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[emrecemsan]

The sprint qualifying was last night and the results were a little interesting. Except Verstappen's taking the pole for the sprint race today. 

Leclerc did a great work by finishing between Verstappen and Perez. Ricciardo had a great run and finished in 4th place. Racing Bulls must be really delighted with that.

Now there are 4 hours to go for the sprint race...

She is seen quite often sitting there while watching the races. Could it be from having hung out and spotted with Lewis Hamilton on several occasions?
I don't know.

We have seen them together many times so far. But later I saw it on the news like they weren't actually dating. Maybe they are at a point between good friends and lovers I don't know. 

[boltz]

The sprint qualifying was last night and the results were a little interesting. Except Verstappen's taking the pole for the sprint race today. 

Leclerc did a great work by finishing between Verstappen and Perez. Ricciardo had a great run and finished in 4th place. Racing Bulls must be really delighted with that.

Now there are 4 hours to go for the sprint race...

She is seen quite often sitting there while watching the races. Could it be from having hung out and spotted with Lewis Hamilton on several occasions?
I don't know.

We have seen them together many times so far. But later I saw it on the news like they weren't actually dating. Maybe they are at a point between good friends and lovers I don't know. 

Actually Leclerc really did an amazing job yesterday as he blundered practice but managed to get that 2nd place in front of Perez who once again proves that only that car puts him in front because without that car I doubt he will be in top 10.

Yep , only a few hours left and I think Piastri might do a surprise and finish in top 3.

[boltz]

Qualifiers have just began friends and it seems that some bookies gave Norris a pretty good chance to actually win against Verstappen ? I could see this happening as Max said multiples times that his car has no grip but I think he is the only one who managed to feel that.

Anyway, I do hope we will have another driver in pole besides Max because I've skipped last 2 races in F1 and I must say the current season of F1 is one of the most boring seasons of all time ...and I've been watching F1 since 98'.

[emrecemsan]

Actually Leclerc really did an amazing job yesterday as he blundered practice but managed to get that 2nd place in front of Perez who once again proves that only that car puts him in front because without that car I doubt he will be in top 10.

Yep , only a few hours left and I think Piastri might do a surprise and finish in top 3.

Yes, it was a really great improvement by Leclerc. He is starting to be more ambitious seemingly. He was struggling to keep up with Sainz at the beginning of the season but Leclerc was complaining about the car as well. 

The sprint race started with incidents and Norris - Stroll were out already. I got sad for Hamilton as all his effort was in vain after a huge time penalty. As for Piastri he finished where he started, 6th place.

Qualifiers have just began friends and it seems that some bookies gave Norris a pretty good chance to actually win against Verstappen ? I could see this happening as Max said multiples times that his car has no grip but I think he is the only one who managed to feel that.

Anyway, I do hope we will have another driver in pole besides Max because I've skipped last 2 races in F1 and I must say the current season of F1 is one of the most boring seasons of all time ...and I've been watching F1 since 98'.

Qualifying was great for Ferrari drivers.    We saw Verstappen - Leclerc - Sainz trio in top 3. There was only 0.2 sec gap between 1st and 3rd places.

McLarens were in 5th and 6th places. I feel another good race for them. But this time I believe Ferrari are quite likely to finish ahead of them. They have been quite faster so far.

[rdbase]

The sprint qualifying was last night and the results were a little interesting. Except Verstappen's taking the pole for the sprint race today. 

Leclerc did a great work by finishing between Verstappen and Perez. Ricciardo had a great run and finished in 4th place. Racing Bulls must be really delighted with that.

Now there are 4 hours to go for the sprint race...

She is seen quite often sitting there while watching the races. Could it be from having hung out and spotted with Lewis Hamilton on several occasions?
I don't know.

We have seen them together many times so far. But later I saw it on the news like they weren't actually dating. Maybe they are at a point between good friends and lovers I don't know. 

