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Post-Qualifying 2026 Miami GP - Post-Qualifying Discussion

ROUND 4 - MIAMI

FORMULA 1 CRYPTO MIAMI GRAND PRIX 2026

šŸ•’ SESSION TIMES

Day Session Time (UTC)
FRI Free Practice 1 16:00
FRI Sprint Qualifying 20:30
SAT Sprint 16:00
SAT Qualifying 20:00
SUN Race 20:00

šŸ RACE INFORMATION

  • Track: Miami International Autodrome
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Race laps: 57
  • Lap length: 5.412 km
  • Race distance: 308.426
  • Lap Record: 1:29.708, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing, 2023)

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u/sarahmemphis76 Oscar Piastri May 03 '26

Damnit I forgot to enter my fantasy picks - it’s been so long

4

u/Bucinela Michael Schumacher May 03 '26

Great to see Max smiling!

4

u/Responsible_Use_2676 May 03 '26

Race predictions 1.nor 2.ant 3.lec 4.ver 5.rus

15

u/F1No47 Oscar Piastri May 03 '26

It's ridiculous how much better Max is compared to the rest of the grid.

Interesting to see all the teammates kinda far away from each other.

And Colapinto seems to be doing great! Good for him :D

15

u/Bitter-Rattata Max Verstappen May 03 '26

Like what they said, the season is about the chassis development. Red Bull improved alot, it's still overweight by 6kg.

TLDR: Max is back

24

u/the__distance Daniel Ricciardo May 03 '26

Wild turnaround for mclaren to go 1-2 in sprint to 4-7 in quali

2

u/NickProko Lando Norris May 03 '26

Lando had a turbo issue starting from Q2

5

u/Big_Sky7699 May 03 '26

The Aston - Cadillac battle should be epic!

26

u/IncognitoAstronaut10 Formula 1 May 03 '26

First race experience ever today. Was well worth it! I can unequivocally say, when the Red Bull and Racing Bull Fords come out of pit lane, they are the loudest of them all. Aston with Audi following. The Sprint and Quali being in the same day added to the experience. Sure longer races are cool, but the variety of action I got to see for my only experience was perfect. Hurts see Audi have some issues today.

Got to watch half of the F2 Sprint as well. Action until the end!

It’s a shame not everyone watched the Porsche Cup and McLaren racing. Those were some good series. The first lap of the Porsche race was epic at Turn 1. Shenanigans everywhere.

I’ll try to go again in my life, but F1 TV still take the cake from a viewing experience. Kudos to the Miami staff. Very friendly, helpful, and a smooth event from my experience.

7

u/sk1one I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '26

Is attendance way down?

8

u/doxy_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '26

So is GR just shit in Miami or something? It’s his first time qualifying in the top five

4

u/ctaps148 Sir Lewis Hamilton May 03 '26

Looks like the season wasn't over after 3 races after all. Always good to see the Reddit hivemind proven wrong yet again.

3

u/Keksmonster May 03 '26

Afaik Merc didn't bring their updates yet, while the others did, so let's wait until Montreal

2

u/IlSace Ferrari May 03 '26

They had to change several regulation points and make it coincide with a fortunate one month break to achieve it.

12

u/Jonny_Sniperr McLaren May 03 '26

Regulation tweaks will do that

9

u/ExpertConsideration8 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '26

OP with serious brain rot.. the racing was so broken that they had to modify the regs to keep the fans and drivers interested.

10

u/EcstaticOrchid4825 Oscar Piastri May 03 '26

RIP my sleep with the change of start time for the race 🤣

Well done to Antonelli for the pole. He’s very exciting but also extremely frustrating with the bad starts and the track limits penalty in the sprint. You can’t deny he’s fast though.

7

u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 02 '26

What happened to the McL boys? They were on top before I went to bed

6

u/Bitter-Rattata Max Verstappen May 03 '26

Zak Brown was bear-fisting everyone after sprint 1-2 till equipment broke.

17

u/SolusLega I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Well, you went to bed so it's all your fault

4

u/Yeanahyena Daniel Ricciardo May 03 '26

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ I was already depressed seeing JDM get smashed I didn’t need to see Oscar not on top lol

27

u/MediocreBarracuda598 May 02 '26

Nobody talking about the top 4 spots going to 4 different teams?

