Seven things the Japanese GP revealed about F1 2024

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The Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka was the most revealing event of the 2024 Formula 1 season so far.
Not only did it complete a set of four races at tracks with vastly differing characteristics, giving us our most rounded view of the performance of the cars yet. It also marked the first weekend of significant upgrades.
What’s more, as this race was just six months after the last one at Suzuka, it’s the best measure so far of the gains made by the 10 teams with their new cars.
So what conclusions can we draw? Well, we’ve picked out seven key takeaways from the Japanese Grand Prix weekend that reveal all.
0:00 Why we learned so much
0:34 McLaren gains are not enough
1:52 Perez hitting targets - for now
3:33 Struggling Ricciardo's chassis plan
4:57 The surprise biggest improver
6:19 Leclerc's unexpected weakness
7:56 The only winner at F1's worst team
8:58 Mercedes is where it should've started 2024
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@user-st6dp1ug8f Місяць тому

One thing I learnt: Aston Martin will never win a constructor championship unless they race with 2 drivers

@damag3plan Місяць тому

At least bring in a rule if your daddy owns the team you can't get paid and you have to stay in your bedroom after every tantrum🤔

@rb2elek Місяць тому

all they need is simply a more consistent driver than Stroll. had he just a be a bit more consistent they couldve beaten McLaren in the standings at least

@tegarandikash Місяць тому

@@damag3planwhy are you hating lance so much😭 he didn't do anything to you

@BigDick-yb6nf Місяць тому

@@tegarandikash that is a thing he never does anything

@TheFriendlyAssassinProductions Місяць тому

@@tegarandikash because he's a pay driver who is absolutely garbage. Bearman is already more consistent than Stroll 😂

@BlunderArmour Місяць тому

I wish my parents have as much faith in me as this channel has in Ricciardo

@darudy Місяць тому

Or in Mercedes.

@Ogole-oye Місяць тому

I know right!

@nakeyboy Місяць тому

Look, i wish i could also be like Shattered child Horner wanting Mummy Verstappen and Daddy Riccardo back together, but sometines they just need to seperate so that Mummy can get a new (and better) Partner...

@alexpeak16 Місяць тому

If that chassis change for China doesn’t close the pace deficit, he’s finally out of excuses. Most outlets have already written off Ricciardo anyway

@glennbranton623 Місяць тому

And Charles LeClerc.

@Addyboy0190 Місяць тому

DR: I want a new chassis RB: just get on with it *DR crashes lap 1 DR: new chassis next race

@stephanetessier3378 Місяць тому

DR behind Tsunoda in China. DR: "Well, it's the new chassis' fault".

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

This chassis move is really the final roll of the dice for Ricciardo

@bjhbjhbjhweeee Місяць тому

The kinder the car is to the tires, the faster it is in the race. Ferrari is on an upward trajectory.

@JakeM218 Місяць тому

And they haven’t bought any major upgrades yet - whereas Red Bull bought some fairly decent upgrades to Japan.

@erics489 Місяць тому

@@JakeM218exactly! Supposedly they are bringing extreme upgrades to Imola. Fingers crossed!

@markhaus Місяць тому

They do appear to be closing the gap to red bull. I’m just shocked they can execute on plans both on and off the track again. Vasseur was definitely the right choice

@lenlaskowski7374 Місяць тому

@@erics489 Which could go extremely bad

@sleepy_dobe Місяць тому

It's about time. Year after year they've struggled with tyre degradation even as the rules changed from one season to the next, but one year under Fred Vasseur and they've managed to tame that problem. And can I say, touch wood, four races in and there hasn't been any significant strategy blunders during a race that would cost them a lot of points. For sure, the pressure to perform and deliver must still be there, it's Ferrari after all. But I think the tension in the team is definitely less high-strung under Vasseur, and that's allowing people to deliver, even when under pressure. Let's hope this continues.

@nchmusic99 Місяць тому

Vettel would have a way higher chance of getting that 2nd Red Bull seat before Ricciardo does

@captainross4706 Місяць тому

The sad thing is that vettel would have a way higher chance of getting the 2nd redbull seat before Yuki does too.

@Dischingo Місяць тому

@@captainross4706 I think Yuki still has a chance he has to start putting in some spectacular performances and I dont mean finishing 10th he has to start knocking on the top 6th spots regularly to even have a chance for a RB seat next year especially with Perez getting closer to Verstappen.

@oppenz3723 Місяць тому

@@Dischingono way Yuki will get that RB seat since he's a Honda driver first and Red bull driver second. I really wish he can get that 2nd RB seat but with Honda move to AM 2026 onwards where Yuki will go with them no way RB moves him to the main team.

