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

[Leithen]

McLaren front row with high downforce setup?

[Sandpit Steve]

What’s the plan here then, only an eight-minute session. Go out on softs, and decide after half a lap whether to push on those or box for inters?

Edit: nope, they’re all going on inters.

Edited by Sandpit Steve on Friday 19th April 09:10

[TheDeuce]

Sandpit Steve said:

What’s the plan here then, only an eight-minute session. Go out on softs, and decide after half a lap whether to push on those or box for inters?

Edit: nope, they’re all going on inters.

Edited by Sandpit Steve on Friday 19th April 09:10

I reckon put in an early, safe lap - for the sake of having something ahead of someone else likely crashing.

I'm not sure we're going to see any very ambitious laps, it doesn't seem worth the risk for sprint qualifying.

[Leithen]

Carnage!

[Smollet]

Leclerc continues his rise to stardom

[Sandpit Steve]

This track is like an ice rink!

[TheDeuce]

TheDeuce said:

Sandpit Steve said:

What’s the plan here then, only an eight-minute session. Go out on softs, and decide after half a lap whether to push on those or box for inters?

Edit: nope, they’re all going on inters.

Edited by Sandpit Steve on Friday 19th April 09:10

I reckon put in an early, safe lap - for the sake of having something ahead of someone else likely crashing.

I'm not sure we're going to see any very ambitious laps, it doesn't seem worth the risk for sprint qualifying.

CLC, made my point. Cheers matey.

[Sandpit Steve]

Well that was an exciting 10 minutes!

Edit: not over yet either, Norris went offf the track, that’s a matter of fact is it not?

[Leithen]

Chaos!

Well done Norris, Hamilton and Alonso.

[Hustle_]

Stewards can't quite decide where 'in' and 'out' are

[rallycross]

Interesting that with f1 not having raced here since 2019 only 4 of the drivers have not raced in F1 at this circuit that’s a very stable grid! Time to get rid of some of them for younger drivers.

[nnnitram]

Further proof that Ferrari fired the wrong driver. I'm very confused about what happened with those deleted laps but I'm happy for Norris. Anything that keeps Hamilton off pole is good with me.

[Tim the pool man]

YES!! Norris laptime reinstated! Thank goodness for that!

[paulguitar]

nnnitram said:

Anything that keeps Hamilton off pole is good with me.

I ask for no more or less than the fastest lap gets to have pole.

[Aids0G]

nnnitram said:

Further proof that Ferrari fired the wrong driver. I'm very confused about what happened with those deleted laps but I'm happy for Norris. Anything that keeps Hamilton off pole is good with me.

Great for Norris, sorry you have such an issue with Hamilton especially when they both and Alonso did cracking laps.

[TheDeuce]

Leithen said:

Chaos!

Well done Norris, Hamilton and Alonso.

Very difficult to beat a decent British F1 driver in weather like this!

Great to see the car advantages neutralised and the best drivers find their way to the top, I'm including Max in that - he was really pushing and he found the small areas of grip for his last lap.

[paulguitar]

TheDeuce said:

Very difficult to beat a decent British F1 driver in weather like this!

Great to see the car advantages neutralised and the best drivers find their way to the top, I'm including Max in that - he was really pushing and he found the small areas of grip for his last lap.

Yes, just great to get a very rare reset and see a chance for more drivers to do well.

[TheDeuce]

nnnitram said:

Anything that keeps Hamilton off pole is good with me.

It's becoming rare to see such blatant, unjustified hate displayed publicly these days. Well done.

[tangerine_sedge]

That was unusually exciting for a quali session, I can't help but feel we've just watched the best bit of the entire weekend. I hope not, and the actual races can be equally as thrilling...

[richhead]

paulguitar said:

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

Thank you for telling me, i hadnt seen the interview, just heard, wrongly it seems, that he had got upset.