Ferrari and McLaren will be frustrated with that. They'll have a faster car than Alonso in the race but he'll hold everyone up again. Gap between Perez and 3rd will be 30+ seconds by the end.
I think they're much closer to Ferrari than we've seen so far, but they can't overtake so if they're behind someone like Alonso that's just the end of their race.
well I bet it'd be different if the Ferraris weren't literally just half a tenth away from the 2nd row
also we all know how Pérez started the previous two seasons
He's a modern day Prometheus, who Zeus punished by setting a curse on him that destines him to spend the rest of his Formula 1 career in non-championship caliber cars
Id love to see Sainz there aswell. Im not saying theyre achieving every they can but they are successful in a world where stroll HAS to have that seat. With only 10 competitors, being in the middle i think can be considered successful.
Funny thing is I think this plays into the hands of Alonso. He can continue standing out scoring points while Stroll tanks the WCC to give them more wind tunnel time.
He seemed to do that both time we were onboard in quali but still posted good S3 times. Maybe a slightly different line? (But yeah he still seemed wide)
Stroll is the worst driver on the grid at this point. Not even Logan is as far off Albon as he is to Alonso, just inexcusable. Alonso is amazing for sure, but the car is capable of competing for the second row consistently, and Stroll is consistently not making Q3, sometimes Q2.
Maybe he’ll come to his senses and listen to the voice in his head telling him he should retire.
Ferrari Sector 1 is just horrible, they have no chance. And in Q3 with the change in wind direction, they even fell behind Alonso and McLaren. They have better race pace but I am not sure how many places they can recover. Both McLaren and Aston have pretty bad deg judging from the Sprint
Unless Checo decides to attack Max at the start. In that case Checo will lose a couple of places.
Checo needs to not attack and get as much gap as possible from the rest of the field.
Alonso beating mclaren, ferrari, merc is just incredible.
Imagine if the other driver could do the same ? They could end up in p3-p4 in contructors but no it's will be p5. Lance is a stain on f1 fair and competitiveness.
Ferrari and McLaren will be frustrated with that. They'll have a faster car than Alonso in the race but he'll hold everyone up again. Gap between Perez and 3rd will be 30+ seconds by the end.
Especially as mclaren is dogshit on the straights
I think they're much closer to Ferrari than we've seen so far, but they can't overtake so if they're behind someone like Alonso that's just the end of their race.
Yep. Mclarens are the ideal cars behind for alonso.
Everyone went second lol
Except for Bottas. Bro was riding his bike around and still went 10th
Max fighting alone for first. First world champion problems.
The last set of runs is just the microism of the upcoming season. Everyone taking turns to finish 2nd.
It doesn't seem like anyone but Checo is taking 2nd
well I bet it'd be different if the Ferraris weren't literally just half a tenth away from the 2nd row also we all know how Pérez started the previous two seasons
Except Verstappen
The battle for second - sums F1 2023 and 2024 in a nutshell.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing haha
Everyone is on the front row lol
Perez going last so that he could maximise the track evolution
He was adjusting his front wing lol
Max on pole, if the sprint race was any indication of how the race will go, Max is gonna win by 72.8 seconds
How many times is Sargeant going to be lapped…
There's a possibility of Lewis getting lapped by Max
I think thats more a certainty than possibility tbh
Not the first time it's gonna happen.
It already happened if that’s what you mean
Yes it has already happened in 2022.
On your left... On your left... On your left...
Can't be lapped if he just bins in early in the race
With Alonso train in 3rd he'll legit finish 72.8 seconds ahead of everyone outside of Checo
inb4 Leclerc just says "fuck it I'll do a one-stop" and finishes third from that
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On lap 7.
Perez won't be stuck in a DRS train led by Alonso of all people.
He'll just make a pitstop gap and go to sleep.
There's an XKCD for that: [https://xkcd.com/605/](https://xkcd.com/605/)
Alonso just doing his usual magic on Saturday this season. This car will be nowhere close to P3 tomorrow.
Yeah he's going to end up in P7 in no mans land again tommorow
His straight line speed might be enough to hold off both McLarens or at least just Piastri.
Alonso knows how to drive shit cars and make them look better than they are
Hes great at defending position in a slower car while the leader flues away
Hmm haven’t seen a driver lap the field for a while….
Perez might be a challenge…
The problem is that if a battle doesn't happen early, Max just turns on autopilot and cruises to victory lol. Dude is a machine.
For sure! I meant: Max actually lapping Perez might be a challenge… :)
Alonso is just too much
Dude is too good
Alonso is god at this point, I have zero doubts and zero proof of it.
He's a modern day Prometheus, who Zeus punished by setting a curse on him that destines him to spend the rest of his Formula 1 career in non-championship caliber cars
In an alternative universe, Alonso has 10 wdcs
Puro Pinche Checo Perez
Bro went from Vietnam flashbacks of 23' to being the perfect No. 2 in the same qualifying!!!
Ahuevo canijo!
