[Official] Miami Grand Prix 2024: Round 6 of 24 - Grand Prix Weekend Thread

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Yes the Sainz penalty felt inadequate for totally destroying Piastri’s race.

Looked like he threw his car at Piastri!

Other than Lando's fab win the other highlight of the race was Sainz being left with an omelettes worth of egg on his face after his very arrogant calling for the srewards to make Oscar give him a position for doing absolutely nothing wrong!

Lando drove beautifully to the flag but Piastri might be quietly seething for the way the SC period worked out for him and then Sainz doing his utmost to ruin his race. Also when flat out to make uo ground after his wing replacement to be told on the radio not to do anything that might jeopardise Lando's win!

A lot of mental strength needed adter all that.

[P38 in workshop]

Originally Posted by Richard C

Oh, I don't think I have mentioned this, but can I just say how fantastic that VCARB livery looked.

Richard

I have to agree.In a sea of black plus a little colour it stands out,the only other nice livery is the Aston Martin.


The McLaren upgrade package seems to have made a difference and it will be interesting to see if it is as effective at the next few circuits.Whether those races will feature the same driver lineups throughout the grid will be interesting to observe.

[steve_r]

Someone on here will know the answer to this probably. But did KMag set a new record for the number of separate penalties that a driver picked up in a single weekend?

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Other than Lando's fab win the other highlight of the race was Sainz being left with an omelettes worth of egg on his face after his very arrogant calling for the srewards to make Oscar give him a position for doing absolutely nothing wrong!

It was ridiculous. Sainz was totally to blame and then went pass or crash.

[Lancsbreaker]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Looked like he threw his car at Piastri!

Other than Lando's fab win the other highlight of the race was Sainz being left with an omelettes worth of egg on his face after his very arrogant calling for the srewards to make Oscar give him a position for doing absolutely nothing wrong!

Lando drove beautifully to the flag but Piastri might be quietly seething for the way the SC period worked out for him and then Sainz doing his utmost to ruin his race. Also when flat out to make uo ground after his wing replacement to be told on the radio not to do anything that might jeopardise Lando's win!

A lot of mental strength needed adter all that.

I did feel sorry for Piastri, but it was exactly the right call to calm him down when there was a very real possibility of being involved in another incident which would precipitate a Safety Car, when there was no real possibility of getting back into the points.....

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by Lancsbreaker

I did feel sorry for Piastri, but it was exactly the right call to calm him down when there was a very real possibility of being involved in another incident which would precipitate a Safety Car, when there was no real possibility of getting back into the points.....

100% agree on the warning to Piastri. They were not telling him to hold position, but just to be mindful of the situation the team was in. Piastri did make the pass I believe.

Richard

[chunterer]

Not sure Piastri really needed to be told that though did he?!

[S griffin]

Glad Norris has finally done. It’s been a long time coming, but he took the opportunity with both hands. Nothing was going to stop him it seems

[ljakse]

Since Lando was in the lead from rather early in the race, this actually reminded me of those "good old days" when Hakkinen or Raikkonen would lead the race, and I would sit on the edge of my chair hoping the car won't break down.
Those days are long gone, cars are simply reliable these days, but the suspense was the same

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by ljakse

Since Lando was in the lead from rather early in the race, this actually reminded me of those "good old days" when Hakkinen or Raikkonen would lead the race, and I would sit on the edge of my chair hoping the car won't break down.
Those days are long gone, cars are simply reliable these days, but the suspense was the same

totally!

in a way we have substituted reliably issues for the suspense of late race SC/red flag/restarts but yes indeed the feeling is rather similar!

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by ljakse

Since Lando was in the lead from rather early in the race, this actually reminded me of those "good old days" when Hakkinen or Raikkonen would lead the race, and I would sit on the edge of my chair hoping the car won't break down.
Those days are long gone, cars are simply reliable these days, but the suspense was the same

Yes, that’s partly why Max is so dominant. Cars are too reliable, meaning you can go a season or two without a DNF