@gustavomachado3488 Місяць тому

Vettel retired from F1 getting beaten by Stroll... lol get a freaking clue.

@areebsiddiqui758 Місяць тому

@@Dischingo There is no evidence to suggest Tsunoda is a better driver than Perez. A consistent Checo is levels above a temperamental Yuki. Funny how people forget Gasly destroyed Tsunoda for 2 years at AT and he wasn't deemed good enough for Red Bull. I like Yuki but he's been made to look good by underperforming teammates.

@tuomasholo Місяць тому

Daniel announced a contract to drive for Uber

@askeladden450 Місяць тому

Crazy how quickly he fell off. He beat vettel, is the only driver on the grid to outperform max in equal cars, and was terrific in renault as well. Then suddenly he went to literally zero.

@Fealo31 Місяць тому

How? You need a clean driving record no accidents 😅

@JonathanGonzalez-wv8mc Місяць тому

@@askeladden450I’m just getting into f1 over the last few months, but this is something that has me scratching my head. Like, why leave Red Bull? Alright, I get it, didn’t wanna have Max as a teammate. I just cannot understand his move to McLaren.. cause it seems like that’s where he dropped off completely.

@Jout8-re1ij Місяць тому

@@JonathanGonzalez-wv8mc You can yourself google reasons why F1 drivers leave their teams. Ricciardo himself said in 2019, that he wanted change and thats why he left Red Bull. At Mclaren he has done decently with getting one race victory in 2021, so he wasent dropping down in Mclaren, while he could not get that many race victories as he did with Red Bull, because obviously Mclaren dosent have as good car as Red Bull has. His results seem to have dropped since joining Alpha Tauri and not since joining Mclaren, but we will see, if Ricciardo manages to come back and outscore his teamate with the tweanty remaining races this season.

@andyw_ Місяць тому

@@askeladden450I mean he did it to himself and then lost confidence. watch UFC once a champ gets beat they often fall off randomly and never win again. It’s an odd comparison but I feel like something similar applies. He got beaten down and just won’t win again

@justinliebenberg2321 Місяць тому

Was expecting Albon to tell Logan to pull over so he can continue the race😅

@micoaraujo Місяць тому

Holy crap! I laughed hard at that one!!! 😂

@RoyMatzem Місяць тому

1950 style

@t-bagbagwell1327 Місяць тому

If that was a loop, believe me the team would ask for it.

@hifrenesi Місяць тому

“Logan, it’s James…”

@Dre_The_Millennial Місяць тому

1. It's not looking good for Ricciardo or Sargeant. Mid-season sackings look possible. 2. Aston Martin SHOULD be 4th in the WCC but.... 3. Mercedes just don't know how to do ground effect. 4. Piastri is too hard on his tyres. 5. Ferrari is really good on tyre wear now. 6. Alpine... 7. Sauber would probably have points if not for their dreadful pit stops. 8. Perez seems to have accepted his true role at Red Bull.

@Weakeyedominant Місяць тому

I wonder if Danny has performance clauses in his contract that means he has to out perform Yuki if he wants to earn 7 times more than him. If he isn't dominating his team mate not only is he dead wood, he's very expensive dead wood.

@gollese Місяць тому

I mean, coming from being a mid team driver for his entire career. Did Perez or anyone expect any less? You must be, extremely, and i mean EXTRMELY ignorant to think Perez would even be close to Max.

@flyingphoenix113 Місяць тому

@@gollese, idk. He actually has beaten Max on pure pace around select street circuits and when the Red Bull had an understeer balance. But, phenomenal one-off performances do not a champion make. And, even when Perez did find the edge, it was just that, a few tenths if not mere hundredths over Verstappen. Meanwhile, Perez's lows put him nearly a second off Verstappen. It's Verstappen's consistency that is his best weapon.

@quentinhirschfeld9382 Місяць тому

@@flyingphoenix113 The only track where Pérez has genuinely been faster on occasion is Azerbaidjan.

@JimmothyGibbons Місяць тому

@@Weakeyedominant the way it ended with mclaren. i cant see any other team making the same mistake. The one thing Zak Brown has said that i respect is they should have had some form of performance based protection on the contract.

@tuttutteddy8889 Місяць тому

I was shocked when I realised this is the first race when we have seen different strategies

@FrancisFjordCupola Місяць тому

Yeah, well, Charles needed a different strategy because he needed to do something to work his way through traffic. Good thing though, it was improvised. He got a call to do the opposite of Norris and Norris went into the pits. So Charles thought his tires good enough to make it a one-stop. Did work. Mercedes tried the same from the outset only to find out that for them it did not.

@Uranswer-yu5kp Місяць тому

1 glaring thing from the Japanese GP. Nobody is touching Max nor RedBull.

