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2024 Formula 1 Season thread
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Car manufacturers are not pulling out of EV production and are manufacturing various technologies alongside each other in what is a transition phase. Making comments about 'fancy gold carts driving around Amsterdam and London' is so far removed from the reality here in Europe. People are driving long distances in EV's hence why infrastructure exists to make this possible. EV's are very much at the forefront of the automotive sector and the technologies are present in F1 because of this. This might not be the perception in a unique market like the United States, but that is largely irrelevant to the rest of the automotive industry due to less current requirements.
Surprising no-one, HAAS has confirmed Kevin Magnussen will be leaving at the end of the season. Now we just wait for the official announcement of the signing of Esteban Ocon.
(Flagged for deletion as the tweet is not from F1 and there has been no official word).
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That’s a shame. Now F1 is competitive again it’s fun to watch.
The tweet I referenced was not actually from F1, but from a Spanish-language source. I have not found any collaborating statements from F1, so I believe it was a troll tweet.
The track did receive some 20cm of water per reports of mechanics "swimming" in the paddock and the McLaren hospitality suite had it's roof ripped off by high winds, so it was a heck of a storm that blew through.
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Yup. That is why the pit wall PCs were all blue-screened. Evidently all the teams running Mercedes PSUs were also affected.
And Charles LeClerc just spun into the wall in FP2 to bring out the Red Flag so he's done for this session.
Max is running a new engine cover designed for Hungary and other slow-speed circuits. Seems to be working well for him. Perez does not have it. Both cars have multiple other updates.
Free Practice One
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 01:18.7 | 27 | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 01:19.0 | +0.276s | 20 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 01:19.0 | +0.298s | 29 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 01:19.1 | +0.424s | 28 |
| 5 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 01:19.2 | +0.467s | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 01:19.2 | +0.498s | 26 |
| 7 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 01:19.2 | +0.536s | 26 |
| 8 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 01:19.3 | +0.547s | 26 |
| 9 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 01:19.3 | +0.552s | 25 |
| 10 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 01:19.3 | +0.574s | 29 |
| 11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 01:19.4 | +0.727s | 22 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 01:19.6 | +0.865s | 27 |
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 01:19.7 | +0.973s | 24 |
| 14 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 01:19.8 | +1.081s | 22 |
| 15 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 01:19.8 | +1.091s | 28 |
| 16 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 01:19.9 | +1.172s | 26 |
| 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 01:20.0 | +1.263s | 26 |
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 01:20.0 | +1.310s | 26 |
| 19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 01:20.3 | +1.582s | 27 |
| 20 | 50 | Oliver Bearman | HAAS FERRARI | 01:20.4 | +1.658s | 27 |
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Free Practice Two
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | TIME | GAP | LAPS |
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 01:17.8 | 24 | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 01:18.0 | +0.243s | 20 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 01:18.2 | +0.397s | 23 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 01:18.3 | +0.467s | 23 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 01:18.3 | +0.506s | 20 |
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 01:18.3 | +0.527s | 24 |
| 7 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 01:18.4 | +0.575s | 20 |
| 8 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 01:18.4 | +0.583s | 20 |
| 9 | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 01:18.5 | +0.726s | 22 |
| 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 01:18.5 | +0.731s | 23 |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 01:18.6 | +0.798s | 25 |
| 12 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 01:18.6 | +0.823s | 21 |
| 13 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 01:18.6 | +0.830s | 21 |
| 14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 01:18.8 | +0.966s | 25 |
| 15 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 01:18.8 | +1.003s | 25 |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 01:18.9 | +1.100s | 24 |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 01:19.2 | +1.391s | 25 |
| 18 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 01:19.3 | +1.498s | 8 |
| 19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 01:19.6 | +1.818s | 13 |
| 20 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 01:20.1 | +2.279s | 25 |
I found this photo.
The whole situation is bad, of-course, but also kind of funny in a perverted manner.I feel for all the IT guys and girls having to fix it, and the services and customers globally impacted. I could hear Toto shout “No George, no”. ← George Kurtz, CEO of CrowdStrike and big racing fan.
Has it been fixed... I'm searching for news now... guess so?
It messed up one of our apps at work.
It messed up one of our apps at work.
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For Mercedes yes it has. The fix is actually quite simple, but to apply it is a pain in a corporate settings when machines are locked down; will require a visit to each machine, manually unlocking encryption, boot in safe mode (if allowed, otherwise enable safemode, and if not installed allow USB boot or remote boot) and any half decent company would (should) have disabled all those features. But just like F1 engineering is at the top, the IT support there got it sorted quickly.
Norris in a world of his own in FP3. Some others got within a few tenths of him, but he dominated the entire session.
It rained heavily between FP3 and Q3 and rain is increasing as Q3 gets underway so first laps on slicks have to count.
It rained heavily between FP3 and Q3 and rain is increasing as Q3 gets underway so first laps on slicks have to count.
And Perez stuffs it into the wall to bring out the Red Flag with 6:46 to go. Big shunt so even though he is 9th at the moment, he will drop to 15th in Q2 and probably actually start from Pit Lane.
Nope he won’t. Out in Q1 🤷♂️🤣 With a crash causing a red flag. What an absolute muppet.
And did it while in 9th place (so safe) and not even really pushing. Just blew it in a corner.
Max is out of the car and not going to make a final run when the session restarts. He only has used Softs so he cannot improve. Alonso has also decided not to restart.