Official 2024 Miami Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[zsdom]

robscot said:

Drive thru for lewis. Amazing.

After the chequered flag, good job stewards

[Blink982]

That was a bit crap.

[Mr Tom]

Crap track
Crap driving (other than Ricciardo)
Crap TV coverage
Crap racing.

Overall rating: Crap

[PlywoodPascal]

robscot said:

Drive thru for lewis. Amazing.

Really? Bonkers.

If you speed in pit lane in practice or qualy you get fined…

If you do it in a race for a competitive pistop you gain an advantage, so obviously time penalties get issued.

What’s the gain that you earn when going through pit lane behind safety car in a queue? Is there an advantage that people need to be dissuaded from taking by harsh penalties? Nope… so why the severe penalty? It’s toughest penalty we’ve seen for almost anything for years. Even deliberately ramming or brake tearing hasn’t attracted worse…

Edited by PlywoodPascal on Saturday 4th May 17:46

[732NM]

Kmag driving like a knob again.

Danni wasn't giving that 4th up.

Max pulling 1 second in a few corners at will, it's too easy.

[mattyn1]

PlywoodPascal said:

Really? Bonkers.

If you speed in pit lane in practice or qualy you get fined…

If you do it in a race for a competitive pistop you gain an advantage, so obviously time penalties get issues

What’s the gain that requires a penalty that you get when speeding whilst going through under safety car conditions.

Crofty said the penalty equals 20 secs? so almost the same as KMag.

[Blib]

Another track/car combination where it's impossible to overtake.

[TheDeuce]

zsdom said:

robscot said:

Drive thru for lewis. Amazing.

After the chequered flag, good job stewards

I know - 20 seconds!? The one driver to make an overtake and it's made irrelevant by a technical infringement after the race.

Whatever, I guess none of it matters, he's fighting for nothing this year.

[732NM]

PlywoodPascal said:

Really? Bonkers.

If you speed in pit lane in practice or qualy you get fined…

If you do it in a race for a competitive pistop you gain an advantage, so obviously time penalties get issues

What’s the gain that requires a penalty that you get when speeding whilst going through under safety car conditions.

Who cares, it's for the scraps. Seems fair enough to penalise speeding in the pits as per the rules, it's always a slam dunk penalty.

[robscot]

PlywoodPascal said:

Really? Bonkers.

If you speed in pit lane in practice or qualy you get fined…

If you do it in a race for a competitive pistop you gain an advantage, so obviously time penalties get issued.

What’s the gain that you earn when going through pit lane behind safety car in a queue? Is there an advantage that people need to be dissuaded from taking by harsh penalties? Nope… so why the severe penalty? It’s toughest penalty we’ve seen for almost anything for years. Even deliberately ramming or brake tearing hasn’t attracted worse…

Edited by PlywoodPascal on Saturday 4th May 17:46

Amazingly bad…! For reasons you outline.

Could argue even less safety issue as clear all cars are chugging through.

[Nova Gyna]

TheDeuce said:

zsdom said:

robscot said:

Drive thru for lewis. Amazing.

After the chequered flag, good job stewards

I know - 20 seconds!? The one driver to make an overtake and it's made irrelevant by a technical infringement after the race.

Whatever, I guess none of it matters, he's fighting for nothing this year.

They’ll be lucky if they get a couple of podiums between themselves this year. Car looks an absolute dog. This track is st too so that’s probably not helping either.

[732NM]

Kmag being honest. Admitting he was breaking the rules and driving like a dick on purpose. Clearly the penalties dont offer a deterrent.

[Leithen]

732NM said:

Kmag being honest. Admitting he was breaking the rules and driving like a dick on purpose. Clearly the penalties dont offer a deterrent.

He and HAAS should be penalised as Hulkenburg benefitted.

[g4ry13]

Mr Tom said:

Crap track
Crap driving (other than Ricciardo)
Crap TV coverage
Crap racing.

Overall rating: Crap

See you for the race tomorrow

[HocusPocus]

KMag driving with all finesse a karting cadet with red mist and screaming dad...embarrassing to watch in F1. No problem with his strategy to help Hulk or hard racing, but the late late lunge going off track after being cleanly overtaken on the straight deserved a black flag for dangerous and unsporting driving.

[velocgee]

FairPlay to KMag for putting his hands up to his ‘Wacky Races’ driving.

You never see such accountability from Verstappen.

[kambites]

Leithen said:

732NM said:

Kmag being honest. Admitting he was breaking the rules and driving like a dick on purpose. Clearly the penalties dont offer a deterrent.

He and HAAS should be penalised as Hulkenburg benefitted.

Surely this is what licence points should be for?

[Derek Smith]

Merc to opt for less drag for the race? It was farcical today.

Norris' bad luck might cost him the upgrades. Did nothing wrong, other than be in the bit of road that others were pushed into.

Well done Leclerk. DR done enough to keep his job?

[vaud]

velocgee said:

You never see such accountability from Verstappen.

Hardly needed in recent years as there aren't other cars near him...

[Roofless Toothless]

HocusPocus said:

KMag driving with all finesse a karting cadet with red mist and screaming dad...embarrassing to watch in F1. No problem with his strategy to help Hulk or hard racing, but the late late lunge going off track after being cleanly overtaken on the straight deserved a black flag for dangerous and unsporting driving.

Having been a Cadet Kart dad for some years I can assure you the kids do not drive like that, neither would it be tolerated.