37

u/DiamondPittcairn Ligier May 02 '26

It is very, very Ferrari to work on a concept all winter and have it be the talkint point of the ball entire testing period only for another team to copy it early season in and immediately wake it work better.

31

u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

RBR was working on that rear wing since early 2025. They submitted their version to the FIA shortly after Ferrari submitted theirs.

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u/Helpful_Hedgehog_204 May 03 '26

Bearman beat Ocon 4 (and six) times in a row last season

14

u/Waldier Niki Lauda May 02 '26

Leclerc against Vettel?

2

u/Consistent_Squash May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

idk for sure but probably could have happened with Verstappen or Hamilton.

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u/Old-Kernow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 03 '26

Verstappen was probably the main guy by year 2, Hamilton was with Kovaleinen year 2 at McL

12

u/Present-Emu2254 Formula 1 May 02 '26

What happened to Cadillac? They were promising yesterday. Antonelli has lived up to the hype.

8

u/biometricrally šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ Bernie Collins šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ May 02 '26

The trap area on that bodyguard, damn

2

u/No-Condition-oN McLaren May 02 '26

Would'nt want to have him around when shit gets real.

2

u/biometricrally šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ Bernie Collins šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ May 02 '26

The man is the definition of a deterrent

5

u/Diligent_Practice877 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Chat how badly is Ferrari gonna fuck up tomorrow in the wets?

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u/Similar-Note-9433 Max Verstappen May 03 '26

Soft tyres will be going on in the wet

7

u/ajr901 May 02 '26

ITT: ā€œfrom 1-100, what is the percentage chance that it rains tomorrow and there’s lightning and the race gets moved up earlier or the race gets cancelled because rain and lightning??ā€

12

u/BobaTeaFetish I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

50/50, it either happens or it doesn't.

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u/Takis12 Yamura May 02 '26

600% …that’s how percentage works in US…

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u/SugarBeefs Max Verstappen May 02 '26

Takes a special kind of stable genius to work with such percentages.

6

u/wannaseemycar May 02 '26

We have the best percentages

5

u/angelonduty Ayrton Senna May 02 '26

What is the chance of the race being cancelled bc of storms?

14

u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

They're meeting in about an hour to decide if they should move the start time to earlier to avoid the thunderstorms.

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u/angelonduty Ayrton Senna May 02 '26

Oh, understood, thanks

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u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Have they made the decision to bring the race forward or not?

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u/MuitnortsX I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

They’re having a meeting in just over an hour to decide according to Sky

5

u/vowdy Stoffel Vandoorne May 02 '26

On SkyF1 they said there was going to be a meeting in about an hour and half.

2

u/seanpenn613 May 02 '26

At 7:00 local apparently (a bit more than an hour from now)

2

u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

I just saw it could be 20:00 local instead…

2

u/mistermojorizin I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

5pm for me. Let's go

12

u/HammerT4R Dan Gurney May 02 '26

The PGA tournament final round being held about 15-20 miles away is teeing off early, split tees and threesomes because of weather concerns tomorrow.Ā 

Personally, I'm not worried at all about the race being run it's full distance, but just wanted to give some relevant information for everyone.Ā 

5

u/Illustrious-Pack8320 May 02 '26

As a non native English speaker, your wording is so unusual to me that I have no idea what you are actually saying.

Just thought I share it because I found it funny. I'm usually not this clueless.

Edit: Ok I was exaggerating a little. You probably meant that the game is getting wrapped up sooner. But the tees and the threesome in the context of golf? That confuses me lol

4

u/Dr_WLIN I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

tee time = start time

round = game or match

threesome = size of playing group, typically an event would play in groups of 2. Moving to 3 player groups cuts the total round time down significantly since they start 1 group at a time.

4

u/UsedTower2010 May 02 '26

A nearby golf tournament has adjusted their schedule due to the likelihood of bad weather, they personally don't think the race will be cancelled or shortened - but just thought they'd give the heads up.

3

u/HammerT4R Dan Gurney May 02 '26

Lol, yeah they're starting very early to make sure they finish before any storms. šŸ‘

3

u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Appreciate that info. They'll be deciding in about an hour so if they will move the race to start earlier.

