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    1. Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2024 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Quite an exciting weekend. Drivers having problems keeping it on track during FPs, Albon's crash and Logan's sacrifice, a pretty good Quali, and then Max's shocking DNF in the early laps of the race.

      But if I'm being honest, the rest of the race wasn't that exciting. What does that say about current state of F1?

      Anyway, moral of the the weekend: get your appendix removed; you'll become a Smooth Operator.

      Race Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 55 Sainz 58 1:20:26.843 25
      2 16 Leclerc 58 +2.366s 19
      3 4 Norris 58 +5.904s 15
      4 81 Piastri 58 +35.770s 12
      5 11 Perez 58 +56.309s 10
      6 14 Alonso 58 +80.992s 8
      7 18 Stroll 58 +93.222s 6
      8 22 Tsunoda 58 +95.601s 4
      9 27 Hulkenberg 58 +104.553s 2
      10 20 Magnussen 57 +1 lap 1
      11 23 Albon 57 +1 lap 0
      12 3 Ricciardo 57 +1 lap 0
      13 10 Gasly 57 +1 lap 0
      14 77 Bottas 57 +1 lap 0
      15 24 Zhou 57 +1 lap 0
      16 31 Ocon 57 +1 lap 0
      17 63 Russell 56 DNF 0
      NC 44 Hamilton 15 DNF 0
      NC 1 Verstappen 3 DNF 0

      Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc

      Source: F1.com

      18 votes
    2. Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Lots of fights in the midfield and back this weekend. And that performance from Oliver Bearman! For me, it was more entertaining than the season opener.

      We get a little bit of a break before we head to Melbourne in two weeks, March 21-23.

      Not gonna lie, I'll be missing these Thursday-Saturday formats. Well, for us Americans, Australia is still Th-Sa because of timezones.

      Race Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 1:20:43.273 25
      2 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 +13.643s 18
      3 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 50 +18.639s 16
      4 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 50 +32.007s 12
      5 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +35.759s 10
      6 63 George Russell MERCEDES 50 +39.936s 8
      7 38 Oliver Bearman FERRARI 50 +42.679s 6
      8 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 50 +45.708s 4
      9 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 50 +47.391s 2
      10 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 50 +76.996s 1
      11 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +88.354s 0
      12 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 50 +105.737s 0
      13 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 49 +1 lap 0
      14 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 49 +1 lap 0
      15 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 49 +1 lap 0
      16 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 49 +1 lap 0
      17 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 49 +1 lap 0
      18 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 49 +1 lap 0
      NC 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 5 DNF 0
      NC 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 1 DNF 0

      Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc

      Source: F1.com

      11 votes
    3. Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Welcome back to Formula 1, Tilderinos! After what seemed like a short break, our 2024 season opener in Bahrain is already over!

      Next week is already Race #2 in Saudi Arabia at Jeddah. See you all next weekend!

      Race Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 1:31:44.742 26
      2 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 +22.457s 18
      3 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 57 +25.110s 15
      4 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 57 +39.669s 12
      5 63 George Russell MERCEDES 57 +46.788s 10
      6 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 +48.458s 8
      7 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 57 +50.324s 6
      8 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 +56.082s 4
      9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +74.887s 2
      10 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +93.216s 1
      11 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      12 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      13 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 56 +1 lap 0
      14 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 56 +1 lap 0
      15 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 56 +1 lap 0
      16 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      17 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 56 +1 lap 0
      18 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 56 +1 lap 0
      19 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      20 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 55 +2 laps 0

      Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen (Plus unofficial "Grand Slam" -- Pole Position, led every lap, fastest lap)

      Source: F1.com

      18 votes
    4. Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023 - Season Finale - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      And the 2023 Formula 1 Season has ended!

      This isn't a spolier this "late" in the game, so congratulations to Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT for winning the 2023 World Constructors' Championship, and their driver Max Verstappen for the winning the 2023 World Drivers' Championship. Plus all the other records Max has smashed this year—talk about domination!

      The 2024 schedule is out and the first GP is February 29 - March 2 in Bahrain.

      Pre-season testing will also be in Bahrain, Feb. 21-23 (the week prior). We usually get a little bit of sneakpeak, I think.

      Anyway, enjoy the break, everyone. I know I'll enjoy not waking up at odd hours or not sleeping for F1 sessions for a few months! See you all -- according to David Coulthard -- in 97 days for testing!

