2024 Miami Grand Prix

[donthaveanickname]

Couldn't Checo take out Max there?

 

[Greg]

Jos probably lost his mind on the first corner after Max almost got T-Boned by Perez.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Wow go Piastri!

 

[donthaveanickname]

Wow go Piastri!

Max ain't gapping them like he usually does. Fingers crossed!

 

[donthaveanickname]

Hülkenberg is keeping that Haas in a position where it's not supposed to be.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hopefully it’s hot and slick enough we get some two-stop strategies starting right here.

 

[FLRacingFan]

McLaren pace on the mediums has been really good all weekend. They struggled so badly on softs in the Q sessions for whatever reason.

 

[Greg]

McLaren pace on the mediums has been really good all weekend. They struggled so badly on softs in the Q sessions for whatever reason.

Do they have to run softs at least once? or can they opt for the Gard tires instead?

 

[Greg]

Good move for Perez to pit early he wasn't doing any good prior to the stop.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Do they have to run softs at least once? or can they opt for the Gard tires instead?

They just have to run two different compounds, not necessarily softs.

 

[Greg]

Hamilton is on hard tires, I wonder if he can get a longer run than everyone else, maybe a one stopper

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Okay, what's a virtual safety car? Is there also a physical one?

 

[FLRacingFan]

Great work by the marshalls to get that cleared quickly and before the leaders could get a free pit stop.

 

[Reck]

Hamilton is on hard tires, I wonder if he can get a longer run than everyone else, maybe a one stopper

Everyone is on a one stop strategy. That’s the usual with these F1 races.

Hopefully Mercedes doesn’t abandon another strategy mid race and pits like 3 times.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Okay, what's a virtual safety car? Is there also a physical one?

They pretty much reserve full safety car periods for when they have to have equipment on track for clean up or retrieval.

 

[Doc Austin]

Max takes out a bollard!

 

[FLRacingFan]

Lando has been awfully quick since Perez gave him clear air.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Greg]

Everyone is on a one stop strategy. That’s the usual with these F1 races.

Hopefully Mercedes doesn’t abandon another strategy mid race and pits like 3 times.

I was just wondering if two stops would be the more conventional option as posted by @FLRacingFan (post 46) with a single stop be the

.... never mind safety car..

 

[donthaveanickname]

Let's ****** goooooo Lando!

 

[FLRacingFan]

Wow…think that was by far Magnussen’s worst driving all weekend. Too narrow and twisty there to try to pass.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

They pretty much reserve full safety car periods for when they have to have equipment on track for clean up or retrieval.

Ah. Like now.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Bernd Mayländer isn't used to someone other than Max leading.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I was just wondering if two stops would be the more conventional option as posted by @FLRacingFan (post 46) with a single stop be the

.... never mind safety car..

Most of the drivers seemed to think Pirelli was too conservative with tire choices this weekend and that it would be a straightforward one-stopper with mediums + hards. Nice wrinkle here with the safety car though.

 

[Greg]

I thought Miami was an ocean city....

 

[Reck]

Wow…think that was by far Magnussen’s worst driving all weekend. Too narrow and twisty there to try to pass.

Just a Magnussen race weekend special.

Giving him no penalties for what he did in the Sprint was a mistake. Let a driver off the hook and he’ll continue his clown behavior.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Ollie is gonna get to race the Haas at some point this year, Kevin gotta be close to 12 penalty points now.

 

[Greg]

Bianca looking good in the McLaren (or any other) colors

 

[Greg]

Everyone is on a one stop strategy. That’s the usual with these F1 races.

Hopefully Mercedes doesn’t abandon another strategy mid race and pits like 3 times.

In any case I think starting on hards was a good call for Hamilton, to do something different when you are not starting in the top two or three positions.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Great pass around the outside of the carousel by Hamilton.

 

[Hotrod]

PIA and SAI nice and spicey. Too bad for PIA , front wing damage.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Good stuff. Sainz was seeing red there for a bit.

 

[Doc Austin]

So much racing. This has been really good.

 

[Greg]

We have a great race going...

 

[donthaveanickname]

Lewis is putting Perez under pressure, wow

 

[FLRacingFan]

Piastri lost wing bits.

 

[Reck]

Can this race end already? I need that Lando W. Need it.

 

[Greg]

I have no problem with the Sainz pass but F1s heavy hand may have something to say about the racing

 

[FLRacingFan]

This new McLaren looks awesome. Norris’s race pace is for real. Hopefully this translates to the rest of the calendar and we get this racing on a consistent basis.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I have no problem with the Sainz pass but F1s heavy hand may have something to say about the racing

Yep, all good IMO especially after Piastri ran him wide a few laps earlier with no further action.