@marcmillis3867 Місяць тому

We need Alonso in the 2nd RedBull to spice things up

@Uranswer-yu5kp Місяць тому

@@marcmillis3867 either Alonzo or Sainz. Either one will definitely spice it up. But that could bring drama which would be fun to watch lol.

@leoarevalo6786 Місяць тому

@@Uranswer-yu5kpocon for a version of hell

@Uranswer-yu5kp Місяць тому

@@leoarevalo6786 😂

@marcovalk7845 Місяць тому

Everyone except RB themselves want anything to spice up in the team@@marcmillis3867

@0o9ijnbhytgr Місяць тому

i think Liam Lawson will drive this season for RB

@kingayrton8327 Місяць тому

bravo kid go play ball now.....

@felixk1843 Місяць тому

@@kingayrton8327wow, ur so cool

@captainross4706 Місяць тому

More prey served up to Yuki.

@juggadaaku4219 Місяць тому

DR has had about 352299 second chances. Any other driver would have been kicked to the curb. Lawson is inevitable. But if DR outperforms Yuki in China all of the first 4 races will be forgotten just like that.

@captainross4706 Місяць тому

@@juggadaaku4219 “he’s back, just took him time to adjust” “The upgrades are finally suiting his driving style” “He deserves the RB second seat” “His season starts here”

@alotl1kevegas860 Місяць тому

Riccardo isn't helping his case to get a seat at RedBull 😂. He probably won't have a drive next year.

@SiouplaitMerci Місяць тому

Nope, he was only at 0'05 from Tsunoda at Q2 . He will be probably better than him in next races .

@SurprisedProteaFlower-rl4vf Місяць тому

@@SiouplaitMercihe scored how many points?

@soundscape26 Місяць тому

With Perez's good season and Sainz on the market his chances of getting a Red Bull seat for 2025 are almost inexistent.

@cian69 Місяць тому

@@soundscape26unless he goes somewhere like haas/sauber etc

@cian69 Місяць тому

As much as I love Danny Ric he constantly is talking talking and never doing anything on track. He needs to just start driving because presently he’ll be lucky to justify being there over lawson.

@SufferingAddict88 Місяць тому

I mean ok, Red Bull has improved the least and normally that seems to be expected when you're already closer to the best theoretical performance you can get under a given set of regulations... BUT... they have a completely new concept that they probably haven't yet fully understood or optimized. So we should not be surprised if the gap between Red Bull and the rest of the field might even increase during the season.

@vinnie4v277 Місяць тому

They wont go zero sidepod. @@smet145

@Ruylopez778 Місяць тому

@@smet145 Please stop with the zeropod nonsense. Red Bull have their cooling and radiators positioned in such a way that they aren't going to radically change design. Only Merc thought it was worth it chasing peak numbers instead of thinking about consistent downforce. If Red Bull were going to bring a 'zeropod update' the radiators would be somewhere different. Nobody with any understanding of engineering thinks a "zeropod" is happening. B Sport (who used to work for an F1 team) doesn't, Sam Collins doesn't and Scarbs doesn't.

@Ogole-oye Місяць тому

People forget this point, that Redbull pivoted to a new direction that gives them more development scope which means there's more to come from them and since it's early days, teams will close in a bit before they get the match on the rest of the pack.

@user-wy5xe6ht2m Місяць тому

@@Ruylopez778❄️

@mrdraw2087 Місяць тому

Gaining 0.7 seconds on an already dominant car in just half a year is quite impressive I think, even more so if Verstappen's lap wasn't as good as last year's.

@CKTechTV Місяць тому

My takeaway; Logan Sargent had an opportunity in Japan to show that the decision to give Albon his chassis was a mistake, and he didn't manage it.

@arg_9584 Місяць тому

They screwed up his pit stop which cost him any shot at getting ahead of magnussen, let alone p10.

@CKTechTV Місяць тому

@@arg_9584 he wasn't exactly spanking it before that point, and then made a very costly unforced error.

@mave1273 Місяць тому

To me it seemed to me like he had pace. He was overtaking and closing the gaps pretty well. He went to the pits in p12. @@CKTechTV

@quigglyz Місяць тому

@@arg_9584 Stop making excuses for the worst driver on the grid. He is always dead last.

@OveranalyzingEverything Місяць тому

@mave1273 thats what it seemed like. That terrible pit stop was not his fault at all. He was doing pretty well before that

@charmingpeasant9834 Місяць тому

Ricciardo producing more reasons why Lawson should have that RB seat.

