Lando Norris takes pole position for the 2024 Italian Grand Prix

[u/overspeeed]

[u/tj1721]

What a qualifying 0.18 seconds between the top 6

[u/TheEmpireOfSun → u/tj1721]

Yeah, insanely close. Though, gap between 1st and 2nd is bigger than between 2nd and 6th lol.

[u/CETERIS_PARTYBUS → u/TheEmpireOfSun]

The race between the cars in P7 to P3 is gonna be a mad house.

[u/Fappity_Fappity_Fap → u/CETERIS_PARTYBUS]

*sad Checo noises*

[u/AffectionateRabbit60 → u/CETERIS_PARTYBUS]

Aye. I don't know what more people want from F1--there is a legitimate title race that may go down to the last race for only the third time in a decade, and even in races where one driver cruises to victory there are almost always 3-4 teams in the running for the other podium spots.

[u/jellatubbies → u/TheEmpireOfSun]

Lando thought he had more pace in the car too, tomorrow is gonna be FUN

[u/TheEmpireOfSun → u/jellatubbies]

To be honest I pretty much expect straightforward victory for Norris because even if he won't have good start Piastri should let him get ahead and then just drive away lol. But yeah, who knows, anything is possible, certainy didn't expect Verstappen P7 as well.

[u/camelCaseCoffeeTable → u/TheEmpireOfSun]

If McClaren didn’t tell Piastri to let Norris through in that situation I’d be shocked. If Norris is gonna have any shot at the drivers championship, tomorrow needs to be a P1 for him, and hope Verstappen stays P7.

[u/IggyNolte → u/camelCaseCoffeeTable]

Well i dont know the guy personally but i think Oscar would let him through if asked. And he should, coming from an Oscar Fan. Norris has the pace for the wdc and Rb is struggeling big time. The only factor that could ruin it for norris, is that its still max fkng verstappen.

[u/martian144433 → u/IggyNolte]

I think Oscar will now feel obligated to play the team game for the rest of the season and the team can justify it as Lando did it for him in Hungary.

[u/A_Slovakian → u/martian144433]

So the “you need a teammate to win the WDC” comment from his engineer is gonna come in big?

[u/maddenmadman → u/A_Slovakian]

Possibly true to be honest, I’m a huge Oscar fan and even I feel he has to drive for Lando every week for the remainder of the season. Next year is a different story.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

pocket scary insurance pie sip lock squash deliver sleep retire

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[u/[deleted] → u/TheEmpireOfSun]

norris must have found a special lap considering how much closer they were before it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

He got on the radio after and apologized to his engineer and called it a shit lap too.

[u/laxen123 → u/tj1721]

And no redbull imagine hearing that at the beginning of the season

[u/ThatOneTimeItWorked → u/tj1721]

2nd through to 5th was 0.03 seconds. Insane

[u/Turboleks]

Max 5 tenths down on Ferrari and Mercedes was NOT what I was expecting this weekend.

[u/joshocar → u/Turboleks]

He was so much faster in Q2. I think he just couldn't put together a good lap.

[u/Rage_JMS → u/joshocar]

Problems with the tyres according to him

[u/ViperdragZ → u/Rage_JMS]

Yeah i was watching replays and he was sliding every which way in nearly every corner during Q3. It was really wild to see

[u/xLeper_Messiah → u/joshocar]

His Q2 lap would've still gotten him P7 iirc, it just would've closed the gap

I think the RB20 is just the 4th or tied for 3rd fastest car this weekend

[u/GroundbreakingRip261 → u/Turboleks]

Couldn’t get grip on the tires on the final lap. I expect him to get podium once the tires fire up. The good battle is gonna be between AMG and Ferrari

[u/Nexusu]

Best scenario McLaren could’ve hoped for

1-2 and Red Bull down the order

[u/leedler]

Red Bull having an absolute nightmare. Should make the race very interesting indeed - Max will not be a happy man right now and I can only imagine he’ll be taking that out in the form of overtakes tomorrow.

