2024 Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix- Practice, Sprint & Qualifying

[racingbradley]

Hey @racingbradley
scrolling down the posts , i realized we have the same number of posts !!!

Well fancy that but I think you have already passed me by now.

[PURE PASSION]

Well fancy that but I think you have already passed me by now.

Its head to head mate !!!
all will go down to each keyboard update !!!!

[racingbradley]

Its head to head mate !!!
all will go down to each keyboard update !!!!

i think I would have my work cut out to keep up to speed with you.

[racingbradley]

Norris no penalty. Verstappen was penalised for similar offence in Austria earlier this season!!!

[GoodtimesF1]

You really believe red bull just lost that much pace? The went from 1st place garanteed to maybe top 5. Something was weird there. We will never know what happend but something was happening...

Edit: dont drink and post. Wanted to reply to the brake cheating post.

[racingbradley]

At last Charles goes fastest for the present. He was getting me worried!!!!

[jgonzalesm6]

Our future driver Hamilton is out of Q1. Meanwhile, Russell advances into Q2.

[racingbradley]

Our future driver Hamilton is out of Q1. Meanwhile, Russell advances into Q2.

Ah but the pundits et al reckon he will get his magic back when he joins Ferrari! I'm not holding my breath.

[jgonzalesm6]

Ah but the pundits et al reckon he will get his magic back when he joins Ferrari! I'm not holding my breath.

Same here.

[PURE PASSION]

Quite heart breaking to be 14 th and wait to have a good lap!!!

[PURE PASSION]

Why Lec had so bad lap on used ???
Did he made a mistake??

[drax]

Carlos seems faster this weekend

[PURE PASSION]

Yeh
Lec is not on his prime here
Let's see if we see any Q3 magic

[elnano14]

Max seems have around 2 tenths advantage on us in qualifying there, same as yesterday

[racingbradley]

Phew that was a relief to get both cars through to Q3. I was getting worried.
Gasly is going well and Haas are pretty solid here.

[racingbradley]

Carlos seems to be on fire here. I wonder what is up with Charles

[elnano14]

Once again we can not fire up the tyres enough

Too slow in sector 1 and early part of sector 2

[PURE PASSION]

Did we managed to set an S1 time on the last run???
We clearly can't heat the tires here but this looks good for the race. But nothing is guaranteed.
Hate to see Norris on pole

[nani_s23]

Did we managed to set an S1 time on the last run???
We clearly can't heat the tires here but this looks good for the race. But nothing is guaranteed.
Hate to see Norris on pole

Sainz last run was there for P2 until George messed it up.

Not sure what happ to Leclerc he’s struggling so much in S1.

[nani_s23]

There’s huge turn around for F1 in US. I am surprised to see such passion towards F1 in US.

There was Auto expo after the Sprint qualifying yesterday & Today.

It was very hot outside, thought these conditions would suit Ferrari car. Unfortunately their issues on Red Soft tyres still persist. But it bodes well in the race.

[nani_s23]

I am not sure whether can challenge Max on pure pace.

I was there at the track for Sprint Race, Norris McLaren were struggling on those mediums around Lap 10 onwards.

[paolo lalli]

Forget pole the team with the best tyre management and less Degregation will win.Ferrari are in this boots and all.

[PURE PASSION]

When you say Sai was for P2 ,what do you mean? How many sector's did he complete and what was his times? He was faster then Norris??
And Lec was slower??
Sorry for the many questions but don't have live timing

[nani_s23]

When you say Sai was for P2 ,what do you mean? How many sector's did he complete and what was his times? He was faster then Norris??
And Lec was slower??
Sorry for the many questions but don't have live timing

It’s compared to Max last Run.
Norris didn’t improve his S1, Sainz Improved, Leclerc I am not sure whether he finished S1 by that time.

[FerrariF60]

Did we managed to set an S1 time on the last run???
We clearly can't heat the tires here but this looks good for the race. But nothing is guaranteed.
Hate to see Norris on pole

We can’t fire up the tires in S1 due to front push rod suspension
Look at red bull and McLaren, they have no such problem. On the pace from first corner
If the rumors are true, and we are switching to front pull rod, then it may be a different story for next year…..is just that we’ll play catch up, as red bull had it since ‘22 and McLaren also had it for a while

Time we’ll tell if we’ll be among the best next year

[FerrariF60]

Sainz last run was there for P2 until George messed it up.

Not sure what happ to Leclerc he’s struggling so much in S1.

Maybe Charles’s car is set up more towards the race, so he’ll have better tire wear….we’ll see tomorrow

[nani_s23]

Maybe Charles’s car is set up more towards the race, so he’ll have better tire wear….we’ll see tomorrow

What I observed in this season is

1. Ferrari struggle on Red Soft tyres in quali
2. Leclerc is setting up his car more towards the race opposite to Sainz
3. Leclerc introduction of the tyres is slow & want to benefit end of the stint.

Hopefully next season Ferrari close the quali weakness.

Sainz whenever he see Leclerc infront or behind him … he gets agressive either in defending or attacking.
It reminded me of Austria 2022 sprint race.

[nani_s23]

On the other side, RB got the upgrade which is working & Max back to usual work.

[PURE PASSION]

At least if it cant be us , dont be Norris champion. Not that i like Ves but its that Nor is worst

[racingbradley]

After watching a re-run of the Sprint race I can only conclude that Sainz is very aggressive when he sees Charles in front. That scrap between them, which lasted for at least half of the race, could have ended in disaster. I think they both lost time and could have secured 2,3 for the team.
I hope we don't see a rematch between the pair of them during the race.