@VirtualGobllim47 Місяць тому

Sainz has a bigger technical understanding than Leclerc thats why everytime the car is worse for Charles he can make up for it

@LawVS Місяць тому

3:05 It's simply because Checo views Max as a benchmark, rather than a championship rival. Sergio now takes comfort in being close or near to his teammate in showing how good he can be.

@quierover4locas Місяць тому

and thats the best strategy he can do, BTW MasakoX you need to watch todays episodo of Really3D.

@thatsjustprime8096 Місяць тому

Wow you guys clearly watched a different race than I did🤔🤣🤣

@hieuluu2 Місяць тому

Every driver Red Bull has thrown at Yuki, with the sole intention of that particular driver moving up to Red Bull, Gasley, Nick DeVries, Liam, and Riccardo, Yuki has beaten them all, yet Horner is still high on Riccardo for some reason.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

When did Yuki beat Gasly lmao In 44 races as teammates, Gasly out-qualified him 34 times and outraced him 21-8 What seasons did you watch, Gasly absolutely destroyed him

@gunjantripathi9271 26 днів тому

yuki will never get the reb bull seat no matter how good he performs.... he's more of a honda driver than RB and that's why neither Marko nor horner will consider him.. it's sad but true

@darudy Місяць тому

The leniency towards Mercedes is incredible at the-race…. Damn

@jjmulvihill Місяць тому

Agreed. Someone should compile that video so I can “like and subscribe “.

@quierover4locas Місяць тому

also towards Danny Rick and against Checo, lol.

@TheAkiraQc Місяць тому

thanks for the hardwork

@TheGabe92 Місяць тому

I don't need a chasis change to observe Ricciardo's past it while Tsunoda is setting the track on fire.

@TheJinx1 Місяць тому

I think Tsunoda disproved non believers that he is actually fast. He’s proven it over and over.

@F1jones Місяць тому

He's faster than Ricciardo, who hasn't been in at least four years. I don't know much more than that.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

It’s his 4th season, he was bound to show something at some point

@cp6027 Місяць тому

They did the team order test in Bahrain far outside of the points and Yuki threw a tantrum. That showed he would not be a candidate for the Main Red Bull seat.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

@@cp6027 That and the fact that Gasly (the man utterly crushed by Max) beat him very easily in their time as teammates

@TheJinx1 Місяць тому

@@cp6027 he was right though.The outburst was more reasonable considering Dani is actually slower.,

@davidbarker9068 Місяць тому

Mclaren shot themselves in the foot, with their poor strategy decisions

@Alex_Martin_ Місяць тому

With their tire deg, I doubt they could've done much more then they did.

@Lastname6955 Місяць тому

@Alex_Martin_ perhaps a P4 or just holding a podium but it would've been tricky

@quierover4locas Місяць тому

@@Lastname6955 they need to start prioritizing Oscar over Lando, this year Lando might still be faster but he gets the heebie jeebies when push comes to shove.

@Lastname6955 Місяць тому

@@quierover4locas L take, Norris was miles clear yesterday

@midas7394 Місяць тому

Checo should be congratulated for his brilliant drive, where copied Max's race approach. After pitting, Checo used a little of the new tire life to quickly regain P2 before managing his tires to the end.

@screwball992 Місяць тому

Just a shame he's still 12 seconds behind him.

@halofreak1990 Місяць тому

Though Checo himself admitted that that had taken enough life out of his tires so as to make any attempt to close up to Max impossible.

@pablorudd3072 Місяць тому

I thought this race was good news for Ferrari and proved they probably have a platform to built from and to catch red bull

@illbeV. Місяць тому

I agree, also because RB brought massive upgrades while Ferrari brought barely any

@ff--ji5yj Місяць тому

No one is catching redbull this year.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

Max was 22 seconds ahead of Sainz, catch what exactly?

@danielainger8666 28 днів тому

Jesus F1 fans are deluded

@BenAdam-om2hr Місяць тому

"We're a lot better dan the results zat we get" - Toto Wolff

@stuartorr8192 Місяць тому

How many times do we have to listen to the Mercedes being talked up by the team and the media throughout a weekend only for it to fail in the real test. The Mercedes is a mid field car and will be for this season and likely the next. There is not enough time before the rules change to make the changes that are needed. Best they work on their 26 car

@curiousuranus810 Місяць тому

Shouldn't one of these seven be that F1 was tedious last year and it's even more so this year?

@scottmeredith3359 Місяць тому

Go watch IMSA, WEC, or Indycar then

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

Absolutely horrendous season. May actually top 2015

@WOWWOW-hk1tb Місяць тому

Nah Imma watch the Sopranos, one season still less time than one fucking WEC race @@scottmeredith3359

@weRchecking Місяць тому

It’s amusing for The Race to go on and on and on endlessly in such a petty way about the meaningless RB name change and then not mention REAL material racing performance of Yuki… ?!

