2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[FittingMechanics]

Sky just showed footage of Vettel sitting down and talking with Helmut Marko in the Red Bull hospitality area.

Now that would be fun to see. Get Vettel back. Give a year to Bortoleto or Colapinto in the Torro Rosso and you may have a driver for 2026.

[Vettel165]

If the gap is more than 30-35 points tomorrow it would be quite a success. If the rain comes it will be a chaos. Hard days, we need a miracle from Max if it rains.

Very stressful weeks for me. Will post more when the situation will calm down a bit.

[Sergej]

I think there will be no quali today. They just delayed the start time.

[chrisc90]

A cancelled race weekend will be nice for the WDC.

Viewer wise id rather see the race

[FittingMechanics]

A cancelled race weekend will be nice for the WDC.

Viewer wise id rather see the race

I know RBR would love a cancelled weekend but I think FIA will look for any way to have a race. Remember Spa SC procession?

Max should hope qualifying takes place.

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[kediown]

How would this be even possible

[chrisc90]

How would this be even possible

Water in the airline to fill the tyres. Pretty easy to put water into a tyre.

However, Pirelli would pick up on it straight away when tyres were taken off after the race.

[Vanja #66]

Maybe best to make this a new topic right away, before this team thread gets spammed into oblivion

[chrisc90]

viewtopic.php?p=1255719

Thread to discuss the rumours

[Watto]

Unlikely but in the event the race is cancelled tomorrow what happens to the grid penalty for Max's engine change?

[rbirules]

Unlikely but in the event the race is cancelled tomorrow what happens to the grid penalty for Max's engine change?

I believe grid penalties are served at the first GP where the items are used, so he would serve it in the Vegas GP.

[Sergej]

Surely it's much better to have this GP canceled and serve the penalty at Vegas.

[pantherxxx]

For points to be awarded under the 2024 Formula 1 rules, at least two green flag laps (laps without the Safety Car) must be completed. Here’s how the points breakdown works based on race distance after those green flag laps:

At Least 2 Laps, Less Than 25% of Race Distance Completed:

25% of the usual points are awarded to the top finishers.
25% to 50% of Race Distance Completed:

50% of the usual points are awarded.
50% to 75% of Race Distance Completed:

75% of the usual points are awarded.
More Than 75% of Race Distance Completed:

Full points are awarded.

[JordanMugen]

Re: Colapinto to RBR
I've gone through grief > anger > acceptance.

It would be a shame if factional battles (Colapinto aligned with Horner, Lawson aligned with Marko) and desire for money results in RBR choosing Colapinto over Lawson, despite Colapinto not being significantly more impressive than Lawson.

Hopefully the rumours are untrue though!