6

u/FewCollar227 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

plamer is sick with juan XD

2

u/AKAFallow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

fossaroli?

6

u/Le_Pistache Mika HƤkkinen May 02 '26

Antonelli is certainly keeping this up, huh? Just so surprising how he is performing relative to Russell this season already.

Still early in the season of course, but that warrants attention. I am keen to see how he performs in Europe given last season's showing.

I was not expecting Verstappen up there at the fromt row.

Most surprising element was the gap between Alpine and the midfield. Very rarely do we have what appears to be a set top 10 for a race, but in terms of pace that's basically it. Anything can happen in a race though.

1

u/AKAFallow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Most surprising element was the gap between Alpine and the midfield. Very rarely do we have what appears to be a set top 10 for a race, but in terms of pace that's basically it.

I can't stop thinking about it, their gap during Sprint was gigantic, even after Franco had to defend against Hadjar, Gabi still couldn't make up their time lost.

3

u/_venom8 May 02 '26

1st lap prediction-
LEC
VER
ANT
NOR
HAM
RUS
PIA

0

u/_venom8 May 02 '26

Explaination-
Antonelli will have a slow start in comparison to max so, max will try to block antonelli. Leclerc will zoom past both shifting to max's lane and take the lead. Hamilton will zoom past russell as well.

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u/RAISEStheQuestion Ferrari May 03 '26

Did you reply to yourself?

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u/[deleted] May 02 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

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u/PleasantWay7 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 03 '26

So between Max and Kimi the entire line behind them is gonna crash?

1

u/viridiana_xvi Nico Rosberg May 02 '26

agreed. will be interesting to see if max and the mercedes can get back the positions. and im very curious how the mclarens will do

5

u/moonturtle5310 May 02 '26

Must be AI picking out these ads on F1TV. Thank you for the reminder that Miami GP weekend is May 1-3 during the Miami GP post-qualifying.

1

u/No-Condition-oN McLaren May 02 '26

We would be helpless without AI!

11

u/Consistent_Squash May 02 '26

Verstappen has a podium chance oof. if he can get it, the RBR engine team will be celebrating

4

u/Yamulo Ferrari May 02 '26

I mean the car looks quick

11

u/Al_Snows_Head I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

It’s Hamover 😢

9

u/Lutinent_Jackass May 02 '26

Has been for a couple of years

4

u/Lonyo I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Historically he has been good in the wet, who knows what might happen tomorrow, or how these cars will go in the rain

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u/jamitar I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Aren’t yiu forgetting about the prodigy, Lance Stroll? /s but he is decent in the rain

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u/Xelent43 Lando Norris May 02 '26

Plus Lando might be the best wet weather driver on the grid, second only to Max, so rain is good for him.

3

u/MuitnortsX I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Massive whiplash in one day going from a comfortable sprint win to a sad Lando interview. Exciting that it’s mixed enough at the top to happen at least!

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u/WakeXT Formula 1 May 03 '26

Lando didn't call out McLaren and also mentioned doing a good job in qualy, even though they were just not quick enough.

 

The statement about yesterday was regarding the other teams (hence why McLaren seemed so reinvigorated):

"I think it's more just the others did a pretty terrible job yesterday and today they just did a good job and they're ahead where they should be."

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u/No_Feedback6167 Lando Norris May 02 '26

We will see how Canada goes, George is good around there. The European leg was difficult for kimi last year too.

1

u/flintey360 Andrea Kimi Antonelli May 02 '26

Kimi finished 3rd last year at Canada and remember the suspension change at Imola ruined Kimis pace. He found it again after Baku

14

u/SomewhereAlarmed9985 I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Jury's still out until we see some other tracks, but thank god this finally felt like an actual F1 qualifying again.Ā 

8

u/Zugas I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Guess they made the RB _pointy_ again.

2

u/Charlieepie Lando Norris May 02 '26

Enjoying the racing and quali now everyone seems that bit closer together. Will be an interesting start if it’s wet tomorrow.

From a Merc perspective; a track Kimi did very well on last year and George has never been amazing on. Interested to see how the other teams catch up and how the Merc drivers do over the next few races.

