Send us your Brazilian GP F1 podcast questions!
Added 2024-11-03 10:04:39 +0000 UTCHey everyone - as we reach the end of this triple-header, send us your podcast questions from the Brazilian GP weekend!
Drop them in the comments below. As always, Edd and the team will get through a bunch of them in our post race show, and we'll save some more for future episodes in either the main feed or the members-only 'F1 Extra' offerings.
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I can't find info on that. Where and when do we get to know the 'official' results, the F1 site may list it but I'm left wondering what happened to the results from stewards enquiries.
Christopher Guimaraens
2024-11-04 11:31:04 +0000 UTCI noticed with Lando his starts are not bad, but it's that second phase where he looses ground. Is this due to him or the team (engine mapping etc)?
Christopher Guimaraens
2024-11-04 11:27:54 +0000 UTCProbably too late for this ... Since the Brazilian GP was effectively a 2 day event, could we ever see this becoming the norm? (Not suggesting 7.30am starts). It might alleviate some of the fatigue of a 23 round season and those Triple Headers.
Michael Holden
2024-11-04 11:02:40 +0000 UTCIs Norris new "Bottas"? 1/ giving away positions on starts, 2/ quick in quali, not great in race, 3/ quite bad in wheel to wheel, 4/ not outstanding in overtakes, especially without great car advantage
Yaishen
2024-11-04 08:20:15 +0000 UTCIs this arguably Max’s greatest win of his career to date?
Trevor Lynn
2024-11-04 05:50:41 +0000 UTCWhy no running at all on Saturday and yet the cars were allowed to race on Sunday in what were, at times, worse conditions?
Trevor Lynn
2024-11-04 05:49:53 +0000 UTCWhy is it Pirelli are unable to provide a decent full wet tyre? Do Pirelli get the tyre contract simply because they pay the most money? Is it time to allow another manufacturer onto the grid and have a good old tyre war?
Trevor Lynn
2024-11-04 05:48:20 +0000 UTCWith Norris 62 points behind and 3 races to go is it finally time for McLaren to abandon team orders and let Piastri score the results he deserves?
Trevor Lynn
2024-11-04 05:46:04 +0000 UTCWhat happened about Lando’s penalty for leaving the grid at the abandoned start?
Trevor Lynn
2024-11-04 05:43:24 +0000 UTCWhy did the race directors seemingly not allow racing with the full wet tyre? I remember the 1996 Brazilian grand prix being held in terrible conditions to begin with.
Dr Ballsack
2024-11-04 03:32:19 +0000 UTCWhy did Red Bull and Max not seem to have any issues with the length of time it took to put a red flag out in the race however earlier in the day they were beside themselves even though Max went 11th two seconds after the yellow flags. It does feel that this rule could be adjusted
Sam Douglas
2024-11-04 03:25:39 +0000 UTCAfter the Saturday sprint race James Hinchcliffe on the official F1 coverage insinuated that the Race Directors allowed McLaren enough time to get the driver swap completed before they put out the VSC. On Sunday morning Qualifying, David Croft straight out said that Neils Wittich allowed drivers on a qualifying lap to complete them before they waved a red flag after the Stroll incident. This sounds utterly unfair and extremely unlikely that Race Direction would intentionally intervene on track proceedings. Is it damaging for the sport if fans are led to believe that Race Control are attempting to influence the outcome?
Kevan Prendergast
2024-11-04 02:32:32 +0000 UTCSmall question, perhaps for the ends of the show. At the post race press conference Max said he couldn’t see the British media in the room. Does that mean he didn’t see anyone from The Race or are you guys not beating the allegations? lol
Juan Arevalo
2024-11-04 00:26:46 +0000 UTCThat was an amazing race by Max - it showed without a doubt how good of a driver he is. It was explained during the race why McLaren was no where close - but what happened to Ferrari? Leclerc did not seem to attempt a pass. Also why is the 2 compound tire not enforced? There are wets and inters 😂
Shaina Ives
2024-11-03 23:01:00 +0000 UTCSpeaking anecdotally, Alpine didn't seem to be affected as much by the wet slippery conditions compared to other teams. I don't recall ocon or gasly spinning out or over steering at any point for example. (Though I could be wrong there!). How much did car set up play a role in their consistent and strong performance this weekend? Or was this down to raw driving ability from the french duo? Or was it purely circumstance and luck?
