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Brio

AlphaTauri declined to send anyone along to the steward’s hearing for Verstappen impeding Yuki (for which he got nothing worse than a telling off)

So you expected RB's jnr team to send someone to knock Max even further down the timesheets? Unlikely i reckon.

stickyfiddle

Brio said:

AlphaTauri declined to send anyone along to the steward’s hearing for Verstappen impeding Yuki (for which he got nothing worse than a telling off)

So you expected RB's jnr team to send someone to knock Max even further down the timesheets? Unlikely i reckon.

I was assuming the stewards would have a mechanism for giving reasonable penalties without the wronged team turning up to whine about it. Given how much the Sky coverage went on about having 100+ cameras around the circuit plus timing loops and something like 200 sensors per car you'd think that would be enough? 

Cols

stickyfiddle said:

Brio said:

AlphaTauri declined to send anyone along to the steward’s hearing for Verstappen impeding Yuki (for which he got nothing worse than a telling off)

So you expected RB's jnr team to send someone to knock Max even further down the timesheets? Unlikely i reckon.

I was assuming the stewards would have a mechanism for giving reasonable penalties without the wronged team turning up to whine about it. Given how much the Sky coverage went on about having 100+ cameras around the circuit plus timing loops and something like 200 sensors per car you'd think that would be enough? 

Absolutely this.  After all, I remember Alonso getting penalised at Hungary ‘07 for impeding his own teammate in qualifying, without McLaren having to go whining to the stewards about it.

Brio

I'm not suggesting that the F1 management are in any way helping Red Bull any more than any other team. Just want to make that clear.

stickyfiddle

Aaaaand Max was miles ahead again in FP1

Cols

stickyfiddle said:

Aaaaand Max was miles ahead again in FP1

But if you were just looking at the pace of the other Red Bull, you would conclude that the team are in just as much trouble as they were in Singapore.

stickyfiddle

And DR is looking unlikely for Qatar in another 2 weeks. Great news for Lawson though. 

euan

MVs race pace was a second faster than Sainz!

insane. 

Cols

euan said:

MVs race pace was a second faster than Sainz!

Shit.  He’s just going to walk it again, isn’t he?

What was Perez’s race pace like?  He’s been making a habit this year of qualifying badly but clawing it back on Sunday.

stickyfiddle

Yuki and DR will be with AT next year. Which is obvious but also boring and a maybe a little bit unexpected considering it's RB making the decision

TimmyO

<McLaren happiness>

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

That was an insanely dominant performance from Verstappen. The gap between him and Perez in the same machinery is enormous. It'll no doubt be an easy walk in the park tomorrow for Max.

Which is a shame, as again the rest of the field looks pretty tightly bunched and it could be a great race for the rest of the top 10 spots.

stickyfiddle said:

Yuki and DR will be with AT next year. Which is obvious but also boring and a maybe a little bit unexpected considering it's RB making the decision

Great way for Yuki to celebrate, really good quali performance. Hope he manages to actually make it past a couple of laps in front of the home fans this time. He's had some really shitty luck recently, and he seems a really likeable fella.

stickyfiddle

Anyone up early for Suzuka? 

WTF is Perez doing? Do they still have time to drop him for DR next year..? 

thumpingrug

Im up, mostly due to cats being annoying - so a few laps behind live.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

stickyfiddle said:

Anyone up early for Suzuka? 

WTF is Perez doing? Do they still have time to drop him for DR next year..? 

Looks like he's being demoted to test driver mid-race!

thumpingrug

WOW!  wtf is he playing at.  

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Predictably crushing victory from Max, but great performance from McLaren.

Not a bad race aside from Max disappearing into the distance.

stickyfiddle

Phenomenal race from McLaren - absolutely peerless today, ignoring Max who is on another planet. Between this & Singapore they're looking like a solid top3 team. And very happy for Piastri

I'd love to see someone else in that second RB at this point, just to give Max another benchmark to try and work out whether he's really that good or if Perez has just gone completely to shit

TimmyO

I got up and watched it - would have been fun to see Max have to overtake one of the McLarens but I’ll take 2 McLarens on the podium! 

Perez’s lunge was awful - oddly clumsy 

sinbaadi

TimmyO said:

I got up and watched it - would have been fun to see Max have to overtake one of the McLarens but I’ll take 2 McLarens on the podium! 

Perez’s lunge was awful - oddly clumsy 

It was desperate.  He looks desperate and even by his standards at a low point in his career.