a beautiful switchback and takes the spot. This was one of the best overtakes of the race. The gap ahead of him was 3 seconds to Albon, and every car ahead of him had yet to pit

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Albon does pit at the end of lap 15, and the gap to Russell behind was 1.5 seconds. He moves into P2 by the end of lap 16 and everyone behind of him has pitted. He maintains around a second per lap on Russell, and continues to expand the gap behind. Russell starts to push, since he’s being hounded by Sainz behind him, so the gap maintains this distance for a while. He lowers his target lap to a 36.2 to maintain the gap. On lap 26, the gap to Sainz remains at around 2 seconds. Skipping ahead again to lap 31, the pace remains the same with no errors. The gap expands slightly to 2.5 seconds. On lap 34, the deg of the Ferrari can be seen as Sainz is starting to lose pace to Checo, and as Carlos makes a minor mistake he loses half a second to Perez. Checo’s gap ahead to max at this point is 17.6 seconds, and he doesn’t really have any real chance of catching up. He continues to set times around the mid 36s, maintaining his pace with Sainz. On lap 36, Sainz behind him pits, and Checo is told to push and box in for softs. He does so maintaining his position to Sainz behind, but the gap has dropped to 1.7 seconds.

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His team asks him to slowly bring the tyres into the race, and to not over exert them since there is 21 laps to go as he exits the pitlane. For the first 4 laps on the softs, he starts with high 34s, and gradually brings the pace down to mid/low 34s on the softs. He continues to expand the gap behind to sainz which is now at 3.2 seconds on lap 42. On this lap, his team asks him to keep pace at a 34.7, which he continues at until lap 50, when he is asked to once again lower the pace to a 35.0. The gap to Sainz is 3.6 seconds as of lap 54, and the gap maintains this size until the end of the race, and Checo finishes P2 in the end with a gap behind of 2.6 seconds, and a gap ahead of 22.4 seconds.

All in all, a very solid race for Checo, considering his struggles around the end of last year. It was good to see him show some confidence in the car, even if he was considerably off the pace of Verstappen. He made some good moves as he moved up the grid, and kept a pace solid enough throughout the race despite being on the Softs compared to Sainz behind on the Hards.

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Sorry everyone; Putting the rest of these on what will likely be an indefinite delay due to some family issues and other things going on. I'll still post the rankings (as I have already noted down my rankings, and have still watched each driver's onboard) and I will be doing the qualifying predictions for Jeddah after Thursday practice.

Sorry again, but I'll bring them back after Jeddah, as I do find doing these fun.

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2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Rankings

(Keep in mind that these rankings are for the race only. However, if someone did qualify well that is accredited to them, but I’m not taking away points for someone having a poor qualifying then having a good recovery.)

1st: Verstappen - 10.0 - As much as we have all become accustomed to Max winning races, even then he hasn’t been like this. He qualified on pole, led every lap of the race, set the fastest lap of the race by nearly 2 full seconds, and finished 22.4 seconds ahead of his teammate in P2. The crazy part about that is it would have been even more if he didn’t turn down his engine for the entire final stint of the race. This was a pure masterclass of a drive given to us by someone who will likely be considered one of the greatest drivers of all time in the future.

2nd: Stroll - 8.8 - In the opening race of the year, Lance decided to have one of his 3 good races of the season. After having a fantastic start getting up to P9 at Turn 1, he was spun round by the incident with Hulkenburg and Bottas, leaving him P20 and 10 seconds adrift of anyone else. Despite this, he did phenomenally for every single remaining lap of the race. He worked his way back up into P10, and potentially could have been P9 if not for his team asking him to let Alonso back through. (I think the gap would have at least been considerably smaller than it was at the flag) Despite being 40 seconds off of his teammate after Lap 1, he ended up around 16 seconds off his teammate by the end of the race. A very solid recovery drive in what will likely be a very tight midfield battle meant that he earned his team valuable points.

3rd: Leclerc - 8.2 - On paper, it would look like Charles had an average (at best) race. In reality, though, he managed a very extensive issue on his car, which according to Ferrari was costing him around 8 tenths of a second per lap. With this pace, he would have easily managed P2 in the race. Even with this issue, he still managed to overtake Russell and finish in a solid P4, only 8 seconds off of his teammate who had no issues.

