Official 2024 Chinese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***
Poll: Official 2024 Chinese Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***
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Discussion
Here we are in China, for the first time since 2019. It’s a Sprint weekend (sorry) so the teams will have a lot of work to do to understand this generation of cars and tyres on the notoriously bumpy circuit.
You’d have to expect a Red Bull 1-2 here, but a close fight between Ferrari. McLaren and Mercedes.
Poll is for 2nd place, following Max’s domination in Japan.
Date(s): Friday 19 to Sunday 21 April 2024.
UK Broadcast Timings (and track time)
All sessions are live on Sky F1. Channel 4 is showing highlights of Qualifying and the Race.
2019 Highlights:
https://youtu.be/zKfmiAYiC-M?si=lhroKc_FJp4RKOty
Tyres:
Medium compounds C2-C4
2023 Result:
N/A
You’d have to expect a Red Bull 1-2 here, but a close fight between Ferrari. McLaren and Mercedes.
Poll is for 2nd place, following Max’s domination in Japan.
Date(s): Friday 19 to Sunday 21 April 2024.
UK Broadcast Timings (and track time)
All sessions are live on Sky F1. Channel 4 is showing highlights of Qualifying and the Race.
2019 Highlights:
https://youtu.be/zKfmiAYiC-M?si=lhroKc_FJp4RKOty
Tyres:
Medium compounds C2-C4
2023 Result:
N/A
Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 14th April 12:07
A slightly better time zone for most of us, than the last couple of races.
First time here since 2019, thanks to you-know-what, so it’s going to be a new circuit to quite a few drivers and team members, as well as the new formula cars.
The recent schedule must have beeen total hell for the teams, with two weeks between races they’ll all have come home and gone back out again bar a few setup crew, but I also suspect that potential customs issues in China or Japan would have precluded back-to-back races.
First time here since 2019, thanks to you-know-what, so it’s going to be a new circuit to quite a few drivers and team members, as well as the new formula cars.
The recent schedule must have beeen total hell for the teams, with two weeks between races they’ll all have come home and gone back out again bar a few setup crew, but I also suspect that potential customs issues in China or Japan would have precluded back-to-back races.
blackmme said:
Incredibly excited about next weekend in China, first Chinese Grand Prix in 5 years and if you were going to design one race track for this generation of F1 cars China would look like it.
Obviously we know who’s going to win but behind that it will be epic
Obviously we know who’s going to win but behind that it will be epic
Dont think I will raise my hopes of any excitement from F1! Unless I watch some old 1970’s and 80’ races. Some prequalifying, special quali tyres, bigger number of entries. Looser regulations. No DRS, no tyre heaters, more overtaking, plenty of getting the elbows out without endless penalties, decent stewards etc etc
Todays generation just watching paint dry
86 said:
Dont think I will raise my hopes of any excitement from F1! Unless I watch some old 1970’s and 80’ races. Some prequalifying, special quali tyres, bigger number of entries. Looser regulations. No DRS, no tyre heaters, more overtaking, plenty of getting the elbows out without endless penalties, decent stewards etc etc
Todays generation just watching paint dry
The trouble with Special Quali Tyres, the fact that Goodyear in particular only brought a small allocation to each race which were then distributed to 'favoured' teams and drivers.
'No hoper' teams just there to make up the numbers.
The difficulty in overtaking.
Poor driving standards that really needed sorting out (mainly Jarier to be honest).
Inconsistent stewarding/organisation.
Only being able to win if you have a car with good aero.
In addition there was complaints about:
A car driver combination that was ridiculously faster than the rest albeit with an ineffective/slow number 2 driver only there to pick up the pieces if something went wrong with the number 1 car (it did).
Top Teams favouring one driver over the other and manipulating repair time to impair one driver over another (a more recent big money signing) at a very important race.
The utterly ridiculous points system.
The manic travel schedule and the difficulty of organising it.
So, plus ca change.....
Edited by blackmme on Monday 15th April 08:39
Thanks as always, PiaP! I'm going to stick my neck out and say that there'll be some form of excitement this weekend, either driver/leader merry-go-round or result related.
Or maybe that's just hope
.
(But than what is life without that? :WistfulSighWhileLookingOutOfTheWindowAtTheRain: )
Or maybe that's just hope
. (But than what is life without that? :WistfulSighWhileLookingOutOfTheWindowAtTheRain: )
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