F1 2024: Brazilian GP - São Paulo (Nov 3)

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by wizardofOz

Looks like K-Mag is not going to make it today, Bearman is going to replace him.

Mags is a bit worn out, trying to impress with desperate moves for a point here and there..

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The FIA president , Mohammed Ben Sulayem s@cks as usual (!)

The FIA knows very well that Herbert is partial towards the McLaren Team.
And still...The FIA put him in service (again)! for the Brazilian GP while they know It's MAX vs Lando for the rest of this season..

The FIA really s@cks and Herbert is a piece of Papaya 5H1T .

On the other hand : We MAX fans fully agree that MAX mowed too much grass in Mexico....

With Briggs & Stratton or a Honda

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Mags is a bit worn out, trying to impress with desperate moves for a point here and there..

IMHO. It was the right moment. As we know , it means a 5P grid penalty for MAX (!)

[lens]

RBR actually don't look too bad here.

The sprint itself will tell us how the main race will go.

But I expect Max to be at least P2-P3 in qualification. He will definitely qualify in the top 10 for the main race with the penalty.

Ferrari race pace was quite decent as well.

But as everyone knows, high chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday, and that's the great equalizer.

Both Max and Lewis and probably Alonso are great in the rain.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

IMHO. It was the right moment. As we know , it means a 5P grid penalty for MAX (!)

Really there was no re-thinking, Marko had already said the Mexico mechanical PU was on borrowed time and at least the ancillaries are in ok form, the only thing is that battery is a worry in delivering the required boost when needed.

[G30M]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX has added that the rules are unclear and ''over-regulated''.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/31024...y-forward.html

the rules are clear, if you are ahead at the apex, you have the corner.
the second rule is, if there seems to be a grey area, then the defending driver seems to get priority.

in Austin, Max nose was ahead at the apex, and he was defending, Lando got penalty

in Mexico, Lando nose was ahead at the apex, he got the corner.

the only thing that was unclear was why max got 2 penalties instead of one.

ONE THING IS CLEAR. max is going to win the WDC (even if it means crashing and taking Lando out Senna/Schumacher style), and everyone's biggest question is will Lando get within 7 points of Max, which were the number of points he gifted Oscar

I mean that Oscar dude was in front of Max after Max pitted last race and instead of slowing Max down he pitted to let Max through

[G30M]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

IMHO. It was the right moment. As we know , it means a 5P grid penalty for MAX (!)

5P penalty is nothing for a Honda engine. Liam Lawson went from 19th to 9th (? i think) with a new Honda engine.

[G30M]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Dutch passport appears to be causing bias with Brit stewards.

nah it's not the passport, it's his driving style. put Schumacher, Senna, and you get the picture. these guys will force you to either let them through or crash. (also helps if you have more points because crashing means the points gap is maintained).

i mean, that's racing isn't it? it's not driving 2 lanes to the supermarket and taking turns to merge. i was watching Nascar the other day and people physically push other cars off the track! usually they push someone off that pushed them off i the last race to get back at them it seems.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

nah it's not the passport, it's his driving style. put Schumacher, Senna, and you get the picture. these guys will force you to either let them through or crash. (also helps if you have more points because crashing means the points gap is maintained).

i mean, that's racing isn't it? it's not driving 2 lanes to the supermarket and taking turns to merge. i was watching Nascar the other day and people physically push other cars off the track! usually they push someone off that pushed them off i the last race to get back at them it seems.

Only difference in NASCAR is they can have a fist fight after a collision/disagreement without snowflake FIA getting involved who lick their lips in what fines they are going to impose to be added to their bank a/c coffers.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by lens

RBR actually don't look too bad here.

The sprint itself will tell us how the main race will go.

But I expect Max to be at least P2-P3 in qualification. He will definitely qualify in the top 10 for the main race with the penalty.

Ferrari race pace was quite decent as well.

But as everyone knows, high chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday, and that's the great equalizer.

Both Max and Lewis and probably Alonso are great in the rain.

MAX was P15 in the FP. And Checo P18 (!)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Only difference in NASCAR is they can have a fist fight after a collision/disagreement without snowflake FIA getting involved who lick their lips in what fines they are going to impose to be added to their bank a/c coffers.

In 5 min. my friend

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by G30M

5P penalty is nothing for a Honda engine. Liam Lawson went from 19th to 9th (? i think) with a new Honda engine.

I'm not sure about that => https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=120

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

In 5 min. my friend

Thanks for reminding me, just drunk 1/3 of a bottle of Zinfandel 'lodi' with my meal

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Thanks for reminding me, just drunk 1/3 of a bottle of Zinfandel 'lodi' with my meal

All my pleasure and cheers my friend

BTW : The Brazilian sky looks very gray (!)

[wizardofOz]

Zhou is a waste of space, what a useless driver.

[///M Power-Belgium]

The wind is getting stronger...

[M5Rick]

Ohh Checo is out in SQ2, 13th !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Thanks for reminding me, just drunk 1/3 of a bottle of Zinfandel 'lodi' with my meal

SQ2 : Checo is knocked out (again)!

Send him back to Mexico ...

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Ohh Checo is out in SQ2,13th !

He was swearing as well cos he couldn't complete his lap, shouldn't he get penalised!

[wizardofOz]

Lawson and bearman doing great, fantastic to see the young guns going hard too

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by wizardofOz

He was swearing as well cos he couldn't complete his lap, shouldn't he get penalised!

He doesn't care now

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

SQ2 : Checo is knocked out (again)!

Send him back to Mexico ...

The papaya terrible twins looks dangerous here, come on rain !