Bert Bertson
2024-11-03 22:06:53 +0000 UTCCan we give Sauber a shout out for getting the fastest pit stop
Michael Grayless
2024-11-03 22:04:39 +0000 UTCObviously this can be considered one of max’s best drives. What was something about this drive that you’d think isn’t appreciated enough? And what other good drives may max have just overshadowed?( excluding alpine’s obv)
ByJames
2024-11-03 22:03:44 +0000 UTCWas there really no British media at the podium press conference?
Ryan
2024-11-03 21:45:08 +0000 UTCCan you recap how Norris lost his chance to be WDC contender? and compare to Leclerc - unlikely bid? Championship is back on... just for p2 in classification ;)
Yaishen
2024-11-03 21:36:13 +0000 UTCWhat made max so good on the brakes into t1? Is it a red bull characteristic in the wet or does he simply have an immense feel in those conditions. I can’t recall any other driver pulling off moves like he did
Michael Suli
2024-11-03 21:31:43 +0000 UTCTeam orders nonsense hopefully will end for last races. Vegas will bring 2024 champion
Yaishen
2024-11-03 21:31:39 +0000 UTCWas difficult to watch the race due to time difference (watched on delay in Aus) but in relation to the McLaren team dynamic over the weekend Oscar was the slower car all weekend in the races. BUT, he still led Norris in both races before letting him past. I wonder if McLaren will now focus on the constructors instead and get the best out of both drivers.
Nick of Oz
2024-11-03 21:29:58 +0000 UTCWhat's the thoughts on Landos starts/Restarts? Is there a tyre warm up issue? Seems hard to believe he can get it wrong so many times!
Andrew Ferg
2024-11-03 21:25:15 +0000 UTCI've got to commend F1 for being flexible with their timing of qualifying and the-race. That said, when will they find a way for the cars to run in fill wet conditions. The full wet tyre yet again feels pointless in race conditions as the inter is always favoured.
Adam Barton
2024-11-03 21:13:03 +0000 UTCIt seems ... awkward.
Stranded_Colourwork
2024-11-03 21:07:52 +0000 UTCIt was really just luck? I really think Max would win even without the red flag. It’s just Lando frustration when he says it’s not talent just luck?!
Fausto Cunha
2024-11-03 19:46:07 +0000 UTCWhat is your assessment of a single race result having such a huge impact on the lower half of the constructor's points table?
Jan Alexander
2024-11-03 19:25:17 +0000 UTCNorris again raised the issue of drivers being able to change tyres under a red flag, both on the radio and after the race. In wet races, there isn’t a need for a mandatory tyre change however, so does he have a point in this instance?
Alex Raghunath
2024-11-03 19:20:43 +0000 UTCHow fickle the racing gods are following Max's penalty in the sprint and the timing of the red flag in the race. My question is: what needs to be done to allow F1 cars to race in the wet? A reason often given is 'lack of visibility', but looking at the onboards today, after the red flag, there was virtually no visibility at the end of the start-finish 'straight' and the drivers were able to drive (Verstappen pulled off some sublime overtakes into that corner, albeit before visibility there appeared to be virtually nil), so is it something else...
Oscar Robledo
2024-11-03 19:11:49 +0000 UTCVerstappen looks set to become a four time world champion and has perhaps showcased his ability more so this season, in a car that hasn’t been the best for most of the year, than he did last year. Where would you rank him in your all time lists and where could he rank come the end of his career?
Ben Saint
2024-11-03 18:49:04 +0000 UTCSurely Perez has now made Red Bull’s decision easy. He needs to be dropped! But should Bortoletto and Colapinto (maybe Bottas) being waiting to see if they can get a drive with RB or take the seat at Audi / Sauber? What are you thoughts on the final line up for next year?
