Its Crockett & Tubbs time.... the 2024 MIAMI VICE GP

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bottom post of the previous page:

MAX GETS POLE. 7th in a row. Only Senna has scored more consecutive poles.... he did 8 in a row once.

POS NO DRIVER CAR Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS
1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 1:27.689 1:27.566 1:27.241 18
2 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1:28.081 1:27.533 1:27.382 21
3 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 1:27.937 1:27.941 1:27.455 21
4 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 1:27.772 1:27.839 1:27.460 18
5 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:27.913 1:27.871 1:27.594 21
6 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:28.032 1:27.721 1:27.675 19
7 63 George Russell MERCEDES 1:28.159 1:28.095 1:28.067 21
8 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:28.167 1:27.697 1:28.107 21
9 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 1:28.383 1:28.200 1:28.146 21
10 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 1:28.324 1:28.167 1:28.192 21


11 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:28.177 1:28.222 15
12 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 1:27.976 1:28.324 15
13 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 1:28.209 1:28.371 15
14 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:28.343 1:28.413 15
15 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:28.453 1:28.427 15


16 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 1:28.463 6
17 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:28.487 8
18 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 1:28.617 9
19 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1:28.619 9
20 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 1:28.824 9

[Everso Biggyballies]

Sprint Race Highlights

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[SBan83]

I like Ricciardo's pencil mustache; almost makes him look like a modern-day Errol Flynn, another famous Aussie.

[Everso Biggyballies]

PROVISIONAL: STARTING GRID. Main Race

Reflects Danny Rics 3 spot Penalty from China for passing under SC. I would think seeing as he is dead last he might take a new engine just for the hell of it, have a spare in the bank for later in the year. That would entail a pitlane start. Miss any sillyness at T1 as befell Lando Stroll and Alonso yesterday. Of course the downside is he would miss out on the opportunity to make up a few spots off the line. Roundabouts and swings.

Its a long season, 24 races with 6 Sprints, and only 4 engines allowed. Having a 5th in the bank might be prudent and save a late season grid penalty for an extra engine being needed then. Just a thought.

Oh, and Ocon cops a 10 second penalty and a demerit point for an unsafe release to be served in the main race, from when he drove into Leclerc going out for the sprint race out lap to the grid. Crofty was saying he served that during the SC in the Sprint ...... a bit of a blunder because at that point Ocon hadnt officially received this penalty (The FIA doc with the penalty wasnt published until 9:36 pm, way after the Sprint race finished.) As far as I am concerned you cant serve penalties under the SC anyway.
I think Croft was just pre-empting an obvious penalty and got himself confused.. Its the only penalty given to Ocon over the weekend according to the FIA docs page.

Anyway the grid

[PTRACER]

I stayed away to watch the sprint. Besides the usual Max walking away with it, the race was alright.

Kmag's driving was pretty out of order. Not sure where I stand on the lack of a penalty for Hamilton for the start though. I hate drivers getting penalised for unintentional contact.

[DoubleFart]

Hamilton should have enough experience not to go full send in a 2 car width corner and try and overtake 4 cars at once.

[Star]

Oh great, the starting grid has changed. Some of us had Zhou down to start last in the game and would have scored points, but oh no, Danny Ric and his stupid penalty had to spoil it

Though if Ricciardo does go for a pitlane start as @Everso Biggyballies suggested, that would be a good thing as it would make Zhou last again

[erwin greven]

Hamilton should have enough experience not to go full send in a 2 car width corner and try and overtake 4 cars at once.

Two words: Silverstone. Copse.

[DoubleFart]

Hamilton should have enough experience not to go full send in a 2 car width corner and try and overtake 4 cars at once.

Two words: Silverstone. Copse.

Max shouldn't have turned in / Lewis didn't have to make the apex.

You can't argue with the Cult

[MonteCristo]

I stayed away to watch the sprint. Besides the usual Max walking away with it, the race was alright.

Kmag's driving was pretty out of order. Not sure where I stand on the lack of a penalty for Hamilton for the start though. I hate drivers getting penalised for unintentional contact.

Cut a corner, 10sec penalty.

Punt off a couple people, carry on.

Whatever the spinning wheel of race stewarding throws up goes.

[Senna4ever]

I stayed away to watch the sprint. Besides the usual Max walking away with it, the race was alright.

Kmag's driving was pretty out of order. Not sure where I stand on the lack of a penalty for Hamilton for the start though. I hate drivers getting penalised for unintentional contact.

Yeah, if the contact was unintentional, is it's really annoying to put penalties

[Everso Biggyballies]

So is Trump at the race?

Yes. Just spotted him in the intro, at the Hard Rock Stadium entrance, strutting around trying to look important.. Not looking as orange as he usually does

[Everso Biggyballies]

STRATEGY

It will be a one stopper almost certainly, with most opting for just the medium and hards. Most last year started on mediums and went to hards.... Max however, back in 9th on the grid, started on hards until lap 45 / 57, going onto the mediums which is what let him catch and pass Sergio, who ran mediums until lap 20 and then ran hards until the end.

The only oddball team were McLaren who both started on softs, ran a handful of laps before going onto hards through to the. end. They didnt trouble the scorers.

Interestingly this year Norris actually recorded the fastest time of all in Friday's Sprint Qualifying - but it was in SQ2 on the mediums. He liked that compound so much he ran it again in Qualifying, and Zak Brown has said their car comes alive on that compound.


So the likely options.



Who has what in the way of rubber

Max has one set of new mediums and two hards. Norris the only one of the leaders who has a new set of softs.




The tyres have a long life here with very little degregation.... the problem is keeping them in the window and not overheating them (we are looking at 50C track temp)



Pit lane duration in pit stops here is short, and under 10 seconds under SC or VSC. Last year we hd no SC or VSC, a clean run. The first year was different. An SC late on could cause a rush for softs.
They say a 20% chance of rain.

[Everso Biggyballies]

National Anthem time..... oh dear.

[Everso Biggyballies]

@Star. Danny Ric is taking the start from the grid and starting last.

[erwin greven]

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