[M5Rick]

If it was Alonso in Checo's seat he'd be asking the team why Max was so close behind him (in the mirrors) going into his last chance of pole.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Max didn't criticize Checo, he was blaming the team for that moment on the beginning of the straight.
It's the team's job to coach the drivers around the track so they don't influence other drivers and they determine when the cars go out.
So they should have released Checo's car 2 seconds earlier or have him coast his lap 1-2mph faster.

But speaking of Checo....he qualified ninth.
Hammy qualified 3rd. their gap is only 30pts...
Checo has quite the job at hand.

For Max....this all doesn't matter. He wants to win because the biggest lead in history still isn't big enough to his liking.
But if Checo looses his 2nd place...then his next year's seat is definately toast if you ask me...

I'm pretty sure , Checo will lose his P2 from LEW in the WDC ..
The Merc runs now with the new upgraded 2024 test-floor , the Merc runs faster now..
Checo just can't fight and overtake like MAX. Too bad for Checo !
RIC's pace looks very bad too ...

This can't go on like this in a triple World Champions Team ..

But ...ALO's personal manager spoke for 2 hours , with Horner and Marco ( behind the curtains)!

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

Max screwed the pouch in 1st sector, He needs to own it and stop picking on the Mexican. Cheko can rain on his own parade with out Max's help.

Checo's parade will be a Red Bull Emergency EXIT !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm pretty sure , Checo will lose his P2 from LEW in the WDC ..
The Merc runs now with the new upgraded 2024 test-floor , the Merc runs faster now..
Checo just can't fight and overtake like MAX. Too bad for Checo !
RIC's pace looks very bad too ...

This can't go on like this in a triple World Champions Team ..

But ...ALO's personal manager spoke for 2 hours , with Horner and Marco ( behind the curtains)!

Something has to happen with Fernie being choked at the green team now which seems to be sidelining with ownership struggle and some confusion there.
Fernie in the 11 car soon would be an immediate boost for RB.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Something has to happen with Fernie being choked at the green team now which seems to be sidelining with ownership struggle and some confusion there.
Fernie in the 11 car soon would be an immediate boost for RB.

Yeah . ALO would be the right man at the Red Bull Team .

[3798j]

From an article published yesterday...
Red Bull insider's telling three-word reply to the idea of signing F1 hero Fernando Alonso: "Not a chance."

[dfox]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm pretty sure , Checo will lose his P2 from LEW in the WDC ..
The Merc runs now with the new upgraded 2024 test-floor , the Merc runs faster now..
Checo just can't fight and overtake like MAX. Too bad for Checo !
RIC's pace looks very bad too ...

This can't go on like this in a triple World Champions Team ..

But ...ALO's personal manager spoke for 2 hours , with Horner and Marco ( behind the curtains)!

Checo leads the field for the most positions gained, he certainly can overtake. Max would undoubtedly have more if he was qualifying like Checo, but he's got the skills to overtake. Checo has always struggled putting down fast quali laps, but then has skills to outperform on track. I think he'll end. Up doing pretty well in the race on Sunday. I foresee a mediocre showing today though.

I think alo to RB would be a decent move, but it's clearly only a short term thing. Put Checo in Sargent's seat. Retire RIC, and put Lawson at AT.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah . ALO would be the right man at the Red Bull Team .

Fernie like Max would crush everyone in a RB19 now.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by dfox

Checo leads the field for the most positions gained, he certainly can overtake. Max would undoubtedly have more if he was qualifying like Checo, but he's got the skills to overtake. Checo has always struggled putting down fast quali laps, but then has skills to outperform on track. I think he'll end. Up doing pretty well in the race on Sunday. I foresee a mediocre showing today though.

I think alo to RB would be a decent move, but it's clearly only a short term thing. Put Checo in Sargent's seat. Retire RIC, and put Lawson at AT.

'Short term' would be negotiable, if Fernie delivers at RB then Lawson would wait longer until Fernie calls it a day.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by dfox

Checo leads the field for the most positions gained, he certainly can overtake. Max would undoubtedly have more if he was qualifying like Checo, but he's got the skills to overtake. Checo has always struggled putting down fast quali laps, but then has skills to outperform on track. I think he'll end. Up doing pretty well in the race on Sunday. I foresee a mediocre showing today though.

I think alo to RB would be a decent move, but it's clearly only a short term thing. Put Checo in Sargent's seat. Retire RIC, and put Lawson at AT.

Checo really s@cks in QF and in traffic in the back of the field . MAX would overtake there ...Well mate , in a blink of an eye !

At the Qatar GP , it took Checo more than 10 laps to overtake a bad driver like Stroll ..
At that moment I said : Honestly , I couldn't believe my eyes !
Finally he managed to do it .But how ? He exceeded the track limits 4-5 times and he got 4-5 time penalties .
Let's keep in my mind : Checo drives the RB19 , the World Champions car !
It's Checo , not the car !
Tomorrow in the race , Checo is P9 at the startgrid and he will screw it up again , as usual..

LEW will get P2 in WDC , because Checo really s@cks in this season.
Checo has no chance vs LEW in his Merc with the new 2024 test-floor .
This can be Checo's end at the Red Bull Team !

[M5Rick]

Minutes to go before the first shoot out of 12 minutes on medium tires.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Minutes to go before the first shoot out of 12 minutes on medium tires.

The shootout is on !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Minutes to go before the first shoot out of 12 minutes on medium tires.

I just hear : LEW said , the new 2024 test-floor is so far the best Mercedes upgrade in this season !

The new Mercedes 2024 floor works extremely well...
That's bad news for Checo to defend his P2 in the WDC !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I just hear : LEW said , the new 2024 test-floor is so far the best Mercedes upgrade in this season !

The new Mercedes 2024 floor works extremely well...
That's bad news for Checo to defend his P2 in the WDC !

Checo should be up there with Max whatever floor LEW has, he can only help himself now.

[M5Rick]

Chas two thousandth's behind Max in the first one.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Checo should be up there with Max whatever floor LEW has, he can only help himself now.

Sure . Shootout 1 (mediums) is for MAX

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Chas two thousandth's behind Max in the first one.

MAX just did a 360° .. Great save ! Awesome...

And Shootout 2 is for MAX again !

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX just did a 360° .. Great save ! Awesome...

That was indeed some epic car control in that spin.
Made for quite the spectacle

Too bad RIC didn't make Q3. Just a few 1/100 missing.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

That was indeed some epic car control in that spin.
Made for quite the spectacle

I'm sure , MAX really loved that . Did you heard the crowd ?
But they will check the RB19 floor ...

Interesting track domination evolution :

Charlie is faster on the straights and MAX is faster in the turns .

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm sure , MAX really loved that . Did you heard the crowd ?
But they will check the RB19 floor ...

Interesting track domination evolution :

Charlie is faster on the straights and MAX is faster in the turns .

Floor is ok I read.

[GuidoK]

Wow that was close.
It's interesting to see how close Ferrari, Merc, and Mclaren come when all on reds, but the RB's (Max at least) seem to be much faster on the mediums.
This probably means racepace will favour the RB's

[///M Power-Belgium]

Shootout 3 is for MAX . This means MAX is P1 in the Sprintrace for 19 laps !

Today MAX ran much more aggressive , he was dealing with the pain from yesterday !
Charlie was very close at P2 . The Ferrari was extremely fast at the straights and faster than MAX.

Great job MAX (as usual)!

Tomorrow (race) it won't be easy for MAX at P6 . But there's always a chance for him...

#UnLeashTheLion !