2024 FORMULA 1 LENOVO CHINESE GRAND PRIX - LIVE THREAD

4/18/2024 | chode

[Paal Gulli]

...the cause of saving humanity from its own exhaust.

By which I meant "respiratory" exhaust, not automobile exhaust.

[Chode]

looks like Lanzo dodged a bullet...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-13329619/Formula-One-Taylor-Swift-driver-Fernando-Alonso-Tortured-Poets-Department.html

[Chode]

laps 16-17 is one of the best battles i’ve seen in years...

[mabarker1]

Present Boss !!!

[Yo-Yo]

Great battle between the two Ferraris and Red Bull’s Perez. With Sainz losing his seat to Hambone next year, there’s no team orders between him and Leclerc.

But the big news was up front. There’s Mercedes, Ferrari, and McLaren duking it out, and then there’s Red Bull and Verstappen in a different league altogether.

[BBB333]

“two fires???”

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Green grass just does not burn!

Only in China...

Just finished watching qualifying — pity ‘bout hambone in 18TH!

Happy to be checking in!

[Chode]

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[Chode]

yup, good stuff...

[Chode]

and it was wet... lol, FLH!

[bugseye]

I will never again put Sprint Qualy down.

Laps 16 & 17

https://youtu.be/ZgKMHFPledI?si=SIoU_FPbGNRtWGM_&t=195

[Chode]

yup, that really was some great driving, made possible by trust...

[Chode]

the announcer was out of breath...

[Chode]

19 21 Apr 2024 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai

Race sponsor

• Race
• Starting grid
• Qualifying
• Sprint
• Sprint grid
• Sprint Qualifying
• Practice 1

	Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
	1	1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:34.742	1:33.794	1:33.660	18
	2	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:35.457	1:34.026	1:33.982	19
	3	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:35.116	1:34.652	1:34.148	15
	4	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	1:34.842	1:34.460	1:34.165	15
	5	81	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren Mercedes	1:35.014	1:34.659	1:34.273	16
	6	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:34.797	1:34.399	1:34.289	20
	7	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:34.970	1:34.368	1:34.297	17
	8	63	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:35.084	1:34.609	1:34.433	20
	9	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Haas Ferrari	1:35.068	1:34.667	1:34.604	21
	10	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:35.169	1:34.769	1:34.665	15
	11	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:35.334	1:34.838		12
	12	3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	RB Honda RBPT	1:35.443	1:34.934		12
	13	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	1:35.356	1:35.223		15
	14	23	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams Mercedes	1:35.384	1:35.241		14
	15	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine Renault	1:35.287	1:35.463		15
	16	24	Zhou Guanyu ZHO	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:35.505			8
	17	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	1:35.516			6
	18	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:35.573			6
	19	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	RB Honda RBPT	1:35.746			9
	20	2	Logan Sargeant SAR	Williams Mercedes	1:36.358			7

[Chode]

last minute was spectacular...

[mabarker1]

The Babyfaced Assassin has a 20+ second lead after He gets new skins only to have that Lead go POOFPHT !!! Due to Safety Car for Bottas blowed it up.

I was thinking that Max was going to pop in to Taco Bell for a Bean Burrito.

Green !!! And Max zips out to a 1.0+ lead before Turn 1.

Only to have the Safety Car pop back on Track due to Stroll jamming the nose squarely in the Gearbox of Tsunodowz’s car !!!

Now about that Burrito...

[Bob434]

Watched the sprint race yesterday- Hamilton came in second- not sure why Alonzo couldn’t catch up with dsr, but meh. Anyways, after the race Hamilton was so taken by the “massive support” the Chinese were showing him that his estrogen hormones almost kicked in and started him bawling.

It’s amazing how the left love intolerant dictatorships- I onow he mentioned the fans, but he was praising China too it seemed to me saying he was always treated well there. Maybe he meant just the fans, but knowing liberals, I think he was giving a shout out to China as well

[Chode]

19 21 Apr 2024 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai

Race sponsor

• Race
• Race result
• Fastest laps
• Pit stop summary
• Starting grid
• Qualifying
• Sprint
• Sprint grid
• Sprint Qualifying
• Practice 1

	Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	PTS
	1	1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	56	1:40:52.554	25
	2	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	56	+13.773s	18
	3	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	56	+19.160s	15
	4	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	56	+23.623s	12
	5	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	56	+33.983s	10
	6	63	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	56	+38.724s	8
	7	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	56	+43.414s	7
	8	81	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren Mercedes	56	+56.198s	4
	9	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	56	+57.986s	2
	10	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Haas Ferrari	56	+60.476s	1
	11	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	56	+62.812s	0
	12	23	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams Mercedes	56	+65.506s	0
	13	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine Renault	56	+69.223s	0
	14	24	Zhou Guanyu ZHO	Kick Sauber Ferrari	56	+71.689s	0
	15	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	56	+82.786s	0
	16	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	56	+87.533s	0
	17	2	Logan Sargeant SAR	Williams Mercedes	56	+95.110s	0
	NC	3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	RB Honda RBPT	33	DNF	0
	NC	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	RB Honda RBPT	26	DNF	0
	NC	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Kick Sauber Ferrari	19	DNF	0

Note - Alonso scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Sargeant received a 10-second time penalty for a Safety Car infringement. Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.

[Chode]

stone cold killer...

[Chode]

yup, FLH...

[Chode]

race fallout...

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/leclerc-shares-big-surprise-that-compromised-his-chinese-gp-as-sainz-says.1BkXCvMIim9Zc7KT5Y8m45

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/ricciardo-hit-with-three-place-grid-penalty-for-miami-weekend-after-chinese.375ketmLgDBm2410PPAIek

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/explained-why-ricciardo-stroll-sargeant-and-magnussen-were-all-penalised-in.5TuFXjJ6FWqTVRrBDYFMHJ