2024 Austrian Grand Prix

[donthaveanickname]

Watched a sprint for once.
Max was under fire from Lando for a couple of laps but then Oscar got ahead of Lando and nothing else happened.
These sprint races are pretty forgettable. F1 needs a strategic component.

 

[Doc Austin]

These sprint races are pretty forgettable. F1 needs a strategic component.

Reverse the sprint grid by points. That would shake things up.

 

[Doc Austin]

Max is probably too far out of reach, but at least now someone is making him work for it. I think we all knew Red Bull would be unbeatable at a track that suits them, and tomorrow might be more of the same.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Reverse the sprint grid by points. That would shake things up.

Don't you complain about gimmicks normally?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Ollie scored some points this time.

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/f2-austria-bearman-scores-sprint-win-to-end-premas-dry-spell/10629130/

 

[donthaveanickname]

Perez 12th in Q1 on brand new tires.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Sprints are so hit-or-miss. Was really interesting for about five or six laps. Nap-inducing afterwards.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Aston Martin may have gone from 2nd-quickest to 7th-quickest car in the span of a season and a half, but at least they’ve announced Lance Stroll through 2026!

 

[Doc Austin]

Don't you complain about gimmicks normally?

If you can think of a better way to make sprints more interesting, I'm open to ideas.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Verstappen put one down on them in Q3. Pole by four tenths over Norris. His most dominant qualifying effort in a good while.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Reverse the sprint grid by points. That would shake things up.

That’s been my opinion ever since they introduced sprint races. Teams would never go for it though, at least not the ones that matter.

At least by now they’ve managed to decouple it from the actual Grand Prix.

 

[Doc Austin]

That’s been my opinion ever since they introduced sprint races. Teams would never go for it though, at least not the ones that matter.

I'll admit if fake and phony, but we already have that with cheesy tires and fake degradation, and we all hate fakey fake DRS. A little more fake wouldn't harm much and it might be fun. We could use another race or two like Hungary 2021.

 

[Doc Austin]

Jos would never act like a butthole, would he?

Verstappen says latest spat spat between father, Horner 'could have been avoided'

Max Verstappen says the rekindling of the animosity between his father Jos and team principal Christian Horner at the Austrian Grand Prix could have been avoided. Jos Verstappen claimed before the …

racer.com

 

[Doc Austin]

Verstappen might get a grid drop for "driving unnecessarily slowly."

Verstappen takes Austrian GP pole but faces investigation for pit exit incident

Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix but is under investigation for driving too slowly in the pit lane exit.

www.racefans.net

My guess is that he will get a warning.

 

[Doc Austin]

Now McLaren is protesting Piastri's penalty. https://racer.com/2024/06/29/mclaren-protest-austria-qualifying-results-over-piastri-deletion/

 

[donthaveanickname]

Max didn't get fined when he called Stroll a retard.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrified-tsunoda-fined-for-using-slur-in-f1-austria-qualifying/10629470/

 

[Doc Austin]

Max didn't get fined when he called Stroll a retard.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrified-tsunoda-fined-for-using-slur-in-f1-austria-qualifying/10629470/

Yuki is doing his "Speaka no english!"

The poor guys can't even say something heat of the moment without getting hauled before a tribunal or fined more than most of us paid for our houses.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Aston Martin may have gone from 2nd-quickest to 7th-quickest car in the span of a season and a half, but at least they’ve announced Lance Stroll through 2026!

8th this weekend, they're only ahead of Williams and Sauber.
It's quite baffling. They nailed their 2023 car but haven't gone anywhere since and some their upgrades even sent them backwards.
I was hoping to see Alonso on the top step of the podium again but now even points are a long shot.

 

[Hotrod]

Your F1 entertainment brought to you by team Alpine.
I can remember a time long ago when that was the
case every weekend at the front of the field.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Very uncharacteristically poor stop from Red Bull, might have a real battle for the win now. Wow!

 

[Hotrod]

There we go Lando !

 

[donthaveanickname]

All of a sudden Lando is 1.1 behind on new tires!

 

[Greg]

This is great stuff

 

[FLRacingFan]

Drama!!

 

[Hotrod]

Theres a little excitement for ya !

Yep , Maxs fault.

 

[Efisher131]

This is the best track on the F1 calendar

 

[donthaveanickname]

That was coming for a long time.
Fistfight please.

 

[donthaveanickname]

That was like the fourth time Max defended with unfair methods, he earned that.
Drove into him.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Max was playing a dangerous game with the late fade under braking. Eventually it was going to bite.

 

[Doc Austin]

Boring race gets good at the end, and it's not even done yet.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Norris should've come back out again just to pull a Kenseth on Max.

 

[Efisher131]

Crashtappen hasn’t been showing his true colors lately because no one has been able to touch him, but here’s your reminder of who he is.

 

[Greg]

Max is a hell of a talent but that was on him.

 

[Hotrod]

Thats the most excited I've heard Toto in a couple years.
"George you can win this !"

How about ya Haas ! Lets Go!

 

[Greg]

Happy for Russell if he can keep it together.

 

[Greg]

Good call on the penalty for Max.

 

[Greg]

They will probably need to hook up an Imodium IV up for Jos.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Huge win for morale at Mercedes. That car has come a long a good bit this month.

 

[Hotrod]

Nice fresh Podium.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Perez can’t even beat the top Haas.