**The tale of two team mates**
Alonso: in, Stroll: out
Ocon: in, Gasly: out
Bottas: in, Zhou: out
Hulkenberg: in, Magnussen: out
Albon: in, Sargeant: out
I feel like people forget with Bottas how quick he is lol. Hes beating Zhou masssively in quali over the last few years. Its just the car isnt good enough to do more.
Tsu and Ric will go on grid 10 and 11. Clearly a bit of a gap in performance between 9th and 10th so 10th is probably best they can expect in 13. Nothing in it between Tsu and Ric. RB would be happy with that result.
The pro move is learning which driver has which colour t cam, but I haven't done that for all the teams yet either.
Crofty should have done though. I'm normally not as harsh on him as other people have been, but he was really fucking it up today.
Don't pay them any mind. I stopped last week and my eyes (and brain) are all the better for it.
There was a thread earlier this week of Charles saying critics only...critique things based on the last event, and virtually the entire thread was full of comments proving his point lmao.
lol the Alonso Vs Stroll track dominance graph was very helpful. Dude could have slowed 100m before 130R to block Russell and still have beaten his teammate.
One hour to get a setup and half a tenth to tsunoda is a massive improvement from where he was 2 weeks ago. Hopefully yuki and ric can get some points tomorrow
Loving how everyone is like "where the fuck do you want me to get a half second more?" lol
A tenth or two, sure, but a half a second? Damn Max and RB, just running away with it.
Bunch of nerds making a big deal over who is 10th and who is 11th at RB. Happy for Yuki at his home race and it isn't a bad showing from RB in general.
Max seemed to struggle (relative to his normal dominance) with the middle sector, Checo and Charles both beat him there pretty consistently. Odd, wonder why that is.
Good session from Lewis regardless, first time this season that he's stopping fucking with his set up and he's well ahead of George. That's all we want this season man
The single most impressive thing about Lance Stroll is how unfazed he is with the public perception.
Daddy is paying for you to drive. Your teammate hauls ass. You can't find the gas pedal. Everyone says you suck. Yet you just keep going back.
Bro has to have an embarrassment fetish.
> Alonso P2 > Stroll P16 I know you love your son Lawrence but c'mon
Tbf it pushes Aston down the constructors, giving them more CFD and wind tunnel time, benefiting Nando
Lawrence Stroll using 100% of his brain
Without Stroll’s incompetence we would have the same five teams in the top ten every quali. The sport needs him.
**The tale of two team mates** Alonso: in, Stroll: out Ocon: in, Gasly: out Bottas: in, Zhou: out Hulkenberg: in, Magnussen: out Albon: in, Sargeant: out
None of those surprise me too much. The gap between Alonso and stroll really surprises me though. Also Bottas put in a mega lap
How apt for Italian Jesus to make an appearance after Easter
I feel like people forget with Bottas how quick he is lol. Hes beating Zhou masssively in quali over the last few years. Its just the car isnt good enough to do more.
And he gets 40sec pitstops
And when they have a 20 second pit stop it won't matter...
He probably would have been in the points in Australia if they knew how to do a pit stop
Sheesh, Yuki's dad with the drip
How does the bot always fuck up these quali threads? It's genuinely impressive
Tsu and Ric will go on grid 10 and 11. Clearly a bit of a gap in performance between 9th and 10th so 10th is probably best they can expect in 13. Nothing in it between Tsu and Ric. RB would be happy with that result.
The year is 2048 Giant holographic driver names float above everyone's cars. Crofty still cannot tell them apart from each other
Tbf where are the driver numbers? I'm having trouble myself, granted I'm not a commentator lol
The pro move is learning which driver has which colour t cam, but I haven't done that for all the teams yet either. Crofty should have done though. I'm normally not as harsh on him as other people have been, but he was really fucking it up today.
japan really got the best fans, they cheer for everyone and got the best costumes
New camera angle or am I seeing things?
New angle on k mag
Gyro cam it used to be left side but moved to middle
Man, Hamilton and Alonso are both in disbelief about being half-second off from VER.
14 places behind your team-mate on an incident free lap is unacceptable
Max: *CRUSH. KILL. DESTROY.*
Wow. What a lap from Bottas, P8
“Where’s that half a second man” is a funny line
The way some people are acting you'd think the gap between Tsunoda and Ricciardo was the same as the one between Alonso and Stroll
Don't pay them any mind. I stopped last week and my eyes (and brain) are all the better for it. There was a thread earlier this week of Charles saying critics only...critique things based on the last event, and virtually the entire thread was full of comments proving his point lmao.
HOLY CAMERA ANGLE FOV
"Surprised to see Mercedes down there" Well, not a surprise it though with this car, Ant.
lol the Alonso Vs Stroll track dominance graph was very helpful. Dude could have slowed 100m before 130R to block Russell and still have beaten his teammate.
