Our reaction to Chinese GP Qualifying

Matt and Tommy are back for another video today reflecting on qualifying for the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix!
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[@smegzmckenzie9219]

Yuki not understanding why he was slow: "There's definitely something going on, I can't be **** 19! The lap was pretty good" Engineer: "You are Matt's biggest flop this round" Yuki: "Ahh, understandable, I'll retire the car"

[@sadikurrahman4833]

he's so overrated. Got whooped by Gasly who's not even rated highly either. Schooled by a reserve rookie driver. And can only perform against a ricciardo who's now even destroyed him

[@AzureKite]

@@sadikurrahman4833 i love the cognitive dissonance of watching Yuki Tsunoda being consistently good for most of last year and this year and thinking he's overrated because he had one bad quali xd

[@soundscape26]

@@sadikurrahman4833 Lawson didn't school Yuki at all. And yes, after 5 races Danny Ric finally managed to do better than Yuki... what a feat.

[@huh4206]

when daniel said he couldn't understand where the 3 tenths was lost, people called him washed

[@Lewythefly]

Yuki had a yellow middle sector and said it was a good lap 🤪

[@jk844100]

Alonso was P3 for Redbull’s first pole and now he’s P3 for their 100th pole (both in China)

[@johart309]

thats nuts and awesome.

[@NexuJin]

Useless F1 data and we love it.

[@MarianoLu]

This are the stats that I love…

[@Nikoxion]

Wait till they use this tomorrow on the introductions

[@ItsmepAzand]

Now that's a cool stat! 😁👍 Grande Alonso

[@trautsj]

Fernando truly does just have that dog in him. The man just gets it done no matter the circumstances, no matter the cars performance. Truly grateful that I got to witness his entire career up to this point. Massively entertaining talent.

[@Toku91]

The most entertaining driver i ve seen and im watching since 2003. He is a massive talent. I always knew after his ferrari drives that he has all the talent to dominate when given a dominant car witch he never really had unfortuned

[@sleepypixie8828]

alonso is the f1 example of 'i can fix her', pops the car right up there where it probably doesn't deserve to. even he was a bit surprised by the result after quali.

[@leolazari4238]

I find hard to access where the Aston “deserves” to be since they have a legendary driver and a shitty one

[@stevesquad7110]

On qually pace on pair with Mclaren, in the race just behind Mercedes

[@megalamanooblol]

Honestly Alonso is not just "I can fix her" kind of guy, he is a real alfa that comes in and 5 minutes later says "There, I fixed her !"

[@lunaticgamer75]

@@leolazari4238there’s never going to be in between in that team it’s always one world champion and then other Stroll who scored his last podium in 2020

[@Albedio83]

Alonso + Newey, the ultimate “I can fix her” duo

[@sp1ashy345]

Alonso to every shit car "I can fix her"

[@Larsonaut]

Haha yeah is definitely captain-save-a-…

[@FT-xx2vd]

yeah right,....but the McLaren at the time he could'nt........

[@soundscape26]

Well, the McLaren-Honda was beyond salvation and even forced him into a 1 year sabbatical.

[@dylanmcnutt4250]

Sargeant’s spent so much time on gravel I’m starting to think he’s training for rally

[@JigsawLV]

He's trying to race against Carlos Sainz (senior in Dakar rally)

[@soundscape26]

This time only hurting a styrofoam plaque... progress.

[@zachcushing-murray2663]

Man needs a job after (maybe during) this year

[@its_clean]

He's American, everyone knows we Americans have a keen interest in lawn care and landscaping

[@MarianoLu]

@@JigsawLVyeah the team told him watch some of Carlos Sainz videos to learn how to do it right and he googled and only watched the ones from Sr. 😂😂😂

[@Lcster]

Best qualifying so far by logan sargeant...1 position behind hamilton is an achievement ❤... goatifi will be proud.

[@TomWPalmer94]

Alonso is the best driver of all time that just never had the cars he deserved. With this longevity he should have broken all records.

