donthaveanickname
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F1 debut for Oliver Bearman.
2024 Saudi GP
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Doc Austin
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Bearman finishes P3 in the top 10! Coming in cold like that and delivering is what you want from a reserve. He's only had one session, so I expect he will get better.
Doc Austin
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Bearman P9 after FP1. I hope he can hold it together for the whole weekend and get a good result.
donthaveanickname
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Ollie qualified 11th. No matter if he scores a point tomorrow or not, this is an unforgettable experience for him.
I can't imagine what is going through this 18-year-old dude's mind right now.
It was less than three years ago when I saw him win a German F4 race at the Sachsenring. He grew up watching Hamilton win world title after world title and now gets to drive for the team every racer wants to race for before Lewis.
He's also the first ever F1 driver who was born after me. I'm surprised it took that long.
I can't imagine what is going through this 18-year-old dude's mind right now.
It was less than three years ago when I saw him win a German F4 race at the Sachsenring. He grew up watching Hamilton win world title after world title and now gets to drive for the team every racer wants to race for before Lewis.
He's also the first ever F1 driver who was born after me. I'm surprised it took that long.
Doc Austin
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Since they dumped the zeropod Mereceds have had to start from scratch, which puts them two years behind everyone else on development of these ground effect cars.
FLRacingFan
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Qualifying P11 on debut with a few hours’ notice at essentially a high-speed street circuit is impressive from Bearman. Nice showing.
Max extended his pole gap to P2 week over week…
Good result for Yuki in P9.
Max extended his pole gap to P2 week over week…
Good result for Yuki in P9.
Charlie Spencer
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It's a drizzly day, I'll give this a look.
Get That 88 Up There !!
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Hopefully Bearman puts in a good drive
Doc Austin
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Gasly has a gearbox problem on the formation lap. Cab Alpine get any worse?
FLRacingFan
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Alpine are so unbelievably ass.
Charlie Spencer
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And out.
Charlie Spencer
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There's a purple stopwatch icon on the pylon graphic. What's it mean?
FLRacingFan
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Fastest lap holder.
Gives you an extra point if you also finish in the top 10.
Doc Austin
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Checo ..... smacks that ass!
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lol Stroll
Charlie Spencer
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Only one pit crew per team, not per car?
donthaveanickname
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Charlie Spencer
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I like the shade of blue.
donthaveanickname
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That should be an unsafe release penalty for Perez.
Doc Austin
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Good grief. Max on used hards passes Norris on new mediums.
Doc Austin
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Lando jumps the start and avoids a penalty!
Charlie Spencer
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So penalty time is added at the end?
FLRacingFan
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New hards/old mediums; Norris didn’t pit yet.
FLRacingFan
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If he pits they have to wait 5 seconds before performing the stop, but it’s probably just a 1-stop race and will be added to his time at the end.
Charlie Spencer
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How is 'leaving the track' defined? All four tires off the black?
donthaveanickname
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Yep, as soon as all four tires are outside of the white line.
Charlie Spencer
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Maybe that's what I should watching. Maybe it's easier to tell who's who.
donthaveanickname
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Sky debuted that at last year's Hungarian GP iirc.
donthaveanickname
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Haas looking for a points finish from Nico.
Doc Austin
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Mags is having a career day for annoying other drivers. He's fighting like his life depends on it, and he doesn't know he has a 10 second penalty.
Charlie Spencer
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How can he not know? I assume the team has told him.
Doc Austin
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The announcers said the team hasn't told him.
FLRacingFan
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Pretty fantastic defense from K-Mag to help Hulk likely earn a points finish.
Really interesting to see the strengths and weaknesses of the Mercedes and McLaren with the same engine. McLaren is so good through the twisty stuff and the Mercedes maybe the fastest on the straights.
Really interesting to see the strengths and weaknesses of the Mercedes and McLaren with the same engine. McLaren is so good through the twisty stuff and the Mercedes maybe the fastest on the straights.
Charlie Spencer
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Sorry, I missed that
donthaveanickname
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Two of them actually.
As the team said on his radio his job was to keep the others behind so Nico can get the point.
Doc Austin
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Sainz is back in the Ferrari garage! When I had my appendix out it was three days in the hospital. Hooray modern medicine.
Doc Austin
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Bearman is having a hell of a race!
Since 2021 the driving standards were probably changed behind the scenes because all the dirty stuff has disappeared. Even Max hasn't put a scratch on his car since 2001. Everyone is racing very fairly, except Kevin, as the announcers pointed out, takes it right to the boundary of not acceptable.
That's good team strategy but if it were me I would want to know.
FLRacingFan
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Awesome debut from Bearman. Looked aggressive early on, managed his tires effectively once he got into space, and didn’t collapse under pressure from two of the best in the series. Well done.