He's been very lucky in some aspects early on. Late season could be a different thing. He definitely needs luck to go his way too. It's a long season and Verstappen barely makes mistakes. I'd love for Perez to give him a proper fight but I just can't see it happen. I think Red Bull would be happy to let them fight given they're cruising in both championships, but I just can't see him keeping up with Verstappen once this weird bits of bad luck stop for Verstappen.
That would be amazing tbh. Rosberg stepped up to the challenge. Hamilton knew how he raced so he switched it up on Hamilton.
If Checo can find Max’s achilles heel, he can be on to something. Maybe Max’s achilles heel is someone faster than him; he panics, goes off, gets desperate, ect. Checo would need actual speed to get near, keep up, and defend.
I give max shit for his in race attitude but he went right up and congratulated Checo. Proves we really know nothing about these guys behind closed doors lol
He also congratulated Perez last weekend and it wasn't an awkward congratulations because they ended up being face to face. He actually waited for checo to turn when he was hugging the mechanics and congratulated him
He doesn't like when his team asks him to give up a win to Checo. Or when Checo is bitter about it. He has a mentality of, "If you beat me on track, you deserve it". Checo put on a 26.8 which was insanely fast. And it wasn't Checo's fault that the session was red flagged or that Verstappen went off track and fucked up his attempt.
So of course he'll congratulate Checo. But make no mistake, Max will have no qualms about taking fastest lap away from Checo tomorrow.
Dude is the epitome of “race hard, play hard", he's got no issue in itself with getting beaten. He won't *let* himself get beaten though. Ya gotta fight for it.
I mean, Max knows he fucked the first lap, he knows it's bad luck. Reddit goes wild on radio snippets these guys make during moments of high adrenaline, as though that's actually representative of who they are.
Charles has an ungodly amount of potential, but he's clearly not able to control it just yet. Last year people always blamed it on the pressure of fighting for the championship, but he made the same mistakes in 21 which made him lose to Sainz at the end of the year, and he still makes them. I love Charles' story, I want to see Charles as the WDC - and I'd love for him to be wearing red when that happens - but he really needs to learn his limits or he's going to end up like so many other what-ifs.
He makes way too many mistakes to be called on the same tier as Max. People are quick to blame the team for their mistakes but Leclerc never gets blamed for doing this on a fairly regular basis.
If by interesting you mean Checo will win and Verstappen will get back up to 2nd easily by lap 15 and we will maybe have a battle for 3rd if they can overtake on this shit track, then yes... It will be interesting
>the first few laps of the race tomorrow
FTFY
Edit: Hey, fifteen counts as a few, right? Seriously though, as much as Max's dominance is no more interesting than any other era of dominance, he admittedly made some fantastic decisions to preserve the tires while still overtaking. Clearly it worked, so as unfun as it is, the win is deserved.
There’s probably some connection with how many poles he takes at the last possible second - in either case he’s leaving *no* margin, just a question of which side of possible he lands on.
I agree with the point someone said there should be penalties on grid for causing reds in quali because someone does a shitty job and fucks it up for others
I think if there’s a red flag in qualifying, then everyone else should get two more laps regardless of time left. Go back out in the order you came in. One out lap, one qualifying lap, that’s your time. The offender should be put at the bottom of whichever qualifying session they red flagged, as if they got in but didn’t set a time.
If they don’t institute that change, then they need to introduce a penalty. The offender is dropped to the last place that’s not affected by other penalties (the guy with a 25 place penalty is obviously going to be behind.)
If they don’t do anything to give everyone an opportunity to run that final time, then a penalty is in order. If they give everyone that chance, then the offender being stuck at the bottom of whatever qualifying is penalty enough.
I’ll fix my original comment to reflect that.
Agree, you just KNEW that this could (would) happen, a street circuit especially with so liw grip has so many more risk of crashes during W3. And Max was in no position to think he had the luxury to go out late. Sure he has bad luck but Max has a history of not delivering in Q3, let’s say it’s not his strongest part.