[@minx786]

Matt's powers of floppiness is still unequalled if the weekend is anything to go by so far 😅

[@jacksonrodrigues7533]

Unfortunately for him it doesn’t work on Verstappen

[@angelrobles7201]

​@@jacksonrodrigues7533 That's Checo's, Yuki's and Ricciardo's true job: be a lightning rod for every curse and jinx thrown at Max. It's part of their contracts.

[@theuniversaldisneyian2021]

@@angelrobles7201Charles too! Whenever Matt goes his hardest to try and jinx Max, it’s always Charles that takes the wallop!

[@jkliao6486]

Nobody: Crofty when any driver crosses the line in the second half of Q3: HE GOES ON TO THE FRONT ROW!

[@imetzl9340]

Checo almost getting knocked out in Q3 and pulling it together to put it P2 in Q3 deserves a shout. Checo's biggest weakness used to be qualifying but this year hes been on the front row nearly every race

[@daltonv5206]

He's in the best car on the grid. P2 is the expectation

[@Amory98]

Lewis went to his same excuse of him and George going for different setups😂 when, every time after George had cleared, the setups had been similar. Nico Rosberg was kind enough to bring this to attention.

[@jiboo6850]

what do you expect from people like them? they hate him. of course the ywill say such things!! reality is, we don't know, we're not behind the scenes.

[@someoneunseen5168]

​@@jiboo6850does george hate him? George spilt the beans once and said the cars are pretty similar once when lewis used that excuse.😊

[@jiboo6850]

@@AlexBarbu since when calling out someone on something is racism? Nico is a frustrated Britney and people calling him "racist" for what he says are even worse. becasue even though i don't like Nico, he never went the "color" road with Lewis.

[@dustinabigan2776]

Max got the pole as usual but I still enjoyed how Q3 basically saw nearly all the drivers one-upping each other for P2 one after the other that you don't know who is really going to be in P2 until the end of it. I don't know it's just satisfying to see everything get turned over its head at the last minute.

[@t-mar9275]

One moment you say that there was no excuse for Stroll not to be in Q3 in the Aston-Martin, then the next moment you say that Alonso is outperforming a rubbish car. If Alonso is that great and the car is rubbish, then Stroll being P11 was actually a good performance because he was less than 2 tenths behind the Spaniard in Q2.

[@fran6b]

Unpopular to say but true. Stroll did actually ok in quali today. Even Nico Rosberg said that Stroll had a good lap in Q2, on Skysport.

[@adeenghazanfarsid5297]

No hate but there is a high level of bias against drivers they don't like. You saw it with perez last season, especially when he picked it up and finished p4 after an incredible battle with alonso, they said it was rubbish and a terrible performance

[@fingerprints2983]

You people, need to stop with this this "outperforming the car" bullshiit. Alonso puts the car exactly where it is performance wise. I could argue Prime Alonso in his Renault days would do even better in this car.

[@goncaloferreira6863]

​@@fingerprints2983not sure about renault alonso, but ferrari alonso might

[@fingerprints2983]

@@goncaloferreira6863 Ferrari Alonso, Renault Alonso, Mclaren Alonso > Aston Martin Alonso. No athlete at age 42 is better at his peak mid 20's. That Aston is very good car, and Alonso is not making the car better somehow, so stop treating him like is magician, because he is not.

[@Angry_Squirrel555]

The end of Q3 was insane. I don’t ever remember seeing every car going faster than the last for P2.

[@matta2738]

Well its simple. Lewis told his engineers to make setup changes, and based on what he told them the car turned into a paperweight.

[@jk844100]

Well apparently he asked for more front end because there was too much understeer and according to Nico if they made that change it would have helped Hamilton at the end of the straight. It was just a mistake by Hamilton. He lost 6 tenths in that 1 corner, without the mistake he would have been about P4-P5 at the end with Piastri and Sainz. Blaming the set up is purely an excuse.

