Our reaction to Imola Grand Prix Qualifying 

I’m literally watching him streaming right now! 😂 I really don’t know how he does it.

He is "Surviving to drive".

😂😂😂😂

@@mamavswild lol what a lowlife. You really have no job

I'm gonna say he wouldn't be. Just from looking at how people were and especially how people like Senna or Schumacher were I figure they were in love with the art of the car and not so much into telemetry and data etc.

He would be busy dating 15 year olds.

@@freedfg6694 I guess he did. See comment on OP.

I think he would be. As he has been given feedback and endorsed: Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II in 1992.

​@@Crosby69I just found that fact out a few months ago. Crazy how no one ever talks about it.

Yeah, and it should’ve been let go. Oscar didn’t know and Magnussen was nowhere near as Oscar went into the corners.

@@gameofender4463 that was a slam dunk penalty, what are you on about?

@@gameofender4463nah it was a pen cause KMag had to back off wether Oscar knew or not, just a shame it takes the stewards so long to decide simple stuff

@@theracingguy4739why does it matter if it is 2hours on 10min?also they need to follow the procedures for this.should oscar piastri talk to them on radio while driving?

​@@gameofender4463delusional, this was 1000% impeding. Do I like it no, but some cases of impeding where Meh in the past. This was the most clear cut case of impeding. And the fact he didn't know does not matter at all.

Drivers and teams should start to pay Matt to avoid the floppy death 😅😅

But it was the teams fault not Piastri’s. Is he not the most unlucky driver on the grid atm?

​@@exar1806Piastri is performing really well since he started his F1 career last year. So he's not the most unlucky driver. The most unlukiest drivers right now are Gasly Sargeant (Though he does not deserve an F1 seat) And Bottas (Who I think is finished completely)

They should make some penalties for the teams for situations like this one cause it is so unfair for poor Oscar, who could potentially have been the poleman today, to lose that front row seat he very well deserved to sit on tomorrow.. Also KMag's curse continues... Both of them I think are the most unlucky drivers in the grid

@@djdoo and if only the driver screws up (like going to fast through the pit lane) you want them to make up some penalties for the drivers only that don't effect the team? The team wins through their drivers and it loses through their drivers, they compete as one

@@tonTeufel I don't disagree with you and of course that's the way it is but this was completely not Piastri's fault... I guess it is what it is...

Yep. The brilliant Alex Jacques.

Great hearing from Alex. He and the entire F1 TV crew are awesome.

It was so refreshing to actually have the commentator name the correct drivers for change!!

Plus field is close than before so .200 sec off from Max can be 5 places in Q3

Also, he won’t be getting those easy podiums that he was getting at the start of the season. Now that Ferrari and McLaren have closed the gap, he will start to finish more races down in 5th and 6th. Most of us are in agreement that Max, Charles, Carlos, Lando, and Oscar are better drivers. Given equally or slightly worse cars, they will beat Perez.

@@kevinlaguna2023 Alonso is Hispanic

@@kevinlaguna2023 Put Alonso in the Red Bull and see what happens

​@@kevinlaguna2023Nobody's talking about Max, we're talking about Perez.

Why? How? He's in the fastest car.

​@@jsmr451do you not watch grand prix weekends, you know fastest car can change by track. McLaren was quicker all weekend and almost got pole. Go watch f1 instead of Matt's bullpoop stances 😂

@@kevinlaguna2023 THe RB was struggling with balance. But by FP3 it was near the fastest. A tenth in it. And by Q it was the fastest. ALthough the tow did help Max get pole. Oscar and LAndo are quicker drivers so nearly both got pole with the 3rd quickest car.

@@jsmr451 Mclaren 3rd car? ARE YOU INSANE? Its on one lvl with RB if not faster in Imola

@@jsmr451 Where do you get your drugs? Lando admits Max is the better driver and McLaren are the 3rd quickest car hahaha.

Pulled a 20 second gap in 3 hours.

Jimmy is streaming his drive in the iRacing Nurburgring 24 right now so I assume that's also where Max is.

@@budthecyborg4575 he is

Why can't Leclerc do this?

@@kevinlaguna2023 because Ferrari don't have the communication and trust in each other necessary to make this happen. It's the same reason Mercedes collapsed as badly as they did. When a driver says "we need to do x-y-z to the car to fix the problems", it seems like Ferrari and Mercedes are ignoring that and relying on their engineers and simulations, while only including the drivers input when it comes to comfort and weather/condition changes.

Their car isnt fast enough ​@@kevinlaguna2023

fastest car + most consistent driver=

​@@jonathankohut6779 and the other way around as well. If GP tells Max something needs to be done, Max usually trusts him. And when either of them don't listen to the other, both are man enough to admit they were wrong and can joke about it. That trust also isn't there at Ferrari and Merc. The drivers don't trust their own engineers after the number of mistakes that have been made.

People don't seem to understand that Red Bull isn't really the fastest car. They just have the fastest driver. Look at how Checo is doing. If Red Bull was so much better then everyone else, he would always be in 2nd place.

