2024 Singapore GP: Post Race Analysis

Great analysis once again, Chris. Charles definitely deserved DOD but I guess the fans wanted to give Ricci a parting gift. That fastest lap could be the difference in the WDC. Hulk was a stud and Colapinto got a shout out from Checo. Everything else was kind of boring.

 

I won’t miss Ricci Danni at all. ****** nozzle move for fastest lap, too.

 

Great analysis as usual

What does it say about F1 when a has-been driver that is being fired, in a back-of-the-grid Q3 car can put on new tires and set fastest lap ????

 

It doesn't say anything. Everyone was on a 1 stop in this race. The changing of the tires to softs was Ricciardo's 3 pit stop....on very low fuel....so he gunned it at the end for the fastest lap on new softs.

 

My thought is RIC knew it was his last race and asked the team to give him the opportunity to set fast lap at the end before the race even started.

 

A win-win for RBR and Ricciardo--Mclaren and Lando are denied 1 point for fastest lap and Ricciardo gets a positive footnote for his final F1 appearance.

 

I see it as Ricci Danni earning himself an asterisk for spoiling/making someone else’s championship, something that neither of them would much appreciate. I hope it doesn’t come to that….for their sake, not his.

 

That would be part of the equation IF Max wins his 4th WDC title but it won't be the ultimate part or greater part of the equation.

 

Of course. Granted, it’s a long shot and I truly hope it doesn’t decide the championship, no matter who wins. Because then we’d still have to mention Ricci Danni whenever talking about 2024.

 

Oh yeah, the same stuff Timo Glock was accused of ! "You helped someone win a championship!"

I don't think Ricciardo was too bothered about Verstappen or Norris' interest, but simply looking after himself.

Getting a fastest lap on his last GP (if true) would be a nice signature to end his F1 career.

 

It also has the potential to have the stain of a spoiler, but I don’t think he cares. As you say, looking after himself.

 

How about if Oscar yields a place to Lando? Does Lando then get an * if he ‘wins’ WDC?

 

Charles passed 4 or 5 cars on track - that doesn't happen at Monaco so I disagree it's just another Monaco. It's definitely possible to pass and we saw a decent amount of it, and for position after the pit stops.

Ferrari lost it in quali, probably a podium if not a fight for the win if they had gotten that right.

 

Oh, I see…..

Of course not. There’s a difference between doing something for your team(mate) and doing something purely out of self interest, with no real benefit to anyone, much less his team or even himself.

Does he deserve applause or even recognition for setting fastest lap on fresh soft tires and virtually no fuel load and in an inferior car? Q: How many points did he earn? A:None. Even Stroll could have done that. Ricci Danni isn’t in contention for anything except being a ponce.

Would you give him a pass if he’d taken a point off of a driver you favored?

 

A ponce you said ?? Sweet Jesus, I have never seen anyone so vilified for getting a freaking Fastest Lap !!

I can fathom why Ricci deserves all that scorn.

 

It isn’t in the profanity filter so I went with it….

I’ll assume you have no problem with the actual point of the post.

 

Why did Alonso, finishing 18th at the Austrian GP, set fastest lap at the very end. What purpose other than to demy one of the WDC contenders from getting that extra point. Shameless

 

Alonso ... really ?

So, who finished 8th then ?

 

Believe me, I don’t support that either. I don’t recall the circumstances of who was denied the point because of Alonso’s lap, so I’m truly neutral as to whose ox is gored. The rule should be changed to award the point to “fastest lap among points paying finishing positions.” Given the enormous difference in performance based on tire type and condition and fuel load, as well as unknowns such as presumably less traffic in the late stages of a race, awarding a point to “also-rans” really diminishes and trivializes the achievement in my opinion.

 

But they don't get a point, just the acknowledgement of fastest lap.

 

Who indeed, lol

 

Yes but it does deprive another driver of the point. The way I proposed it the straggler could get his precious fastest lap for his résumé but the point will go to somebody who’s actually competitive in the race .

On the other hand, somebody who’s actually competing for a championship might have a bad race but be able to salvage a point in this way, which makes me think the whole idea is a bad one. Just eliminate the point altogether. Fastest lap is a matter of fact, so it stands regardless. Just don’t give a point for it. Another rule that apparently wasn’t really thought through…..

 

What the big deal with that ? I don't understand.

The Fastest Lap is open to anyone; why punish whoever gets it if he isn't in the title race ?

I am also in favour of giving One point to whoever gets Pole.