4th: Zhou - 8.0 - Despite being in a car that I would consider to be a backmarker, Zhou did everything perfect in this race and held onto a fabulous P11 finish. In my opinion, this drive definitely deserved points as he did excellently in the start, and in general pace.

5th: Magnussen - 7.7 - Kevin had a similar race to Zhou, but in a car that I think is a bit better than what the Sauber is currently. If not for a near-miss incident with Albon on lap 8, and a slow first pit stop (which dropped him behind Zhou), he likely would have finished P11, or maybe even been challenging for P10 against Stroll, who finished ~7 seconds ahead of him.

More to come later, this is the top 5.

warped swan
winter badger
runic trench
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@warped swan

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@warped swan

warped swan
runic trench
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Did you need something or are you just being typically annoying?

runic trench
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i just wanted to say hi

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Fair enough.

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@warped swan

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bye

warped swan
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Goodbye.

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Alright. Time to speedrun some qualifying predictions in 30 minutes.

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P20 - Zhou - (No Time Set)
P19 - Bottas - 1:29.133
P18 - Ricciardo - 1:28.876
P17- Tsunoda - 1:28.794
P16 - Sargeant - 1:28.737

P15 - Albon - 1:28.844
P14 - Ocon - 1:28.798
P13 - Gasly - 1:28.701
P12 - Bearman - 1:28.573
P11 - Hulkenburg - 1:28.504

**P10 - Stroll ** - 1:28.445
**P9 - Piastri ** - 1:28.305
**P8 - Magnussen ** - 1:28.238
**P7 - Hamilton ** - 1:28.113
P6 - Norris - 1:27.947
P5 - Russell - 1:27.877
P4 - Perez - 1:27.732
P3 - Alonso - 1:27.686
P2 - Verstappen - 1:27.486
P1 - Leclerc - 1:27.271

runic trench
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Right

warped swan
runic trench
steep dock
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I got a few right. I also even predicted Verstappen doing a 27.4 correctly.

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Only 0.014 off 😔

runic trench
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Ridiculous to say Leclerc would get pole

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RACE PACE IN JEDDAH 2024

1 - Red Bull: 1:32.929
2 - Ferrari: 1:33.377 (+0.447s)
3 - McLaren: 1:33.607 (+0.677s)
4 - Mercedes: 1:33.712 (+0.782s)
5 - Aston Martin: 1:33.769 (+0.839s)
6 - Haas: 1:34.426 (+1.496s)
7 - Williams: 1:34.903 (+1.973s)
8 - Kick Sauber: 1:34.988 (+2.058s)
9 - RB: 1:35.286 (+2.356s)
10 - Alpine: 1:35.334 (+2.405s)

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Ollie Bearman obviously carrying Ferrari today

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jokes aside what a drive from him

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@runic trench @low beacon

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Nice move there.

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I’m also worried that Holmes is thinking Carlton Davis is going to be our CB1.

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Also, CJGJ might return.

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Love of god sign Kam Curl.

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Cleveland is collecting Heisman QBs like infinity stones.

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This is NOT the right thread 💀

runic trench
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It's your thread

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Do whatever you want

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Just glad we're getting more cap

warped swan
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DANIEL RICCIARDO QUALY H2H:

🔴2011: Ricciardo 4 - 6 Liuzzi
🟢2011: Ricciardo 1 - 0 Karthikeyan
🟢2012: Ricciardo 16 - 4 Vergne
🟢2013: Ricciardo 15 - 4 Vergne
🟢2014: Ricciardo 11 - 7 Vettel
🟢2015: Ricciardo 12 - 7 Kvyat
🟢2016: Ricciardo 4 - 0 Kvyat
🟢2016: Ricciardo 11 - 6 Verstappen
🔴2017: Ricciardo 7 - 13 Verstappen
🔴2018: Ricciardo 6 - 15 Verstappen
🟢2019: Ricciardo 13 - 7 Hülkenberg
🟢2020: Ricciardo 15 - 2 Ocon
🔴2021: Ricciardo 7 - 15 Norris
🔴2022: Ricciardo 2 - 20 Norris
🔴2023: Ricciardo 3 - 4 Tsunoda
🔴2024: Ricciardo 0 - 2 Tsunoda

Percentage ahead: 53.14% (127/239)

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This is the average lap times for Haas in the race from both years. In 2023 they did a 3 stop strategy, meanwhile this year, a 2 stop strategy, so the difference is even bigger, given that more pit stops lead to a faster average lap time.