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar2309]

He asked for changes and they made different ones

[@Sandeep-mv7tu]

That's not how it works.

[@mbal4052]

@@gaiusjuliuscaesar2309yea sure thing 😂😂

[@Trendyflute]

Actual answer is they have a car with a narrow operating window due to the fact that it was built with imperfect simulation tools and mediocre correlation, which also leaves them struggling to set it up and chasing track and weather conditions all weekend, the way they have been the entire ground effect era. The numbers they think generate laptime in design and development, aren't generating laptime, because they're missing something about the way the cars act especially at lower ride heights. Not to slag them off, they're still smart and talented people, but F1 competitiveness depends on fine margins at the cutting edge of aero and thermodynamics and they're missing a few key things that are difficult to find.

[@megalamanooblol]

That Aston is a rocket ship on straight. I saw ~336 for Leclerc and ~339 for Alonso, and that Ferrari is no slouch as well. Maccas might get slaughtered because of top speed.

[@Nebuloid1]

Also Carlos's little J-turn to have his front end hit the barrier instead of the rear, nice.

[@michaelwilkie35]

Lance has struggled at qualifying his entire F1 career so I’m not that surprised he was out in Q2, (he’s qualified between 9th & 12th every race except Japan). Not defending him, but Alonso doing Alonso things makes the car look better then it really is, (and Lance look worse by extension).

[@thephoenixfromtheashes1242]

Aston's a little bit of a weird team, i'm never sure how good their car really is On the one side, we have Alonso making the car look better than it is and then on the other side, there is Stroll, making the car look worse than it is

[@elleonken7599]

I thought it was a very good qualifying.... if we ignore pole position. The last part of Q3 where you have driver after driver taking 2nd place was quite interesting and competitive.

[@cococalm]

His half hearted "sorry" at the end told me everything about how he feels about this last MB season for LH. If I were Toto, I wouls sideline him on full pay and bring in another driver who would be more committed. MB should do everything to boost GR for this season.

[@pascalplastina9596]

Another great video lads. As a Sauber fan I am happy this weekend. Another Q3 this weekend for Sauber. The car seems to work on this track. Let's finish the job tomorrow with some points. Hopp Sauber👍

[@damonstephens2833]

Max wins by 30 seconds, DRS train from 2nd to 7th for much of the race. Lots of passes on the final few laps.

[@SamTheMan27]

The best non sprint qualifying this season by far

[@Nonixification]

not really

[@TheMikelleh]

How will Hammy blame the car for that? Never his mistake.

[@johnbenoy7532]

They changed his setup according to him. Honestly don't know why merc would do that after the good showing in the sprint

[@Real28]

​@@johnbenoy7532 great drivers find a way to work with it. Hamilton has never really displayed that, which is while he has 7 titles, I've never seen him take a shit car and make it do something great. He just doesn't have that quality.

[@johnbenoy7532]

@@Real28 fair point, but i kinda feel that the era of great drivers winning championships in bad cars are over. we are not in the 1970s-80s anymore

[@VindicatorFSX]

Please let Alonso win another race before he retires in 2040. He really deserves it.

[@jaleelakram2232]

Man I feel bad for hulk, he's a great driver who never got a chance in big teams.

[@ankitsrivastava5708]

Hulk was beaten clear by DR in renault he wasn't this great before he is just started to peak somehow

[@SuperMarkizas]

@@ankitsrivastava5708 he found his inner chill and i don't give a.. zen.

[@EliteRock]

13:18 - LoL, though Valtteri had a mullet for second there.

[@markbeiser]

I was happy to see Sainz get going again, but I was even more happy when he spun and hit the barrier so I could switch over to the Twitch stream and watch Matt's reaction!🤣

[@Unhomiee]

Spicy qualifying !

[@samgen4394]

Perez caught up to verstappen on q3 and max pulls a magic hat.

[@Theforth09]

No days are my day😂 its fine matt we will be checking.

