Generally not a fan of the sprint weekend format, but this one was pretty enjoyable (probably mainly due to the weather)
Making Saturday a self-contained event makes it more enjoyable imo.
I like that the sprint doesn’t affect the race, but I hate that the slow buildup of the race weekend is disrupted. I just can’t get into quali on a Friday.
I love it. I never really cared about p1-3. I’d check the standings but that’s it. I’ve watched three sessions so far this weekend.
Agreed, doesn’t have implications on Sunday and teams seem to let their drivers actually race.
Wet weather always makes F1 more entertaining!
Definitely one of the best sprint races since the format started.
There really is nothing like a race in the wet.
Best 24 laps thus year
Great mini race mainly because of the weather. Nice call by Russell there, baking fearless to gamble. Also, Max is on a completely different league atm.
The undercut for the slicks was really well timed, good call from Mercedes to trust George’s feel out on track.
I thought it was a pretty big gamble at the time. But it turned out well for him.
The undercut for the slicks was really well timed, good call from Mercedes to trust George’s feel out on track.
21 second lead in a 24 lap race. Another masterclass from Max.
Glad to see a better performance from Checo as well, minus the drama between the two Red Bull cars on that first lap.
Honestly Max feels like he’s on another level even compared to other “on another level” years from other drivers. Like, the consistency from Quali to race, event after event, is insane. A season to remember.
And I hate it like cmon max can you chill with the throttle I wanna see some racing at the front why you driving away bb?
And is not like both of their car pull out the same lead, so it is not just the car.
Exactly, I was talking to a buddy today and they were asking “why is Checo so slow in the Red Bull?” Bruh he ain’t slow (he’s had his rough moments but he ain’t slow), Max is just out of his mind on speed
Yea Max is basically the result of an experiment to see what happens if you literally breed racing into a kid and train them from birth. He’s a machine, and not just the pace itself but the damn consistency.
Yeah first lap was some bullshit from Checo, really dodgy forcing max onto the grass there.
On inters when the slicks were much faster in the final 8-10 laps.
If you told me a race with max winning by 20 seconds was action pacted I would have insulted your pet, gestured at your mother and called you a liar.
I wonder how much of that gap was Hulkenberg stopping Perez and Sainz…
True. But also, the fact that Perez was stopped by a Haas…
Max pulled a massive lead in Suzuka last year as well - he’s generally excellent in wet conditions. It’s the attribute that had RB fighting over his signature at 16 y/o.
That would have extended the gap for sure, but the biggest part of the gap was built up after Perez overtook Hulk.
I’m with Red Bull through and through, but MV finishing 20s+ seconds ahead of the 2nd is not what I want to tune in every Sunday for. Let’s hope Aston Martin can make a title contending car soon!
We heard you the first time 😂
We heard you the first time 😂
Funny because the same duplication thing happened to you hahaha I think Lemmys getting a bit overloaded today
Lol that’s awesome
Amazing performance from Hulk and for once, good strategy from haas. One more lap and he might have overtaken Stroll and Alonso aswell.
Hulk has been really impressing me with his qualy performance this season. Kind of a shame he’s being wasted in a hass.
Why did the teams switch to slicks. Making up more than the pitstopgap in 6 laps has to a very unreasonable gamble
It worked for Russel though! No chance at points otherwise imo
But he could profit from the other guys also switching. I wonder if everyone else stayed on inters if he would finish in the points.
For people out of the points the gamble might have helped. Definitely worked for George.
For Hulk, I think he put too much into his tires at the start, he probably would have finished out of the 8 if he stayed on the inters.
If you were out of the points, the gamble was worthy.
It worked for Russel though! No chance at points otherwise imo
My thoughts aswell but atleast it makes for more excitment for us
Hoping for rain tomorrow lol
I will be doing my best rain dance tonight
Even tho this was a sprint, best race this season so far
This sprint was fun because of the weather, I think.
The first lap incident made Max push the car 🤣 🤣 🤣
Great race, hoping for more of the same tomorrow
Great sprint race hopefully tomorrow is interesting
Nice to see the bounce back from Checo
Max should be forced to start in P10 every race
Albon got screwed on strategy. Feels bad