@Lastname6955 Місяць тому

Especially when they're sponsored by Stake

@NotSure416 Місяць тому

Sargeant was actually having a great race until he made a slight mistake. His performance was very encouraging.

@SIXITHS Місяць тому

Going from 12th to 16th due to a slow pitstop finished his race.

@diegodavila7051 Місяць тому

The race loves leclerc

@quentinhirschfeld9382 Місяць тому

Of course, they love great talent and he's one of the 4 best drivers on the grid.

@tsino2966 Місяць тому

Ricciardo still can't come to terms with the fact he's not fast anymore

@vakostyle Місяць тому

You should have factored in the different temperatures in the 2023/2024 comparison. It was a lot colder today so less cooling needed and also the tires performed better.

@AgonarGaming Місяць тому

Valid

@stuartorr8192 Місяць тому

But the same for all cars .. beat look at the times between the cars and not the ultimate lap time

@moonfire5069 Місяць тому

"Dark arts of Tyre Prepration" - laughed so hard at this 😂😂

@Ayeote99 Місяць тому

Red Bull upgrades aren't scheduled to begin appearing until after the Chinese F1 race. They will probably continue with their dominance. Since there is so much speculation in these comments I'd like to add my own. Checco out at the end of the season and Sainz in the #2 seat for 2025.

@ParallaxEffect Місяць тому

merc was not 'better than the result projected' - it was clearly slower than the mclaren while having the same tire wear. Mclaren were slower than ferrari while also having worse wear. Who were in turn slower than RBR. How is merc anywhere in this picture?

@Marc98338 Місяць тому

Yh completely insane analyses once again. They where to 4th car this weekend.

@alexandershaw2378 Місяць тому

@@Marc98338they were the *5th* fastest car bub

@allenmontrasio8962 Місяць тому

We're only four races into a season that threatens to never end and most viewers have already lost the will to go on caring.

@taykitrleevitt4314 Місяць тому

😂...so true...😂

@MrReese Місяць тому

Was it really that revealing? RB is on top, Ferrari is 2nd best, McLaren/Mercedes/Alonso are fighting for 3rd spot. That's nothing we didn't know before.

@TimmyTheSnail Місяць тому

I really want a team to start winning that we haven’t really seen before. Or at least haven’t seen for a long time. Like it would be great for Aston to suddenly be the dominant team. Saying that I still love watching Max wipe the floor with everyone

@OfficialRAWTRICKS Місяць тому

It’s funny everytime Sainz beats Leclerc, there is always something wrong with Leclerc’s car 🤣

@LCSPAZZ Місяць тому

Love how everyone makes excuses for why Charles is behind Carlos. Carlos is more consistent in my opinion and I think Red Bull should pick him up. Sergio hasn’t done enough and Carlos is in his prime and deserves a top ride.

@jonathankfouri3431 Місяць тому

How many times have we heard Merc say they're finally on the right track towards solid improvement and understanding of the car...?

@jackcrola1076 Місяць тому

F1 needs to turn back the clock to be an actually great sport again, where more than 1 team can actually win races, without years of domination, without existing teams blocking new entrants, with less street tracks, with smaller cars, and actually great sounding cars. I know it will never happen, but it would be nice if f1 actually cared about the fans for once. Thank you!

@harispro5682 Місяць тому

You are doing very good job on analyzing and presenting the facts, but the last years we don't learn anything..we just watching more or less the same thing , race by race..the same was happening when Mercedes was in the place Red-Bull is now.

@TheChocolateChiken Місяць тому

No reason to replace perez with anyone at this rate

@1greenMitsi Місяць тому

they will need an upgrade for the 2nd seat with vs Hamilton leclerc pairing

@TheChocolateChiken Місяць тому

@@1greenMitsi Why do they need that? No evidence to suggest Ferrari will be more lethal with Hamilton than Sainz. Red Bull could replace Perez with Sainz though. I could see that upgrade working

@1greenMitsi Місяць тому

@@TheChocolateChiken new regs in 2026, no guarantees RB will enjoy a superiority over the rest of the field and safety margin to allow the number 2 driver to be so far off their No1 Driver. Specially when you consider Ferrari improvement in 2024 so far Sure Sainz has surprised everyone by being a match for leclerc but on paper, he is still a number 2 driver - deserved or not. On paper Ferrari will have 2x no1 drivers, if RB lose even some of their performance advantage they will be fighting for constructors with 1 arm behind their back with checo

@TheChocolateChiken Місяць тому

@@1greenMitsi Yeah, all good points, although I disagree with the characterisation of Sainz as a No. 2 driver. New regs are definitely a curveball for the teams, although you could make the argument that the new regs could make Checo the perfect driver for Red Bull. We just don’t know those variables yet. For Red Bull to react preemptively to other teams is risky, just as being purely reactionary is risky. I don’t disagree with you, but I also can’t say for sure that changing drivers is the best move for Red Bull.