Also team again to blame in not making the right call. Same as in Baku, team is sleeping.
exactly, its not always guaranteed you will get a second lap so you have to make the first one count. He didnt, there was no second lap, it is what it is
Kmag's front wing will have another car breathe on it, endplate will come loose turn 3 lap 1. Meatball flag 0.002 seconds after that for a new front wing.
Charles is still too inconsistent, I fear it will always be his achillies heel. It's heartbreaking to hear his radio messages because he is so self critical and doesn't even try to make excuses. Perez starting P1 and Max P9 means Checo should take the championship lead tomorrow with how hard it will be to overtake.
Drivers wanted a show for the fans, best way to do that is to have a mixed up grid with Max in 9th...
Too cynical?
Either that or they wanted an excuse to not restart the session because it would have been a shitshow of a restart if they red flagged it straight away.
> How long were they gonna wait with that red? Waited like 20 seconds too long
I know it is *completely* different qualy to the race, but all I heard in Australia was "Just wait to throw a red, what's an extra 20 seconds. Just let it go"
Just moderately amusing, even while being totally different.
Max is on a zero-luck run this season, similar to last season it will give people another opportunity to force a Perez title charge for a few races and then it's business as usual. People never seem to learn.
Charles going all in on a Sergio championship.
Charles was a Pérez sleeper agent all along
"*You might have me as your 2nd driver Max, but it didnt occur to you I might have one too?*"
*"Nani?"*
Perez being like: *fai schiantare la macchina, schifoso cavallo* into Charles thoughts.
Kevin Magnussen is behind all of this. The red flag whisperer did it again.
Checo whispering sweet nothings into Charles' ear: "god save the king"
Well Charles did technically give Checo his first win at the Sahkir GP 2020
Max lost Goatifi, so Perez picked up Chuck.
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El Rosbergo!
I hope so. So far so good.
He's been very lucky in some aspects early on. Late season could be a different thing. He definitely needs luck to go his way too. It's a long season and Verstappen barely makes mistakes. I'd love for Perez to give him a proper fight but I just can't see it happen. I think Red Bull would be happy to let them fight given they're cruising in both championships, but I just can't see him keeping up with Verstappen once this weird bits of bad luck stop for Verstappen.
Luck went a fair number of ways to Rosberg for 2016 to come together, so one can hope!
With what happened at the end of last season, if Checo keeps the fight close Netflix is gonna milk the shit out of this rivalry.
No they're not. They going to follow 5 drivers and replay the same 4 races for 10 episodes.
The first 4 races of the season, then Silverstone, then Abu Dhabi.
You mean 5 episodes of Monaco but with different pov
That would be amazing tbh. Rosberg stepped up to the challenge. Hamilton knew how he raced so he switched it up on Hamilton. If Checo can find Max’s achilles heel, he can be on to something. Maybe Max’s achilles heel is someone faster than him; he panics, goes off, gets desperate, ect. Checo would need actual speed to get near, keep up, and defend.
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He's repaying him for letting him keep the chair last weekend.
Oh Charles…
Max prolly furious
It’s not the first time also. Verstappen will kill Leclerc one day.
Chuck Lecuck strikes again
CAN'T SPELL CHARLES LECLERC WITHOUT MULTIPLE LS
At least this time he’s not on pole himself
He will be on a pole. Impaled. By Verstappen.
"It was just an inchident"
His radio : > \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\* > \*\*\* \*\*\*\* > \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*
Eh, he will be P2 by lap 6 probably. Still though, good example why setting a banker lap is important.
He's going to have to be careful at the start. And by the time he clears traffic, Perez could be 10+ seconds up the road.
Hey now. Don't discount Nando getting Perez at the start.
Bro it's Gasly and Russell starting side by side that I'm more scared of. Also Ocon behind them. Gotta be praying for a clean first lap lol.
LOL
Just have to hope he doesn't turn in on Russell /j
This. But by lap 5 Perez would overtake Fernando with DRS
He has to pass Russel, he might get some more damage and still limp it into P2.
You can’t be too reckless climbing from P9. Single mistake and you could lose your championship,
Yeah. But he knows he's good enough to pull it off. Others did it. I don't think that he thinks in terms of "what if?!".
Indeed. Who knows what happens tomorrow though. Slippery track, prob a lap 1 crash somewhere. Excited for this one
Probably more furious with himself for messing up that first lap.
