stormybadger8 said:And that's not even the half of it. Now purple doesn't necessarily mean fastest sector, 🤦 green isn't always better than the last one, and yellow isn't even guaranteed to be slower. 🤦😵
God knows what kind of intern they have running this stuff. 🙄 Idiots. They’ll probably screw up the live graphics just like they butchered the perfectly functional Live Timing and the app—which they spent two whole seasons trying to fix, and even now, it's still barely halfway back to being decent.🙄
It's absolute bottom-of-the-barrel garbage. You've got George Russell and Lewis Hamilton out on a flying lap, they hit Sector 3, and both show purple for sectors one and two.
Don't even get me started on the fact that in one lap, Russell had a purple first sector but was somehow trailing Charles Leclerc or Max Verstappen by 0.8 seconds in that same sector—I can't even wrap my head around it.
James Harris34 said:Don't sleep on McLaren—they look incredibly sharp right now, maybe even the class of the field, but they're one of those teams that tends to hide their true pace until the right moment.
Honestly, McLaren is dealing with a massive headache regarding front brake overheating. I'm pretty sure they didn't manage more than ten consecutive laps all day without hitting issues. It wasn't really an issue back during the cool weather in Barcelona, but out here in this heat, it’s become a glaring problem—enough that Norris mentioned he's just praying they can sort it out within the next week.
And even Russell is out there fighting his own car today—just constant lockups and massive understeer. Honestly, Mercedes is looking like they’re having a seriously rough time right now.
We'll see what kind of beast they roll out tomorrow, but honestly? It blows my mind that they’d waste three whole days testing a car that’s already showing up slower than its sibling in the simulations.
hiddensailor7 said:First day of testing, brand new cars, totally new tires, even new fuel—and Leclerc's time is sitting at just a second and a half slower than last year's best Practice 1 time in Los Angeles, which puts him about 3.4s off pole position. I’m telling you, these things are gonna be absolute rockets. I’d bet my life savings they'll be faster than last year's 🙂
and he's saying this while running on medium tires
Raymond Anderson4 said:It looks like the Red Bull was basically finished five minutes before they rolled it out of the garage—seriously. The HALO looks super budget, and those sidepods? Total cheapskate vibes. But hey, if they actually managed to pull that off that fast, massive props to Newey and the crew.
Either the HALO is just looking low-budget, or they’ve somehow obsessively tuned every single tiny detail to deal with those damn porpoising issues.🤔
Mercedes, Red Bull, and Ferrari—we're looking at three totally different design philosophies here.
Honestly, there’s nothing quite like that first year under a new set of regulations, assuming one specific concept doesn't just absolutely run away with the championship and leave everyone else in the dust.🍿
graniteharbor502 said:I consider myself the forum's own Lewis Hamilton: both a runner-up and a constructors' champion 😁 yet, one cannot help but feel the championship was ultimately snatched away by questionable officiating decisions 🤣
1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Max Verstappen 3. Valtteri Bottas 4. Sergio Perez 5. Charles Leclerc 6. Carlos Sainz 7. Pierre Gasly 8. Lando Norris 9. Fernando Alonso 10. Esteban Ocon 11. Daniel Ricciardo 12. Sebastian Vettel 13. Lance Stroll 14. Kimi Räikkönen 15. Antonio Giovinazzi 16. Russian 17. Nicholas Latifi 18. Monaco Grand Prix 19. Mazda
Check out the results at the link below: US Grand Prix in Qatar
Just two quick things: darkmarlin16, you were a bit late getting your picks in, graniteharbor502, you accidentally listed VET twice in your prediction,
Everyone else—do me a favor and double-check your points.
vividlynx68 said:What is this even supposed to be?! When is the third practice session?
Both Brazil and Silverstone have sprint races scheduled—the deal was that forecasts get submitted by the start of qualifying, which kicks off right after the first free practice session.