Ben Harwood
2024-11-03 18:44:36 +0000 UTCFelt strange to me that max and ocon didn’t pit under the safety car, without Franco crashing there seems like there wouldn’t have been a red flag. With Max on very worn inters do you think Norris wins the race without the red flag?
Piers Langford
2024-11-03 18:38:27 +0000 UTCNorris said that George deserved to win today and that Max just got lucky. Do you agree?
Gavin Cameron @ the_loft_workshop
2024-11-03 18:34:46 +0000 UTCDuring the red flag, there was talk of Mercedes wanting to change the tire pressure for their cars. Why did the team thing this would be okay to do? Are tire pressures not strictly managed for all teams from Pirelli themselves?
Juan Arevalo
2024-11-03 18:26:05 +0000 UTCHow good are the Alpine drivers? What do you reckon they could do in front running machinery, Ocon in particular never got his chance. And how do you rank Ocon‘s wet weather and overtaking abilities?
Rohmilchkäse
2024-11-03 18:03:04 +0000 UTCF1 have now shown that a Quali & Race Sunday is possible, is there any scope to drop a race weekend down to two days? Surely that will open up the ability for more races a year. Im sure F1 would appreciate that!!
Arron Riley
2024-11-03 17:53:10 +0000 UTCWhy are teams being allowed to use only a single tire compound in today’s race? Is the multiple compound rule suspended in the case of rain?
Professor Graz
2024-11-03 17:52:15 +0000 UTCAre you asking if he's been playing tennis on a motorbike?
Simon Emms
2024-11-03 17:32:48 +0000 UTCIs it finally time we change the rule of changing tyres under a red flag and it counting as a pitstop? Pitting Under VSC and SC has some element of strategy to it but waiting for a red flag just doesn’t seem fair.
Sam Douglas
2024-11-03 17:32:43 +0000 UTCSo many drivers seemed to have forgotten the golden rule of wet racing - stay off the white lines and kerbs. Why?
Simon Emms
2024-11-03 17:31:58 +0000 UTCHow does a driver as down in the dumps as Lewis Hamilton approach the last 3 races? He’s leaving a project he clearly doesn’t believe in anymore and even said he’s “not bothered” in an interview this weekend. With a 24 race season would he better to conserve energy for 2025 or push on in the final few races? And if it’s the latter what would he gain/learn? Edit: he then added in his final interview “I’d be happy to take a holiday…”
Steve D
2024-11-03 17:31:36 +0000 UTCWhen will McLaren let Piastri win again? Seems like he gave up a sprint win for a drivers championship that Lando has been unable to get himself into contention for
Callum Duffy
2024-11-03 17:24:54 +0000 UTCSharing before the end of the race but is Ocon in the wet Akin to Nadal at the French Open, he is the most consistent driver in the wet and always seems to get a good result?
Sam Douglas
2024-11-03 17:19:52 +0000 UTCAs good as a driver line up as Albon/Sainz is for Williams, how much of a concern will their rate of crashes be? Both of them have been a few too many crashes over the last 2 seasons. Will another load of accident damage be a concern to Williams regarding the budget cap? Over the season it has been astonishing how many big crashes there have been for them.
Thomas Knights
2024-11-03 17:16:24 +0000 UTCWas Bearman's penalty overly harsh?
Gavin Cameron @ the_loft_workshop
2024-11-03 16:59:11 +0000 UTCNo question but I am ready for the 5 hours debrief podcast to unpic this weekend
Jan Robohm
2024-11-03 16:54:16 +0000 UTCBeing allowed to change your tyres under red flag conditions is not only competitively unfair but also encourages drivers to stay out on tyres that are not fit for purpose so it is a safety issue. It has to change. Fair play to the Max/Red Bull combo. Just more ruthless and decisive than Mclaren with all their championship experience.
Tod Bryant
2024-11-03 16:48:44 +0000 UTCYeah, the sheer optics of this are so ridiculous.
