2024 Mexican Grand Prix

[FLRacingFan]

Some of the youngsters are getting seat time in FP1 today. Big reception in CDMX for Pato this week.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Albon is crumbling, it’s looking more apparent each week he was only rated again because he was paired up with Latifi and Sargeant for however many years.

 

[Doc Austin]

Albon is sure having a wild streak.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Albon is crumbling, it’s looking more apparent each week he was only rated again because he was paired up with Latifi and Sargeant for however many years.

Oh!!!! indeed.
Colapinto has unintentionally gotten completely into his head.
Imo, the smartest thing to do for Franco is to sit out 2025, get as many kilometers in old cars as possible and there might be a spot for him at Williams in 2026.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Perez qualifies 18th for his home race.
Congrats Liam, that ride is yours next year.

Piastri will share row 9 with him.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Big pole lap from Sainz. Such a long run down to T1 here though, hopefully he can maintain it.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Lawson going with the same strategy as last week, his soon-to-be-predecessor will use the same strategy.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Bernd we need you.
First lap one SC in some time.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Albon out again. He's had a rotten streak since Colapinto made his debut.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Max forced someone off again btw.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Perez false start. Way ahead of his grid box

 

[donthaveanickname]

One stop race. Can Ferrari finally stop making rock tires?

 

[FLRacingFan]

What a lunge from Sainz!

 

[FLRacingFan]

Ferrari gonna run away with it while Norris and Verstappen eat each other alive. Wow!

 

[rd45usa]

This is good! Finally someone taking it to Max.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Max forced Lando off twice in three corners.

Mister Nice Guy gotta get the gloves off. On and off the track

 

[donthaveanickname]

That's two separate 5 second penalties for everyone not named Max.

Heck, if the roles were reversed Lando would probably get banned for the rest of the season.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Wait these count as track limit violations for Lando??
Who tf wrote this rulebook?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Max does get a 10s penalty. I'm shocked.

 

[donthaveanickname]

AMAFTSB retires from the race.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Awesome defense by Liam.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Not a very graceful couple of laps from Checo…

 

[donthaveanickname]

Another one

 

[FLRacingFan]

Looks like Verstappen is going to cycle out effectively P6 and should come up on Hamilton at some point.

Was pretty strange seeing a car stationary for a whopping 20 seconds in the pit box before the crew could go to work.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Scrappy race so far, lots of battles out there.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Looks like Verstappen is going to cycle out effectively P6 and should come up on Hamilton at some point

I doubt he'll necessarily get there.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I doubt he'll necessarily get there.

Nope, has only fallen further back off of Hamilton since the pit. 12 seconds and counting. No pace today.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Slowly but surely, Norris is closing in on Leclerc.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Whoa Chuck

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hamilton finally gets Russell after what seemed like twenty laps of trying.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Great job by Carlos, I'll miss this guy in a red car.
Ferrari came damb close to their first consecutive 1-2 since 2008.

Terrific race, this was thoroughly entertaining.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Dominant performance by Sainz this weekend. Pole, re-took the lead with an excellent pass on Max, and never looked back. I’m sure it has to be a bittersweet having this pace with Ferrari right now knowing he’ll be in a Williams next year. I’m glad he got at least one more victory though.

Decent net gain for Norris today, Max cost himself four points with the penalties.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Haas in 7th and 9th with Magnussen holding off Piastri.

Can't overstate what Komatsu has done for this team. And how much of a joke Günther was.

 

[rd45usa]

Don't know about y'all, glad to see other drivers finally not putting up with Max tactics. Hope it continues. Really did rattle him.

 

[Doc Austin]

Max kind of went mental there for a bit, didn't he? Lando's view is pretty interesting: Lando Norris says Max Verstappen’s racing was not fair in the Mexico City Grand Prix and his title rival “got what he had coming to him” with the penalties he received.

 

[FLRacingFan]

As long as that’s what the rules and stewarding allow for, hopefully the other drivers keep that same energy. Elbows out. Yesterday had plenty of that type of driving throughout the field.

 

[FLRacingFan]

2025 has the chance to be generational with how the field has tightened by this point in the regulation cycle.