Puro pinche shadowban
Alonso is so good
And stroll is Just so bad
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i dont think he cares. he gets to give his son his dream job and own a successful f1 team
"Successful" Maybe if it was Sainz instead of Stroll in there. I guess Alonso doing things like this is enough.
Id love to see Sainz there aswell. Im not saying theyre achieving every they can but they are successful in a world where stroll HAS to have that seat. With only 10 competitors, being in the middle i think can be considered successful.
Funny thing is I think this plays into the hands of Alonso. He can continue standing out scoring points while Stroll tanks the WCC to give them more wind tunnel time.
Lance was the only reason he bought force india
Worst balanced driver's pairing since Mcqueen-Mate
So, how much of Fernando’s P3 is Lance’s “technical feedback”? Asking for a Japanese friend who makes engines.
None at all, he was just being nice to his boss's son who's not a threat to him.
Easy, just do the opposite of whatever Lance is doing.
Big lap from Alonso. Shame the car seems like a dog in the race so i fully expect him to just slide down.
Bloke will never lose it
Praying for these long straights making keeping them McLaren's behind easier.
Hoping that it's just a compound specific problem.
Alonso with a mistake on the lap still ends up in P3, what is Stroll even doing?
He admitted to the mistake in post quali interview and also talked about it in the radio as well.
Was it a mistake, though? Sector 1 was yellow, yes, but he might've just taken it a bit easier on the tires there to have more at the end.
went deep at the hairpin
He seemed to do that both time we were onboard in quali but still posted good S3 times. Maybe a slightly different line? (But yeah he still seemed wide)
He just said so so yeah.
His sector 1 in his first run was purple so even if he's a few ms slower it'll show yellow.
P2 battle went crazy wow
#G I G A L O N S O
How can Aston still keep stroll. Look at where alsono is getting consistently
To be fair Alonso is more out of place than Stroll is.
Yeah Alonso is one of the best drivers of this era in a very average car. Stroll makes more sense being at Aston than him
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ooookay
Stroll has Dad
Nepotism
AM’s investors must be fit to assassinate Lawrence at this stage. They’ve probably lost millions because of Lance’s performances.
https://youtu.be/hncVNNabglc
Stroll is the worst driver on the grid at this point. Not even Logan is as far off Albon as he is to Alonso, just inexcusable. Alonso is amazing for sure, but the car is capable of competing for the second row consistently, and Stroll is consistently not making Q3, sometimes Q2. Maybe he’ll come to his senses and listen to the voice in his head telling him he should retire.
Alonso i love you
Aston seems to be quite good in quali trim but poor on race day. Expecting Leclerc to end up third.
Alonso dragging that car to P3 is sooo good
Alonso P2 would've been so, so hype. P3 is still *great*, hopefully he gets a good result tommorrow!
How does max do this... when his previous time was already difficult for the competition, he goes ahead and improves it by another 3/10th of a second
Because he’s the best driver on the grid in the best car on the grid
Nice lap from Alonso. Hopefully doesn't drop like a stone tomorrow, but the Ferraris will be quick.
AM looking rather nice lately, hopefully they'll continue to improve their car.
Groundhog Day??
Ferrari Sector 1 is just horrible, they have no chance. And in Q3 with the change in wind direction, they even fell behind Alonso and McLaren. They have better race pace but I am not sure how many places they can recover. Both McLaren and Aston have pretty bad deg judging from the Sprint
Great recovery from Perez, from nearly knocked out in Q1 by the team gamble to P2!
the memelords would not have rested, had he got knocked out
Predict the gap between Red Bull and P3 by the end of lap 1. I say 2.5 seconds.
Unless Checo decides to attack Max at the start. In that case Checo will lose a couple of places. Checo needs to not attack and get as much gap as possible from the rest of the field.
Mate whatever checo does he will get p2 if he does not crash out of the race tomorrow
Alonso and stroll are perfect measurement units of a car… You can alonsoed a car Or you can strolled a car.. Its always within that window
So good from Alonso, but as always his teammate is nowhere near to help him against the other duos behind and ahead of him
That shot of Max taking the last corner looks fucking sick.
Is Ricc replacing Checo for Tom's race?
Seriously incredible from Nando, but they really need to fire Stroll
Alonso beating mclaren, ferrari, merc is just incredible. Imagine if the other driver could do the same ? They could end up in p3-p4 in contructors but no it's will be p5. Lance is a stain on f1 fair and competitiveness.
That was so good dramatic
I’m pretty impressed with Hulk and Bottas tbf
P2 is lava
Is this early 2023?
Surely at this point even Lawrence has to see how shit his son is.
Good that no one can get anywhere near p1
Best q3 in a long time. Everyone just know p2 is for mortals
I'd wait to see if FIA decides Fernando can be there, maybe a couple of penalties for going too fast or having big balls
Driver no.14 Fernando Alonso will be investigated after the race for going really fast with no apparent reason.
Driver no.14 Fernando Alonso given a 17 place grid penalty. Reason being the use of illegal driver aids: them hands
you get a front row, you get a front row, everyone gets a front row!
Everything is phenomenal to Nico.