1:17.774Valtteri Bottas (2021)
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NEED TO KNOW: First Grand Prix
Posted on 11/01/2024 10:43:45 AM PDT by Chode
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
First Grand Prix
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NEED TO KNOW: First Grand Prix
Oh gawd !!! Now she’s going to try a Brit Accent !?!?!?
Thanks, I had to let the Dogs in. Was just going to say that.
Drag Reduction Sectors where the rear wing opens up to reduce drag to help in passing...
yup
5 positions he has to give up- but they were talkign and said he could make it up easily- but we will see-
It gives the driver less than one second behind a boost of 15-20 MPH depending on the track. It allows the driver to catch up fast.
He only has to get to within a couple spots of Lando. Lando isn’t going to beat him 5 points a race through the end of the year.
it gives the car about 6.2-7.5 mph advantage in the zones to help with passing according to one site- the zones are usually in long straight stretches which gives the following car a pretty big advantage over the slower car in front 6-7 mph advantage for a long straight stretch
the car in front will max out at say 200 mph, while the drs enabled car will max out at 207 mph- so you will usually see the following car zoom past the car in front pretty easily, but then they are susceptible to beign passed by the car they passed in the next drs zone sometimes-
In late, turning over a few rentals this week and next week...
Happy to see hambone in 11th...
Excellent photographic description, I did NOT know some pressurized air was routed to the front wing.
Thanks!
01 - 03 Nov 2024
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Lando NorrisNOR | McLaren Mercedes | 24 | 29:46.045 | 8 |
2 | 81 | Oscar PiastriPIA | McLaren Mercedes | 24 | +0.593s | 7 |
3 | 1 | Max VerstappenVER | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 24 | +1.497s | 6 |
4 | 16 | Charles LeclercLEC | Ferrari | 24 | +5.656s | 5 |
5 | 55 | Carlos SainzSAI | Ferrari | 24 | +7.224s | 4 |
6 | 63 | George RussellRUS | Mercedes | 24 | +12.475s | 3 |
7 | 10 | Pierre GaslyGAS | Alpine Renault | 24 | +18.161s | 2 |
8 | 11 | Sergio PerezPER | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 24 | +18.717s | 1 |
9 | 30 | Liam LawsonLAW | RB Honda RBPT | 24 | +20.773s | 0 |
10 | 23 | Alexander AlbonALB | Williams Mercedes | 24 | +24.606s | 0 |
11 | 44 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | Mercedes | 24 | +29.764s | 0 |
12 | 43 | Franco ColapintoCOL | Williams Mercedes | 24 | +33.233s | 0 |
13 | 31 | Esteban OconOCO | Alpine Renault | 24 | +34.128s | 0 |
14 | 50 | Oliver BearmanBEA | Haas Ferrari | 24 | +35.507s | 0 |
15 | 22 | Yuki TsunodaTSU | RB Honda RBPT | 24 | +41.374s | 0 |
16 | 77 | Valtteri BottasBOT | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 24 | +43.231s | 0 |
17 | 24 | Zhou GuanyuZHO | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 24 | +54.139s | 0 |
18 | 14 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 24 | +56.537s | 0 |
19 | 18 | Lance StrollSTR | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 24 | +57.983s | 0 |
NC | 27 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Haas Ferrari | 19 | DNF | 0 |
* Provisional results. | ||||||
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has been hit with a five-second time penalty following the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Sprint race, dropping him to fourth in the classification behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen beat Leclerc to third after some fierce battling across the 24-lap encounter, and then had his sights set on McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris until a late Virtual Safety Car scuppered those efforts.
After Nico Hulkenberg’s stricken Haas was cleared away, the track went green again, but Verstappen had just under a lap to try and make a move on Piastri – who had given the lead to title-contending team mate Norris – and could not quite do so.
Then, after the race, Verstappen was noted for a potential rule breach under the VSC conditions, related to staying above the minimum time set out by the FIA, with the stewards deciding that he should be penalised.
After their investigation, the stewarding panel handed Verstappen a five-second penalty, meaning he drops to fourth, behind Leclerc, and loses another point to title rival Norris – the Dutchman now leading by 44 points. He was also handed a penalty point on his racing licence, taking him to seven points in the current 12-month period.
In their decision document, the stewards explained: “The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 1 (Max Verstappen), team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, timing, telemetry evidence.
“Article 56.5 states in part ‘All cars must also be above this minimum time when the FIA light panels change to green.’ The driver was 0.63 seconds below the minimum time at VSC End when the FIA light panels changed to green. This indicates a sporting advantage gained under VSC.
“The driver explained that as he was awaiting VSC to end and he got the notification that he was below the minimum time, he attempted to correct the error but failed to do so by the point that the panels turned green.
“This is a breach and the standard penalty is applied for the advantage gained at that time. The net effect of this put the driver ahead of where he was at the start of the VSC and not as a result of the car in front falling back.”
Qualifying is on hold for rain until half past the hour and then an announcement from Race Control.
F1 Officials are going down the Pits handing out Snorkel Kits to the Teams and telling them to get their Wet Tyres on the Cars...
Don’t worry, F1 and FIA will cancel Q-fying after making everyone stand around in the wet.
Just announced that Q is Postponed.
Q will be on Sunday Morning. No time set yet...
See above.
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