So the entire top 8 has DRS

And as I say that, Perez breaks it

for 4th?

What odds Perez and Russel crashing into each other at the first corner :D

“Can Perez catch Piastri”

The only thing Perez has caught recently is Covid, and Im amazed he managed that

If i’m remembering right, they double stacked and did 2.1 max, 2.0 checo

and then next stop they did 1.9 on max, 2.0 on checo

edit: it was china https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2024/races/1233/china/pit-stop-summary.html

two double stacks

didnt red bull double stack a 2.0, 1.9 earlier this season?

Max’s timing with DRS zones is so damn good. The way he ensures he has a full DRS to build up 1 second before the other car gets DRS is nuts.

how tf did George get there :o

Lando so busy trying to squeeze max he gave George a tow and a ton of space on the outside

safety car just as the rain arrives, this is gonna be mega interesting

he’s not doing himself any favours that he is still sitting 16th… isn’t even making up places in the backfield

I feel like anybody in that car would be going faster than perez

George doing George things, and where the hell did that extra burst of pace suddenly spring from for Norris.

Its like his tyres suddenly found 2 laps worth of total sweet spot

I mean, Checo has been renewed for 2025, and option for 2026…

but that all could change but it would cost RB a lot of $$

yeh, im more surprised other teams didn’t give it a shot.

Like why did Red Bull not take a punt with Perez, faster cars, on wet tyres, he could have made up a ton of places if it worked out.

Totally understand why Haas made the call on wets, surprised more lower teams didn’t try it

But equally surprised they put both drivers on wets… smart choice for lower field runners surely would be split strategy?

I’m sorry, but this is why you dont give someone who’s grossly under-performing a 2 year contract at this point of the season.

You use the possibility of a contract to motivate and then reward performance

You dont give the contract and hope that motivates them to perform

I mean at least its distracted from Horner, everyones laughing at Checo now

i mean, you can slow down the second car before hitting the pits and then crawl in the pit lane, only needs a 5 second gap or so

McLaren and Mercedes didn’t double stack because…

gambling on another s/c i guess?

Aaaaaand Max already has a gap you could fit half the F2 grid in

If Red Bull do that, then F1 will start bringing a whole raft of rule changes mid season to try an screw over Red Bull and make them slower

(I mean they tried to do that last year with the floor rulings, but Red Bull ended up getting even better)

Only took 18 laps for a “we are checking”