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blorbocedes · 9 days

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lando norris and nico rosberg chat after p2 finish at chinese grand prix 24

nico: we have a race, the two of us. because you're at 108. I won when I was at 111, my first race. so your time is coming

lando: I like your -- you're very positive. I'm the opposite, I'm always very negative.

nico, of all people, knows what it's like being a solid midfielder without winning that first race for so long and also recognizes the block it is for lando who hides behind self deprecating jokes and hypes him up. esp when you consider lando has been vocal ab drivers' mental health and nico himself did sports therapy and knows you can't survive in the f1 media circus while downplaying yourself.

it is super refreshing to see someone from the previous generation actually support the younger drivers instead of adding more pressure to it

#nico rosberg #lando norris #Chinese Grand Prix 2024

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pucksandpower · 12 days

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So … the grass on the side of the track decided to spontaneously combust which is fun

#[insert something about symbolism and foreshadowing here]#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #china gp 2024 #chinese grand prix 2024 #chinese gp 2024

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sainzprix · 9 days

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CARLOS SAINZ post-race interview, Chinese Grand Prix 2024 “Your little muppet friend, as you call him, Lando Norris finishing on the podium–were you surprised by that?”

#carlos sainz #carlos sainz jr #cs55 #formula 1 #f1 #scuderia ferrari #ferrari #carlossainzedit #f1edit #g*#chinese grand prix 2024 #carlando #lando norris

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violentdelightsandviolentends · 11 days

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they had nico rosberg commentating fp1 and sprint qualifying for sky sports today and I fucking love it

that man lives for the drama. thrives on the chaos. he has no filter and will say whatever he wants live on air. he will speak his mind and have no shame about it. he is exactly what we need

I say we have him commentate every race ever. his diva energy kept me entertained the entire time. actually let’s have him commentate everything ever. every sports event. the olympics, the tour de france, wimbledon. he can do it all and I will be seated

#murph talks f1 #nico rosberg #formula one #formula 1 #f1 #chinese gp 2024 #chinese gp #chinese grand prix #chinese grand prix 2024

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endofbeginings · 14 days

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5/24.

inspired by vintage chinese pin up style posters.

watercolor flower set x

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comfortforchestappenfans · 11 days

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they went to China for a game night date and ended up with a 1 and 3 in the sprint race 💗 chestappen podium

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chriss-club · 11 days

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ZHOU THE LENGEND

UPDATE WAIT HE DIDNT GET POINTS?????? I DONT FUCKING WATCH SPRINTS DUDE?????

#formula 1 #f1 #chinese grand prix 2024 #chinese gp 2024 #zhou guanyu #stake f1 team #MY MAN 😍😍😍

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blahblahbih · 9 days

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Nico Rosberg is now the official president of the Lando Norris fan club 🫡🫡

#nico rosberg #lando norris #f1 #chinese grand prix 2024

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flyingcakeee · 19 days

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As we get closer to the race week, let's analyze just a little bit more in depth.

First, our track!

Listed under this category is about every turn and what to expect.

This is the track with the F1 trackmap laid over an aerial photo. (Cut off purple dot is the speed trap, or, the area where top speeds are hit on the track).

Let's analyze some of the more fun parts now instead of the big picture first.

This is the first set of turns, T1-3. Right off the bat, you're drawn to the fact it curves in on itself, right? Did you notice the elevation? This below is the elevation changes of the entire track. Notice how this is relatively the only major spike? Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi has more elevation change than Shanghai, fun fact! This part of the track is slow speed, especially while under a safety car, virtual safety car, or if there's a long train of cars causing traffic. Also take notice of the pit exit line and there it ends! If you are overtaking on the inside (towards the pit wall) and there's a car leaving the pits, you need to make the move before you reach that car or you may have to back out. T4 also joins in at the exit of T3.

Now, it's extremely hard to find really any footage of this track, but since its layout has not been altered for F1 racing, I'll be using screenshots from this old F1 YouTube video. They are using much older cars so I can warn that braking points, speeds, and gears may be different, but I'm not exactly sure.

T5 is a flat out kink, so it's rather irrelevant. While maybe there could be something, we won't focus on it too much, instead talking about our once again tight turn, T6! Ignore the extra bit of track joining on at the exit of the turn, that is the layout for endurance or super car racing. This turn could be more daring to attempt an overtake at than our previous T1-3.

Turn 7 is an extremely long left hand turn which can see a lot of overtaking opportunities in my opinion and it's nearly flat out.