It was a Verstappen weekend in Miami like it was planned to be.
Leclerc came close but no cigar with half a second off Max's time of sprint/qualifying laps.

The sprint qualifying was last night and the results were a little interesting. Except Verstappen's taking the pole for the sprint race today. 

Leclerc did a great work by finishing between Verstappen and Perez. Ricciardo had a great run and finished in 4th place. Racing Bulls must be really delighted with that.

Now there are 4 hours to go for the sprint race...

She is seen quite often sitting there while watching the races. Could it be from having hung out and spotted with Lewis Hamilton on several occasions?
I don't know.

We have seen them together many times so far. But later I saw it on the news like they weren't actually dating. Maybe they are at a point between good friends and lovers I don't know.

Actually Leclerc really did an amazing job yesterday as he blundered practice but managed to get that 2nd place in front of Perez who once again proves that only that car puts him in front because without that car I doubt he will be in top 10.

Yep , only a few hours left and I think Piastri might do a surprise and finish in top 3.

Fully afgreed with you there boltz. But Ferrari seem to have driver team issues as you can see from their radio logs during every race. The team seems to be the problem to the drivers.
Whether it be "Lets go to plan D instead of plan B!" or it is during a pitstop giving the wrong tyres that the drivers know won't win them the race to begin with.
It is as if they are purely sabotaging both Leclerc & Sainz to fail out the gate.
So hello Red Bull for Carlos Jr. from the F1 rags on the internet.
https://formu1a.uno/en/christian-horner-wants-carlos-sainz-at-red-bull
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/273248/sainz-turns-down-offer-from-audi-and-wants-to-wait-for-red-bull.html

@darxiaomi Argentinian interest into F1 seems to be picking up. Glad to hear it!

[stompix]

Is there anything left to bet on these races unless you go just for the fun of it for over 10 or god knows 25:1 odds?
Betting on Max for everything gives almost no returns whatsoever, the fastest lap, winning margin, for a serious return bet you need to look at what the other guys do, Leclerc has already screwed me twice on a podium bet, Max winning and Leclerc podium is 1.53, I would rather pick Sainz in the top 6 for just 1.45 despite their performance the other day.

So what combinations do you guys still bet, podium, points, or versus?
I need a motive to cheer for some other guy and I can't find one.

[boltz]

@rdbase

I think Ferrari is the only team who has from plan A to plan E or F and that  is kinda embarrassing right ? they are not certain on their calls no matter what and that will confuse their drivers and also take some potential away from them during races. Hopefully Vasseur will change this mentality because Lewis will certainly not accept something like this and it's that type of driver who will make everyone respect him from mechanics to strategists and so on.

Meanwhile , race has just began and Perez almost took out both Ferraris  

[rdbase]

@boltz
Saw that and it could ended early for alot of drivers but only Sargent seems to be the one to not make it til the end of the races.

Surprise was Norris lead most of the rest of the race after the yellow flag where most of cars near enough to the pitstop lane were able to pit and change tyres. Lucky for him since he had a clear path to the finish after that. Winning by the margin that he did was so very impressive for McLaren.

So Lando takes Miami. A very interesting result where almost everybody thought it was going to be another Max easy win. Would of went with fastest lap but Norris's team mate took that too.

[stompix]

So Lando takes Miami. A very interesting result where almost everybody thought it was going to be another Max easy win.

Tell me about it, 5 bets lost because I only focused on the second part, I nailed the podium twice but had Max as the winner, I guessed the points 2 times but again with Max winner,  and the only time I didn't pick anything about Redbull I choose both Ferraris on podium.

Anyhow bookies are not impressed, Max still has a 1.16/1.08 ods on next race, So I guess i'll go from now on with head-to-head between Ferrari and McLaren for both cars and pilots.

[crwth]

So Lando takes Miami. A very interesting result where almost everybody thought it was going to be another Max easy win.

Tell me about it, 5 bets lost because I only focused on the second part, I nailed the podium twice but had Max as the winner, I guessed the points 2 times but again with Max winner,  and the only time I didn't pick anything about Redbull I choose both Ferraris on podium.