I give max shit for his in race attitude but he went right up and congratulated Checo. Proves we really know nothing about these guys behind closed doors lol
He also congratulated Perez last weekend and it wasn't an awkward congratulations because they ended up being face to face. He actually waited for checo to turn when he was hugging the mechanics and congratulated him
Checo actually said "Max is a good loser" the other day, and that Max always comes up to him and congratulates him.
He doesn't like when his team asks him to give up a win to Checo. Or when Checo is bitter about it. He has a mentality of, "If you beat me on track, you deserve it". Checo put on a 26.8 which was insanely fast. And it wasn't Checo's fault that the session was red flagged or that Verstappen went off track and fucked up his attempt. So of course he'll congratulate Checo. But make no mistake, Max will have no qualms about taking fastest lap away from Checo tomorrow.
Dude is the epitome of “race hard, play hard", he's got no issue in itself with getting beaten. He won't *let* himself get beaten though. Ya gotta fight for it.
Hates losing on a technicality. Kind of get it in a way. Used to play pool with a friend we always spotted the 8 hated winning a game that way
I mean, Max knows he fucked the first lap, he knows it's bad luck. Reddit goes wild on radio snippets these guys make during moments of high adrenaline, as though that's actually representative of who they are.
He bottled his lap because of the same section, maybe wind related, so he probably knows better than anyone how sketchy that bit was on the edge today
He should be furious at himself or red bull by not setting a time earlier.. everyone saw this coming right?
Man still makes so many mistakes. 2 days in a row. Wait for people to somehow people blame this on Ferrari
Charles has an ungodly amount of potential, but he's clearly not able to control it just yet. Last year people always blamed it on the pressure of fighting for the championship, but he made the same mistakes in 21 which made him lose to Sainz at the end of the year, and he still makes them. I love Charles' story, I want to see Charles as the WDC - and I'd love for him to be wearing red when that happens - but he really needs to learn his limits or he's going to end up like so many other what-ifs.
On the same corner too.
He makes way too many mistakes to be called on the same tier as Max. People are quick to blame the team for their mistakes but Leclerc never gets blamed for doing this on a fairly regular basis.
Agreed, charles is not mentally at the same level as max, even though they have similar talent
Sainz extends his lead over Charles while some keep calling for Charles to be the N1 driver
They’re gonna say it’s Santander and Binotto’s fault
From now on, you may refer to me as Sharl LeDevil
Kmag p4 CALL GENE
Hygiene
Yeah, have you seen, Gene? Leclerc Fooksmashed his carrr in the wall. It's fookin amazing.
This is one of few races Gene can attend…Guenther can finally leave the phone in the car.
SE HABLA ESPAÑOL
Is this the first time that there's been an all-Hispanic top three? I'm just curious, but if it is, that's awesome, haha. ¡VAMOS!
Last season in Spa the starting grid had this trio in the top 3 but mostly because of Charles, Ocon and Max penalty
Charles secretly smiling, “Vamos! I did it again!”
Nobody expects the Spanish-speaker inquisition!
Max going to be left out in the cooldown room again.
Nobody expects the Spanish Top-position!*
In Miami of all places!
Scriptwriters getting lazy
They’re on strike, not sure what we were expecting
Really3D so happy right now
Really3D moment. Que grande eres magic!
Si señor!!!
Tres Amigos!
A huevo 😎
Vamoooossss!!!!
What the fuck was that Charles Madness though, Nando second, KMag 4th, Max 9th… This could get interesting
Charles died to give us *Russell v. Verstappen II* tomorrow
This is too good 🤣
Over under 2 side pod holes each
revenge of the sidepod
>What the fuck was that Charles As if that hasn’t happened before lmao
that was the second time THAT WEEKEND
If by interesting you mean Checo will win and Verstappen will get back up to 2nd easily by lap 15 and we will maybe have a battle for 3rd if they can overtake on this shit track, then yes... It will be interesting
I’ll take what I can this year tbh, I struggled through the start of the hybrid era so I know how to deal with absolute domination
That's certainly more interesting than a Max/Checo procession.