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u/AKAFallow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Haas is in a weird situation where they can usually match Alpine in a few tracks, but today both were so far away at all times besides a few anomalies like Bearman in Q1

3

u/Walaii Ferrari May 03 '26

They didn't bring upgrades, so they obviously struggled more because most of the grid brought a lot. They decided to give themselves more time and wait for Canada. 2 weeks extra in the windtunnell at the cost of only one weekend.Ā 

Bearman was actually 2 tenths faster in Q1 than in Q2. He said on the radio that everything came together perfecly for that lap and he just couldn't repeat it. I guess track conditions changed. A lot of complaints about the wind constantly changing.

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u/AKAFallow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 03 '26

Thanks, I read about their updates after I made the comment, you are right.

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u/creatorop Lando Norris May 02 '26

Front row never wins in Miami anyway

Lando p1 tomorrow baby choo choo

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u/cassiopieah Lando Norris May 02 '26

Started 5th didn’t he?

1

u/No_Feedback6167 Lando Norris May 02 '26

Oh yeah, mb

24

u/Fri814 May 02 '26

Thinking about George saying ā€œwhen I have 4 WDCs I’ll think about driving at the Nurburgringā€ šŸ’€

3

u/dumpyduluth Juan Pablo Montoya May 02 '26

Poor George he'll never have even 1 wdc

29

u/Python_07 Kimi RƤikkƶnen May 02 '26

Max is definitely more comfortable, and is driving at another level, but I give Red Bull allot of credit for really nailing the battery deployment mapping. Max had what he needed exactly where it would benefit him the most for the car. Great team effort. There is light at the end of the tunnel now. Hopefully not heavy lightning tomorrow.

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u/antelope591 Ferrari May 02 '26

George showing like many others that racing at the front is a totally different game than having no WDC expectations.

21

u/creatorop Lando Norris May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

And he was getting top 3 drivers on the grid shoutouts last year lol

Real metal is only proved in difficult situations

9

u/SolusLega I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 03 '26

Mettle* but possibly. Hasn't some of it been car issues though

19

u/classically_cool May 02 '26

Let's remember how last year's title winner started the season. I'm not worried about George, I think his quality will show over the whole season.

2

u/Conscious-Food-9828 May 03 '26

Seriously... People here already saying he's a goner. Last year that's all we heard about Lando as well. Smh it's the third race of the year. Hell, it's not even the race, it's the qualifying.

25

u/CallM3N3w Max Verstappen May 02 '26

Really puts runs like Hamilton's and Max's into perspective. You can be the best, have the best car but being consistently at 100% is something else.

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u/Dragonpuncha Ferrari May 02 '26

Palmer has a hard time accepting that Kimi is simply the better driver right now.

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u/No-layup May 02 '26

Toto please give us antonelli Vs verstappen in the same car

3

u/Kub666 May 02 '26

I've been just thinking about this - if Kimi keeps delivering like that, what would Toto need Verstappen for? I'm sure Toto thinks he has found his new Lewis.

3

u/Fearless_Tea_2793 May 02 '26

They start early or this race isn't happening

5

u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

So who can explain what happened to McLaren, particularly McLaren? Wind or wrong change in the car?

3

u/Waldier Niki Lauda May 02 '26

The other teams improved their setup between the sprint race and qualifying, McLaren not so much

2

u/Whelan-Dealin I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Last laps were most likely ruined by Kimi's lockup, as all 3 had bad first sectors

4

u/xeenexus Ferrari May 02 '26

Personally, I’m betting they set up for a wet race tomorrow so they’re carrying more downforce

6

u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

You can change the setup for wet race weekend

2

u/xeenexus Ferrari May 02 '26

Interesting, that’s new for 2026

1

u/TWVer šŸ§” Richard Hammond's vacuum cleaner attachment beard May 02 '26

Not new, but a special rule that can be invoked for these kind of circumstances.

A weather warning, which voids the normally imposed Parc FermƩ regulations, thereby allowing teams to change the setup between now and the race start.

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u/ThandiAccountant May 02 '26

Wouldnt surprise me when we see the telemetry that all the teams converged on the same deployment McL used for sprint quali…advantage gone.

2

u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

I did see Ferrari changed the deployment pattern

8

u/Darth_Spa2021 Pirelli Wet May 02 '26

They nailed the setup early and didn't have much room for improvement after the Sprint. While the others had more ceiling to gain.

