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F-1 2024 Round 2 -
This is the race thread for the Saudi Arabian GP.

Good to see Carlos is back at the track, after his emergency surgery, to encourage Bearman who is subbing for him. I believe he is targeting a return in Australia (race 3) if all goes well.
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02:35 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Recap of the race -
Lap 1
Gasly retires his car with a gearbox. He was complaining about that already even before the race started.

Lap 7
Stroll clips the left corner, breaks the left front suspension and crashes heavily to bring out the safety car.
02:36 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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It's a mad dash to the pits for most of the cars, except for Lando and Lewis who stay out.

Checo, who has a close call with Alo in the pits, gets a 5 sec. penalty for an unsafe release.

Lando got a bit lucky, he escapes a penalty for jumping the start (he was able to stay behind the line).
02:38 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Lap 14
KMag hits Albono, and earns himself a 10 second penalty for causing a collision. He also earns another 10 second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage on Yuki.
02:39 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Lap 32 (+/-)
Lewis and Lando eventually came in to get tyres. They tried to delay their stop hoping for another safety car which didn't come.

As expected, Max gets his 2nd win, followed by Checo and Charles.

Finishing order -
VER, PER (2), LEC, PIA, ALO, RUS, BEA (1), NOR, HAM, HUL
02:43 PM - Mar 09, 2024 (Edited)
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(1) - Checo, who had a 5 sec. penalty, still finished P2 as he was about 10 sec. ahead of Charles
(2) - Incredible drive for Ollie, who gets valuable points for Ferrari
02:46 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Story lines by teams:
RBRacing -
Another perfect start for RBR, getting maximum points again. Only hiccup was the unsafe release which didn't hurt them.

Ferrari -
Fantastic day for Ferrari, for Charles to finish P3 and Ollie to get P7 as an emergency driver, can't ask for more than that.
02:59 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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McLaren -
Good day for McLaren. Oscar was able to get ahead of Alo and grab P4.

For Lando, although staying out during the safety car didn't pay off, I think he made the most out of the situation. The alternative was to double-stack as Oscar was ahead, so probably the same result.
03:00 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Aston -
It's the usual for Aston, Alo had a solid drive while Lance crashes.

MB -
A so-so day for MB. It could be worse but nothing to write home about, so to speak.
03:01 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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Haas (huh? 😀) -
I think this is the first time I have Haas in "story lines". KMag had a pretty bad day (20 second in penalties) but he did a great job keeping the pack back and allowing Hulk to keep P10.

And they are not Alpine 😀
03:02 PM - Mar 09, 2024
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