@screwball992 Місяць тому

I would still replace him. At the end of the day he was still 12 seconds off the lead.

@kaceydillin7367 Місяць тому

7 things we learned and nothing about Yuki? I guess we watched 2 totally different races..

@dibgee2641 Місяць тому

Yea agree quite disrespectful tbh given its yukis home track

@Rearmostbean Місяць тому

Yuki really impressed, those passes today were incredible and crafty

@mabozar15 Місяць тому

What was there to learn about him like? That he is Japanese?

@edgaralvarez90 Місяць тому

While Lecrerc is usually stronger at Qualifying, I think Sainz is a more complete package overall, better technical understanding of the car, solid race pace, more consistent, hence the better driver. Unfortunately his personality doesn’t work on his favour tho, he is more of a humble discrete guy, not getting as much media attention and hype resulting on him being consistently underrated.

@KKSky369 Місяць тому

Rightly said

@quierover4locas Місяць тому

was it 2023 or 2022 when the majority was bashing on him due to graveling the car a couple of times?

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

You’d think as the “better driver” he’d have beaten Leclerc in any metric in their 3 seasons together Only thing he has is barely squeaking ahead in points in 2021, a season where Leclerc outraced him 15 times

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

@@quierover4locas It was 2022, he was very inconsistent that season

@preethasjenarthan5411 29 днів тому

@@Duval-In-The-WallCharles barely squeaked past Carlos in 2023 - that too he only started performing after Ferrari brought a non performance upgrade for Charles that sacrificed Carlos’s performance

@wotwot6868 Місяць тому

Visor Peel = Mario Kart Banana Peel

@mrdraw2087 Місяць тому

Could Norris have stayed ahead of the Ferraris? His strategy didn't make much sense, I think. His second stop coincided with Leclec's only stop, which ensured he'd finish behind him. And the stop was so early that Sainz could pass him at the end of the race on much fresher tires. Norris' race pace was comparable to Leclerc's in the second half of the race and he started 5 places ahead, so he should have finished ahead of him at least.

@RamonGarcia-pw3lh Місяць тому

Race Snoozefest rating: 8/10 💤💤💤

@shadow7037932 Місяць тому

Ricardo is washed out. Should give the seat to a promising rookie next year. And no way will Ricardo get the Redbull 2nd seat lol. Especially when Carlos is going to be available.

@tinysim Місяць тому

The way things are going so far, Daniel should think about a seat in another race series or in the commentary box if he wants to stay in F1.

@reaobakatshotetsi1043 Місяць тому

Aston Martin makes you realise it takes two good drivers to be competitive in formula one

@diegosotti Місяць тому

No mention of how Logan and Stroll (besides Ricciardo who you DID cover), are well into overtime and dragging their teams behind?

@JakeM218 Місяць тому

Russell: 24 points Alonso: 24 points Hamilton: 10 points Stroll: 9 points Stroll is pretty much performing identically to Hamilton so far…

@quentinhirschfeld9382 Місяць тому

@@JakeM218 Stroll's average GAP to Alonso in qualifying is over half a second this year, he also f*cked int into the barrier in Saudi. Hamilton is onlty a tenth behind Russell on average in qualifying (Russell is faster than Alonso over one lap) and lost points due to a mechanical DNF in Australia (would've finished in front of Stroll without it). You need to look at the datas and analyze the race before judging, raw results don't tell the whole story all the time, not mention the gap between Russell and Hamilton usually goes in favor of Hamilton in the latter stages of the season, while Stroll remains miles behind his teammate.

@JakeM218 Місяць тому

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 Stroll and Alonso both clipped the barrier in Saudi with a very similar force. It was mostly luck that Alonso survived and Stroll had a DNF. But look at the setups they’ve got. They’re running two different aero levels. Alonso’s races are about single lap pace, qualifying high and then doing everything possible defensively within the rules (and a bit outside) to keep that place. Lance is all about race pace with virtually no single lap pace. His races are all about overtaking as many cars as possible. I’m not sure if this has been chosen by the team to help them get development data or whether each driver is actively choosing a completely different approach - but it’s the biggest car difference across a team on the whole grid.

@quentinhirschfeld9382 Місяць тому

@@JakeM218 Lol, what race pace? He finished 1 minutes behind Alonso, got overtaken by a Haas he finished (on track) 13 seconds behind Alonso in Australia (not only because of strategy, he was much slower overall), he was about to get overtaken by Tsunoda in Saudi Arabia before his crash. Stop defending the guy, he even had a session with the full upgrades more than Alonso who always needs to at least 1 or 2 FP before getting it, just like last year. Last year, the dude barely finished ahead both Alpine drivers.