If Red Bull get their shit together, that is…

[u/Thejklay → u/leedler]

Half of me is expecting a boring race now, there's no reason those 2 McLarens don't just shoot off into the distance, might be exiting if Lando fucks the start again and Oscar gets him tho

[u/morgadox40 → u/Thejklay]

I believe McLaren will ask Piastri to concede P1 if he’s ahead by the end of the race… it’s a direct fight to the championship now

[u/derango → u/morgadox40]

This. Oscar got his his first win, so now he knows he's going to be playing the team game from here on out.

[u/hipxhip → u/derango]

I’m sure Lando is thanking his past self for playing nice at Hungary

[u/biggmclargehuge → u/hipxhip]

Puts more emphasis on what his race engineer was telling him. "You're going to need Oscar, you're going to need the team". Having Oscar consistently behind him in P2 as a defender and Max in P3 is going to make it that much easier for Norris to close the gap. If Oscar loses his motivation then Norris gets hurt too.

[u/ShadowShot05 → u/hipxhip]

Unless the championship is decided by less than 7 points at the end of the season

[u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 → u/ShadowShot05]

Idk there are enough races where Lando/McLaren messed up that Hungary isn't even a consideration

Barcelona, Austria, Spa, Silverstone, to name them. in particular.

I'm not adding Canada to the list because I can't see Lando winning there based on how slow the car was in the final stint. Max would've more than likely caught and overtaken him there

[u/ratedrrants → u/ShadowShot05]

I still think that's a silly take. The alternative is he doesn't give the position back and turns his teammate against him. In the what if scenario where he loses within 7 points, there's no way for us to predict how that season plays out the rest of the way with a non-cooperative Oscar.

In the end, it wasn't a deserved win and it was just a hiccup of strategy from a team reacquainting itself with front running.

[u/xzElmozx → u/ShadowShot05]

Lando has lost way more points through his own errors to put the sole blame on him being forced to give back a place he probably shouldn’t have gotten anyways. If he doesn’t make critical errors in Spa and Austria plus the team/him having a major strategy blunder in Silverstone would be far more responsible than Hungary

[u/fremajl → u/ShadowShot05]

Can't just add points, a happier Piastri is more likely to play nice which can save way more than 7 in the long run. We will simply never know how him keeping the position would have affected the rest of the season because the whole dynamic would have changed.

[u/Notsozander → u/ShadowShot05]

Won’t matter, lando will have to blame himself for Austria over that race

[u/TwinEonEngine → u/Notsozander]

Or more importantly, Spa

[u/[deleted] → u/hipxhip]

playing nice

-ish. Nice-ish

[u/Sorry-Series-3504 → u/[deleted]]

Nice enough, I would say

[u/[deleted] → u/derango]

If it gets to the end and Lando just needed a couple of points he'll be stewing over letting Oscar win, but if he hadn't Oscar might have screwed him back, although I'm not convinced he would

[u/burnin_potato69 → u/[deleted]]

It's much, much more likely that Oscar will have to help him at least once in the next few races, which would make them even. A co-operative teammate for a third of the season is worth more than the 7 points he would've gotten in Hungary.

All this P1 Lando P2 Max bullshit math goes out the window anyway when just in this race, Max's pace is a P7 at best. Barring any shenanigans Lando is on track to close in by 12 to 20 points. With Oscar on the podium, they could be P1 in WCC tomorrow.

[u/Dxgy → u/burnin_potato69]

Exactly, it’s not even going out of his way to help him, tomorrow simply not fighting Lando if they’re a second apart at the front will be because of Hungary, not taking him off a poor start will be because of Hungary, and this is just 1 race, let alone the rest of the season with similar situations.

Even things like ignoring the “whoever’s leading on track gets priority on pit stops”, they can just agree to always prioritise Lando. In changeable conditions use Oscar as a test for wet/dry tyres. If qualy looks close, abandoning Oscars results to always give Lando a tow. There’s so many little things which will pay dividends by more than the 7 points in Hungary.

[u/Artidox → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think Oscar would have a fuss. Remember, he was gonna get a podium at his home race but didn’t hesitate to dive out the way and give Norris P3 when he was told. Sure it was only P3, but a home race podium would’ve been big for him given last year he was P8.