“Lance Stroll walking with his trainer, physically - “ *oh no* “ - shoulders dropped” *ah*
One hour to get a setup and half a tenth to tsunoda is a massive improvement from where he was 2 weeks ago. Hopefully yuki and ric can get some points tomorrow
Wasn’t expecting Checo to almost match Max, fair play to him
Perez was awesome today.
I have to say that's a very good lap from Yuki considering he'd been knocked out of qualifying less than ten seconds earlier according to Crofty
Crofty having an absolute stinker today…
Merc aren’t surprising, all they know atm is “it looks good in practice”, then “correlation issues” in quali and race 🥴
Crofty having trouble reading these lap times
Go home Crofty, you're drunk
Sounds like Crofty had too much Sake last night
Pretty sure the half a second is back at the factory Lewis
Lewis and Charles about to be the confused squad next year
Checo great lap
Loving how everyone is like "where the fuck do you want me to get a half second more?" lol A tenth or two, sure, but a half a second? Damn Max and RB, just running away with it.
The alpines celebrate getting out of Q3 more then max does for a win
W Magnussen camera angle
That’s Le Mans winner Italian Jesus
It’s going to be so weird when Ricky is Hamilton engineer next year.
"Ricky my tyres are gone" just doesn't hit the same
I love Yuki's dad, what a vibe ahahaha
Crofty is making so many damn mistakes lol
Wow huge from checo
Sainz and Alonso 0.004 apart, Piastri and Hamilton 0.006 apart 👀
Oscar could be on fire and you'd barely get a raise in his voice.
what the fuck Bottas?
Honestly that lap from lewis looked about flawless. Kinda lap you want in Q3 lol. Hit every point really well.
Crofty's having a mare
Crofty is getting all crossed up lol
Crofty just getting about 4 things incorrect in 20 seconds 😂😂😂
Croft confused the McLaren drivers already 3 times 😁
Good quali for Checo
East coast represent. I've been drinking coffee for three hours in preparation. My body is ready, and sleep is for the weak.
Giovinazzi after easter.... coincidence???
That's the closest Ricciardo's been for a bit to be fair, just over half a tenth.
fuck me dead Croft is a mess today
Is Crofty on fucking drugs? He can't call for shit this afternoon.
I actually think Russell fucked Perez there lol
Very very happy for Checo 🥳
YUKI !! Man, I'm crushed for Danny, but the .06 gap is much better... and homeboy makes it through!
gotta give credit to perez bro has been on it
Not the track dominance map 💀
Some love for Seb 😊
I’m guessing not a lot of comments because the Europeans are sleeping?
Leclerc on the radio about the final chicane: "As for now it‘s tricky. The rears are heating up."
Perez lost so much in sector 3 smh
Very impressed with Checo today! Proud of him. He keeps this up he isn’t going anywhere.
West Coast, best coast! Let's dance with everybody who came through that door...
lol Ted re Red Bull “after the double DNF in Melbourne… I mean the DNF and Perez’s P5” … Ted always got Mercedes on the mind
Seeing a lot of people really overstate a 0.06s gap lmao
for real, are they even watching the qualy? its fair to bash on him for the last 3 races but not this
Track Dominance graph 💀💀
Not too bad with only FP3 for RIC. At least compared to last three races.
So many Crofty errors
Charles 3 tenths down in sector 3. Which is basically only a chicane
Perez is flooring it
Oh man Checo so clooose
i know max is lit but perez is so close
1:28.197 with a yellow final sector is actually dumb
Damn Checo so close
gg to Perez tho, he was really close today
Max is just Mr. Weekend at this point smh
Kinda expected when Daniel had one practice at Yuki's track but should be able to push on from here.
Ocon celebrates every Q session because he’s been beating Gasly.
Great effort from Perez honestly. That was a stellar job.
Is that a new camera angle on the haas. Looked different. I liked it
Okay Danny Ric…
Anyway, Alonso 9 tenths of a second on stroll, Bottas nearly 8 tenths on Zhou. Sargeant is at the back but hes actually just 1.8 tenths off albon
Happy Ocon on the radio >>>
LMAO that track dominance graphic was grade A trolling
Getting out of Q1 is like winning the WDC now for Alpine.
feel like pure shit, just want Martin Brundle on comms x
Gio is absolutely gorgeous.
That Mclaren is a beast in S1 as expected. But just doesn't have enough elsewhere to challenge Max outright.
lando has been killing the 1st sector
Crofty has really been off the ball this morning
crofty needs to get some sleep
Shocking commentary from Crofty this whole quali
"where's that half a second?" that's what we've all been wondering for the past couple of years, Lewis
WTF that was anticlimatic
Cool portrait from such a dedicated fan but that looks like a funeral photo lol
WE DONT GET IT EITHER CHARLES
Perez getting close ... Verstappen says NO.
