Official 2024 Chinese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

Official 2024 Chinese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

Poll: Official 2024 Chinese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

Total Members Polled: 93

Perez: 32%
Leclerc: 9%
Sainz: 34%
Russell: 1%
Hamilton: 8%
Norris: 14%
Piastri: 1%
Alonso: 1%
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lambosagogo

254 posts

146 months

Thursday 18th April
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SturdyHSV said:
As should you wink

(by my count, that goes 6, 6, 3, whereas Haiku are famously (and definitively) 5, 7, 5 I thought...?)
It still counts in this context as he is using “any” of the rules of haiku, not “all” the rules. Different you see.

richhead

1,067 posts

13 months

Thursday 18th April
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to get things back on topic, it seems hamilton had a hissy fit about questions from the media about his move , anyone know what was said?

AceRockatansky

2,171 posts

29 months

Friday 19th April
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Anyone else up?

Just did my 8000 steps, so I'll probably nod off again

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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Just got up, only the one practice session before s****t qualy so it’s going to be hectic.

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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Well there’s one for the “unusual red flags” compilation. A small grass fire on the inside of Turn 7.

llewop

3,620 posts

213 months

Friday 19th April
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Sandpit Steve said:
Well there’s one for the “unusual red flags” compilation. A small grass fire on the inside of Turn 7.
Weird, if it is from skid block sparks, surely a fair chance of a repeat?

wavey TMI; woke for a wee and then thought; ‘why not watch since it is the only practice for the weekend’ not working Fridays now, so siesta later is possible if needed

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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A lot of track evolution at the end of that session, and I suspect a lot more to come through the s****t qualifying session. Someone’s going to time it wrong and get knocked out unexpectedly, and everyone’s going to want to be last across the line.

paulguitar

24,147 posts

115 months

Friday 19th April
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richhead said:
to get things back on topic, it seems hamilton had a hissy fit about questions from the media about his move , anyone know what was said?
There has been no 'hissy fit'.


ETA:

These are the comments that appear to have upset carlo on another thread:


"I don't feel like I need my decision vindicating," Hamilton said in Shanghai on Thursday ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

"I know what was right for me, and that hasn't changed since the moment that I made the decision.

There's not been a moment where I questioned it, and I'm not swayed by other people's comments.

Even today, there's people continuing to talk **** and it will continue on for the rest of the year," he added. "And I'll have to just do what I did the previous time.

Only you can know what's right for you and it will be an exciting time for me."


If that's what counts these days as a 'hissy fit', perhaps it's time for a few people to turn down their snowflakery.





Edited by paulguitar on Friday 19th April 08:07

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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Practice highlights, for anyone just getting up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnROQr2gT_E

Leithen

11,196 posts

269 months

Friday 19th April
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Possible rain at the end of the Sprint Qualifying.

Bunfights for early track position in the last session(s) with toys being flung out of prams.

carlo996

6,241 posts

23 months

Friday 19th April
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paulguitar said:
There has been no 'hissy fit'.


ETA:

These are the comments that appear to have upset carlo on another thread:


"I don't feel like I need my decision vindicating," Hamilton said in Shanghai on Thursday ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

"I know what was right for me, and that hasn't changed since the moment that I made the decision.

There's not been a moment where I questioned it, and I'm not swayed by other people's comments.

Even today, there's people continuing to talk **** and it will continue on for the rest of the year," he added. "And I'll have to just do what I did the previous time.

Only you can know what's right for you and it will be an exciting time for me."


If that's what counts these days as a 'hissy fit', perhaps it's time for a few people to turn down their snowflakery.





Edited by paulguitar on Friday 19th April 08:07
Why are you so emotive about people making comments about the build up to the race? He’s obviously rattled. It was also a bit weird to be taking about George’s fitness.

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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A well-timed shower in the next hour could be hillarious.

robscot

2,298 posts

192 months

Friday 19th April
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'spitting'

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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There was a good chance that going out early could have paid off massively, but the rain didn’t come except for a few spots, and now we have track evolution so those early runners, most notably Mercedes and Williams, need to go again.

Leithen

11,196 posts

269 months

Friday 19th April
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Grass on fire again. Delay between sessions? Rain coming....

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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Leithen said:
Grass on fire again. Delay between sessions? Rain coming....
Are they watering the grass with petrol? Never seen grass fires before unless there’s a serious accident, and it’s been quite wet in the past few days so you’d expect the grass not to be tinder dry.

And as they line up to go out for Q2, it’s raining!

paulguitar

24,147 posts

115 months

Friday 19th April
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carlo996 said:
Why are you so emotive about people making comments about the build up to the race? He’s obviously rattled. It was also a bit weird to be taking about George’s fitness.
It was you and your not caring who got all upset. I'm clarifying what it was that upset you.



Leithen

11,196 posts

269 months

Friday 19th April
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Woe is Me rcedes.

Sandpit Steve

10,498 posts

76 months

Friday 19th April
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14 cars covered by a second, and now it’s properly raining. George Russell the unlucky driver in 11th, and local boy Zhou the lucky one in 10th.

paulguitar

24,147 posts

115 months

Friday 19th April
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Great cheer from the local crowd there.