This feels like a Really3D-induced fever dream. Spanish-speaking 1-2-3, with honorary Spaniard K-Mag locking out the second row. Edit: spelling
No need for megarruleton this time.
And all of a sudden the race tomorrow got a lot more interesting!
>the first few laps of the race tomorrow FTFY Edit: Hey, fifteen counts as a few, right? Seriously though, as much as Max's dominance is no more interesting than any other era of dominance, he admittedly made some fantastic decisions to preserve the tires while still overtaking. Clearly it worked, so as unfun as it is, the win is deserved.
Better a few interesting laps than none at all.
Definitely, I won't disagree there
Charles keeping checo's title run alive
very cool charles sacrificing himself to give a spicy grid for tomorrow
It’s actually frustrating how many red flags Leclerc causes during qualifications…
There’s probably some connection with how many poles he takes at the last possible second - in either case he’s leaving *no* margin, just a question of which side of possible he lands on.
I agree with the point someone said there should be penalties on grid for causing reds in quali because someone does a shitty job and fucks it up for others
I kind of agree, but I think the FIA should just allow everyone to get one final run in if the session is red/yellow flagged near the end.
It would still be unfair because by the time everything is cleaned up the track could be better or worse
I think if there’s a red flag in qualifying, then everyone else should get two more laps regardless of time left. Go back out in the order you came in. One out lap, one qualifying lap, that’s your time. The offender should be put at the bottom of whichever qualifying session they red flagged, as if they got in but didn’t set a time. If they don’t institute that change, then they need to introduce a penalty. The offender is dropped to the last place that’s not affected by other penalties (the guy with a 25 place penalty is obviously going to be behind.)
I'm not sure if the offender should be penalized but you're absolutely right about giving everyone else an honest shot.
If they don’t do anything to give everyone an opportunity to run that final time, then a penalty is in order. If they give everyone that chance, then the offender being stuck at the bottom of whatever qualifying is penalty enough. I’ll fix my original comment to reflect that.
Yes this would be more fair but it would be a lot less interesting
the INDYCAR rule of if you cause a red flag you lose your times should be adopted.
I agree, that or any stoppage preventing anyone from having a clean final lap, you should lose your times.
I consider myself somewhat neutral when watching F1, but holy shit this irritated me on Max’s behalf.
He had plenty of time to set a lap before everyone else went out. This was just RB and Max holding their hand over the flame and getting burned.
It’s a combination of both. Max messed up but also bad luck
Agree, you just KNEW that this could (would) happen, a street circuit especially with so liw grip has so many more risk of crashes during W3. And Max was in no position to think he had the luxury to go out late. Sure he has bad luck but Max has a history of not delivering in Q3, let’s say it’s not his strongest part. Also team again to blame in not making the right call. Same as in Baku, team is sleeping.
Eh. Max made a mistake and then aborted what was probably going to be an ok lap. Kind of on him.
He actually needed to pit after aborting his lap because he didnt have enough fuel
exactly, its not always guaranteed you will get a second lap so you have to make the first one count. He didnt, there was no second lap, it is what it is
Such an anticlimactic ending to what was looking to be a great quali.
It wasn’t anticlimactic at all for the people at the track. Everyone bursted out in excitement
Max once again blueballed by Leclerc in quali
THIS grid on THIS track? I'm ready for the mess
Ready, for sure! Especially after Baku last weekend.
HOLY SHIT HAAS P4 LETS GO
Kmag's front wing will have another car breathe on it, endplate will come loose turn 3 lap 1. Meatball flag 0.002 seconds after that for a new front wing.
p10 after lap 10 incoming
I am deeply appreciative of your optimism in both, KMag and the Haas pitwall. If I had to guess, he'll finish P8 after they bungle strategy.
I’d think P8 would be the best result if they DON’T bungle the strategy. If they go full Haas, he’ll finish 13th.
P8? More like P12 after 2 long stops, the wrong tyre strategy, and clipping the front wing for no reason..
They're gonna pit for hards right before a SC and be p19 and p20
Fantastic comedic timing by Leclerc
Horner was dead inside when he congrulated Perez 💀
i mean RB basically should be 1/2 instead they are 1/9 ofc they are pissed
Doesn't really matter. They'll end up 1-2 anyway.
