2024's F-1 Schedule

dragondick

We must have missed something!  I thought the Sprint Race results will decide the starting grid of the Main Event, in fact, it had nothing to do with it!

There was a short practice, then there were Qualifying Sessions for the Main Event.   Hamilton did not even make it through Q1 through his own mistake.  Here are Highlights of the Q Session:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO0m9lnirZk

RB qualified 1 - 2, followed by all the other "also-runs".  Anyway, there will a repeat of all the previous races.

One driver to watch out for is Piastri who drove on the Shanghai track for the first time & he qualified 5th.  Just 2-3 weeks ago, I mentioned that since Hamilton will join Ferrari in 2015, MB should see if it can grab Piastri, instead of the other prospects.

rpm6969

"We must have missed something!  I thought the Sprint Race results will decide the starting grid of the Main Event, in fact, it had nothing to do with it"

they change starting this year

Hamilton played around with his set up and it got worse.

Good sprint race and qualifying.

Looking forward to the race. The track appears to have low grip and you can see the cars drifting in some corners.

dragondick

I did not watch the actual race (2024's Chinese F-1 Event) as the result was already a given if nothing is done about Max's suspicious dominance.

Highlights of the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpo01u3sJA

rpm6969

pretty boring race actually

dragondick

The next 2024 F-1 Event is to be held in Miami-USA this weekend.

There will be sprint race before the main event.

1.  MB has improved but not enough to be at the same level of RB.
2.  RB's Technical Director (?) will be joining Ferrari next year. He & Max are close friend.  Reports also claimed Max might leave RB as a result of this Director's departure.

Unless all other teams can improve to make it an interesting race, my interest in F-1 has dwindled.

dragondick

All that bells & whistle meant nothing if both cars got eliminated at SQ2.  That's exactly what happened to the two MB cars!  

To add insult to injury, Max said to interviewers after Qualifying 1st for the Sprint Race, "I don't know what happened to the other cars.......!"  

Here are the highlights of SQ to decide grid position of the Sprint Race:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXDAid7xe7A

dragondick

dragondick 发表于 2024-5-3 15:50
The next 2024 F-1 Event is to be held in Miami-USA this weekend.

There will be sprint race before t ...

This is the latest news re #2 of the above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCSa5sN1mkU

rpm6969

its a shit race track

max's pole lap was not clean.. that was what he was referring to.

redbull will still be pretty strong after newy;s departure. Hopefully he end up at ferrari or williams

dragondick

Several things happened today:

1.  "You-know-who" won the Sprint Race, MB was no where in sight!
2.   "You-know-who" also qualified 1st for the main event.
3.  There was a report that  "You-know-who" will leave RB after Newy's departure.  There is no confirmation from another source, so can be fake news.
4.  For tomorrow's main event, I think  "You-know-who" will win, setting another dubious record.