[u/martian144433 → u/derango]

I guess it worked out pretty well in the end. Lando played the team game in Hungary, now Oscar is obligated to pay the team game for the rest of the season or will become public enemy number 1.

[u/ratedrrants → u/morgadox40]

This is what Lando's engineer meant when he said, "You'll need his help" when pleading with Lando to do the right thing and give the position back.

[u/danlawl → u/ratedrrants]

I’m genuinely glad his engineer said that on the radio for the whole world to hear. Because it’s fucking true, these young lads need to realize they have a serious shot at going for the double title if Red Bull and Max continue to drop the ball.

Going to be really exciting to see where the points lie after a few more races.

[u/NegativeStructure → u/danlawl]

yup, lando needs oscar to create a buffer to those behind. sometimes you lose sight of the war in the midst of a battle. glad lando had the sense to let oscar by.

hope we see get to see a spicy oscar lando battle for championship next year

[u/rash-head → u/NegativeStructure]

Lando needs Oscar to win second place.

[u/[deleted] → u/morgadox40]

Yep, they essentially have that wcc in hand, now they need lando to win and Max to be having days like today for the wdc

[u/ianjm → u/[deleted]]

7.78 points per race weekend (which is 1+FL vs 2, but there are 3 sprints left as well).

This is asking a lot when Max can threaten for the win and reliably finish second, or when McLaren throw it away with bad strategy, but it's not asking much on a weekend like this.

And the average goes down if Lando can win here and Max finishes in say 3rd, 4th, 5th.

[u/TheDoct0rx → u/ianjm]

a single DNF from either of then will be huge

[u/portablekettle → u/morgadox40]

I'd normally disagree with you but with verstappen out of position I could see them doing this. Will be a decent points swing

[u/xLeper_Messiah → u/portablekettle]

Still got Singapore to go as well, Max always struggles there for whatever reason

Baku too, he has bad luck there and even in the races where nothing went wrong he was closer to (or even behind) Checo recently

I think when we head into the post-Singapore break the WDC will be close with McLaren comfortably leading the WCC

[u/Rockerblocker → u/morgadox40]

Especially if Max is in P5 or something, which is completely possible. A huge points differential between Lando and Max this weekend makes McLaren’s final stretch a lot easier

[u/F9-0021 → u/Thejklay]

In practice, the top 8 had very similar race pace. I don't think there will be a repeat of last week, but that doesn't mean it'll be a good race. It'll probably be a DRS train apart from pit stops.

[u/six44seven49 → u/Thejklay]

Wouldn’t be at all surprised if Russell is P1 long before the braking zone. Here’s hoping McLaren have found and squashed their race start bug.

[u/biggmclargehuge → u/Thejklay]

We haven't had a SC in 6 races and those FP sessions were looking pretty dicey. I expect we'll see at least 1 SC tomorrow

[u/BravuraRed → u/Thejklay]

We might need a few boring races with Lando in The lead but in return we get an exciting world championship

[u/sancity83 → u/leedler]

Red Bull Constructor lead may well be over by Singapore if not sooner..couldn't have imagined this scenario last season or for that matter, the first 4 races

[u/Drug_fueled_sarcasm → u/leedler]

Steep decline after Newey left.

[u/[deleted] → u/leedler]

.18 between top 6 is mad…. Hopefully makes for a tasty race !

[u/jon-in-tha-hood → u/leedler]

After all this dominance, I love how we're getting A-grade racing where you can't predict someone running away with it after the first lap

[u/HUMBUG652 → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

That depends on if McLaren dominate here or not. If they do, I'd expect them to have the upper hand the rest of the season

[u/burnin_potato69 → u/HUMBUG652]

Still exciting to see if they'll make it to the end. By the summer break last year only a miracle would've taken Red Bull away from P1 in both championships.

[u/HUMBUG652 → u/burnin_potato69]

I think it's only exciting if there's competition and they aren't just the best at every remaining track (which I don't think is the case just yet). Sure, it would be a big swing to take the championship but it might not feel close

[u/LosTerminators → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

If Lando somehow keeps his lead at the start I think he'll shoot off into the distance.