David Trippler
2024-11-03 16:45:49 +0000 UTCSo another safety car/ help to RedBull car from a Williams crashing into a wall….. conspiracy theories will start.
Itshammertime03
2024-11-03 16:42:56 +0000 UTCDid we seriously have a safety car because it was too wet for the inters, whilst everyone simultaneously refused to use the wet tyres? Surely you cant complain its too wet to continue whilst not using the wet tyre?
Gareth Anstee
2024-11-03 16:39:55 +0000 UTCWhy modern F1 tracks don't use corner names anymore? That was one of the fun things growing up as an F1 fan in the 1990s, learning all the corner names. Interlagos was one of the tracks where every corner had a name. But it seems modern tracks only use number to denote corners. Sepang was perhaps the last new tracks to have corner names.
Anssi Rulamo
2024-11-03 16:13:18 +0000 UTCThe number of new drivers entering F1 each year seems to be cyclical, and this off-season looks like the cycle is up, up, up, with Colapinto and Bortoleto still being possibilities. What is the record for new F1 entrants for a season?
Professor Graz
2024-11-03 14:54:48 +0000 UTCIs it time to rethink Red Flags during qualifying? I like the way they handled it in Indy Car.
Michael Grayless
2024-11-03 13:26:49 +0000 UTCWhy does Hamilton have an "undriveable" car, when Russell seems to be able to manage without too many problems, for most of the time?
Idirian
2024-11-03 13:10:21 +0000 UTCIn hindsight did delaying George Russell’s promotion to Mercedes ruin Valteri Bottas’ career? Could he have found a better seat than Alfa Romeo in 2021? Sincerely a Bottas super fan
Stevn Long
2024-11-03 13:06:35 +0000 UTCSent pre race: how will not having time to sleep off a rough quali impact team, driver, and race management decisions?
Stranded_Colourwork
2024-11-03 12:28:37 +0000 UTCYeah I would like to tack on to that question. Is it really a good idea to try to "manage" the use of flags in an attempt to ensure sporting fairness? Shouldn't the purpose of flags be to ensure drivers safety first and foremost, and how much they impact session standings should be an afterthought at best? In my opinion, the way you try to be as unintrusive as possible is through the choice of which flag you use and by trying to go for the "smallest" one possible. But it should never happen through flag timing. Flag timing is about safety and nothing else.
David Trippler
2024-11-03 11:48:24 +0000 UTCGiven the amount of incidents in qualifying, why did it take so long for race control to declare the session as red flagged? Is it coincidental that each red flag was decided when it eventually showed the car in the barrier on the world feed, given the access to CCTV on the circuit that race control have?
Alex Lacey
2024-11-03 11:41:04 +0000 UTCIn a sport where safety is supposed to be PARAMOUNT, why is it taking so long for the red flags/Safety cars to drop? It seems nonsensical that both Stroll and Sainz were stuck in the barriers for 30+ seconds before the yellow flags were changed to red in qualifying, and Hulkenburg was walking away from his car before the safety car was deployed. I understand the desire to get laps over the line, but surely not at the expense of drivers safety?
Dan Neale
2024-11-03 11:31:28 +0000 UTCThis might just be the perfect weekend for a look behind the curtains to see how stressful the job of a F1 journalist can be. Any chance you wanna take us through your weekend a bit?
David Trippler
2024-11-03 11:23:17 +0000 UTCWhat actually is wrong with the wet tyre?
Simon Emms
2024-11-03 10:39:47 +0000 UTCWas Kevin Magnussen sick or ‘sick’?
Chris Parrott
2024-11-03 10:35:41 +0000 UTCThe delay on the VSC on the Saturday Sprint stirred up a lot of conversation and controversy. Have you noticed a delay in reactions to on track incidents by the race director over the years, to me it’s getting worse? How it took 3 minutes to press a button after Hulk stopped I do not know.
Kieron Holden
2024-11-03 10:08:47 +0000 UTC
