2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - [QUALIFYING] discussion thread

ROUND 2: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

First Grand Prix: 2021
Number of laps: 50
Circuit Length: 6.174 km
Race Distance: 308.45 km
Lap record: 1:30.734 Lewis Hamilton (2021)
2023 winner: Sergio Perez

Track Map

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Bearman so damn close
- Should be happy with that. He did a great job!
Nico vibing to that music while sitting next to his broken-down Haas is gonna become a Meme for sure
- Nico is in it for the experience, whatever that may be.
Jesus max
- Max has ascended to next level. Unbelievable really considering the level he already showed in the previous years.
  
  We are witnessing greatness for sure. Part of me kind of just wishes he had more... personality? It's so hard for me to either love him or hate him right now. He kind of just blandly exists, quietly taking poles and wins.
  
  It would be easier to root for him if he wasn't so boring, and would be more fun to root against him if he was a better antagonist.
  
  Imagine Max dominating like he is, but having the persona and charisma of Zlatan. Love or hate that, you'd probably be entertained.
In the spots people tend to pay less attention to:

Yuki once again far outpaces Daniel...

What happened to Alpine? Are they the new Haas?
That was ridiculously impressive from bearman.
Damn, Fernando had a good shot at P2 there. Just couldn't match his previous lap.
Bearman beating both the Alpines will be a beautiful sight
- He beat a lot more than that
  
  That sounds sexual
The interviewer and Checo were flatmates when Checo competed in GP3, I'm told
- I have never seen trivia which was both more interesting and pointless at the same time
They just took a whole minute until flying yellow flags while Hulkenberg was stranded on track wtf
Lewis is not loving this year's car either, by the looks of things.

Edit: Beaten by a proper rookie. A rookie in a Ferrari, rightly enough, but still.
Stroll just strolling into P2
McLaren drivers are gonna have back problems after all this bouncing on the track.
Nooooo Hulk.

Rip my Fantasy team.
Dang, thought Alonso had it in the bag.

Good lap by Leclerc.
Exciting quali so far, and it's only Q1 with 7 minutes to go.
The traffic lights not working again.. they had the same problems during F1Academy race
I missed the start, what happened to Zhou?
- Crash in FP3. Mechanics were busy repairing. Just managed to get him out of the track with 2 minutes to go.
  
  Edit: Rip no time left for him. P20 it is.
  
  Thanks. That was so close! Great job by the mechanics even if they didn't quite make it

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