F1 2024: US GP - Austin (Oct 20)

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

By the looks of how much Ham's car was sparking, esp when he spun, he might get DSQ'd this year too.

Looks like his car could do with a bib or a tea tray

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

10 mins! Woooooo

The Sprint qualification in 60 (!) Are you ready ?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The Sprint qualification in 60 (!) Are you ready ?

I think we all are !

[MoeTE87]

Hell yeah I am!!

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I think we all are !

Hell yeah my friend

It's 8 hours later for us . But I really like it !

GOD Bless America !!!

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I hear the new COTA track asphalt layer hasn't improved the bumps ?

I think some improved while others did not.

[M5Rick]

Cars! FP1 h/lights.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Cars! FP1 h/lights.

Both Merc's got a bad spin in the S's ....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Cars! FP1 h/lights.

Piastri is knocked out in QF1 for exceeding the track limits .

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Cars! FP1 h/lights.

Here we go again . Checo is knocked out of SQ2 !?!?

[wizardofOz]

Just want to say Liam Lawson did pretty good here in the FP1, not far off Yuki at all.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Here we go again . Checo is knocked out of SQ2 !?!?

11:

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

11:

SQ3

1- MAX (!) Pole
2- RUS
3- CHARLIE
4- NOR
5- SAINZ
6- HULK
7- HAM
8- MAG
9- TSU
10- COLA

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Piastri is knocked out in QF1 for exceeding the track limits .

MAX is on Sprint pole, that relaid track certainly paid dividends to him.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX is on Sprint pole, that relaid track certainly paid dividends to him.

MAX won COTA in 2021-2022-2023 (!)

SQ3

[Roman]

It needs to be said: COL is legit.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX is on Sprint pole, that relaid track certainly paid dividends to him.

HULK is P6 . As I said : The Hulk (Nico Hulkenberg) should replace Checo ASAP...

[dfox]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Here we go again . Checo is knocked out of SQ2 !?!?

doing himself no favors.

Curious to see if he can turn things around tomorrow. He looked on par with
Max on his first run in SQ1, being two tenths off. Kind of interested in watching his SQ2 lap and see what he did wrong. edit - watched, looks like he was a little out of control on the s-curves, still not liking the curbs.

[dfox]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

HULK is P6 . As I said : The Hulk (Nico Hulkenberg) should replace Checo ASAP...

Hulk has a contract for next year, not going to happen.

Bottas might be a better bet, honestly.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

HULK is P6 . As I said : The Hulk (Nico Hulkenberg) should replace Checo ASAP...

Would seem obvious and Horner will be getting more rack punishment from Marko to act but in any case its good to see MAX smiling again

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by dfox

Hulk has a contract for next year, not going to happen.

Bottas might be a better bet, honestly.

With money you can buy anything. Red Bull can do it easily .
Nico and MAX are good friends . So why not ..

Bottas ?
Please don't do that (!)

[HeelToeShift]

Interesting that everyone claimed RBR was cheating and it was said the team that was cheating would have a drop off in performance. McLaren dropped off quite a bit and their car all of a sudden looked unbalanced and neither of their drivers looked all that impressive. Max outdrove his car during the last 12-14 races when it wasn’t nearly the fastest and won more races than any other single drive since after Miami yet as soon as the McLaren car isn’t a crazy dominant car with perfect balance their drivers get knocked out in Q1 and Lando is close to 3 tenths off the pace.