2023
HUL: 1:38.877
MAG: 1:39.090

2024
HUL: 1:36.854 (-2.201s)
MAG: 1:37.465 (-1.625s)

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CLEARLY stroll’s race pace is the best of all time

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RACE PACE IN AUSTRALIA 2024

1 - Ferrari: 1:21.458
2 - McLaren: 1:21.551 (+0.093s)
3 - Red Bull: 1:22.022 (+0.564s)
4 - Mercedes: 1:22.370 (+0.911s)
5 - Aston Martin: 1:22.431 (+0.973s)
6 - RB: 1:22.654 (+1.196s)
7 - Kick Sauber: 1:22.838 (+1.379s)
8 - Haas: 1:22.864 (+1.405s)
9 - Alpine: 1:22.897 (+1.438s)
10 - Williams: 1:22.968 (+1.510s)

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How was sauber and alpine not the slowest

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When both of their drivers got lapped

warped swan
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Both Zhou and bottas had horrible pit stops

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Here are some charts that I find interesting. Might break down why later. Dunno.

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Even with verstappen driving through s3 with damage, he still managed to beat gasly

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Please stop this

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Wrote by me.

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Second one.

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Miami Grand Prix 2024 Race Predictions:

  1. Leclerc
  2. Verstappen
  3. Perez
  4. Sainz
  5. Norris
  6. Hamilton
  7. Hulkenburg
  8. Stroll
  9. Alonso
  10. Piastri
  11. Tsunoda
  12. Gasly
  13. Sargeant
  14. Ocon
  15. Albon
  16. Ricciardo
  17. Zhou

DNF - Magnussen
DNF - Russell
DNF - Bottas

Two Stop Race, fringe three stop with the Hard tyre being the dominant tyre. Leclerc jumps Verstappen off the line, and maintains position throughout the race. Magnussen and Bottas have mechanical faults. Piastri and Russell make contact T1 and Russell is forced to retire in the pitlane, while Piastri drops to the back of the field.

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For reference:

AVERAGE LAP TIMES IN MIAMI SPRINT:

1 - Red Bull: 1:31.120
2 - Ferrari: 1:31.286 (+0.166s)
3 - McLaren: 1:31.939 (+0.819s)
4 - RB: 1:31.978 (+0.858s)
5 - Haas: 1:32.303 (+1.183s)
6 - Mercedes: 1:32.699 (+1.579s)
7 - Alpine: 1:32.799 (+1.679s)
8 - Williams: 1:32.908 (+1.787s)
9 - Kick Sauber: 1:32.937 (+1.817s)
10 - Aston Martin: 1:32.977 (+1.857s)

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Note: The Aston Martin and McLaren's both likely had damage.

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He will have to run the softs, which are sub-optimal.

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VCARB put all the money into the basket for the sprint for him.

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Mr jp

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what do you think the chances are of an Alonso win

heavy pond
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probably not high

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my name is the same

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smh

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tricko is pretending he didn't force you into that pfp

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Sargeant's journey through the junior ranks has been characterized by determination, skill, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Sargeant's early career in karting showcased his natural talent and competitive spirit. He quickly rose through the ranks, capturing numerous victories and championships in both national and international competitions. His success in karting laid a solid foundation for his transition to single-seater racing.

In 2015, Sargeant made his debut in single-seaters, competing in the British Formula 4 Championship. Despite being relatively new to the formula, he showcased his potential by securing podium finishes and impressing with his raw speed and racecraft. The following year, Sargeant continued his progression, competing in the prestigious Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series. Despite facing tough competition, he demonstrated his adaptability and determination, consistently challenging for podiums and earning respect within the paddock.

In 2017, Sargeant's career took a significant leap forward as he joined the prestigious FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Competing against some of the brightest young talents in motorsport, Sargeant showcased his potential with strong performances throughout the season. His highlight came at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit, where he clinched his maiden victory in commanding fashion. The victory served as a testament to his skill and determination, further solidifying his reputation as one to watch in the junior formula ranks.

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The following year, Sargeant continued to impress in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, consistently challenging for podiums and demonstrating his ability to compete at the highest level. His performances caught the attention of leading motorsport teams and paved the way for his eventual graduation to the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

In 2020, Sargeant made his debut in Formula 2, the final stepping stone to Formula 1. Despite facing a steep learning curve in one of the most competitive series in motorsport, he showcased flashes of brilliance, highlighting his potential for future success. His determination and perseverance in the face of adversity earned him admiration from fans and experts alike.