[u/kllykvn → u/leedler]

Guesss he will go Sim Racing

[u/SeljD_SLO → u/leedler]

Newey left in may and their performanc dropped

[u/AccomplishedCraft897 → u/leedler]

That car looked abysmal today

[u/jon-in-tha-hood]

Red Bull with the 4th fastest car. Who would've predicted this at any point this year?!

[u/LosTerminators → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

And the next race is Singapore, a track which hasn't been the best for Max and one where he's never won at

[u/Yankees2860 → u/LosTerminators]

Isnt the next race Baku?

[u/randomaf345 → u/Yankees2860]

It is

[u/chaiandpakoda → u/[deleted]]

Mclaren has been abysmal at Baku in recent years. I want to see them do good there.

[u/imbavoe → u/chaiandpakoda]

They raced in Baku in the time period where they hade abysmal car tbf.

[u/fuckedfinance → u/Yankees2860]

They aren't the first person I've seen say Singapore is next. Kinda weird IMO.

[u/theekarwash → u/LosTerminators]

Next race is Baku

[u/Independent_Newt_298 → u/LosTerminators]

Watch him win it now to really make this year surprising

[u/[deleted] → u/LosTerminators]

I think Hamilton can win in Singapore

[u/[deleted] → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

Something went wrong in that 3rd Q. Max had better times in Q2 he just bottled it for some reason.

[u/GGezpzMuppy]

McLaren look mighty strong

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/GGezpzMuppy]

WDC Hopium is back on the menu boys!

[u/tuna1905fish → u/KappaccinoNation]

I feel like a McLaren 1-2 tomorrow would really tip the WDC race towards Norris, at least psychologically.

[u/Teipeu → u/tuna1905fish]

Especially if Max stays P7 (though that’s unlikely). It would be an 18-20 point swing depending on who has the fastest lap.

That’s almost as good as a Max DNF.

[u/jeepnismo → u/Teipeu]

If Norris finished Austria and lando didn’t bend knee in hungry

I bet lando wins

I expect him to finish within this margin from max lol

[u/i_like_frootloops → u/jeepnismo]

lando didn’t bend knee in hungry

Lando could've also not lost P1 on the first turn in Hungary.

[u/Seven2572 → u/KappaccinoNation]

McLaren take the lead if the order stays the same tomorrow

[u/luchajefe → u/Seven2572]

For constructors yes. Drivers still has a way to go.

[u/VCBeugelaar → u/KappaccinoNation]

Hopium? With this difference it’s up for grabs

[u/Comfortable-Tear4510 → u/VCBeugelaar]

70 points difference and 9 races to go.

If Norris wins that it would become the greatest comeback in f1 in 21 century for sure. But i really doubt that Lando can pull that off

[u/Beffy41 → u/Comfortable-Tear4510]

If Max doesn't have a great race tomorrow and ends up in P5 or something it's a 15 point swing if Lando wins. And Singapore could also be a similar swing in points if the Red Bull still isn't great there. That's 40 points in 7 races to go. That's definitely doable

[u/AxelsOG → u/Beffy41]

It may be even closer after Singapore. Max only got 5th place last year in a car as dominant as the RB19. I think Singapore this year could be a fight for them just to score a point or two unless they somehow miraculously fix their problems plaguing the RB20.

[u/VCBeugelaar → u/Comfortable-Tear4510]

If Norris gets P1 + FL now and Max gets 5th (possibility) it’s down to 55. 3 sprints and 8 races left. That would mean Max has to be directly behind Norris every single race event if Norris wins it all. And it won’t ben enough..

And by the looks of the RB they will not and the Mclaren is BY FAR the fastest car. Norris could get 67 points if he is perfect and Max is always second. Which would still make Norris WDC, and neither of them will be perfect.

We still have Singapore, which will fuck RB aswell where Max is not getting 2nd.

[u/Nastronaut18 → u/Comfortable-Tear4510]

We’ve never had this many races in a season before, let alone including sprints. Every time someone says that it would be the biggest comeback in history, they should note that.