Anyhow bookies are not impressed, Max still has a 1.16/1.08 ods on next race, So I guess i'll go from now on with head-to-head between Ferrari and McLaren for both cars and pilots.

This is like the race last year in Singapore where the odds are still "the predicted" one with Max knowing how dominating he is. I really think there were a lot of stakes with Lando and was able to take advantage of making Lando the favorite. He really was amazing staying ahead and having a great margin as well.

I think Lando has become a consistent contender and this will turn out a great year for the F1 fans, I think.

[emrecemsan]

I think Lando has become a consistent contender and this will turn out a great year for the F1 fans, I think.

It depends. The car needs to stay powerful in the meantime. McLaren brought a huge update to Miami. This also helped Norris a great deal here.

However he is absolutely a wonderful driver.    One of the most talented drivers on the grid undoubtedly. He got so many podiums - it must be 15 - until this race but still no win. Finally he took advantage of this chance and got his first career win. I would love to see Norris being a contender for podium all the time but it depends on McLaren to keep up with others in power.

By the way I read that Leclerc wasn't able to drink water during the race because of a system error. Driving a full race without water at 60° and still being on podium is really tough and nice work.   

[rdbase]

I think Lando has become a consistent contender and this will turn out a great year for the F1 fans, I think.

It depends. The car needs to stay powerful in the meantime. McLaren brought a huge update to Miami. This also helped Norris a great deal here.

However he is absolutely a wonderful driver. One of the most talented drivers on the grid undoubtedly. He got so many podiums - it must be 15 - until this race but still no win. Finally he took advantage of this chance and got his first career win. I would love to see Norris being a contender for podium all the time but it depends on McLaren to keep up with others in power.

By the way I read that Leclerc wasn't able to drink water during the race because of a system error. Driving a full race without water at 60° and still being on podium is really tough and nice work.

That is critical if Ferrari is having such failures when they have equipment malfunctions causing a driver to not retain enough water to finish a race in the Miami heat. As you can see after the race many drivers were pouring the water from their drinking bottles over their heads. What if that system error affected his breathing during the race?
So Leclerc would have a hard time retaining proper oxygen levels during the race from the G-Force pressure produced by the speeds these cars achieve?

Thanks for contributing some useful information for the rest of us F1 fans that actually care about these facts and not just the outcome for their bets or pool results.

[FanEagle]

I think Lando has become a consistent contender and this will turn out a great year for the F1 fans, I think.

It depends. The car needs to stay powerful in the meantime. McLaren brought a huge update to Miami. This also helped Norris a great deal here.

However he is absolutely a wonderful driver. One of the most talented drivers on the grid undoubtedly. He got so many podiums - it must be 15 - until this race but still no win. Finally he took advantage of this chance and got his first career win. I would love to see Norris being a contender for podium all the time but it depends on McLaren to keep up with others in power.

By the way I read that Leclerc wasn't able to drink water during the race because of a system error. Driving a full race without water at 60° and still being on podium is really tough and nice work.

That is critical if Ferrari is having such failures when they have equipment malfunctions causing a driver to not retain enough water to finish a race in the Miami heat. As you can see after the race many drivers were pouring the water from their drinking bottles over their heads. What if that system error affected his breathing during the race?
So Leclerc would have a hard time retaining proper oxygen levels during the race from the G-Force pressure produced by the speeds these cars achieve?

Thanks for contributing some useful information for the rest of us F1 fans that actually care about these facts and not just the outcome for their bets or pool results.

I really do not think that Norris could have gotten a win with that SC giving him such a huge advantage, he definitely won because of that there is no doubt about it.

However, does that mean he didn't deserve it? Of course not, while both the SC being like that allowed him to win plus the new upgrade made mclaren much better, all of that is just shows that Mclaren got the right driver at the wheel when the time hits perfectly. Look at Red Bull, you think they could just put some terrible drivers and hope that they have good enough of a car to win? Of course not, they get the best driver Max at the seat, so does Mclaren, they are aware how awesome Norris is and he deserved the win.