[@samitdavid995]

Saying haas are doing well, oh actually Hulkenburg is. Is massively disrespectful to the only team who seem to be functioning as a team and utilising their strengths. If you have one of the best defensive drivers on the grid why wouldn’t you use him to defend the other

[@n0tdanish521]

not only that, but Magnussne didnt make it out of Q1 because Sargeant spun infront of him and Tsunoda being on the racing line in T14, it was super disrespectful towards Magnussen. according to these guys everytime Hülkenberg is unlucky then he's unlucky, but everytime Magnussen is unlucky then he's shit

[@mikehipperson]

@@n0tdanish521 It's usually Magnusson holding people up so it's a sort of karma!

[@n0tdanish521]

@@mikehipperson how is that karma?

[@gp1683]

Red Bull is in a different time zone.

[@derosiflo6524]

shoutouts to my alpine boysssssss

[@33Avon88]

Frfr

[@lukenoonan3898]

The GOAT is back...... Behind Russell as usual.

[@santhoshrangit02]

rent free dog

[@alexcepile1420]

🤣

[@Zeccareal]

As a Hamilton fan, this is hilarious 😂

[@sadikurrahman4833]

who finished ahead in the sprint race? He's got more points over the weekend so far and has done better than anything this year russell did with that car

[@capricornus993]

@@sadikurrahman4833 can you repeat that? Couldn’t hear ya over that black D in yo mouth..

[@leecox7814]

And I have a suggestion worth discussing. The point for fastest lap should be available for all drivers regardless of position. That way the lower teams have something to fight for towards the end of the race. Imagine them all diving in for new tyres with 5 laps to go in an attempt to get fastest lap

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

GO MAX!

[@hansonbaywatch8677]

CHAOS!!!

[@pranavshankar5500]

P1 with matt ft. tommy

[@diamondback6653]

No Sunday - now no saturday. The pain.

[@eugenux]

Verstappen's rb looked even faster in quali than in the sprint.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Track is improving ?

[@braindump1446]

@@toolegittoquit_001 Nope, they made some mayor setup changes in Q2 and Q3

[@33Avon88]

​@@braindump1446 Could you explain what was changed? If you Wanne 😅

[@davidhaworth7152]

@@33Avon88wait for Peter Windsor for that content

[@braindump1446]

@@33Avon88Dunno they only said that Max and his engineer took a gamble and they made some big changes during quali.

[@Nebuloid1]

Fernando is the Car Whisperer.

[@LednacekZ]

We dont know if Alonso is outperforming the car. Junior is sitting in the other car so we dont have a fair comparison.

[@philipbray880]

That's hilarious for someone who claims to be mistake free made one and went out in Q1 😂😂😂

[@greenfj1466]

Miami has a hot track surface right?Don't worry matt Charles will get pole there

[@patricktho6546]

And Aston Martin are fighting the quali-results^^

[@valecasini]

5000 like 😁 1:24 that show's agiiny the unpredictability of that car... Well done Merc 3rs time is not the lucky number for y'all 1:43 he's simply happy to have made a good call for next year 😂 7:12 this start of the year is like: Red Bull can't get every race a 1-2 😂 (90% of the races for now) Yeaaah Ferrari really needs those Miami and Imola updates! Hope they played it good delaying them as much as possible to see if they'll work well

[@ahmadzahraniAAZ]

The magic of the great Chin

[@philipgrice1026]

The race will depend more on tires and track temperature combined with teams strategy. The McLaren currently appear faster when light, i.e. with low fuel loads, while Ferrari lose performance slightly as they burn fuel off. getting and keeping the tires in their optimum window is a huge challenge, witness "Pastry's" difficult during races. he has yet to get a good understanding, whereas Lando does it better. Like Yesterday's Sprint event, the first lap will be critical, followed by tire management until the time comes to swap for a different compound. If the McLaren can keep the Ferraris at bay while managing their tire life, they could get a podium, unless Alonso can manage his tires better than yesterday.

