2024 Canadian Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread 🏎️
FORMULA 1 AWS GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2024
My god is this race delivering - drama, overtakes, crashes everything
We need sprinklers randomly going off on all tracks.
ALBON NO
Just isn't Williams' year this year 😭
Edit: Dammit Sainz :(
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It never is.
Damn the mercs were quick at the end. We genuinely have 4 teams capable of winning
Haas what did you do with the pitstop..
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I don't even think they know...
Haas breaking everyone's ankles, holy moly.
Brundle on Perez: I forgot he was in it (the race), if I'm honest
Can't blame you there, Martin.
So unfortunate for Norris.
Crazy drama in this race so far.
Yeh well one could say it balances his luck from Miami
He also seemed to lose grip in the pit lane.
What a move by albono
Overtake of the day for sure.
Of the season till now
Bonkers strategy by Ferrari. What were they thinking.
Bold of you to assume they were.
Did the ghost of Mattias Binotto decide to haunt their paddock?
No way for them to get any points with the engine issue, might as well try something. As long as Charles doesn't crash there's no cost to going slicks
Lando carries on, with inters.. interesting.
One lap too much it seems
Mercedes have the opportunity to do something quite funny here.
Albono passing between two cars to overtake. Oh Albono and Canada is always exciting.
Totally understand why Haas made the call on wets, surprised more lower teams didn't try it
But equally surprised they put both drivers on wets.. smart choice for lower field runners surely would be split strategy?
My view is that they thought they're so low they might as well send it. What happens if it goes wrong? They finish last in the Constructors'?
Excellent start by K Mag on that wet tire. Disastrous for Ricciardo.
And Leclerc pits again. Looks like the Ferrari is back boys.
Well they are slow + leclerc has a PU issue. He was a perfect candidate for a crazy strategy because he ain't scoring points anyway
I sense a safety car
You called it.
And there it is.
This is exciting.....hope the weather gives us excitement till the end.
Agreed, but I think the tyre strategies alone will do that. I'm more worried about the safety aspect.
Sainz nooooooo!
Yuki NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(
Ooo, wet race.
I'm here for a ham podium!
Norris absolutely flying
Mclarens have seem to come alive
And then some. Piastri is looking spectacular, and a McLaren 1-2 would not shock me.
Of course Checo fucking takes the piss. It'll be fun to see who Red Bull put in that second seat in 2025. Maybe Sainz? Tsunoda?
Well, that was a very entertaining race!
Jeez Perez. Knocked the crap out of the rear of his car.
Go ric!
Are the stewards going to investigate that latest incident between Russell and Piastri? Seemed an unforced error from Russell, if you ask me. 5 second penalty, perhaps?
Edit: I said it!
Any bets on whether Leclerc will be able to finish?
Oof Sargeant.
Logan doesn't like a wet track, doesn't like a dry track.. I don't know if we can accommodate you, Logan.
Lando, nooooo!
He nearly took out Russell.
Their battle has been a comedy of errors, really.
safety car just as the rain arrives, this is gonna be mega interesting
Haas back to default settings
Leclerc retires from the race.
Its raining so I hope we get an exciting race!
Fingers crossed.. if it starts raining harder I'm sure they won't hesitate to red flag it.
As long as it starts before the rain hopefully we will be fine. Without the cars to dry it, yeh.
My concern is it gets red flagged due to a crash, then it rains loads
That's a broken rear axle?
Looked like from the replay.
How can Piastri's tires be one lap older than Max's, didn't they pit on the same lap?
Used in quali, maybe?
Yeah I think that's it, because I believe FP and quali are included in tyre age calculations when shown on the broadcast.
No more probably used in a FP session. Tyres used in quali usually have 3 laps on them - outlap + quali lap + inlap
Mhm, maybe..
So the inters turn into pseudo slicks right? So they can hold these until it rains then out on new inters?
Kind of, but they'll wear a lot quicker than the softs.
Russell and Norris fighting each other is helping max big time
I normally like most of the drivers but George bothers me
Norris needs to get back and give drs to piastri.
Too late..
Where the hell is the rain
Right now probably over the Old Port. The circuit sits on an island in between downtown Montréal and the southern suburbs of Saint Lambert and Longueuil.
Oh wow Max with a REALLY bad entry into that turn. Uncharacteristic of him. RB should probably just box for the softs imo.
Update: Yeah...I called it. I don't think anyone outside McLaren stands a chance at winning barring a red flag or a crazy strat. Pit now and go to the slicks.
Poor chuck
RB has got to be questioning their decision to re-sign that guy.
Red Bull have been making bad decision after bad decision since the horner sexual harrasment scandal. I think jos was right and the team is in disarray due to internal dissatisfaction with the investigation as well as all the politics going on
Imagine a timeline where Jos Verstappen is actually right. What an embarrassment...
Safety car.
So rain will arrive just as they've worn down the entire tread. Too bad we didn't see anyone gamble for slicks, if the rain isn't too intense maybe softs would be able to handle it.
Kick Sauber starting from the pits?
They broke parc ferme, to change their setup.
George doing George things, and where the hell did that extra burst of pace suddenly spring from for Norris.
Its like his tyres suddenly found 2 laps worth of total sweet spot
I'm actually interested in seeing the tyre wear on the McLarens. Could we see Norris have to switch onto slicks just as the rain arrives?
Norris was nowhere in the wet, while George and Max were wearing out their tires battling each other Norris could save his.
The Tyre Whisperer
When the track dries up a bit more, max could be in trouble.
I wouldn't be so sure. I think Norris lost a lot of pace after his last pit.
We will see.