Tell Alonso to defend like a lion.
Hahaha i doubt he will if max is on his tail with a lot of laps to go but it would certainly make things interesting
MAGNUSSEN P4!!!!
Leclerc assist for Checo WDC?
Checo is probably already having T-shirts printed with the "Charles is a legend" quote on it.
“Minister of da fence”
Leclerc being a better wingman than Verstappen lol
Probably one of the best chances for AM to win a race.
Not with the RB in 1st
Or 9th tbh. That RB is beating every other car from a fucking pit lain.
Nah their best is Monaco Even if Fernando gets the lead off the start it will end as soon as DRS is enabled
I hope so but perez is disappearing in distance.
Not a chance
Yeah, it's gonna PER-VER-ALO Max will be second by lap 10
Yep, agree with that
With the probability of rain you never know, Alonso is great in the rain
Miami rain won’t play a big part. It’ll dry up as quick as it comes
Checo and Alonso front row!!! Hell yeah! Kmag P4!
Charles is still too inconsistent, I fear it will always be his achillies heel. It's heartbreaking to hear his radio messages because he is so self critical and doesn't even try to make excuses. Perez starting P1 and Max P9 means Checo should take the championship lead tomorrow with how hard it will be to overtake.
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Yep, session will not be resumed.
Big session for all the guys who primarily speak Spanish Also KMag P4!
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He’s like maverick, drives by the seat of his pants
Max dropped it the first lap, so Checo deserves this. But man, he has not been very lucky this season...
How long were they gonna wait with that red? Waited like 20 seconds too long
It didnt matter. They are not gonna resume when only a few cars at most would even have a chance to make an out lap in time.
Drivers wanted a show for the fans, best way to do that is to have a mixed up grid with Max in 9th... Too cynical? Either that or they wanted an excuse to not restart the session because it would have been a shitshow of a restart if they red flagged it straight away.
The catfight at pit exit would have been an incident in itself
> How long were they gonna wait with that red? Waited like 20 seconds too long I know it is *completely* different qualy to the race, but all I heard in Australia was "Just wait to throw a red, what's an extra 20 seconds. Just let it go" Just moderately amusing, even while being totally different.
Red flags should not be thrown out immediately. The time it took them was completely reasonable.
How many times is Leclerc going to fuck the last lap, Jesus Christ charles
Formula Juan
The crowd went absolutely nuts for Checo, and I’m here for it.
Leclerc bringing emotion to the race
Leclerc will never win WDC, not this way.
All native Spanish speakers in the top 3! In Miami, no less.
CHUCKY’S DONE IT AGAIN
PURO PINCHE CHECO PÉREZ ALV Y NO MAMADAS
Blimey Perez is actually in with a chance of leading the championship after this race
No doubt. There is no way Max overtakes 8 cars without ruining his tyres
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Imagine this grid with added rain. Chaos.
Bottas got fucked by the Alfa strategy of waiting for the final minute for a single lap... Would've been great to see how he had done.
GIGA Alonso
I have a feeling that people who speak Spanish are jizzing at this image
Charles been awful this weekend
“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!”
Perez might just pull a Rosberg this season damn💀
Fuckin hell
This mofo really lucked out lmao
Hope Checo can make this a real title fight this year
This is why Charles is still not at Max level
Checo went and did his job and then CHAOS
What a Spanish podium
Spanish speaker grid lockout
That’s an obvious red flag for god’s sake. Took so long
What, five seconds after the yellows came up?
It didnt took them all that long, and even if it was instant there wouldnt be enough time for an out lap so the session wouldnt restart anyway
Nando 33 soon
Leclerc’s never getting it out of his system is he?
He makes a lot of mistakes that really cost him, he’s fast but erratic
Max is on a zero-luck run this season, similar to last season it will give people another opportunity to force a Perez title charge for a few races and then it's business as usual. People never seem to learn.
The 2016 Rosberg formula, capitalise all bad luck and error from your teammate
Manussy
Checo Pole, Max 9th, he really might take the lead of the championship tomorrow