@imMANTA73 Місяць тому

Hi I have been thinking, when do ferrari stop including Carlos in the teams development and info?

@alexandrearquembourg7203 Місяць тому

If it were a brit putting that Alpine in Q2 (where it has absolutely no business being) and celebrating that way, you guys would have no problem with that, and you would be cheering him up for his enthusiasm. But if it's a French guy, Ocon, you have to make fun of it. I'm just saying.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

Ocon is doing an excellent job this season tbh, his performance will go under the radar and he’ll definitely look for a new team

@EustTube Місяць тому

You guys at The Race are absolutely crushing it with UKposts. We've never seen analysis this enlightening, this quickly before. Keep it up!

@user-pl4np9hz3y Місяць тому

Daniel Ricciardo is Nikita Mazepin in disguise

@CharlesFreck Місяць тому

6:14 if Verstappen didn't make the mistake on his last lap of qualifying, he would've been a tenth/tenth and a half faster. So I'd say they've definitely improved a bit more then the graph gives away. The new upgrades are faster, they just can't be integrated properly straight away. By Miami, they'll have a handle on them, and I expect them to gain another tenth and a half over the rest of the grid again.

@ericmcmanus5179 Місяць тому

I think mclaren could have gotten 3rd if they had a better strategy in japan. They ended up leaving their strategy calls to being responses to everyone else rather than forging their own strategy. That tends to never work well unless you are at red bull levels of performance dominance.

@ilikeexxs 28 днів тому

Saying Charles is fundamentally faster than Sainz while already establishing that he's been beaten in both races and quali is a wild ass pull...

@midas7394 Місяць тому

Why was GR allowed to brake multiple F1 / FIA rules by denying Piastri enough space to turn & then barging him 'off track' to make sure he went 'off track', damaging his worn tires. As GR has a long record of making this type of F1 / FIA breaches, over 5 seasons, , GR should have been given a minimum f a 10 second penalty to encourage him to understand that that type of driving is not acceptable.. What makes this type of transgression even worse is that GR is the driver's spokesperson.

@WOWWOW-hk1tb Місяць тому

Because he's british and feminine, like damon hill.

@samthomas6045 Місяць тому

I think Haas has quietly flown under the radar. Nothing spectacular, but are doing better than id imagine most people thought they would.

@GabrijelPezelj Місяць тому

danny ric is done. I havent seen so many excuses and reasons from any other driver for under performing. He sucks so bad when he needs to perform, and is awfull under pressure. This season allready look like his last season in mclaren. As soon as he had to perform, it was game over.

@Dez210 Місяць тому

At this point, just put Lawson for the next race. I think we have seen enough of riccardo.

@MsZeeZed Місяць тому

For McLaren it was worse than that in race pace, in 2023 Perez exploited a loophole in VSC regulations, feigned more acute car problem and robed Norris of 6-10 seconds to Verstappen. This time the gap genuinely doubled, but the presence of the Ferraris & Perez in between were part of this. There was also plenty of talk that Piastri had learned how to deal with the Pirellis at Suzuka, but precious little evidence in the race itself, unlike his performance at Jeddah early this year. This is still a circuit that accepts no substitute for experience.

@JasonAndYeahILikeDM Місяць тому

sauber hasnt finished a race without major issues or horrendous pitstops.

@MRG_everythinginbetween2023 Місяць тому

I admire your optimisim but this season is already Verstappens. There is no chance anyone will catch him and reminds me of the 2002 and 2004 season. How long fans will tolerate this is another matter, obviously the rules do not work.

@danielainger8666 28 днів тому

From what I gather fans are tolerating it because it’s not Mercedes winning week in week out.

@jaysekhon8014 Місяць тому

How is using a deleted lap (basically invalid according to regulations) a fairer reference?

@edwardwong654 Місяць тому

As a longtime Mercedes fan, it is about time for Mercedes to hang it up in racing and focus on building cars and trucks. They are practically backmarkers. No one wants to buy backmarkers.

@LordandGodofYouTube Місяць тому

I'm ready for some silly-season action, surely there must be some movement happening soon.

