2024 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 22 - 24

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Merc are gonna struggle to pass anyone, and it's not like they're starting in a good position either

[venkyhere]

I am in awe of this man Verstappen. How the hell does he overturn a 0.3s deficit in one sector ?
Right from first runs in Q1, upto the final run in Q3, he was consistently 0.3s down on the Ferraris in the final sector, the T12-T13 turns. And then, in his final run, somehow, (which I am unable to digest), he finds that time through there. This is exactly the thing he did in Q3 final run in Monaco 2023. The guy squeezes the theoretical limit out of the car. Hats off.

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Wow.. These cars are absurdly fast in the higher speed sections. Amazing to watch onboard at this layout of Albert park

[falonso81]

WTH happened to Ferrari in Q3? Sainz only matching his Q2 lap and Leclerc nowhere. It was supposed to be their best chance at pole yet.

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WTH happened to Ferrari in Q3? Sainz only matching his Q2 lap and Leclerc nowhere. It was supposed to be their best chance at pole yet.

Telemetry from final Q3 runs indicate Sainz did not put it together when it counted



Sainz lost almost 4 tenths in the T9-10 where previously Sainz went faster

[Bill]

I am in awe of this man Verstappen. How the hell does he overturn a 0.3s deficit in one sector ?
Right from first runs in Q1, upto the final run in Q3, he was consistently 0.3s down on the Ferraris in the final sector, the T12-T13 turns. And then, in his final run, somehow, (which I am unable to digest), he finds that time through there. This is exactly the thing he did in Q3 final run in Monaco 2023. The guy squeezes the theoretical limit out of the car. Hats off.

Max is great but we know that redbull is the quickest car in the field.its obvious redbull was sandbagging perez was nowhere in practice but he qualified p3 .yuki was star of quali ahead of quick car of merc and aston

[AMG.Tzan]

I’m laughing with people saying “Verstapen pulled this out of nowhere”

Meanwhile Ferrari always does glory runs in practice sessions and even Verstapen himself wasn’t worried at all! They just turn the wick up and they’re back ahead come qualifying! Nothing special there…

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Tires left for tomorrow: same for everyone

[venkyhere]

I’m laughing with people saying “Verstapen pulled this out of nowhere”

Meanwhile Ferrari always does glory runs in practice sessions and even Verstapen himself wasn’t worried at all! They just turn the wick up and they’re back ahead come qualifying! Nothing special there…

I beg to disagree.. the Redbull was quicker than the ferrari only in T6-T11; and was losing more time than what it gained, over just two slow corners T12-T13 (sector3). This was the case throughout qualifying, until final run Q3. If you look at Perez's final Q3 run, he loses 0.3 to LeClerc and Sainz in S3. In Max's final Q3 run, he 'found' this deficit.
I welcome to be proved wrong, but least of all, it is expected that we have a proper surgical reply when rebutting someone's observation, rather than just "Redbull is the fastest car, they were sandbagging" trope. I dont think so. This is a track without the car hitting Vmax anywhere, and also one with many slow turns. Ferrari, with their quicker rotation and shorter gearing in the lower gears, really stood a good chance ; alteast in quali.

[Vanja #66]

Big improvements from RB since FP2, switching to smaller wing seems to have improved their balance as well as drag. Really big step was made in S3.



Contrary, Sainz made most progress in S1 and seemingly more progress on straights without rear wing change.



Leclerc was definitely not comfortable compared to FP2 as he confirmed after Q, minimal improvements around the lap and the only big improvement came in T13 exit and later acceleration with higher PU mode.

[DGP123]

Glad I only watched the highlights. Predictable pole, but an anti climax Q3. Mercedes just a mess. I see Sky haven’t even bothered sending the whole crew

[SirBastianVettel]

3 place penalty for Checo.

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... r%2027.pdf

[Cs98]

Big step by RB with the lower RW and their usual Saturday engine step, particularly visible before and after T6. That's where Ferrari was more turned up in FP and as you can see Leclerc's trace is basically unchanged in that section of track.

[Cs98]

3 place penalty for Checo.

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... r%2027.pdf

Good for the race, hopefully Leclerc can overtake Norris on lap 1.

[CHT]

3 place penalty for Checo.

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... r%2027.pdf

Hopefully we will will get to see the true potential of RB20 tomorrow