F1 Season 2024 - Pre-Season Thread

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Morning session will not be resumed

 

[Junglist]

Wow so they not only have less time with only 3 days. Now they have 2.5.

F1 just shooting itself in the foot.

 

[chrismscotland]

Adding an extra hour to the afternoon session though so could be worse

 

[Noakesy85]

Well poop! now i need to find something else to watch until the afternoon... dont think i can listen to these guys ramble on for 2 hours.

 

[Mesai]

Feels like these newer circuits are built on the cheap, don’t recall this many problems with longstanding ones.

 

[Trusty]

Yeah it's been a while since there was a title fight.

It is shame tbh, coz like you said, take Max out of it and last season would have been an absolute corker

 

[chrismscotland]

Feels like these newer circuits are built on the cheap, don’t recall this many problems with longstanding ones.

To be fair we've been racing in Bahrain since 2004, its hardly a new circuit now; there's been plenty of issues with older tracks from time to time (with kerbs especially)

 

[Mr Jack]

I think the problem is more that circuits like Bahrain are barely used. It hosts about two events a year and sits idle the rest of the time. Circuits like Silverstone are constantly getting checked and maintained because there are all sorts of different events run there across the year.

 

[cuke2u]

I think the problem is more that circuits like Bahrain are barely used. It hosts about two events a year and sits idle the rest of the time. Circuits like Silverstone are constantly getting checked and maintained because there are all sorts of different events run there across the year.

Quite, don't where the FIA come into it though as someone else posted. They have rules and guides for the tracks but at the end of the day it is the circuit owners, clerk of the course and maintainers who are responsible. https://www.fia.com/circuit-safety
So if Hamilton’s car wasn't damaged what was all the debris coming from it when he passed Norris?

 

[Noakesy85]

And afternoon session commences!!! Lecerc 1st out on track.

 

[jaybee]

Going 200mph over a faulty drain/curb fills me with absolute fear. Imagine it tore a hole in the floor and then driver.

 

[chrismscotland]

Christian Horner back in Red Bull branded / Team Kit today; I think we can rest yesterday's conspiracy's about his "casual" look

 

[Mesai]

Perez testing the harder compounds as practice for starting at the back of the grid every race.

 

[UTmaniac]

Get all excited, Sainz clocks fastest time so far, 1min30.686secs... On C4 soft tyres.

 

[Mr Jack]

Pirelli is bringing the C1, C2, and C3 to the actual race weekend, apparently, so the C3 will be the "soft" tyre then.

 

[Noakesy85]

its a breath of fresh air to see someone other than a RedBull at the top of the time sheet

 

[MM-Seat]

Sainz 0.2 secs off last years pole. Ok, that’s an interesting time.

 

[Mr Jack]

Sainz 0.2 secs off last years pole. Ok, that’s an interesting time.

On tyres a grade softer though.

 

[MM-Seat]

On tyres a grade softer though.

Still think it’s interesting in testing where they surely aren’t showing their true pace.

I still expect RB are ahead by some distance but, maybe the gap is closing.

 

[Jimbeam3678]

From what I’ve seen, McLarens car looks the most planted - closely followed by Red Bull.