​@@youdontneedtoknow1154it's also ironic that people don't realize that the RedBull is also set up for races rather than a qualifying session... Now that I say that it sounds like I'm disagreeing with you but I'm not. RedBull have a specific positive attribute to them which is their car is extremely kind on its tires. It's why we saw Leclerc fighting over 1 lap pace but struggle to keep up in a race. RedBull isn't the quickest car, it would most likely lose to a lot of other F1 cars on the straights but take it around corners and they fly.

⁠@@youdontneedtoknow1154Redbull is the fastest car. Using Perez as a baseline is stupid. And he’s still second in the standings.

@@paperplane-db8qf Ask other drivers and paddock people about PER. He's highly rated as a fast driver. Only the Cult uses that excuse, because of the hurt...........

@@Eric-rf1is nobody rates Perez as a top drivdr. He’s a good midfield driver but every top driver would think they would do a better job in that RB.

Alex should replace Tommy.

Ever

Lewis is a beast still, hard to gauge the car is a tractor

@@wilmerm5367 His performance this season isn't on the same level tho, he's getting outpointed and outqualified by Russell, who isn't on the same level as Verstappen. I would rate drivers like Leclerc ahead of Russell as well.

Russell is purposefully setting the car for qualifying then lewis out paces him on the race by a long shot, at first he was hoping the team would not have them swap positions but he did cost Lewis potential wins by parking himself infront of hamilton and pleading in team radio.

​@@wilmerm5367getting outposrformed by Russell who has been called shit by lulu fans and ur here saying lewis is a beast.. what goes on in ur guys brain??

Next to the Tsunoda 22 shirt guy.

@@Comrade_Jason yeah 🙏🏻😭🐐

he got a tow

Received a mega tow from hulkenberg , else would have ended up behind leclerc

@@ddha0000pastri got a tow too mate, so did most of the drivers

Sergio needs a car that fits him. The Verstappen-RB does not.

@@brianrasmussen2956 excuses, excuses, excuses...

Well to be fair, compare his fortunes to his teammate.

Both Oscar and Lando messed up the final turn. Max got a huge tow down front straight. No tow, and he starts 3rd. Which is interesting since Mclaren is the 3rd fastest car.

​@jsmr451 "both mclarens made a mistake" Yeah, and max didn't so he got first

If you watched practice, especially p1 or P2, you'd understand why people were starting to wonder if red bull might struggle this weekend

@@Alucard-gt1zf He did, but got a huge tow that the other drivers didnt. Oscar was often as quick or quicker than Max in S2/3.

Bro he is the commentator in the Highlights RU-vid channel and also channel 4

Thought of the same 😂😂😂

It may have slightly derailed as Oscar's got a 3 place grid penalty.

​@@Becky_Cooling Feels like there's always something to screw him over, every time he really starts performing well.😔 Let's see what he can do tomorrow (or today lol).

God damn it Norris, you were so close! 😭

Editing takes a bit of time, so this would have been recorded straight after qualifying as soon as Alex was free. (Edit because sometimes autocorrect is a bitch 🤣)

rn? Whats that mean?

​@@jsmr451 right now

​@@jsmr451hes driving in the 24h on iracing

@@ForzaPolska06 Sorry, didn't understand the piss poor grammar.

Where does he stream?

😂

If he really wants Ferrari to do well, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. Lol. You'll jinx it

If by that you mean stuck BACK in Q2, not making it into Q3. Yep. You are correct on that point.

@@youdontneedtoknow1154 Yeah that’s what I meant

Yep, I seriously don't understand how he still has a seat at Red Bull. Give it to Yuki instead.

​​@@lukew6725if anything, he'll probably be going to Aston Martin because of Honda. I say give it to Daniel or Liam Lawson

Sainz will have that 2nd seat at the end of the season 😂

No, is not.

Daniel had a p4 on a sprint, and now he is better than checo? He never has been.

lol yuki did way better than Daniel

​@@rodsitamaramaybe grey diesel is looking at it as Red Bull's number 2 driver being knocked out by VCarb's number 2 driver... 😋

They should move Yuki to Redbull and Lawson to Alpha Tauri. Perez has done nothing to deserve that RB seat. At least Ricciardo and Tsunoda has had standout performances.

Mclaren are fastest for sure

No one can outdrive the car.. The car is capable of pole.. max showed that And checo is worse driver than max

Then you're a fool if you think that.

​@@ravinderdasila9334sure but others can underdrive THEIR car. If max is at 100% and norris and Oscar are only at 90% max is going to be quicker

@@Alucard-gt1zf to compare that, u need to have same car

Yip... they going to need a very good start or that rocket is gonna be gone by the end of the 1st lap...

I guess at this point, Red Bull just has to sit back and let him do it…telling him ‘no’ just won’t work! 😂

The thing is he does it and then goes and wins the GP anyways.

Ferrari have kind have become similar to that too this year, as Sainz said in his post-race interview, I think Ferrari will be in the fight tomorrow!

Ferrari were the reverse in 2023, it seems that they're now prioritising the race more.

You’re tripping if you think Merc have similar race pace as ferrari😂

Mercedes being better in the races than in qualifying is a thing of the past. They are really bad in both now. And this year Ferrari have become better in race pace than in qualifying.