      GRAND PRIX Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 58 1:27:02.624 26
      2 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 58 +17.993s 18
      3 63 George Russell MERCEDES 58 +20.328s 15
      4 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 58 +21.453s 12
      5 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 58 +24.284s 10
      6 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 58 +31.487s 8
      7 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 58 +39.512s 6
      8 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 58 +43.088s 4
      9 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 58 +44.424s 2
      10 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 58 +55.632s 1
      11 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 58 +56.229s 0
      12 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 58 +66.373s 0
      13 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 58 +70.360s 0
      14 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 58 +73.184s 0
      15 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 58 +83.696s 0
      16 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 58 +87.791s 0
      17 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 58 +89.422s 0
      18 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 57 DNF 0
      19 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 57 +1 lap 0
      20 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 57 +1 lap 0

      Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

      Source: F1.com

      2023 World DRIVERS' Championship Results -- SPOILER
      POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS
      1 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 575
      2 Sergio Perez MEX RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 285
      3 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 234
      4 Fernando Alonso ESP ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 206
      5 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 206
      6 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 205
      7 Carlos Sainz ESP FERRARI 200
      8 George Russell GBR MERCEDES 175
      9 Oscar Piastri AUS MCLAREN MERCEDES 97
      10 Lance Stroll CAN ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 74
      11 Pierre Gasly FRA ALPINE RENAULT 62
      12 Esteban Ocon FRA ALPINE RENAULT 58
      13 Alexander Albon THA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 27
      14 Yuki Tsunoda JPN ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 17
      15 Valtteri Bottas FIN ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 10
      16 Nico Hulkenberg GER HAAS FERRARI 9
      17 Daniel Ricciardo AUS ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 6
      18 Zhou Guanyu CHN ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 6
      19 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 3
      20 Liam Lawson NZL ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 2
      21 Logan Sargeant USA WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1
      22 Nyck De Vries NED ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 0

      Source: F1.com

      2023 World CONSTRUCTORS' Championship Results -- SPOILER
      POS TEAM PTS
      1 RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 860
      2 MERCEDES 409
      3 FERRARI 406
      4 MCLAREN MERCEDES 302
      5 ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 280
      6 ALPINE RENAULT 120
      7 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 28
      8 ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 25
      9 ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 16
      10 HAAS FERRARI 12

      Source: F1.com

      16 votes
    5. Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      OK, I'll admit it. I didn't think Las Vegas was going to be that exciting. I was proven wrong. What a race!

      But F1 still owes me money for the Thursday night FP1/FP2 debacle!!

      Anyway, the final race of the season is at Abu Dhabi, Nov. 24-26. Which is already next weekend! Didn't even realize we had a double-header.

      Race Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 1:29:08.289 25
      2 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 50 +2.070s 18
      3 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 +2.241s 15
      4 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 50 +18.665s 12
      5 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +20.067s 10
      6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 50 +20.834s 8
      7 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 50 +21.755s 6
      8 63 George Russell MERCEDES 50 +23.091s 4
      9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +25.964s 2
      10 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 50 +29.496s 2
      11 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 50 +34.270s 0
      12 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +43.398s 0
      13 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 50 +44.825s 0
      14 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 50 +48.525s 0
      15 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 50 +50.162s 0
      16 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +50.882s 0
      17 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 50 +85.350s 0
      18 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 46 DNF 0
      19 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 45 DNF 0
      NC 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 2 DNF 0

      Fastest Lap: Oscar Piastri

      Source: F1.com

      23 votes
    6. Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Interlagos delivers again! Great weekend.

      Two weeks until Las Vegas, Nov. 16-19. Which I'll be at -- Well, at least FP1!

      Remember, this is an unusual one since it's a Saturday night race.

      Results for both the GP and the Sprint Race from yesterday below.

      GRAND PRIX Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 71 1:56:48.894 25
      2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 71 +8.277s 19
      3 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 71 +34.155s 15
      4 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 71 +34.208s 12
      5 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 71 +40.845s 10
      6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 71 +50.188s 8
      7 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 71 +56.093s 6
      8 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 71 +62.859s 4
      9 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 71 +69.880s 2
      10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 70 +1 lap 1
      11 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 70 +1 lap 0
      12 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 70 +1 lap 0
      13 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 70 +1 lap 0
      14 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 69 +2 laps 0
      NC 63 George Russell MERCEDES 57 DNF 0
      NC 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 39 DNF 0
      NC 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 22 DNF 0
      NC 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 0 DNF 0
      NC 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0 DNF 0
      NC 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 0 DNS 0