Norris is growing better and better with time as well, he used to be a kid who rushed into things, now he is seeing more stuff and being more mature and I bet that he will win a lot more after this one. Just needs to wait until Red Bull car gets worse or crashes .

[danherbias07]

Next stop. Imola, Italy.

Last year (2023) the Imola Grand Prix was cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding.
https://www.imolaf1.com/en/2023-f1-imola-cancelled
Flood in Imola: F1 Emilia-Romagna cancelled
Why was the F1 Imola race cancelled?

Due to heavy rains, the Santerno River flowing in close proximity to the circuit has swelled. The responsible authorities have identified a very high risk of flooding and landslides, and as a result, the Formula 1 paddock at the Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit was evacuated on Tuesday, May 16. Due to the evacuation, it is not possible to ensure that the race can take place on the weekend as planned. During the night of May 17, all access roads to the circuit were flooded. Although the F1 paddock was unaffected, the flooding affected the F2 and F3 paddocks. Until Wednesday, the personnel responsible for preparing the race were unable to reach the circuit.

This year, it looks like good weather is smiling on them and the race will happen although it might be different as it's getting hot there. Maybe a slight rain too.
Curiosity strikes. How do racers keep themselves cool in hot weather?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz-v4MFiMdo

1. Some do train their bodies to condition in a high temperature and survive it.
2. Ice baths. This really works. I mean, I am from a high-temperature country, and whenever I go to the pool with cold water and bathe for like 2 or 3 hours. It will take hours before I feel the heat again. The only problem is, it gets you sleepy.
3. Cooling Vest. Filled with ice packs.

[emrecemsan]

That is critical if Ferrari is having such failures when they have equipment malfunctions causing a driver to not retain enough water to finish a race in the Miami heat. As you can see after the race many drivers were pouring the water from their drinking bottles over their heads. What if that system error affected his breathing during the race?
So Leclerc would have a hard time retaining proper oxygen levels during the race from the G-Force pressure produced by the speeds these cars achieve?

Of course, I totally agree. Ferrari had this kind of malfunctions before as well. There has been a long time and they are still unable to fix these problems.    Maybe Leclerc somehow managed here but this wouldn't always happen. It is risking the health of the driver quite much. Vasseur should warn his crew about the importance of this situation.

Thanks for contributing some useful information for the rest of us F1 fans that actually care about these facts and not just the outcome for their bets or pool results.

You're welcome.    I find this kind of details interesting and important too. In the end F1 isn't all about who won etc..

I like the commentators who give this kind of details instead of doing their job plainly.

[rdbase]

Well this new about F1 i think it can be good for me as a Argentinian.

Globant becomes partner with the F1.

And you are thinking , why is this good as a argentinian?. Well Globant is an argentinian enterprise one of the so called unicorns and is backing since alst year Franco Colapinto career in F2 alongside YPF (argentinain antional oil company), so MAYBE this can put more solid base to Franco Colapinto to become a F1 driver in the future, he is now in the williams academy..... finger crossed.

Seen some posts on X yesterday that got me thinking about where you are from.


https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1787986935371198687


https://twitter.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1788166196832907741

It had me thinking about what you said and concluded that any endorsements from F2 of these huge enterprise corporations can only be a good thing towards your countries economy. Being in this global turmoil we are all in at the moment.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Seen some posts on X yesterday that got me thinking about where you are from.

Poor old Belgrano bill (still legal with a 0.01 usd value, is strange to see one in the street now)



Just imagine this bill when just see the sun in the 1992 was 10 usd of value, and now that 10.000 is 10 usd of value......

It had me thinking about what you said and concluded that any endorsements from F2 of these huge enterprise corporations can only be a good thing towards your countries economy. Being in this global turmoil we are all in at the moment.

