ROUND 12: 🇬🇧 Great Britain
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2024
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 1950
- Number of laps: 52
- Circuit Length: 5.891 km
- Race Distance: 306.198 km
- Lap record: 1:27.097 Max Verstappen (2020)
- 2023 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
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Perez…
Not the time to be beaching the car when there are rumors of you being axed mid-season.
Seemed early to switch to slicks. Don’t know who made the decision.
Could it be floor damage for Verstappen?
Edit: Brundle confirms “significant” floor damage
Three brits on top of quali for the first time since 1968, and first time in Silverstone ever…
We truly are in a british age of F1
One of them must take the win surely
A Haas out qualifying a Ferrari? Now there’s something you don’t see every day.
Both ferraris right?
However you want to cut it. KMag out in Q1,LeClerc in Q2.
I meant it as hulk is in front of both ferraris
Well yes, but he really only beat Sianz head to head. Saying that doesn’t do much for you except give you a marginally better starting slot.
Oh boy, Sergio beaches in the gravel
From the Monaco curse to now the post-Monaco curse 💀
Let’s fucking gooo, Williams.
Sargeant is out qualifying Perez.
Sargeant is out qualifying Perez.
Is it just me or is this becoming a weekly thing now
He is more often in front of perez than in front of albon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Clever move by Perez. He figured most were going to out qualify him either way, so he placed the car in the gravel trap early to save the engine. /s
Man out here playing 5D chess /s
Perez is having a horrid season. Parking it in the gravel in Q1 is illustrative for how his season is going.
That was unexpected
Crofty going wild!
This is like a wet dream come true for him
Three Brits at the top right now.
Considering the floor damage, Max is still doing pretty well.
Hulk also doing great.
Do sky have special sources from the teams¿? The f1tv commentary still aren’t confirming that max has damage. How are sky so sure¿?
There was a clear camera shot of a chip missing from the front of one of the fins on the underside of the floor.
Journalists are in Whatsapp broadcast groups handled by the teams. RBR press officer sent a message into his group confirming the floor damage.
Not just a Sky thing, quite a few F1 journos are in those groups.
Weird then that this did not reach the f1tv commentary team.
Well they would need someone to look at WhatsApp during commentary, easily possible that the F1TV team felt too busy to do that
Damn everybody at red Bull must have had a heart attack for a moment or two
Wow. That was good.
Is Redbull allowed repair (replace) the floor before the race?
I think you’re allowed to repair/swap components as long as they’re identical spec. No setup changes, but they should be able to put in a new one.
I think that is all at the stewards discretion.
Doesn’t read like it to me
40 PRE-SPRINT AND PRE-RACE PARC FERME
40.2 […] the following work may be carried out:
g) Repair of genuine accident damage, defined as any of the following:
iii) Damage incurred whilst off track limits, which also result in significant loss of lap time or a lap time which is deleted by the Race Director.
Thanks for the source.
changed during parc ferme
From the document:
Car 01: Floor assembly (without skids and plank)
Floor keel panelAll above parts have been replaced with the approval of the FIA technical delegate following a written request from the team concerned, this being in accordance with Article 40.3 of the 2024 Formula One Sporting Regulations.
Short answer is yes, with identical parts otherwise it’s a grid drop or pitlane start depending on what is changed and why.
I think that still needs approval of the stewards.
You are incorrect.
Looks like approval was needed and granted
changed during parc ferme
From the document:
Car 01: Floor assembly (without skids and plank)
Floor keel panelAll above parts have been replaced with the approval of the FIA technical delegate following a written request from the team concerned, this being in accordance with Article 40.3 of the 2024 Formula One Sporting Regulations.
I don’t understand how or why approval would’ve been needed, unless Red Bull asked just to be safe?
The damage should’ve been covered under normally allowed repairs during parc ferme rules:
I’ll agree g iii could fit. If it was an out lap, or if he went into the pits at the end of the lap, the time wouldn’t have been deleted, and although time was lost, was it “significant”?
And 40.3 specifies for repairs not covered in 40.2. So no harm in asking anyway, certainly better than a DQ.
The day I understand the FiA will be the day I know I’ve lost it.
You’re definitely right that there’s no harm in asking compared to a DQ.
That will certainly be breaking parc ferme.
No, they have 3,5 hours to repair it.
After the qualifying session ends on Saturday night, there will be a period of three and a half hours when the team are allowed to inspect, repair, and ensure that the racing cars are prepared for the upcoming race.
No you can replace a damaged part as long the replacement part is the exact same spec
And apprently they dont have a same-spec floor
Wow max is fucked then
No, actually. After the post-qualification inspections, teams can replace damaged parts like-for-like with parts that are undamaged.
RBR does not have an identical floor as far as they have said before the weekend. They only have this one.
Horner on F1TV just confirmed they have a replacement.
Damage is often allowed to be repaired without breaking parc ferme. I just don’t know the limits.