      Fastest Lap: Lando Norris

      Source: F1.com

      SPRINT RACE Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 24 30:07.209 8
      2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 24 +4.287s 7
      3 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 24 +13.617s 6
      4 63 George Russell MERCEDES 24 +25.879s 5
      5 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 24 +28.560s 4
      6 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 24 +29.210s 3
      7 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 24 +34.726s 2
      8 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 24 +35.106s 1
      9 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 24 +35.303s 0
      10 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 24 +38.219s 0
      11 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 24 +39.061s 0
      12 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 24 +39.478s 0
      13 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 24 +40.621s 0
      14 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 24 +42.848s 0
      15 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 24 +43.394s 0
      16 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 24 +56.507s 0
      17 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 24 +58.723s 0
      18 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 24 +60.330s 0
      19 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 24 +60.749s 0
      20 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 24 +60.945s 0

      Source: F1.com

      Enjoy the break!

      15 votes
    7. Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      I can't get enough of that mariachi F1 theme, no joke.

      Next weekend (Nov. 3-5), we head to the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace PACE in Sao Paulo, Brazil to finish up the triple header. Only 3 more grands prix left!

      EDIT: Results updated to account for BOT post-race penalty.

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 71 2:02:30.814 25
      2 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 71 +13.875s 19
      3 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 71 +23.124s 15
      4 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 71 +27.154s 12
      5 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 71 +33.266s 10
      6 63 George Russell MERCEDES 71 +41.020s 8
      7 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 71 +41.570s 6
      8 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 71 +43.104s 4
      9 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 71 +48.573s 2
      10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 71 +62.879s 1
      11 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 71 +66.208s 0
      12 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 71 +78.982s 0
      13 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 71 +80.309s 0
      14 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 71 +81.676s 0
      15 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 71 +85.597s 0
      16 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 70 DNF 0
      17 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 66 DNF 0
      NC 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 47 DNF 0
      NC 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 31 DNF 0
      NC 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 1 DNF 0

      Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton

      Source: F1.com

      19 votes
    8. Formula 1 US Grand Prix 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      I don't know about you all, but I thought that was a great race. The tire strategies featured very prominently again, though for typical degradation reasons instead of Qatar's safety reasons. Some surprising moves made it an exciting race all the way to the end.

      EDIT: Updated the results due to the news of post-race DQs for HAM and LEC. (Thanks @deknalis)

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 56 1:35:21.362 25
      DQ 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 56 +2.225s 0
      2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 56 +10.730s 0
      3 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 56 +15.134s 0
      4 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 56 +18.460s 0
      DQ 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 56 +24.662s 0
      5 63 George Russell MERCEDES 56 +24.999s 0
      6 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 56 +47.996s 0
      7 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 56 +48.696s 0
      8 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 56 +74.385s 0
      9 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 56 +86.714s 0
      10 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 56 +87.998s 0
      11 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 56 +89.904s 0
      12 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 56 +98.601s 0
      13 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 55 +1 lap 0
      14 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 55 +1 lap 0
      15 3 Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 55 +1 lap 0
      NC 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 49 DNF 0
      NC 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 10 DNF 0
      NC 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 6 DNF 0

      Fastest Lap: Yuki Tsunoda

      Source: F1.com

      F1 heads "South of the Border" to Mexico City next weekend (Nov. 3-5).

      17 votes
    9. Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      It was an interesting race with tire strategy, given that Pirelli and the FIA imposed an 18-lap max on all tires, even used one, for safety reasons.

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 1:27:39.168 26
      2 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 +4.833s 18
      3 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 57 +5.969s 15
      4 63 George Russell MERCEDES 57 +34.119s 12
      5 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 57 +38.976s 10
      6 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +49.032s 8
      7 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 57 +62.390s 6
      8 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 57 +66.563s 4
      9 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 57 +76.127s 2
      10 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 57 +80.181s 1
      11 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 57 +81.652s 0
      12 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 57 +82.300s 0
      13 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 57 +91.014s 0
      14 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      15 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 56 +1 lap 0
      16 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 56 +1 lap 0
      17 40 Liam Lawson ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 56 +1 lap 0
      NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 40 DNF 0
      NC 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 0 DNF 0
      NC 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 0 DNS 0

      Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

      Source: F1.com

      F1 heads to the US in two weeks for COTA (Oct 20-22). Hopefully the drivers and teams get a bit of a break from such a grueling race. See you all there!