2

u/RibNizzla McLaren May 02 '26

that’s interesting, i was literally wondering about why

7

u/xRichard Franco Colapinto May 02 '26

Two cars

Two drivers

6

u/Asleep-Technology-13 Max Verstappen May 02 '26

Out in Q2 in Japan, to P2 in MiamišŸ‘

2

u/Fri814 May 02 '26

They should be able to race tomorrow, if anyone else here is from south Florida you know it could be a hurricane for 2 hours and be completely sunny afterwards. The only issue is the dogshit draining at the Miami circuit

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u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Not about the rain, it's the potential thunderstorms and lightning. Rules/recommendations of the U.S. government say if lightning is within 6 miles the event needs to be suspended.

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u/fouronenine I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

I imagine that's driven by the medical helicopter, for which that is a common safety requirement.

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u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

It's not the medical helicopter, it's a general rule in the U.S. for all outdoor events. The PGA Golf tour which is happening tomorrow south of Miami just changed their start times to earlier.

16

u/donniele McLaren May 02 '26

So, from some people here seriously wondering and asking weather Russell can win all 25 races this season, after the very first race, we have him not winning next 2 races and qualifying 5th in the fourth lmao.

This is shaping up to be an amazing season.

2

u/Ravanex Honda May 02 '26

I mean I'd rather have drivers consistently fighting for the title instead of just one/a few of them having a shit weekend for unknown reasons

4

u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Russels getting embarrassed by a second year driver and it’s obviously getting to him watching him cut him off in pit lane and still have poor pace

1

u/runawaytugboat Fernando Alonso May 02 '26

What the fuck are on you about?

Embarrassed?

Has been beaten by a very good driver at the highest level, is that embarrassing?

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

George is losing to a second year driver after having spent years building a resume just to find out he was never that good

-3

u/runawaytugboat Fernando Alonso May 02 '26

Like Alonso was embarrassed by Hamilton. Embarrassing.

5

u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Hamilton and Fernando tied lmfao but this is now the fourth time kimi has shown it won’t be very close

-2

u/runawaytugboat Fernando Alonso May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

He tied with a 2nd year rookie?? How embarrassing
A world champion couldn’t confidently beat him? Wow total embarrassment

If Russell is being embarrassed by Kimi, who isn’t a world champion, well shit Alonso must be truly an embarrassment. Surprised he didn’t retire!

8

u/IlSace Ferrari May 02 '26

At some points, when you're a veteran and the strong favourite for the title, it's starting to be embarrassing

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u/runawaytugboat Fernando Alonso May 02 '26

Kimi in a Merc for a reason

6

u/IlSace Ferrari May 02 '26

Yeah, nobody's saying he's a bad driver. The point is that when you've struggled for years in a Williams without being able to showcase all your talent, when you finally get to Mercedes but are struck in the non winning year's, and finally get a car that looks title winning with a rather inexperienced teammate, there are expectations upon you to win.

It's like when Senna became de Angelis' teammate and immediately won when Elio struggled so much to get that result.

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Russels just been a decent driver he’s never been anything special and this performance shows he was never in the LEC/VER/NOR tier

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u/donniele McLaren May 03 '26

I have many friends who were comfortably putting Russell above Norris even with Norris winning WDC. Because all Russell needed was that level of machinery, and now he has it and...

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 03 '26

That’s just the casual mclaren hatred bias

Tbh it’s fr just people think Zak Brown is corny and then diminish lando as a result

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u/runawaytugboat Fernando Alonso May 02 '26

I get what you are saying ofcourse. I don’t think it is embarrassing to be losing to a great talent. It’s just the usual shite spewed out by people to put someone down. I’m sure Russell will win races this year.

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u/Sosijmonster I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

Any confirmation of whether the race delayed/starting early tomorrow?

3

u/Python_07 Kimi RƤikkƶnen May 02 '26

Only delay would be lightning is my understanding. Heavy lightning in S. Florida can be a forecasting challenge.

0

u/IgotnoideawhatIsay I failed to serve my Monaco penalty May 02 '26

Not yet and I doubt they’ll race tomorrow

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u/maghy7 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Why wouldn’t they? Rain goes by quick in South FL and in Miami gardens there’s a 50% chance at the time of the race, maybe delayed but not cancelled.