Now we flick over to the right for T8 before immediately going left again for T9.

While these aren't exactly slow speed turns, they aren't exactly high speed either in retrospect to the rest of the circuit.

T10 here may look sharp, but it's a very easy flowing turn, fitting in perfectly at the end of T9's left over curvature and there's no need to change speed as far as I'm aware.

T11 is a slow corner, but when the car reaches T12, it's almost flat out with maybe some lifting (neither applying acceleration or brakes) needed as tyres warm up or degrade and the traffic. Understeering or locking up for T11 will result in a gravel trap and possible beaching of cars if they aren't lucky.

Directly connected to T12 is T13, a fast right hander that will be entirely flat out as well. The angle the tyres turn to the right will be higher than T12 and we're going much faster. This is a good overtaking spot to put a car in between you and a threatening car if you can still secure DRS or slipstream. Why?

The end of T13 is the entrance of our extremely long straight. If you have a bad exit out of this turn, you could compromise yourself going onto the straight.

Finally we reach the very tight hairpin, T14. This is the slowest turn on the circuit which is coincidentally directly after the speed trap where drivers will be maxing out the speed in their cars, paired with possible DRS, energy/battery usage, and risky and late divebombs, we can hopefully expect a lot of action here as T14 is wide enough to provide a great overtaking zone. An absolutely large run off and gravel trap stands ready for any possible incidents.

T16 is our final turn before we reach our pit straight. We have a small straight here and a bit of runoff, combined with the pit entry. That's right, that weird hook at the end is our pit entry. Shanghai has a pretty long entry until you reach the pit marker, as well.

Our turns boxed in orange are where we can see the most tyre degradation. T13 is especially brutal thanks to the speed carried through the fast turn.

In 2019, the tyre compounds listen in green were chosen for the weekend. We can expect either similar or the same tyres chosen.

We also have the chance to see the intermediate compound (green tyre) used in the weekend as of 4/11.

Speaking of which, let's move to the weather forecast.

Listed in this category will be weather forecasts and what they could mean.

First, The Weather Channel approximates a 64% chance of rain Friday, a 40% chance of rain on Saturday, and a 52% chance of rain on Sunday. On top of this, an estimate of 16-32 km/h wind on Friday and 16-24 km/h winds on Saturday and Sunday.

Secondly, the standard Apple weather app. A prediction of 40% rain on Friday with 11-27 km/h winds with 51 km/h gusts, no rain Saturday but 12-22 km/h winds and 44 km/h gusts. Sunday is the same with no rain predicted but 10-19km/h winds and 31 km/h gusts.

Lastly, AccuWeather gives us a 25% rain chance Friday with 14 km/h winds, 55% rain chance Saturday paired with a 19 km/h wind speed, and 25% chance Sunday with 11km/h winds.

Does this matter? At the moment, not really. The weather is still too far out to accurately predict, especially the wind speed. However, we have two apps predicting a dry full race and a chance for rain in the sprint or qualifying. Apple raises an eyebrow here with a prediction only forcasting rain Friday where it's our only practice session, paired with The Weather Channel. However, don't expect a wet session at all, conditions are still free to change. I recommend waiting for teams to post their weather forecast predictions (Aston Martin, Williams, etc.).

Final notes?

Well, keep your eyes out? The last time we were at this track, we didn't have ground effect cars, our current era cars since 2022.

Keep an eye on Sauber as well as while they are improving in pitstops, their minor fix isn't supposed to come till Miami last time I heard. (Yes, they said it wasn't a complete fix they had, more acting as a temporary improvement for the time being). Especially with their driver Zhou Guanyu racing his first ever home grand prix (his special helmet is pretty cool and unique as well for the race).

Also, did you know that the circuit is modelled after the the Mandarin character 上 [shàng]. It's the first character of the word, 上海, which is how you spell Shanghai? 上 also means "above" or "ascend" which pairs well with the elevations rise into our first turns and our fast speed turns throughout the track.

Always here to answer questions if this was at all confusing 🩵

Also, if any has one a racing games (F123, Assetto Corsa, etc.), I recommend taking the track out for a spin if you have access to the track.

Apologies for the really long post, see y'all later!!

#f1 #formula 1 #chinese grand prix #chinese grand prix 2024 #formula one #i absolutely dont want to tag the hell out of this with driver tags who arent even mentioned #track analysis #if the zhou guanyu documentary gets released out of china let me know i need to watch it

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goldfish-in-a-bowl · 11 days

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