      19 votes
    10. Formula 1 Qatar SPRINT RACE 2023 - Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Since it's a weekend with a Sprint Race, thought I'd do a separate post for the Sprint.

      The big news is that... [SPOILER]

      Max Verstappen is the 2023 World Drivers Champion!

      With 407 points, there aren't enough points left for anyone else, mainly Sergio Perez, to knock him off P1. This is Max's 3rd WDC in a row.

      Redbull Honda wraps up the season with both the World Constructors Championship (in Japan) and now the WDC. I say "wraps up," yet there are 6 Grands Prix and 2 Sprint Races to go.

      And on to the Sprint Race Results:

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 19 35:01.297 8
      2 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 19 +1.871s 7
      3 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 19 +8.497s 6
      4 63 George Russell MERCEDES 19 +11.036s 5
      5 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 19 +17.314s 4
      6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 19 +18.806s 3
      7 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 19 +19.860s 2
      8 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 19 +19.864s 1
      9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 19 +21.180s 0
      10 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 19 +21.742s 0
      11 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 19 +22.208s 0
      12 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 19 +22.863s 0
      13 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 19 +24.523s 0
      14 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 19 +24.970s 0
      15 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 19 +26.868s 0
      NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 11 DNF 0
      NC 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 10 DNF 0
      NC 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 10 DNF 0
      NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 2 DNF 0
      NC 40 Liam Lawson ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 0 DNF 0

      Source: F1.com

      On to the actual Grand Prix, tomorrow!

      7 votes
    11. Suzuka F1 weekend report

      Before I visited Suzuka, I found reading people's experiences (mainly on reddit) to be helpful, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts from driving down this past weekend. I came from Tokyo,...

      Before I visited Suzuka, I found reading people's experiences (mainly on reddit) to be helpful, so I thought I'd post my own thoughts from driving down this past weekend.

      I came from Tokyo, driving to Suzuka and parking in one of their official lots, and I stayed at a small resort about 50 minutes by car away from the track. The race tickets, and parking ticket were bought from the official "mobilityland" website, and it was 14,000 yen for a parking pass for the weekend, and I paid I think about 9000 yen to get there, and 6500 yen on the way back in tolls. For two people it worked out to be cheaper then the trains (and more fun to drive it!). They had some cheaper parking options as well in an unpaved lot, but I get the feeling the official parking passes sell out super quick, so you should take what you can get. There was a lot of unofficial lots nearby selling day parking, but I think you'd have to arrive very early to use them since most of them were full by the time I strolled up to the official lots around 9-10am. Speaking of which, if you buy the official parking ticket, you get an exact assigned space to use for the whole weekend, so no roving up and down the lots looking for a space. Also some people were sleeping in their cars as well so that's an option if you want to save on a hotel..

      Crowds (cars and people) were managed really well. I was dreading leaving the parking lot at the end of the race, but I got out before it was crowded at all, and was able to make a beeline for the highways.

      About the stands, my tickets were in Q1, at the final corners closest to the track. Aside from seeing Logan's accident in qualifying they weren't the best seats. The monitor was absolutely worthless, it was so small and so far away that without binoculars you couldn't tell the position of anyone on the track, or what lap they were on. There was also a pole blocking the middle of the monitor as well which was very distracting. Washrooms were quite far from these stands as well, although underneath the neighboring Q2 stands there was a water bottle filling machine which was pretty nice. Speakers were playing only the Japanese audio, and they have a FM radio station with the same Japanese commentary. I had hoped to get live timings on my phone, but there was basically no internet due to the huge number of people.

      If anyone has questions, please ask. Overall I had a great time, although after the exciting Singapore race prior to Suzuka, this was pretty boring by comparison. Max held the lead at the first corner, and he just extended the lead over the whole race. Seeing Perez get retired and then suddenly show up again was really weird/ confusing, also it was good to see Sainz fighting with the Mercs.

      11 votes
    12. Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2023 - Race Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Kinda thought it was boring race. A few entertaining passes, but that was it.

      On to Qatar in two weeks (Oct. 6-8)!

