DRS and strategy may determine today's race winner . And will Gasly/Ocon play nice ?

Battle of the upgrades: McLaren and Mercedes really improving, Aston in the toilet with theirs, Ferrari only average. RB still unusually good with Max’s car…

Pulling off 1.9 second pit stops under race pressure conditions is amazing . RB are far from done but others are working hard and getting close . Love it or hate it the drivers make a difference . Just look at Max vs Sergio .

Alpine ....... wow . They were stick a fork in them crap at the beginning of the season and are slowly getting better . Williams/Haas/Vcarb/AM really struggling. Not sure about Sauber . On to the next race .

Max had to really work hard for this race. No 20+ second lead while just cruising.

Max and the team and Horner know how to win . Listening today once Max got the lead Horner asked Max to protect his tires . And he did . They then pulled off a 1.9 second pit stop . Race going as planned .

Second pit stop was slower at 2.8 seconds but still going as planned . With aprox 18 laps left Horner asks Max to pick up the pace . And he does . They have controlling a race down to a science .

Others are getting closer on pace but you have to have the whole deal . It is getting more enjoyable to watch the races but until you consistently beat Max/RB they will continue to win championships .

The news we've all been breathlessly waiting for ... Lance Stroll confirmed through "at least" 2026, or as long as Daddy Stroll owns the team - whichever comes first :rolleyes: This must be an example of what Liberty Media and the F1 Owners refer to as added value for the franchise when they denied the Cadillac-Andretti entry.

Dad can I borrow the car?

Gasly signed an extension with Alpine .

You are correct . Someone or a group of someone's has a bug up their a$$ about Michael Andretti or Mario or both . The argument of not bringing value is 100 % BS .

There's some politics going on behind the scenes for sure. 75% of the F1 grid are essentially field-fillers with ZERO chance of even a podium and you've got a heavy hitter like General Motors willing to do whatever it takes - but F1 says they don't have what it takes? It's comical. Well, I'm predicting that Andretti will takeover the Cadillac WEC Hypercar program next year to get a further footing into the European scene. They're not backing down.

Wow, what a sprint qualifying!

McLaren really improving, but what the hell is going on with Aston Martin, how are they falling soooooo far back?! Someone needs to be fired…

It won't be Lance. :rolleyes:

It will be interesting to see if McLaren learned anything in the sprint race that will help them in qualifying and tomorrow's race . Likewise did Red Bull learn anything to tweek their setup for Max . It seems Ferrari and Mercedes are close in performance .

MA comes off a bit like Lance (a dick, rich spoiled son whatever) which might just have a weeee bit to do with things.

It sure doesn't look like Max and Red Bull are a team falling apart :rolleyes: .

Tsunoda gets a 40k euro fine for swearing on the radio. Seriously, WTF! He's Mr. Potty mouth, but they all swear on the radio.

He didn't swear.

The phrase the news said, "These guys are f***ing retarded." So I thought it was for swearing.

Wow! Martin Brundle doing something somewhat interesting for once - a pit lane walk instead of his supremely stupid grid walk. Spoke too soon, he's back out on the grid interviewing the Glitteratti :rolleyes:

He was fined for " ableist " language . He probably wouldn't have been fined for saying Fing but when he added retarded that crossed the line for the FIA . Half of the fine goes away if he keeps it clean for the rest of the year .