Poll: Official 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Race Thread - Autódromo José Carlos Pace - Race 21/24

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We asked rules expert Beat Zehnder what happens if no qualifying session can take place before the race. The Sauber team manager tells us that the FIA stewards can then decide on the procedure themselves because this case is not explicitly listed in the sporting regulations. Either the result of the last session - i.e. the sprint - is taken or the drivers are sorted according to the current world championship standings.
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Jono8 said:
Whilst I'd like Norris to win the title (a long shot now), part of me would like him to lose by 7 points so McLaren get punished for their stupidity in Hungary.

I mean come on. Why have they only realised that Norris could win the title now?
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Yeah, I'm really not sure why they didn't realise at that point. Norris got a lot of hate at the time for how reluctant he was to give the place back but I bet he will wish that he didn't if it ends up coming down to a 7 point gap.
 
Surely they can't use fp1? That's ridiculously ridiculous.

How can there not be a regulation for this when there is for every other eventuality?

Surely SQ is the right session to use?
 
413x said:
Surely they can't use fp1? That's ridiculously ridiculous.

How can there not be a regulation for this when there is for every other eventuality?

Surely SQ is the right session to use?
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Using any FP session would be a joke.

Sprint qualy or race result would be fine as they’re indicative of pace.
 
Mesai said:
Using any FP session would be a joke.

Sprint qualy or race result would be fine as they’re indicative of pace.
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Don't think the race is fair as if you had a crash due to another car you're double screwed.

SQ is surely the most fair. Might get a few edge cases like if you were blocked by another driver. But at least everyone was trying to get best spot. And it was a quali session
 
Anyone know what the track is like this morning? Weather websites seem to suggest some rain soon, but not as heavy as later. Also 3mm of rain during the 3 hour window of the race.

Hard to visualise but would 1mm an hour be raceable?
 
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PikeyPriest said:
Anyone know what the track is like this morning? Weather websites seem to suggest some rain soon, but not as heavy as later. Also 3mm of rain during the 3 hour window of the race.

Hard to visualise but would 1mm an hour be raceable?
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Because I'm an absolute loser/fan of the sport, I follow a lot of F1 journos on twitter who often give updates way before they reach TV.

Jon Noble, Will Buxton and Adam Cooper are good for this. (Other options are available) - Albert Fabrega is also a good one, he posts a lot of photos of the cars on Thursday and details updates. Though it's all in Spanish :cry:

Will Buxton tweeted yesterday that most of the teams/media will be up at around 0430 (about now), take an hour to get to the track and then take the time to have breakfast/prepare for the day.
 
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