As Sargeant continues his journey towards Formula 1, his junior formula career serves as a testament to his talent, work ethic, and unwavering commitment to excellence. With each race, he moves closer to his dream of competing at the pinnacle of motorsport, armed with the invaluable experience and lessons learned along the way. With his skill, determination, and hunger for success, Logan Sargeant is poised to make a lasting impact on the world of Formula 1.

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Chat GPT Logan Sargeant is hilarious.

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Straight up saying false information 😭

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lmao

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I was reading this and was like

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"that sounds chat gptd...jp are you a fraud"
"hell nah this shit is completely false what are you on?"

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and at the end I saw that it WAS chat gpt

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😭

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had me fooled

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  1. Alo-Str: +0.063s in Stroll's favor.
  2. Nor-Pia: +0.074s in Norris's favor.
  3. Rus-Ham: +0.174s in Russell's favor.
  4. Alb-Sar: +0.218s in Albon's favor.
  5. Lec-Sai: +0.211s in Leclerc's favor.
  6. Oco-Gas: +0.262s in Ocon's favor.
  7. Hul-Mag: +0.287s in Hulkenburg's favor.
  8. Tsu-Ric: +0.437s in Tsunoda's favor.
  9. Ver-Per: +0.487s in Verstappen's favor.
  10. Bot-Zho: +0.568s in Bottas' favor.
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Average pace gap between drivers (Post-Monaco)

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Long ass rant on F1 24.

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Last night, I downloaded the demo so I could play it this afternoon. At around 10AM this morning, I decided that I'll give it a try. I had heard terrible things, but I wanted to give it a shot myself before jumping to any full on conclusions. I launch the game, and everything is in Chinese. This is not a joke (see pictures attached.) It was impossible to change the language of the game. Why? Who knows. I was told the only way to fix this game-breaking bug was to completely uninstall and reinstall this 65GB game. This isn't something that someone can do in like 10 minutes.

Around 2:30PM today, I gathered the courage and redownloaded it again. It took until 4:30 for the game to finish installing completely. I launched the game, grabbed my wheel, and was ready to try it out. I went to start up a driver career, and the game crashed. (crash 1) I reboot, start a career as Verstappen to try the mode out, and got to the car launch and the game crashed again. (crash 2) I reboot again, open up the career, and was unable to view the car launch that I was unable to see previously. Whatever. I go into the Bahrain weekend, was forced to do FP1, so I go into FP1. I skipped the shitty pre-practice cutscene, and the game crashed. (crash 3). I boot everything back up once again, retire from FP1 because I really don't want to do that shit, then skipped to Qualifying since they removed Quick Practice from the game for some reason. I open Qualifying, game crashes. (crash 4) I boot up back to where I was again, and did approximately 30 attempts at T1, braking exactly where the game told me, and went 90m deep into T1 on every single attempt. Why? Because the default setup uses COMPLETELY LOCKED DIFFERENTIAL. WHY? WHO KNOWS.

SO. I go to Time Trial to download a premade setup by someone who's actually played the game before, and go back into Qualifying. It's...shit? But at least it was managably shit. I finishe qualifying, and move to the race after I qualified P16.

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warped swan
# warped swan Last night, I downloaded the demo so I could play it this afternoon. At around 1...

I load up the race, and realize that the race engineer and the commentator audio are still in Chinese. I go to the settings to change this, and I was forced to spend 5 minutes listening to every radio announcer speak a 30s message before being able to change the engineer/announcer to the next wrong language. Besides the point, but oh well. Stupid but it's managably stupid.

I go to race, and every single AI car immediately stalls, and despite me starting in P16 and playing on 102 difficulty, I was P1 by the apex of T1. I learned that the ERS modes in the race are straight ass, I could go further into why but I don't want to have to make another fucking message because this is downright stupid. Anywho, I finished the race in P6, got a shitty little radio from Verstappen, (Alonso won the race because the game is very realistic), watched the podium celebration, aaaand the game crashed. (crash 5). I open up the game expecting that it at least saved the race that I had done. Did it? FUCK NO! I HAD TO DO IT AGAIN. WHY?!?