@Adclif Місяць тому

One lap pace doesnt mean anything after qualifying

@penusliski Місяць тому

The amount of people getting fed up with Ric is staggering. Appearanly, likability is not much of an asset in F1 😂

@CienciaeFilosofia Місяць тому

verstappen was cruising

@farrance Місяць тому

mclaren obviously didn’t carry all their upgrades but the ‘23 suzuka race was near the end of their development path and ‘24 they’re only at the start

@hecksters423 Місяць тому

Why need 7 when you need only 2: 1. Red Bull is STILL alone in F1 2. Ferrari reigns supreme in F1.5

@grahamthegoat9433 Місяць тому

can we have a adult discussion about not just how bad the race direction was but is purposely getting worse so sky is shifting more content to sky q and other ways for more money

@JoeyBonzo Місяць тому

The lap time was deleted for a reason, because it was not an acceptable lap from Daniel. WEIRD to include that as opposed to his actual final lap, you know the one that counts.

@ajegelin Місяць тому

The race are always making excuses for Mercedes it’s pretty sad

@omar_easef1 Місяць тому

" a gentle improvement" 😂

@212something Місяць тому

And Riccardo, their biases are so obvious its not even funny

@darudy Місяць тому

It really is

@Marc98338 Місяць тому

Its disgusting.

@Teteerck Місяць тому

it just revealed that everything still the same as a couple weeks ago and no one gains are enough

@SilverScarletSpider 20 днів тому

bottas is actually fast in the sauber the pit stops hold him back behind haas, rb, and albon

@Mennoo_ Місяць тому

"It's fair to say that Mercedes couldn't show its true pace in the race because of the strategy..." Don't fully agree with that. I think it should be alarming for Mercedes that Leclerc is able to drive a longer first stint on medium with less deg, and therefore is and can remain significantly faster than Mercedes is able to do on the hard compound of tyre.

@smisert Місяць тому

I've never really liked Ocon. Something about his driving style just rubs me wrong. That said i do think he is an underrated driver, and if given the right oppurtunity would be on par for a regular top 5 finisher.

@Duval-In-The-Wall Місяць тому

Honestly he’d be a great choice for Aston Martin or even Mercedes

@jonathanchow-zk3jy Місяць тому

Daniel should of taken the haas or williams seat

@machina_spirit Місяць тому

Daniel using the same excuse Mazespin did before he was finally dropped 😂 ‘Im not shit, it’s the chassis bro!’

@vinnie4v277 Місяць тому

No. Ricky said before we say im shit, lets try a new chassis.

@xaltipa1 Місяць тому

the race is pushing ricciardo in a bold shameless way... using deleted lap times to compare him with tsunoda, come on! 🤣

@vialactea5549 Місяць тому

Ricciardo in their pockets confirmed?

@joshualinnell8160 Місяць тому

Ricardo is done stop hyping the lad up

@Allan-ts1ux Місяць тому

That last shot of the Mercedes looked so toed , no wonder it wears out tires fast..

@ronmurray7349 Місяць тому

I am less optimistic about Danny's future at RB than THE RACE is.

@quentinhirschfeld9382 Місяць тому

-Stroll defender are ridiculous (3rd time he failed to qualify to Q3 in 4 races despite the 5 best team are miles in front of every other team in the pack, finished a full minute behind Alonso despite Fernando had a poor strategy with the first stint on the soft). -Ocon is underrated, as always (he's one of the dude that has the least amount of crashes on the grid and is bloody consistent as well as very fast often on one lap pace, always making progress) -The RB are the best in the midfield.

@imMANTA73 Місяць тому

Also I see up to 5 drivers need replacing sooner than later!

@MarcelPolman Місяць тому

Adrian newey speaks the language of the air gods other professional aerodymicists barely read.

@jgregg7100 25 днів тому

Favorite part of F1 is a $10,000,000 car is "slow AF" if it's half second behind over a 3 mile track. Life is good

@LordBillington42 Місяць тому

1. Established tracks provide more exciting racing than new/street tracks. 2. The regulation changes have done nothing to improve the actual product of F1, the racing. The cars are still too big, heavy, and aero disruptive. 3. The front of the field isn't worth watching. Formula 1.2 provides something of interest occasionally. 4. F1 has always had off track drama and politics, but that's really all the 'sport' is now...

@jermainehewitt3803 Місяць тому

Excitement has left the chat…..🚶🏾

@andrewf9423 Місяць тому

Why did alphatauri even bring ricciardo back last year? Lando destroyed him

@scottmeredith3359 Місяць тому

Revealed that if you get a shit start and half the midfield are trying to get around your slow ass you’ll probably have a crash

@ericmcmanus5179 Місяць тому

The fact that a visor tear off can cause enough aero problems that you can't do better than 5th just shows how lost F1 has become. F1 has always had sensitive cars, but thats just ridiculous. Between that level of sensitivity and stewards that penalize drivers for the slightest amount of batteling is very sad. Unless red bull is lying, and thats not why checo did poorly in australia, something needs to change in F1.