Our Reaction to Qualifying AND the Sprint for the US GP

Ferrari didn't fire the wrong driver, they did hire the wrong driver

Their head sizes could not be more different, matts head is MASSIVE

Just sooo happy little lewis is where he belongs

Tommy is just wrong here. Watch the clip again and Sainz taking the normal line. Lando very clearly doesn't take that line, brakes as he should for the tighter line and as the lead car had every right to do so. Charles also wanted to take that line for the overtake, which is his right, however Lando did it first. That's why this was so close: they both took the alt line. The only "issue" here was Charles being caught out that Lando didn't go wide on the normal line. If either of them had done the normal line, we wouldn't be saying anything (well maybe that Lando go passed if he went wide), but when both go tight, issue. Charles "did nothing wrong" because he was fine to take that inside line if he wanted, but if there was contact, it would have been on Charles/a racing incident. Just because Charles wanted to take that line doesn't mean Lando can't or was somehow at fault. Charles isn't turning differently than Lando, Lando isn't cutting across his nose, they are both just taking that tight line and Charles wasn't expecting it. He was expecting Lando to be wide so Charles would have a few extra meters to brake, but instead Lando went tight and was in Charles's braking point. But again, lead car has that right.

And if you still don't believe me, look at what Charles said after the race. He said after looking at it again and not being in the stress of the last lap, it was totally fine and not at all bad driving by Lando.

Nah not a penalty. Just smartly staying on the inside line

Lewis started 20th in 22 and finished 6th.

The field spread began closing (3 months later) quickly, following the Checko lift at Monaco 2023.
The most visually descriptive floor shots I have ever seen, 5G with wide perspective rotations supplied by cheeky crane operators.

What about moving in a corner AFTER braking?...

Never has a cowboy hat been more out of place.

LOL if max did what Lando did to Charles, he gets crucified. Lando does it, and its 'what he should be doing'
the double standards for Max and others is a joke. ppl don't appreciate what we have in Max. instead just vilify what is the greatest racing talent we have seen.
Imagine if Max was British! hahahaha fking hell he would be already lauded as the greatest ever. joke British bias in F1.

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i disagree about comparing landos move to max's in austria. Max did move under braking but Lando was also doing some shady moves as well. The fia, instead of penalizing both, just let them battle it out. So its not the same because Charles wasn't doing anything shady to Lando. Also alonso got penalized for a very similar move this year. Lando defintely got away with it, which means he deserved the penalty but somehow got favoritism

Alonso gets a penalty for what lando did to Charles...

I love how Charles outperforms Carlos SO many times this season and now Carlos has a slightly better sprint and suddenly Ferrari fired the wrong driver. Charles doing well, nobody talks about it that much, Carlos does 1 good sprint race and he's the better driver between them according to a lot of people lol.
Carlos is great, but Charles is better.

idc who I agree with on the Lando thing, I'm just happy Matt and Tommy disagree about something 😆

You lads often have me yelling at the screen and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Congrats on the 500k

I think that Lando's move on Charles is more similar to Alonso's move on Russell in Australia rather than Max's move on Lando in Austria.

Rare AWS W with the new "time lost" stat.

It isn't the car, I think Max is just feeling really good this weekend. Lando needs to trust his car on this one. But same with Ferrari

Carlos has been doing that overtake in that same corner since the Toro Roso days

Outqualified by Bottas. Like we've seen so many times...

"Lando being overtaken into turn 1"

Lando: Overtakes 2 cars into turn 1

Ferrari hired the wrong driver, that’s a fact. IMHO it has been a blatantly disrepectful and offensive decision, to the extent that next season l’m probably going to cheer for McLaren, or even Williams, after 50+ years as a Ferrari fan.

Again max wins and checo absolutely nowhere .. it's just embarrassing , dunno how he even Carry's on

Alonso got a penalty for doing to Russell what Lando did to Charles. Only difference is Russell crashed.

We need more US races!

The bad lightning, the camera on the table and seemingly little energy makes this seem like 2 blokes talking about f1 during the lunch break at the supermarket. Especially tommy on the right. The guy is as still as a staue with the personality of a zombie. Guy sucks out all color and energy from the room when he goes on and on with his emtionless face and monotonous tone

Braking early is what Alonso did in Australia and Alonso got a penalty.

Best Sprint race ever imho, quali hmm ""If"" doesn't count. Will this race match the sprint, I do hope so. Can't wait.... Great show guys...

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MERICA!

I dont know how you could think that it wasn't fine - Landos move... I'm sorry Tommy usually has good wheel knowledge and opinons, but how could Lando be at fault for defending the inside line and if Charles ran into the back of him, it would've 100% been his fault, as it would if anyother driver ever drove into the back of another driver.

Alonso situation is different cause he broke heavily into a fast corner, Lando broke early on a compromised line into a slow corner.

Lawson’s Q1 lap was rapid

There is a reason why no top team wanted Sainz. He is a shit teammate and he proved it in the sprint. Glad he is gone. Fired the right driver.

Of course no penalty because it's not Max...... 😂

Russel crashes nearly as much as Sargeant. I bet Mercedes would be higher up the field if that money could be spent on development

Norris just anticipates Leclerc there on the final lap. Leclerc needs more sensible and not just assume Norris will take the racing line. Tommy is just being being a biased Verstappen fan here

For me if Sainz didn't attack Charles at the start Ferrari could have probably won the sprint

Hamilton got out qualified by a Sauber.
Think about that.

F1 script writers know sainz and leclerc are the only ones capable of a proper side by side battle

Max was 0.015 down on Norris after sector 2 overall

Alonso penalised for far less when Russell crashed in Australia.
based on that, 100% penalty

Are you guys using a potato to film this?

I agree that is is not a penalty but if Fernando gets a penalty for Australia then Lando should too... I hate the inconsistency of the stewards

Tommy blink 3 times if Matt has kidnapped you and has you held captive in some basement in Texas?

As a Mclaren man it pains me to say this.. But the way this weekend has looked so far.. Max is most likely gonna close out the championship tomorrow. Even if Lando gets p2 behind him, he would still have lost 10 points this weekend.. and, barring a DNF from Max, he will be too far away imo.

I know it’s very early, but looking at where Ferrari is vs mercades is Lewis about to pull another blinder of a team switch?

If you crash into the back of a driver braking normally because it’s the middle of a chicane and he already has no grip, you’re the one getting penalized. The FIA agreed as well. It’s not the same as max in Austria. Lando was side by side, he didn’t crash into the back of max. And sorry, you can’t brake check when you’re in the middle of a chicane… Charles just expected him to go to the left to try an overtake, he risked it and almost took the two of them out