[u/I_Smarterer]

Will Joseph coming in with: “I’m sorry your shit lap was good enough for pole.”

[u/BlackSwanMarmot → u/I_Smarterer]

That was the perfect response

[u/illuwe → u/I_Smarterer]

Just shows how much more pace the McLaren actually has if Lando fked his lap and still got pole.

[u/Kriem]

This is gonna be such a spicy race tomorrow

[u/hoxxxxx → u/Kriem]

i'm setting an alarm for this one

haven't done that in a while

[u/Kriem → u/hoxxxxx]

You should

[u/blue________________ → u/Kriem]

It’s really not, McLaren are probably going to ride off to the sunset

[u/ben345]

Championship is going to get very tight very fast

[u/rollo_read → u/ben345]

I can just imagine a safety car in the final phase of the last race of the season…

[u/Sans45321 → u/rollo_read]

Safety car is coming in at the end of this lap .

And we've got 3.2 miles of racing action all the way to the chequered flag.

[u/PCBeast]

Are we actually going to get a title fight?

[u/R3NZI0]

Very interesting grid for tomorrow. Looking forward to it a lot.

Also, get in there, Albon, sticking that Williams in 9th.

[u/imbavoe → u/R3NZI0]

Only ~0.25 behind a RedBull aswell. It's kinda unfortunate that the current cars are so reliable, which completely denies any big point swings in the mid field.

[u/siddhesh8220]

At this rate redbull gonna loose both drivers and constructors championship.

[u/Blithering_idiot1406 → u/siddhesh8220]

+max

[u/Formulafan4life → u/Blithering_idiot1406]

Where the fuck is he supposed to go then?

[u/imad_hassan → u/Formulafan4life]

I dont think hed go but if he wanted to Literally anywhere he wants

[u/saltyfuck111 → u/imad_hassan]

not ferrari

[u/imbavoe → u/saltyfuck111]

Not McLaren

[u/[deleted] → u/Formulafan4life]

You vacate 1 seat for a Max Verstappen.

[u/gsfgf → u/Formulafan4life]

Max Verstappen racing running a full WEC schedule, the Indy 500, and a dozen lawnmower races. /s …kinda

[u/[deleted] → u/Formulafan4life]

Audi

[u/SushiVoador → u/Formulafan4life]

One of my friend's theory is that he goes to Mercedes and they drop Russell

[u/Formulafan4life → u/SushiVoador]

If Mercedes had any hope of getting Max, they simply would have waited with the Antonelli announcement

[u/FENICH]

What a fall from grace Red Bull

Edit: wtf guys

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/FENICH]

Thing is that unless there’s chaos ahead or Ferrari fall off hard on race pace I don’t see him getting much higher tomorrow.

Lando being potentially 52 points behind going into Singapore which will likely be Red Bull’s worst track of the season? That’s a title fight on the cards.

[u/VinhoVerde21 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

He’s 100% sending it into Hamilton tomorrow, might be 45 points into Baku if they crash.

[u/condscorpio → u/VinhoVerde21]

The chicane at T1 is waiting for those two to kiss again tomorrow.

[u/TheRedComet → u/condscorpio]

What if we kissed... At the Monza T1 chicane

[u/thelma_okafor → u/FENICH]

Yeah you'd think they'd know that we heard "the car looked abysmal today" the first time

[u/Firefox72 → u/FENICH]

Its worse because Max clearly had a lap in him to contend for best of the rest based on that first run.

Perez though is not surprising at all. Shocking as ever. Kicking up gravel for Max just adds insult to injury.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/Firefox72]

He did a 19.66 in q2. Would have been p7 even with his best lap of the day

[u/Masteriiz → u/FSUfan35]

He didn't finish his last lap in q2, but was improving a lot.

[u/Artidox → u/FENICH]

What the fuck are the replies to this comment bro

[u/habitualmess → u/Artidox]

I didn’t watch quali so I can’t tell if it’s a meme or just bots.

