FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2024 - Jeddah....Practice 1-2-3.... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Ferrari reintroduces 2023 rear wing for F1 Saudi Arabian GP
Ferrari has reintroduced a rear wing it previously ran during the 2023 Formula 1 season to adapt to the demands of this weekend's Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
Matt KewMar 7, 2024, 1:12 PM
Upd: Mar 7, 2024, 1:25 PM

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Ferrari SF-24 rear wing

 

Lots of new rear wings out there today

 

Delayed start for FP2

 

Sainz has some sort of flu/stomach bug. Hope it clear up soon

 

George says unstable at high speed lol. What??

 

their inability to sort out their aero packages is impressive

 

Last year's wing. Thats a bit confusing given that wing was not designed for the current package???

 

that was a really, really, dumb move from Lewis.I do hope his engineer forgot to tell him about it.

 

Given the speeds its tought at times to 'cool down' lap on this one. Was scary. The PitWall must be helpful and focused.

 

The relative closure on this track(speeds) require a much faster/active cool down. This is a bit ridiculous. The track width is not helping at all.

 

Norris is on a surfboard this week. sheesh

agree on the cool down laps. there's going to be a monumental crash at some point

 

Qualy will need to be managed so closely. Q1 will be an interesting event!

 

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Vasseur just talked to the French Tv.
Looked pretty happy and confident.
Humble but smiling.

 

He should, Leclerc has been absolutely rapid. If he gets pole, he might give the bulls run for their money, with all the drs zones it's not gonna be so easy for the Red Bulls to try to run away with superior deg

 

Forza Ferrari.

 

Alonso giving false hope that he has a shot at pole tomorrow.

 

We might have a closer race until its not. Q1 might surprise us with the crowd of cars on track and those with bad luck on sighting and position on cool down laps. If Max is on row 1 or 2 he will win it. RedBull has a sound strategy cell and makes few errors and same for Max. Just utterly consistent he is.

 

GPBlog - Max Verstappen was not worried after the second free practice session in Saudi Arabia. Given the Red Bull driver's long-run pace, there is no reason to be worried. Indeed, Verstappen was again by far the best in the long run.

 

From Autosport:

While on a hot lap through the Jeddah Corniche Circuit's snaking high-speed blasts, Sargeant had to take evading action to avoid a slow-driving Lewis Hamilton through Turn 10.

As Hamilton moved over to the racing line, Sargeant had to jink right to cross the kerbs, labelling the near-miss as "dangerous" on the team radio.

After the session Hamilton and Sargeant were both called to the stewards, who handed out a warning to Hamilton and a €15,000 fine to Mercedes for what they deemed a "serious failure" to keep its driver informed of oncoming traffic.

"The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 44 (Lewis Hamilton), the driver of Car 2 (Logan Sargeant), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, team radio and in-car video evidence and determine that Car 44 impeded Car 2 at Turn 11," the stewards' verdict read.

"As a result, Car 2 had to take evasive action by going off the track to avoid a collision. Had that not been done, there would have been a serious, high-speed crash.

"Having listened to the team radio, it was clear to us that the team of Car 44 failed to warn their driver of the fact that Car 2 was arriving on a fast lap.

"That was a serious failure on the part of the team, particularly given the speeds on this circuit and the nature of turn 11, which is at the end of a series of high-speed corners where driver visibility is impaired. We therefore issue a warning to the driver and impose a fine of €15,000 to the team."

"Difficult day; just lacking confidence in the rear of the car," Hamilton reflected after setting the eighth-fastest time, over six tenths behind Aston Martin's pacesetter Fernando Alonso.

"On the set-up we did some work session to session, changed the car quite a bit but the underlying issue with the rear end that I'm struggling with, so I had a couple of really big moments out there.

"In these high-speed areas you've got to have full faith in the car and I just don't have that yet."

When asked for his expectations for qualifying, given team-mate George Russell set the second-fastest time on Thursday, Hamilton said: "I don't know, we're going to have to go through the data, but George is obviously a lot happier with his car.

"We kind of went in different directions today, we're all trying different things to try and find the right solution for the car. All I want is a stable rear and then I'll be happy, so that's what I'm working on."

 

Remember Verstappen came from 16th to 2nd and could have won if he chose to fight Perez.

 

Can anyone explain why this wasn't a 3 place grid penalty? Dangerous impeding like that due to driver/team error should result in a penalty towards that car.

 

Chris everyone knows why, business as usual for that guy.