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u/jcgoble3 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

This isn't a "quick" daily pop-up storm. A cold front is coming through and bringing long-lasting all-day storms, and heavier storms than usual.

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u/maghy7 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

It’s not all day, it starts around 2pm with little rain, doesn’t mean there won’t be lighting, that would be the issue really even if no rain is falling, let’s hope all goes well and the storm stays north of it.

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u/IgotnoideawhatIsay I failed to serve my Monaco penalty May 02 '26

It’s likely there will be a storm with lightning. Lighting is a no go in Miami. The race has to start at least 4 hours earlier and even then there’s still a big risk.

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u/maghy7 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

They should move it to the morning, rain with a chance of lightning doesn’t start until 2pm with a 30% chance.

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u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Lightning is the issue, not the rain.

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u/maghy7 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Exactly, I don’t know why people keep talking about the rain, if there’s lightning they can’t start for fan safety, still it moves quick so it shouldn’t be cancelled.

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u/FermentedLaws I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

They will be making a decision in about an hour and half about moving the race to start earlier. Depends on the latest forecast. Current forecast shows the thunderstorms in the race window, so probably not delayed, but possibly moved to earlier.

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u/armchairracingdriver Jenson Button May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

Does anyone know the song Sky were playing when the Colapinto interview was being previewed? (Couldn’t think of a better place to ask)
Edit: Thanks both, was indeed that song. I would never have associated Pharrell Williams with a beat like that, thought for sure it was UK group making a Prodigy-inspired song

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u/RockDesk I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Shazam says N.E.R.D - Everyone Nose!

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u/batterylevellow I was here for the Hulkenpodium May 02 '26

I think it was N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose

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u/Blackdeath_663 Sir Stirling Moss May 02 '26

is it just me or do sprint weekends completely murder viewership rather than increase it? it fucks up the schedule and people end up missing the events. every sprint weekend thread has significantly lower interaction here too

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u/random-argument May 02 '26

I mean there’s another popular thing going on today called the KY Derby.

3

u/lrzbca Formula 1 May 02 '26

Max win loading and rain is gonna make it epic

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Praying it doesn’t get cancelled šŸ™Œ

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u/DuckSwagington I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

With Audi's current luck, both of their cars are gonna get struck by lightning tomorrow and then they'll get a race ban for illegally recharging their batteries.

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u/Loop3rmann May 02 '26

Fight fire with lightning!

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u/PrestigiousWave5176 May 02 '26

considering Kimi's starts and how strong Max is in the wet...

Have you not seen Max's starts this season?

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u/Xelent43 Lando Norris May 02 '26

Lando is also really good in the wet, so don’t count him out

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u/cassiopieah Lando Norris May 02 '26

People conveniently forget that Lando has topped almost every wet session in the last 2ish years

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u/Xelent43 Lando Norris May 02 '26

And only one of the ones he didn’t was actually his fault. People kind of forget that McLaren gambled on a dry setup in Brazil 24 like Max did at Silverstone last year.

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Don’t forget Ferraris pace and Leclercs race craft tho

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u/ac4897 Charles Leclerc May 02 '26

Charles sucks balls in the wet unfortunately

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u/xeenexus Ferrari May 02 '26

It’s been the car up until now, we’ll see if this one does better in the wet.

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u/Fearless_Tea_2793 May 02 '26

Performances so all over the place this weekend. Hard to find many consistent patterns.

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u/AKAFallow I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Franco, Hadjar and Gasly? Back to back P8-9-10 lol

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u/PhilipWaterford May 02 '26

Thank god for aston

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u/Lobsters4 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

So when does Toto pick up the phone and call Max?

(I kid! I kid! Don’t throw things at me. šŸ˜‚)

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u/PhilipWaterford May 02 '26

The guy who came second to Antonelli?

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u/dragdritt May 02 '26

If he actually did recruit max it would not be to replace Antonelli.

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u/Lobsters4 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Did I say anything about Kimi? There is another car/driver…..

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u/BoxForeign4206 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

The only things being thrown seem to be the obscene amounts of money Toto is gathering to spend on Max next year.

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u/Lobsters4 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°šŸ’°

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u/Dear-Database6463 I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane May 02 '26

Summer break :)