Well this is very rare to say but the Argentinian state is in bankrupcy but the Argentinian private sector is very healthy in some sectors. The main problem is the untrust in every, in the goverment in policies in the long term, etc.

And about the ton of cash in local currencie, yes is a problem but also is a plus for the goverment, because for practical purpouse you are gonna use a lot more the credit/debt cards or electronic wallets and all that is gonna be taxed, when if you pay in cash.... here is gonna go by the backdoor.

[rdbase]

I think Lando has become a consistent contender and this will turn out a great year for the F1 fans, I think.

It depends. The car needs to stay powerful in the meantime. McLaren brought a huge update to Miami. This also helped Norris a great deal here.

However he is absolutely a wonderful driver. One of the most talented drivers on the grid undoubtedly. He got so many podiums - it must be 15 - until this race but still no win. Finally he took advantage of this chance and got his first career win. I would love to see Norris being a contender for podium all the time but it depends on McLaren to keep up with others in power.

By the way I read that Leclerc wasn't able to drink water during the race because of a system error. Driving a full race without water at 60° and still being on podium is really tough and nice work.

That is critical if Ferrari is having such failures when they have equipment malfunctions causing a driver to not retain enough water to finish a race in the Miami heat. As you can see after the race many drivers were pouring the water from their drinking bottles over their heads. What if that system error affected his breathing during the race?
So Leclerc would have a hard time retaining proper oxygen levels during the race from the G-Force pressure produced by the speeds these cars achieve?

Thanks for contributing some useful information for the rest of us F1 fans that actually care about these facts and not just the outcome for their bets or pool results.

I really do not think that Norris could have gotten a win with that SC giving him such a huge advantage, he definitely won because of that there is no doubt about it.

However, does that mean he didn't deserve it? Of course not, while both the SC being like that allowed him to win plus the new upgrade made mclaren much better, all of that is just shows that Mclaren got the right driver at the wheel when the time hits perfectly. Look at Red Bull, you think they could just put some terrible drivers and hope that they have good enough of a car to win? Of course not, they get the best driver Max at the seat, so does Mclaren, they are aware how awesome Norris is and he deserved the win.

Norris is growing better and better with time as well, he used to be a kid who rushed into things, now he is seeing more stuff and being more mature and I bet that he will win a lot more after this one. Just needs to wait until Red Bull car gets worse or crashes.

I do hope somebody else would win these races every other weekend.
That is including Norris and if McLaren can keep their car upgrades they way they have been, then expect them to win more podiums this season.

Max Verstappen has a 88% winrate this current stretch of races won while in comparison Lewis Hamilton has had a 82% during his best stretch.
Verstappen can win his 60th race this month at just 26 years old while Hamilton won his at 32 and Schumacher at 33.

[emrecemsan]

Ferrari has introduced SF-24.


_{Source: https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/sf-24}

They have recently been testing the car on their test track, Fiorano Circuit. Ferrari is expected to be nearly 0.5 sec faster in the Imola GP.

In this case I would expect Ferrari to be really competitive during qualifying and race both. Maybe even a pole position can be seen. I would like to see Leclerc doing it. He was really close to Verstappen in the pole position challenge.  

By the way the changes in Ferrari car can be seen below and the detailed info is here: https://twitter.com/FDataAnalysis/status/1788858662888394982

[stompix]

Punters are really not impressed by the mods on Ferrari, they still see the next race as Redbull turf, a bit ironic if we go back to when it wasn't Emilia Romagna but Imola, anyhow, with the recent flop I think there is a bit of value going against RedBull long term long term if get the same stakes, McLaren is 8:1, Ferrari 10:1, way better than praying on 1.18 that something doesn't go wrong with Max's cars.

Just for fun I took a little bet on a low odd at pilots with two wins, Noris was 2.75 and Leclerc 13, won't be angry for 10$ lost but it just makes you watch it tll the last races with still a chance of winning something.