[@thomasvickers6583]

Hamilton is simply throwing this season so that the other drivers don't know what to expect next season (I'm not coping you are)

[@taajali]

From jubilation to devastation. (I’m a Hamilton fan too)

[@user-uq2wc4er5t]

Love seeing de lulu fanboys coping

[@taajali]

@@user-uq2wc4er5t bro we need to cope. Next YEAR IS OUR YEAR

[@tailsneon556]

@@user-uq2wc4er5t They're huffing some serious copium.

[@samoverbeek4778]

@@user-uq2wc4er5t Like he said, he isn't coping! You are!

[@Alan.livingston]

Gunter Steiner left Haas so close to the start of the season that the car and first upgrades would have already been in the pipeline. I think chalking all the success up the new team principal is a bit questionable.

[@xGUANdeLUPEx]

Bottas showing us that if he was in better machinery, he'd still be pushing the top positions.

[@mixswist]

Or just if Sauber doing better job in pitting and strategy he would have a point or two already.

[@ralphe5842]

He (Hamilton) just had a “senior moment”

[@abbofun9022]

Nah, just distracted by wardrobe choices. . . . .

[@srest-hn6zu]

When will Shell challenge with C2 be online?

[@sasiuru]

5:05 Aston Martin has protested quali results. And Ferrari has been summoned to hear those results...

[@sasiuru]

...and protest has been thrown out. No changes to qual results.

[@loccosheff]

Dam F1 is in a strange place when we must pray for right wind direction so we could have a good race :)

[@Shambley1]

The redbulls are loving that nando got 3rd after he did what he did today. He’s going to hold back the Ferraris and mclarens for several laps and give the top two a chance to check out from the start.

[@micheleholland3722]

Teams could put there stand by/3rd driver in the sprint races !

[@richpaull7820]

Nico roasting Lewis throughout both the Sprint and Q1 was objectively hilarious

[@lukenoonan3898]

What did he say I missed it

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

At least we should get a bunch of Lewis passes as he works his way up the field

[@nielsdorhout058]

Get in there Lewis!! So grateful for the best crowd! Maybe they can scream you forward from P18 😂

[@milseq]

You reckon Matt shat himself when Carlos crashed thinking that he jinxed him?

[@user-wp9sr8rw3m]

😀@ 'Now no days are my day'

[@davidreichert9392]

I'm pretty sure you're right that Lawrence Stroll knows full well that Lance will never be driver's champion and his goal now is to make AM a constructors champion. He'll keep Lance on as second driver and move him to the front office when they're ready to make a serious challenge for the title.

[@mikehipperson]

They've got WEC car based on the Valkyrie coming soon so Lance will move over to that program and be able to hide his deficiencies behind the other drivers?

[@Andrei2patrU]

8:33 - Alonso is a bit on the sado-masochistic side, confirmed? :D

[@jayshen84]

Lewis knew his mistake was his own doing by making big setup changes after the sprint

[@stuartleckie]

Remember when Toto said something like, we haven’t forgotten how to build a winning car? I’m not sure that’s true anymore.

[@KathleenMc73]

Lol. Alonso was in a *hit McLaren alongside Jenson and I don't remember him wringing the neck out of it that often. Am I misremembering him in his GP2 car?

[@TomC8042]

I disagree with the Alonso thing tbh, Aston have had upgrades and were expected to be better than Mclaren here regardless. I think the Mclaren is the 4th best car this weekend with the Aston 3rd. Still close between Mclaren, Aston and Merc but Aston definitely have a faster car than Mclaren here. Mclaren are notoriously slow on straights and slow speed which there is a massive straight and some slow speed.

[@yud6588]

Here is me hoping that Matt doesn't get to see a Leclerc crash tomorrow...

[@magdelinem6962]

Mercedes should get used to those P6,P7,P8 . Acceptens is key.🤷🙈

[@tineshboopathy9819]

Sainz showed us a glimpse of the old S🅱️innala.