Ferrari appear to be prioritising on the main race other than qualifying. It looks like they have done exactly like what they had done in China a few races ago, changing the setup of the car to a racing setup.

Do you mean from FP3? The team was fined but no punishments for either driver.

Thats red bull for ya :)

That's max for ya ;)

Most of his times all through practise was quite competitive or within a tenth of the fastest.

@@Bananananananannananananna where was Perez then?

@@zafert85 matts curse is too strong

Given how Lando and Oscar's race pace usually is, Lando is the only one who can really challenge Max anyway

@@gusryan In long runs, Oscar was quicker than Lando on Hards when Lando was on Mediums.

Aircraft have ACAS... EVs and Smart Cars have collision avoidance... the pit wall has GPS coordinates on every car; are we saying the 'Pinnacle of Motorsport' can't figure out how to warn a slow driver of a fast approaching car??? Or don't want to...

@@jsmr451if u recall actual races, everytime lando has better racepace than oscar! Oscar eats thru his tires faster than lando

@@ravinderdasila9334 Hes new. It took Lando years to understand tyre deg he said but Oscar has learnt so much faster. And any upgrades often goes to Lando first yet Oscar is basically as fast.

Nope, PER 1 more than Yuki. Yuki is on par with Ham though........... 🤣🤣

@@Eric-rf1is lmao

He keeps making mistakes. He screwed up his first 2 laps in Q1, whereas Alex might make a mistake every once in a while, but for the most part is consistent. You can rely on Alex to get a good lap on almost every run. With Logan, it's such a crap shoot. He is a bit closer to Alex this year but he is still making mistakes. Like he has to push so close to the edge just to get that close that he winds up off the track or in the wall eventually. And Miami was the first weekend in quite a while that he was close to Alex. An average race has him so much further back. There are improvements, but it's a little late at this point. Edit: And Alex is just a solid driver. Imagine how much further back he would be if his teammate was Leclerc or Russell. Williams will want a consistent driver and a young driver with potential. At this point, I think we have an idea where Sargeant' potential is. And there are a lot of F2 drivers who seemingly have higher potentials.

The gravel is the limit. That’s what circuits should be like. Why even have a white line when there’s grass and gravel _immediately_ next to the track? You’re punished by default. Don’t even need stewards. Imola, Monza, Zandvoort, Suzuka… That’s how tracks should be built. None of the concrete carpark runoffs that drivers like to abuse.

@@theglitch312 The track "edges" are needed to stop runoff erosion. This is why I say the width of a rear tyre. This is only to ensure this strip be ( a rear tyre width ) narrower than the width of a car, so as to ensure no driver dares to abuse it.

@@cococalm Define _runoff erosion._ Pretty sure you just made up a term. You can fill up the damage to the grass and the gravel traps after the race. F1 cars don’t drive over the stuff on purpose anyways so there’s very little actual ‘erosion’ happening. So again, if the track edge is gravel/grass. Why do we need a white line? So what if the kerb between the track and the gravel/grass barely fits an entire car. Why is that a bad thing? Kerbs will be driven over regardless, making sure cars don’t use the last 5cm of the kerb makes no sense when there’s a literal gravel trap that the drivers never want to use is right after it! When there’s concrete behind it, sure. Drivers will abuse it and will need to be penalized if they cross the white line. Else they’ll go wide every time. But abusing track limits is impossible with gravel/grass. Only a German bureaucrat would seriously care if drivers use 5cm extra kerb… All drivers are free to do the same and if they go 1cm beyond they’re punished by the gravel.

@@theglitch312 - If you drive a car, you know exactly what I mean. But maybe you are a city boy and only drive swept roads. Not invented term, it is a very real phenomenon.

@@cococalm You still didn't explain anything.

On some weekends. They are trialling this approach.

Qualy is a free tyre choice. Only the spint qualy has required tyres (Q1+Q2= med, Q3 = soft)

@@Eric-rf1is Ok. But why doesn’t bottom marker teams use softs to try to get into Q3 or have they been doing that and I just didn’t notice.

@@lightninglev6626 ofcourse they did. 👍👍 Sometime Med gives a better handling and people try to make it in Q2 (or Q3) on Med, also to save a set of softs. Lower teams NEED to use the softs to make a chance to get to Q2. 👍👍

He's becoming one of the most unlucky drivers on the grid these days... Hoping he'll be on for a podium come the race. I really don't think a win is on for either McLaren this time, but we'll have to see.

Hope so! Although starting on the dirty side is not good.

@@jsmr451 Makes it harder yes - but hasn't stopped other drivers in the past.

…GO MAX! 🎉 To be fair, this circuit seems to favor the McLaren’s tight back end and understeer. We shall see. It seems to me that the Red Bull and McLaren seem to be polar opposite cars in terms of performance.

@@liukin95 Here's hoping!

50% chance: he does or he doesn't. Cheap bet.

Then why did you look at the thumbnail you know will have the results in it.....

Here's a pro tip for you...... Watch quali BEFORE you come to RU-vid to see how quali turned out. Problem solved.

Don't go on social media if you havnt watched it yet