2024 F1 SUPPORT RACES THREAD - F2, F3, ACADEMY *SPOILERS*

[Petrus1983]

That's really unfortunate. There seem to be quite a few accidents coming down to getting the braking distance wrong - I wonder if they could adapt the cars a little as I'm wondering if they've got the strength to fully utilise the braking capabilities?

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Ah bless - my heart sank when I saw the red flag before realising it was for the craziest of reasons and no accidents involved! I hope the team has a word with her though as she was way too fast once the red flags were out - red flag is meant to be VERY slow. Well done to her though - a dominant weekend.

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An interesting race - messy start then got interesting. The podium suggests it could have the sort of season F1 would love. Time will tell. As for Fittipaldi crying on the podium - absolutely dedicating your life to standing there - fair play.

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TheDeuce said:

Mrs Deuce: "Well done, oh.. he's blubbing!"



Well done indeed!!

Because we're in a little corner of PH I'll admit a little something - at my first ever test day at Castle Combe (FF1600) I had a stunning morning - fast, consistent etc. After lunch I went back to the circuit thinking I was definitely the next Schumacher - until I had a massive "off". Tears were shed because I felt so bad for all the people who'd worked so hard on my car. It took a bit longer to appreciate it was, sadly, part of racing.

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Here's the timetable that includes the support races -

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/formula...

Looks like we're back to a F2 and F3 timetable.

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Sandpit Steve said:

Anyone know the broadcaster for the Supercars? Are they on the Sky schedule, as they’re not on F1TV. Likely to be a bit more fun than the Carreras we usually see in that slot.

https://www.supercars.com/superview

Seems to be about £6 for the month.

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Sandpit Steve said:

Cool, will take a look if I can’t find another way of watching. Thanks for your comment on the race thread as well, appreciated!

No worries - the guy seems a total jerk. It's when I like this little corner away from the main thread!

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Sandpit Steve said:

I think I got him banned from this thread a fortnight ago, for some horribly misogynistic comment about the Academy races. He’s not posted anything other than provocative bks, and I don’t understand why he created an account three years ago but decided to only start posting a fortnight ago. Perhaps a hacked account?

Good work if you have got him banned - he's the very last thing we need in this thread. And yes - timelines do seem quite strange.

I'm hoping to see as much of the racing as possible this weekend but Australia is always a hard one. I used to leave the club and go home to watch the race - those days are gone

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Somehow Nikola Tsolov has avoided a race ban and has been given a 3 place grid drop and 2 penalty points for punting Alex Dunne off the track.

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I missed the F3 - but let's see what F2 can produce.

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Sandpit Steve said:

10 laps into the F3 Feature race, and it seems that yesterday’s optimism for good driving was somewhat misplaced.

Is it on catch up?

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Sadly can't watch this weekend but will keep an eye on things. Surely Antonelli needs a good result considering he's being mentioned with a senior F1 seat?

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I'm so confused by the confidence they have in him.

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Nova Gyna said:

paulguitar said:

ajprice said:

Castellet said:

Seen it elsewhere in other series.
Can cause an imbalance in results if one group gets a clear session and the other suffers red flags.
Thought Hadjar’s near miss in the Tunnel showed skilful reactions - could have been very nasty.

Definitely a code brown... https://x.com/ahmed_baokbah/status/179399756976660...

Wow!

I giggled watching this. Reminds us - they're not the same