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OT-FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2024; 4/4-7 OT

lousubcap
lousubcap Posts: 34,079
Race schedule below: (All times EDT with broadcast channels listed.)

07APR

Race

01:00 (ESPN)

06APR

Qualifying

02:00 - 03:00 (ESPN2)

05APR

Practice 3

22:30 - 23:30 (ESPN News)

05APR

Practice 2

02:00 - 03:00 (ESPN2)

04APR

Practice 1

22:30 - 23:30 (ESPNU)

Suzuka International Racing Course

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DVR will be in action-
Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.

Comments

  • FrostyEgg
    FrostyEgg Posts: 605
    Stoked for this one! My good buddy got married recently and he and his better half are going to Japan for the honeymoon. He's a huge F1 fan and has tickets to the race. I'll post any pics he sends. 
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    FrostyEgg said:
    Stoked for this one! My good buddy got married recently and he and his better half are going to Japan for the honeymoon. He's a huge F1 fan and has tickets to the race. I'll post any pics he sends. 
    Awesome!!  What a cool memorable way to spend your honeymoon!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690

    Looking forward to see how RB does without side pods. Seems like a pretty substantial change for the track.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,079
    @Ozzie_Isaac - I have not seen anything about RB going w/o side pods for this race...
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,079
    Red Bull in whatever configuration did just fine in qualifying.  First five rows here:
    DRIVER# TIMEKM/H
    1M. VerstappenRED BULL RACING1Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT RB20

    1'28.197

    237.028
    2S. PerezRED BULL RACING11Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT RB20

    +0.066

    1'28.263

    236.851
    3L. NorrisMCLAREN4McLaren-Mercedes

    +0.292

    1'28.489

    236.246
    4C. SainzFERRARI55Ferrari

    +0.485

    1'28.682

    235.732
    5F. AlonsoASTON MARTIN RACING14Aston Martin AMR24

    +0.489

    1'28.686

    235.721
    6O. PiastriMCLAREN81McLaren-Mercedes

    +0.563

    1'28.760

    235.525
    7L. HamiltonMERCEDES44Mercedes W15

    +0.569

    1'28.766

    235.509
    8C. LeclercFERRARI16Ferrari

    +0.589

    1'28.786

    235.456
    9G. RussellMERCEDES63Mercedes W15

    +0.811

    1'29.008

    234.868
    10Y. TsunodaRB22RB-Honda RBPT

    +1.216

    1'29.413

    233.804
    Race on at Zero Dark Thirty EDT.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    lousubcap said:
    @Ozzie_Isaac - I have not seen anything about RB going w/o side pods for this race...
    There was a lot of rumor about their cooling package for Japan and that included no sidepods like Mercedes had tried previously.

    seeing their car in tech inspection and on the pit lane, looks like rumours were unfounded.  They did move/add cooling inlets at the high pressure areas near the back of the cockpit.

    This is all new to me and fascinating.   All the changes between courses: bodywork, aero , suspension, cooling, Sauber wheel nut issues, etc.  wish I had paid years ago.  Your constant yammering on about F1 got me interested, and now I am hooked.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,079
    @Ozzie_Isaac - thanks for the backhanded compliment however, just offering information in a fricitionless role.  But this F1 environment is right in your wheelhouse; the skills (cars and drivers), the constant pushing of the technological envelope, the near term innovation within the rules (voluminous) and minimal fractions of a second outcomes makes it what it is, "cutting edge." 
    As someone once said," with NASCAR the boobs are real and the purses fake; with F1 the boobs are fake and the purses real. " I have never gotten close to either specimen.   B)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    lousubcap said:
    @Ozzie_Isaac - thanks for the backhanded compliment however, just offering information in a fricitionless role.  But this F1 environment is right in your wheelhouse; the skills (cars and drivers), the constant pushing of the technological envelope, the near term innovation within the rules (voluminous) and minimal fractions of a second outcomes makes it what it is, "cutting edge." 
    As someone once said," with NASCAR the boobs are real and the purses fake; with F1 the boobs are fake and the purses real. " I have never gotten close to either specimen.   B)
    Lol, 100% compliment, but if I didn’t say it snarky, I would tarnish my brand.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,079
    Red Bull and Verstappen back on top of the podium once again. Below are the top ten finishers:
    #DRIVERTEAMTIME
    1
    Red BullLAP 53
    2
    Red Bull+12.535
    3
    Ferrari+20.866
    4
    Ferrari+26.522
    5
    McLaren+29.700
    6
    Aston Martin+44.272
    7
    Mercedes+45.951
    8
    McLaren+47.525
    9
    Mercedes+48.626
    10
    VCARB

    Some good mid pack racing but Verstappen was never really challenged.
    On to China, (First time since 2019) with a sprint race April 18-21.  More on that later.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    All is right with the world.  How Max and RB can put such a drubbing on the rest of the pack is amazing.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL