Qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix did not provide many surprises as Max Verstappen was fastest once again. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will join him on the front row of tomorrow's starting grid, making it the 6th consecutive time they lock out the front row among them.
I don't see the need for sensors for this. Sensors in the track costs money. Video will suffice just fine - it was clear as day on Norris onboard.
F1TV is mostly good. Unfortunately it often has Will Buxton who is intolerable as he says asinine things with such gravitas, which is a shame.venkyhere wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 13:27F1tv too has Brit commentators. But there are more actual racing drivers there. So even if the 'brit fever' is present there as well, there are technical insights about car behavior and strategy, and not a 5 minute rambling about what a particular radio message really means is pretty rare.
The full 26 cars would be lovely!
Fair point and sounds sensible/makes sense, I’d but I guess I wonder if it only creates more ‘grey’ areas open to interpretation too much - or perhaps cases where one jump is picked up and punished but later footage is shown of an almost identical jump stewards didn’t pick up on. It’s a pretty common in most sports to see . Though can obviously understand the cost side in it too.
There’s plenty of appetite from the FIA and fans it seems, and from the drivers who are concerned about the lack of opportunities for younger drivers.JordanMugen wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 16:38The full 26 cars would be lovely!
But I don't think there is an appetite for it, given FOM money has typically exclusively been paid to the top 10 teams only causing teams beyond that to go bankrupt.
To undo that commercial arrangement (which incumbents are comfortable with) *now* would be very difficult -- be it to remove WCC and historic monies and pay every team the same, or to pay equal shares to all pay 13 teams, either seems almost intractable for a future Concorde agreement.
Meh, I don't see it. Guys like Bearman, Antonelli, Piastri, Lando, George, Charles, Max... these real talents will always find a way onto the grid. Six more seats would serve to help the second tier of young talent, not the truly elite tier. That wouldn't be bad, but I prefer the way it is now where the best of the best make it to F1 and where we have begun to phase out pay drivers. You open it up to 26 drivers, you dilute the teams earnings, the pay driver phenomenon would come back in force as you can always find a second tier talent with backing.JordanMugen wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024, 16:38The full 26 cars would be lovely!
But I don't think there is an appetite for it, given FOM money has typically exclusively been paid to the top 10 teams only causing teams beyond that to go bankrupt.
To undo that commercial arrangement (which incumbents are comfortable with) *now* would be very difficult -- be it to remove WCC and historic monies and pay every team the same, or to pay equal shares to all pay 13 teams, either seems almost intractable for a future Concorde agreement.
Having a few is certainly preferable to the majority of the grid being pay drivers the way it used to be. We shouldn't ignore progress in pursuit of perfection.
Only thing I seen was Oscar trying it round the outside in turn 1. But from memory watching the live feed, didn’t see any contact between them - not to mention it’s a odd place if there was contact with another car