SO. I do the race again, the AI did the same stalling shit at the line again, dealt with the shitty ERS modes again, and finished the race in P6 again. Who won this time? STROLL!! (the developers said that this was the most realistic title that they had made at reveal, by the way.) I watch the shitty podium celebration that hasn't changed in 5 years again, AND THE GAME FUCKING CRASHED AGAIN. (crash 6).

I will never be playing this travesty of a game EVER again. This isn't even mentioning the mobile game physics that it has or any of the other glaring issues, either. THE GAME DOES NOT EVEN WORK AT WHAT IT'S TRYING TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.

stone lark
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LMAO IN CHINESE?!?!

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THEY REMOVED QUICK PRACTICE?!?!?

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nahhhh

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I'm not buying this game I cba

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f1 23 was good

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ive only had one issue, which is the auto braking when you cause a red flag and rewind but you can just save and restart

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they just HAD to ruin it

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this yearly release cycle doesn't work, they fix things in 1 game and ruin it the next bc it's two separate dev teams

winter badger
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The reddit mega thread was extremely helpful

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Im on controller and the handling feels much better than it did on f1 23

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The only problem ive had is with the default setups being shit and also the AI being DOGSHIT at albert park

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I was able to make my way up 13 places in a sauber

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While having a vastly insuperior car

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Also , @warped swan 1.1 is expected to feel INCREDIBLY better according to testers. The handling issues will be fixed, 30 different bugs will be squashed, and the new f2 is starting development. Highly recommend you play the game after 1.1’s release.

vale musk
# winter badger Im on controller and the handling feels much better than it did on f1 23

From what pretty much every pad player who also uses a wheel has said about F1 24 1.0 patch, is that the game is made for the pad, but just works on the wheel. Meaning it feels and drives like the game was designed with pad solely in mind, but to be quick you have to be on a wheel. One of the creator series guys who regularly plays both inputs said that his lap time at Spa on wheel was a second faster than pad

warped swan
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RACE RUN PACE SIMULATIONS AFTER SPAIN FP2:

1st: McLaren
2nd: Ferrari ~+0.050s
3rd: Red Bull ~+0.100s
4th: Mercedes ~+0.400s
5th: Haas ~+0.900s
6th: Alpine ~+1.000s
7th: Sauber ~+1.150s
8th: Williams ~+1.300s
9th: Aston Martin ~+1.350s
10th: VCARB ~+1.400s.

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QUALY SIM PACE SIMULATIONS AFTER SPAIN FP2:

1st: McLaren
2nd: Ferrari (+0.200s)
3rd: Red Bull (+0.250s)
4th: Mercedes (+0.300s)
5th: Alpine (+0.900s)
6th: Haas (+0.950s)
7th: Aston Martin (+1.100s)
8th: Sauber (+1.150s)
9th: VCARB (+1.350s)
10th: Williams (+1.700s)

deep steeple
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Rah ferrari

warped swan
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In terms of race pace in Hungary after FP2, the order appears to be:

  1. Red Bull (Max, not Checo)
  2. Ferrari (only Sainz but still good lap times. Could flip them and McLaren but on raw pace Sainz was quicker)
  3. McLaren
  4. Mercedes (consistently around 5-6 tenths off the top guys but Lewis was doing soft runs, which the tyres died quickly. Russell’s pace wasn’t much better though.)
  5. Haas (around a tenth or two off Merc)
  6. VCARB (2-3 tenths off Haas)
  7. Williams (Both cars had very good pace on the mediums)
  8. Sauber (pace unknown since they like to fuck around in practice)
  9. Alpine (Only Ocon, Gasly was either running higher fuel or something because he was 3-4 tenths off of Ocon consistently)
  10. Aston (holy shit guys…the Deg for them was horrible. First laps were comparable to VCARB but after 4-5 laps they were miles off even Alpine in 9th.)
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Qualifying Pace post Hungary FP2:

  1. McLaren
  2. Red Bull (+0.200s)
  3. Ferrari (+0.300s)
  4. Mercedes (+0.500s)
  5. Haas (+0.550s)
  6. VCARB (+0.900s)
  7. Williams (+1.050s)
  8. Aston Martin (+1.100s)
  9. Sauber (+1.200s)
  10. Alpine (+1.250s)
stone lark
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russell was lapping faster than max

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1:24.0s

warped swan
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Their deg was higher than Red Bull was, though.