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FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2024


Circuit stats


  • First Grand Prix: 2021
  • Number of laps: 50
  • Circuit Length: 6.174 km
  • Race Distance: 308.45 km
  • Lap record: 1:30.734 Lewis Hamilton (2021)
  • 2023 winner: Sergio Perez

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did something happen to Magnusson at the end? I thought I saw him drop about four places in a couple of seconds but no mention of it on the commentary

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He had 20 seconds of penalties so that's probably it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Oh haha yeah I forgot πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bearman 🐐🐐🐐🐐

He's possibly scored more points today than some drivers will in this entire season.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I think he'll score more points today than Sargeant over 2 seasons.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Kick must be kicking themselves now

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Another disaster pitstop for Kick Sauber..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Well played KMag, well played

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

KMag absolute the train engine

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Come on Oscar...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Really? Found it pretty interesting so far. Quite eventful.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yeah I enjoyed it. Good racing up and down.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Has KMag fucked the stewards' wives?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Didn't Steiner say something about a Viking cum back when he was TP?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Apparently he pissed in their cereal as well

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Has someone else noticed that from certain camera angles the colours are off, most visibly on the mclarens?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yes this was bugging me too! How strange.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

There is one corner they look rather red.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

NGL I prefer that colour over the papaya

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Yes, I've noticed that too. Especially when the McLarens and Ferraris are side by side

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bearman up to 9th. He's absolutely killing it.

Edit: aw he lost the position

Edit: He got it back πŸ’ͺ

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

10s penalty for Magnussen? No penalty for Norris?

Interesting decisions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If that Norris start is not a jump start then I don't know what is

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The jump starts are based on telemetry, if he was behind the sensor in his box and moved and was still behind, no jump start. You can technically start moving early, so long as you don't cross the sensor before the lights go out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I hope this is not going to give others ideas though. Don't want to see the guys line up further back just to try and get more momentum before the lights.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

His start was massively compromised as a result, since he stopped and started again.

Arguably defined his race v Piastri all told. I think it was right to not penalise him tbh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree that it was detrimental to him this time around since he lost focus and actually started far after the others because of it. I'm still interested in seeing if the decision was made because he actually fucked his own start or if it was because the sensors didn't detect the jump though. If it's the sensors I believe it could open pandora's box as it would be a definitive advantage to get even the slightest of rolls before dropping the clutch.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the rule of thumb is if you catch it and stop before starting again you're broadly OK. It happened in 2020 IIRC with the same result but for the life of me, I can't remember who

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think the rule of thumb is if you catch it and stop before starting again you're broadly OK.

This is not the rule. The rule as it currently exists is completely based on if the sensor detects movements which are greater than the amount specified by the regs. If Norris had started moving 0.05 seconds before lights out but moved a low enough distance as to not trigger the sensor, it is considered a legal start even if he made no attempt to 'catch it'.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep that's exactly my concern. This seems abusable. Drivers could theoretically stop further back from the grid and use that distance to get the car rolling before fully dropping the clutch, limiting tire slip. Someone posted the rules about grid placement and while there is a rule against sideways position or angle, there isn't anything about being further back. It's probably not going to happen but I personally would try that short rolling start in practice just to see.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Its happened before, I remember Bottas 2020 in Hungary. As far as I know, the timing for the final lights out is random so you can't reliably time it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember him having a crazy 0.00something reaction time. I even remember Vettel straight up saying he didn't believe that in post races interviews. It was probably a case of perfect anticipation more than reaction.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Trying to find it, I think your thinking of Japan 2019, but I'm not sure.
I was just looking back at Hungary, and he was reacting to something in the car. Same forward, stop, start that happened here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Ahh might be I was just going from memory. Was Bottas though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Now Perez has a 5 sec penalty for the unsafe release.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Two things.

  1. How has Norris not got a penalty yet.
  2. How is Perez not being investigated yet.

Are the stewards asleepΒΏ?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

They're taking really long.

And now there's no jump start penalty for Norris at all

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Both under investigation now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Took their own sweet time

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Perez got noted for unsafe release by stewards

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

"I hit the wall."
"Can you bring it back?"
"No I hit the ****** wall"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

McLaren and Mercedes didn't double stack because...........

gambling on another s/c i guess?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did they have enough space to double stack without impeding?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Well, at least we got a new race leader..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And Stroll is in the barriers. First safety car of the season.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Amateurish from stroll

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