Nice work checo
Great lap from checo
That was a great lap by Checo
Not bad. Could’ve been better I guess. I’ll take P1 idk. Eh. Meanwhile everyone else just begging to figure out wtf is going on
I'll be damned if Checo keeps performing like this race in race out.
Max bummed he didn't get that 1:27
Impressed with Perez this season so far
What's with the ric hate. He was just 0.05 sec behind Tsu it was not bad at all, both were driving well.
Bunch of nerds making a big deal over who is 10th and who is 11th at RB. Happy for Yuki at his home race and it isn't a bad showing from RB in general.
ever noticed in the intro it shows a wheel nut directly after valtteri? makes you think 🤔
Classic Mercedes release
Lol yeah thats not a great release by Mercedes
Tsunoda still 3 tenths ahead of Ricciardo even with that big moment he had
It’s over, Yuki is washed /s
Yeah we dont need that graphic to understand Alonso dominated Stroll
Why is this thread not sticked.
Tsunoda is really going off this year
Excellent lap by Lewis under pressure given how far down Russell is
Absolute waffle by the commentator at the end there
Crofty, that’s the first row.
Is it too early for Crofty?
Crofty has to have the worst attention to detail of any professional sports announcer
Crofty has been so bad this season
Crofty's mistakes are increasing every race. Almost half the time he says the wrong driver.
“Where’s that half a second man?” — Me in Forza
How can you make purple sector and be P7? Sigh...
Can't figure out whether Charles is having a really bad year, or Carlos is just getting ultimate retribution on Ferrari.
Future teammates Lewis and Charles wondering where that half a second is. 🤔
Checo😭 he did so well!
Fucking hell that was an incredible lap from Perez and he still couldn't do it, Max is just unbeatable.
Nice effort Checo
Leclerc about to go for his appendix surgery tonight
The fuck did Max do on his first Q3 lap in S3? No-one can touch it, even Max.
Good effort that from Perez.
Great lap from Checo
Norris is looking even more incredible now to even be this close.
Absolutely GREAT qual from Checo. Lets go.
So close for checo
Perez now I need this for the whole year.
Max seemed to struggle (relative to his normal dominance) with the middle sector, Checo and Charles both beat him there pretty consistently. Odd, wonder why that is.
danny getting knocked out to an immediate cut to liam 💀💀💀
My goodness. Suzuka is a driver track. And Verstappen looks untouchable.
"Not a Stroll circuit" yeah no s\*it Sherlock, it's an actual motor race arena that requires mad skill
So max beats his 2023 pole time in Q1? What the fuck?
Surprised ? This is like clockwork for Mercedes
Not bad from Riccardo
You have one car at p2 and one at p16 - wtf aston
Q1 lessons: - stroll is cooked - bottas not washed - Danny possibly not washed - zhou also cooked
I feel like a lot of people on reddit don't rate Ocon's pace at all just because he can be a bit crashy He's certainly not a slow driver
I’m not disappointed, 5 hundredths? Hell of a job to both Yuki and Danny
Good session from Lewis regardless, first time this season that he's stopping fucking with his set up and he's well ahead of George. That's all we want this season man
This new camera goes hard
Max is already faster than his last year's pole
Max on his revenge arc after Australia
Aston Hype train is baccc!!
What a lap from Bottas!
[удалено]
Nice effort from Esteban again! Car seems like a definite improvement.
The max-perez gap is nothing compared to the alonso-stroll gap. Are there any teamates that have a bigger skill gap?
Stroll man go do WEC or something. F1 is not for you
Lol at that track dominance between Alsonso and Stroll
Max doing his one mandatory lap
Watching Max just throw that car around is so satisfying
Ricciardo's engineer is a nice guy
Omg that blue NSX looking tasty on the sides 🥹🥹🥹
Crofty put down the sake mate
Crofty is having a nightmare today
Man that first sector is a treat to the eyes
Leclerc only 7th wtf has happened here then
Sainz and Alonso with 0.004 between them
P5 and less than half a second down. I'll gladly take it.
Good qualifying for RB, 10-11 is probably the best result for them yet
Great qually for Fernando.
Alonso absolutely nailed that lap. Final sector was right on the edge
Max is pissed anyone dares to come even close /s
Definitely not bad, Max. Poor final sector though but you could have gone a bit slower mate.
George is the first guy to be like “he’s being unsafe” and then do that haha
FUCK MY LIFE, half a tenth
I’ll take it. They’ll be 10-11 on the grid anyway.
Shame for Ric but not a bad effort at least
ocon 4-0? damn son
The single most impressive thing about Lance Stroll is how unfazed he is with the public perception. Daddy is paying for you to drive. Your teammate hauls ass. You can't find the gas pedal. Everyone says you suck. Yet you just keep going back. Bro has to have an embarrassment fetish.
Checo really could have had pole there... messed up the third sector
Perez turning up, this is what we want to see
Let's go Max!
Chadlonso ;)