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 53 1:30:58.421 0
      2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 53 +19.387s 0
      3 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 53 +36.494s 0
      4 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 53 +43.998s 0
      5 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 53 +49.376s 0
      6 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 53 +50.221s 0
      7 63 George Russell MERCEDES 53 +57.659s 0
      8 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 53 +74.725s 0
      9 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 53 +79.678s 0
      10 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 53 +83.155s 0
      11 40 Liam Lawson ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 52 +1 lap 0
      12 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 52 +1 lap 0
      13 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 52 +1 lap 0
      14 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 52 +1 lap 0
      15 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 52 +1 lap 0
      NC 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 26 DNF 0
      NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 22 DNF 0
      NC 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 20 DNF 0
      NC 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 15 DNF 0
      NC 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 7 DNF 0

      Source: F1.com

      And Red Bull win the Constructors Championship! 623 points after today's race.

      16 votes
    13. Formula 1 Grand Prix of Italy (Monza) 2023 - Race Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      That was a pretty good race. The Ferrari boys definitely entertained today!

      On to Singapore in two weeks!

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
      1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 1:12:13.618 25
      2 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 50 +7.686s 18
      3 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 50 +11.674s 15
      4 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 50 +12.119s 12
      5 63 George Russell MERCEDES 50 +18.925s 10
      6 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 50 +39.111s 8
      7 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 50 +45.198s 6
      8 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 50 +45.549s 4
      9 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 50 +46.424s 2
      10 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 49 +65.950s 1
      11 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 49 +71.398s 0
      12 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 49 +72.240s 0
      13 40 Liam Lawson ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 49 +73.268s 0
      14 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 49 +81.658s 0
      15 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 49 +81.913s 0
      16 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 49 +82.236s 0
      17 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 49 +1 lap 0
      18 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 49 +1 lap 0
      NC 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 39 DNF 0
      NC 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 0 DNF 0

      Source: F1.com

      22 votes
    14. Formula 1 Grand Prix of Italy (Monza) 2023 - Qualifying Results

      Warning: this post may contain spoilers

      Not as crazy as F2 Qualifying, at least. That's certainly worth a watch.

      Looking forward to the race tomorrow. Will probably be the first race in awhile with no rain!

      Results -- SPOILER
      POS NO DRIVER CAR Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS
      1 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 1:21.965 1:20.991 1:20.294 20
      2 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 1:21.573 1:20.937 1:20.307 21
      3 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1:21.788 1:20.977 1:20.361 21
      4 63 George Russell MERCEDES 1:22.148 1:21.382 1:20.671 21
      5 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 1:21.911 1:21.240 1:20.688 21
      6 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:21.661 1:21.272 1:20.760 21
      7 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:22.106 1:21.527 1:20.785 24
      8 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:21.977 1:21.369 1:20.820 21
      9 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 1:21.995 1:21.581 1:20.979 23
      10 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:22.043 1:21.543 1:21.417 19
      11 22 Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 1:21.852 1:21.594 15
      12 40 Liam Lawson ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 1:22.112 1:21.758 15
      13 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 1:22.343 1:21.776 16
      14 77 Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1:22.249 1:21.940 14
      15 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1:21.930 1:21.944 15
      16 24 Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1:22.390 8
      17 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 1:22.545 7
      18 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 1:22.548 8
      19 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1:22.592 8
      20 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 1:22.860 9

      Source: F1.com

      11 votes
    15. Hypothetical time - let’s say Lewis Hamilton announces tomorrow he’s retiring after this year. Who gets that Mercedes seat?

      This is something I’ve thought about and I don’t think has gotten as much discussion as I figured it would. Who’s in line to take that second Mercedes seat if Lewis does decide to walk away? I...

      This is something I’ve thought about and I don’t think has gotten as much discussion as I figured it would. Who’s in line to take that second Mercedes seat if Lewis does decide to walk away?

      I don’t think anyone in the junior program will go straight to Merc. Additionally, Red Bull are no gos in my opinion.

      I think both Ferrari guys will do what they can to get out at this point. Slight lean to Leclerc because he does have his brilliant moments. I would have put money on Lando before Silverstone, but maybe he’s been convinced. I don’t think they’d take Alonso, Stroll isn’t going anywhere. I know Ocon used to be managed by Toto but I think he’s committed to Alpine. Gasly and Bottas haven’t been impressive enough since the start of 2022 to be in consideration, in my opinion. Ricciardo will need a hell of a rest of 2023 to be a contender. I highly doubt they’d go to Mick, could they potentially poach Albon from Williams and put Mick in his place? The story is Hulk was going to be their other driver way back when, has he done enough to be in the conversation?

      My personal top three most likely is Leclerc, Albon, Norris. What do you think?

      17 votes