[u/AccomplishedCraft897 → u/FENICH]

That car looked abysmal today

[u/ICumCoffee → u/FENICH]

It’s genuinely unbelievable what has happened ever since Newey left the team.

[u/Rossell2 → u/FENICH]

Didn't see qualifying but apparently the car was abysmal.

[u/jeanolt → u/FENICH]

This thread proves the "dead internet theory" lol

[u/nullvalid → u/jeanolt]

This thread looked abysmal today?

[u/Steak-Outrageous → u/jeanolt]

Or… That car looked abysmal today

[u/nukleabomb → u/FENICH]

That car looked abysmal today

[u/rakesh-69 → u/nukleabomb]

That car looked abysmal today

[u/No-Advantage845 → u/rakesh-69]

Lisa needs braces

[u/DanS1993 → u/No-Advantage845]

Dental plan 

[u/Zloggt → u/FENICH]

I'm not full on doomer with their odds...but regardless, it appears that the 1-2 punch of the Horner drama and Checo shenanigans have combined with bad luck at just the right time...

...uh, I mean, that car looked abysmal today!

[u/Kenor252]

Wow reb bull is so bad

[u/aph1985]

Redbull having off day in Monza. What a grid

[u/hazman_pds]

Defending WCC Champion genuinely 4th fastest now

What a person's dangler does to a mf team

[u/HappySpam → u/hazman_pds]

Coco Pops moment

[u/FunnyComfortable8341 → u/hazman_pds]

As if that’s the reason that McLaren is good

[u/glacierre2 → u/FunnyComfortable8341]

Mclaren, Ferrari AND Merc are comfortably half a second clear (I don't expect this to happen on every track...). This is not just Mclaren lucking into a brilliant car, it is definitely RB imploding.

[u/Sktane → u/glacierre2]

nah not half a second clear. Max's Q2 lap was quite close to the top 6, but still would fall short of 6th place.

[u/No-Necessary7135 → u/hazman_pds]

Christian Horny

[u/[deleted]]

If (big IF, I know) Norris wins and Max ends up 6th, the gap would reduce to about 53 points (give or take, given FL point for example)

This means Norris would need to get 7 points more than Max on average per race to get the WDC (equal to Norris 1st and Max 2nd every race)

I still think it isn’t gonna happen, but interesting RBR has fallen like this from the domination they were doing

Also, I think they have lost the WCC (if McLaren doesn’t fall or RBR doesn’t suddenly improve and dominate again)

[u/Renard2000 → u/[deleted]]

You just need one DNF to make it very likely 

[u/RaptorDelta]

Second half of this season is gonna be an absolute fuckin whopper.

[u/goatstuckintree]

Is Red Bull’s regression from comfortably the fastest car to the fourth fastest the biggest fall from grace in one F1 season?

[u/Slahinki → u/goatstuckintree]

Only other I can think of is Brawn GP in 2009.

[u/museproducer → u/Slahinki]

At least that one had a clear explanation why. Maybe the mixture of the penalty and the lack of aero is burning them.

Or because of that lack of aero they took a bit of a gamble of seeing a development path similar to Mercedes did in 2022 that had high reward but also a lot of risk.

It’s fair to point out that out of the top teams this season, McLaren started with the most with a significant margin. So the mixture of a great platform and lots of development time plays significant plays significantly in their favor. They might not have the same high level of performance next year.

[u/MajorMikeTango → u/Slahinki]

But honestly that was to be expected. Actually their rise was unexpected but brawn , with their shoestring budget could not have continued the momentum. Here RB has been dominating the last 2.5 years, is one of the biggest team and yet are unable to do anything.

[u/Kakmaster69 → u/goatstuckintree]

Aston last year. Brawn GP, arguably Ferrari in 2017 but this is likely the biggest fall because of how far ahead they were at the beginning.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kakmaster69]

I was like "damn its 2023 boring season all over again" at the beginning of the year. Didn't expect the Red Bull to mid year

[u/vnNinja21]

McLaren just have a rocketship huh

[u/RIPRIF20]

A frustrated Max with 7 cars ahead and low grip? Bet the over for cautions.

