Heard another good quote from Christian about Toto, "if he does want a Versttapen for next year, then I guess Jos is potentially available."

Two birds, one stone!

 

Like the gravel trap way to enforce track limits. No ambiguity. And, it costs...

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/pi...tion/10629298/

Crazy that 0.3 meters (less than 12 inches) can make a difference in lateral position, but it does.

 

Very impressive qualifying performance by Max with a gap to his nearest competitors that is reminiscent of 2023. Anyone notice how low Mercedes is running their cars? Lot's of plank smoke, much more than competitors and their leading edge is sparking (as seen during a slo-mo shot), something I haven't seen before. Russell on 3rd row may be able to make an impression on lap 1 by the draft.

 

I used to love watching John Button in the pits and grid, etc. back in the day. Just thrilled to be there with his son, and no drama.

 

Did Kiki Rosberg even attend a race when Nico was in F1? Don't remember seeing him at all.

 

Sorry Keke

 

Total spanking by Max in qualifying. Three tenths is huge for such a short lap. He obviously found something after the sprint race. Lando was disappointed. He thought he was going to be close in the race. I was hoping he would get the win. It’s going to take something crazy to happen for that to play out.

 

He did, quite often actually, but kept out of the pit and team areas and thus out of the spotlight.

 

Probably because he couldn't smoke there!

 

I think Piastri is right - if there is gravel there should be no track limits.

I hate seeing a driver get a really good time only to see it get deleted a few moments later. I'm in favor of using gravel for every corner where track limits are a concern. It would be a much better look for F1.

 

I thought that was great race.

The penalties for Lando and Max were both correct. Other than that is was good hard racing between two equal cars. Congratulations to Russell

 

Great race! Didn't see that one coming! I think Max was at fault for the incident. Lando DNF felt the impact much more than Max....too bad.

 

George called this exact result after quali, said they didn't have the pace of the other two but if they took each other out he/they could win.

 

My opinion of Max has just gone down after this race. What a ***** move to drive Lando off into the grass after the puncture. Sort of “If I’m not going to win, neither are you” type of move. Max should have had to give the position back to Lando after he went off track and maintained the lead. Plus numerous moving under braking moves. I don’t know if they’re going to still be friends after this!

Perez beaten by a Haas! Way to go Nico. Some redemption for Piastri after that lousy track limits call in qualifying. Poor Leclerc just keeps having bad luck.

 

Tough(er) times don't develop character, they reveal it.