2024 Australian Grand Prix - Practice & Qualifying Thread

[ntukza]

Well, the same people who are pretending that they have zero problem with today's decision, would've been pulling their hair right now in rage if the team was Mercedes instead of Williams. Imagine, if Hamilton got Russell's car after crashing his own out of commission, the crying and moaning here would've been quite funny.

My view is clear, I wouldn't have agreed to Hamilton getting Russell's car, just like I'm not agreeing with today's decision. Penalizing Sargeant for Albon's crash is both unfair and unsporting.

+1

[Silent Bob]

Not really, at least I would not. I will only say this once and I hope it sinks in to people.
F1 is a team sport and the drivers get paid (handsomely too if I may add) by the teams.
So at the end of the day who drives what, how etc is at the absolute discression of the teams.
Which means that if Merc had chosen to give Lewis the car (even tho Lewis at this stage is a turtle) , that would be their right.

Too early in the season for this. There are so many races left that this doesn't really make a lot of sense.
If it was late in the season and they needed points to leap frog another team, then sure, it makes sense.
Now it's just bad blood between teams and drivers.

[elnano14]

Sainz's long runs is 0.5-1s a lap faster than Red Bull, it's too good to be true

[Cavallino]

i think if Charles is going to win this race, he's going to have to drive every lap all out, like he did in 2022 when each lap was the fastest lap. He's capable of doing it. He drove like that in France 2022 though and put it in the wall.

that's the advantage Red Bull have, Max doesn't have to push it... yet... win one, get some updates, and then we'll see

[paolo lalli]

i think if Charles is going to win this race, he's going to have to drive every lap all out, like he did in 2022 when each lap was the fastest lap. He's capable of doing it. He drove like that in France 2022 though and put it in the wall.

that's the advantage Red Bull have, Max doesn't have to push it... yet... win one, get some updates, and then we'll see

Closing the Gap target 1 is happening .

[elnano14]

The softs tyres seem weird, barely any improvement compare to the mediums

[tifosi1993]

[tifosi1993]

Not really, at least I would not. I will only say this once and I hope it sinks in to people.
F1 is a team sport and the drivers get paid (handsomely too if I may add) by the teams.
So at the end of the day who drives what, how etc is at the absolute discression of the teams.
Which means that if Merc had chosen to give Lewis the car (even tho Lewis at this stage is a turtle) , that would be their right.

But isn't Sargeant part of the team as well? Why penalize him for his teammate's costly mistake? Again, I would've understood why Williams did what they did, if they are actually fast enough for points. But that's not the case.

[tifosi1993]

Sainz's long runs is 0.5-1s a lap faster than Red Bull, it's too good to be true

Different fuel load. But I saw graining on Max's left front during the long runs, so Red Bull may encounter some tyre problems here.

[nani_s23]

By the looks of FP1/FP2/FP3, Ferrari is up there. They have a good chance for pole & race win.

Interestingly there some left front tyre graining on RB20 in FP3 during race runs. May be they are trying different set up.

In anyways, track temp conditions will be different (similar to FP2) in today’s quali which will improve grip level.

[Aviamata]

Mercedes is surprisingly good tho , maybe they find the correct setup .

[Aviamata]

Verstappen new engine FP3

[elnano14]

Our sector 3 is mighty

[Aviamata]

Red Bull has to go for a 3rd run in Q1 , so we have tyre advantage now

[Aviamata]

LEC S1 is not good at the moment

[elnano14]

Very good lap times on used tyres

[Aviamata]

Very good lap times on used tyres

Good news ! I hope this car working good on new tyre as well

[Aviamata]

LEC is losing 0.3s to SAI just in S1 , i hope that he is finding pace and not struggling

[elnano14]

Sainz is showing very strong
Leclerc with a very poor sector 1 again, he lost 3 tenth to Sainz in sector 1 alone

[Aviamata]

3rd run for LEC in Q2

[Cavallino]

3rd run for LEC in Q2

hope he isn't using an extra set

[Aviamata]

hope he isn't using an extra set

We run with a used set of soft in 1st run so don't worry

[Cavallino]

We run with a used set of soft in 1st run so don't worry

yeah but i want the ******** tyre advantage Red Bull always pulls

[tifosi1993]

So we will have 3 new sets of softs, Ferrari definitely saving a set for tomorrow.

[Cavallino]

good, because this is a race where red flags and safety cars are likely, it's a necessity really

[Aviamata]

Finally LEC match SAI in S1

[Aviamata]

Wow VER pull that out of nowhere , LEC need to up his game to get this pole

[elnano14]

The first run is not great, both are slower than our Q2 time

[Cavallino]

The first run is not great, both are slower than our Q2 time

not the first time we've failed to improve in Q3 this season

[Aviamata]

The first run is not great, both are slower than our Q2 time

Pls not Bahrain Q3 once again