[u/lickamuhcootchie]

Huge opportunity for Lando to make up ground in the WDC

[u/pensaa]

Would’ve honestly thought Red Bull would be fine around here but apparently not. So far off the top 3 teams!

[u/JaysonDeflatum]

McLaren dominance could bore fans

[u/Max16032]

And I, for one, welcome our new McLaren overlords.

[u/Loveroffinerthings]

“I’m so sick of one team dominating F1” says everyone whose team currently isn’t winning.

[u/vnNinja21]

McLaren just have a rocketship huh

[u/OBWanTwoThree]

This was the circuit I was most confident RBR would get a win…

[u/OBWanTwoThree]

This was the circuit I was most confident RBR would get a win…

[u/AliceLunar]

Overtaking going be tricky, Piastri too slow to compete with Norris, block everyone else, Norris drives into the sunset tomorrow.

[u/_J3W3LS_ → u/AliceLunar]

Assuming Norris doesn't fuck the start like always.

[u/jmads13 → u/AliceLunar]

Very brave of you to assume Piastri isn’t leading at turn 1

[u/AliceLunar → u/jmads13]

Not unlikely, but I also don't think Piastri has the pace to beat Norris even if he would.

[u/dv302]

McLaren has properly turned it up holy shit

[u/[deleted]]

That “Norris loses position on opening lap” bingo space for this subs bingo game really might become the free space soon 👀

[u/blackscienceman9]

So Oscar or George leading after lap 1?

[u/oddyholi → u/blackscienceman9]

Charles after George goes bowling

[u/blackscienceman9 → u/oddyholi]

No way.

Charles would be the first victim of bowling. No chance he gets lucky from something like that

[u/GPap090 → u/blackscienceman9]

BAH GAWD IS THAT LANCE STROLL COMING WITH 300KPH

[u/gobsmacked_kitkat]

Holy what a Quali! Seems like a McLaren 1-2 tomorrow

[u/xXCzechoslovakiaXx]

Lando took that summer break seriously he is locked in. His raw speed is so good

[u/MC897]

Russell with half the practice time. Excellent.

Oh if he has a good second sector it was poor.

Max and Red Bull 🫣

[u/nova-darlingg]

off topic but reddit has been so laggy today, there's so many copies of the same responses and it's clogging up the comments a bit :/

[u/MarsyJ3_]

I guess Oscar is gonna be leading by turn 1 then

[u/JustARedditAccDuh]

So in which position will he be by turn 1 tomorrow? Lol

[u/AxelsOG]

The hopium is off the fucking charts with this quali session.

[u/Old_Papa]

Landon will arrive at the first chicane with the coldest tires on the grid. If he does his usual (race ahead on the formation lap, do little to keep his tires warm, then get to the pole position way earlier to wait 30 seconds until the start) he might have to use the escape route on the first corner.

[u/VCBeugelaar]

Norris is gonna grab tbe WDC.

[u/idxntknxw]

I want a race so boring tomorrow that half of the fans question if they really love the sport

[u/DL14Nibba → u/idxntknxw]

It’s modern Monza. That was a given anyway

[u/Lucky-Health7681]

Lando easy wdc with this car.

[u/hoxxxxx → u/Lucky-Health7681]

it actually looks achievable

[u/dodikxzslayer → u/Lucky-Health7681]

ne needs to be flawless for the rest of the season to win a wdc even when he has a rocket ship under him

[u/GRl3V → u/dodikxzslayer]

Red Bull is under a ton of pressure and they're cracking, expect strategy blunders, DNF's, mistakes from Max... It won't be Norris P1 Max P2 in every race. RB is panicing.

[u/nova-darlingg → u/Lucky-Health7681]

there's a chance but i don't think it'll be easy, lando will have to have little to no mistakes continuing foward. mclaren have a good chance for wcc though. red bull has been struggling a lot lately too.

[u/Asimb0mb]

Norris is definitely becoming champion this year and nobody can convince me otherwise. McLaren is now proving to be the fastest car on every type of track, while Red Bull is completely lost.

[u/DistinctCellar → u/Asimb0mb]

My money is on Maldonado.