[@georgebishop9898]

I’m sad, looks like I’m going to miss first race in years. Stupid 2 am start time!

[@LednacekZ]

Hi, I was the one that slandered Charles on Twitch. Nice to mention me again.

[@Sandeep-mv7tu]

Suddenly the GOAT was back and drove this shit car to P2 all on his own. And now since he finished P18 it's all team's fault/setup fault/George had better setup etc. It's never his fault lol.

[@Harrypjotter7]

That’s why he is a narcissist

[@FrayedACCL]

@@Harrypjotter7 Genuinely delusional if you think he never takes fault lol, I'm not even a merc/LH fan and I can see he knows how to take responsibility and can give atleast mostly honest opinions lol

[@juggernaut316]

at least Sargeant didn't wreck the car

[@Banyo__]

I can't believe I'm saying these words, but we're 5 races into the season, and the FIA has managed to not piss me off with their on track decisions. Like most have been pretty reasonable (so far guys, so far....).

[@AGHowardCali]

Nico should get a2 year Mercedes contract

[@alexpeacock_dw]

Being a Mercedes fan is worse than being a Ferrari fan this year

[@stefanstenroos6344]

For every Hamilton misfortune there's a Williams right behind it

[@matthewcollins5871]

The Lord Of The Eyebrows could put an Austin 1100 into Q3.

[@Ecm1031]

Another race I can record and fast forward to the results after lap 1.

[@rms-vp6hf]

George Russell performance should be the main topic honestly, not SLHs lacking it. George is absolutely annihilating him.

[@mignik01]

Ferrari regretting their choice

[@jacksonsilva4409]

It was a dumb choice to begin with

[@johnbenoy7532]

Maybe on driver skill I'll rate sains and Lewis closely but for marketing, ferrari have signed a bomb

[@mignik01]

He costs half a billion dollars. I'm thinking there are better ways to spend that money.

[@AristoCat221]

So Matt flew to China did an interview and came back ? 😮

[@mikehipperson]

Must have more money than Sky who hide most of their team in a green screen studio nowadays?

[@dannytheelf9427]

@mattp1tommy I have to know where Tommy got that super max shirt

[@Arnaud58]

@04:37 Art. 39.6 ... "Any driver whose car stops on the track during the qualifying session or the sprint shootout will not be permitted to take any further part in that session." It's great that AM is raising this. The FIA rules are dodgy all the way. Even amateurs don't make these kinds of mistakes. Exaggeration makes the matter clear: Picture this: In Monaco, in Q3 (or in Q1...), the first person, leading the entire field, sets a time, and immediately after setting it, crashes and blocks the track. What happens then is that everyone on the track obviously stops, and therefore is out, without a time... Good job FIA...!👴🤷‍♂

[@djdrastic1]

Would it be in Ferraris best interest this year if Lewis scores minimal points this year for Mercedes ?

[@amazingango9103]

Mercedes isn't really a threat to Ferrari atm. Ferrari is competing with red bull, mclaren and alonso

[@alesksander]

huh?! What?

[@djdrastic1]

@@amazingango9103 Agree but we are talking constructors championship here. If Lewis has a "severe change of form" as he is currently having, Mercedes are effectively out of the constructors race with Ferrari. One less team to beat for a big 💰💰💰

[@Milkywayboy]

@@amazingango9103Ferrari is competing with Red Bull😂😂

[@johnbenoy7532]

Not really. If ferrari was to benefit, they need the greater ATR and cfd time, and for that they need merc to finish ahead of them. Do I think merc can do that this season? Heck no. Do I think that ferrari care about that? Heck no

[@davidadokuru8139]

Hey Matt, quick question: did you forget to focus your camera looks a bit washed, or are you just trying to give Tommy a head start? We can't let our Charles and Ferrari pride take a hit like this!🤭🤣

[@HarrieWorst]

Would love to see Verstappen next to Alonso in the Aston Martin in 2026. Not too far fetched. Honda connection and Stroll sr. will drop his son in less than a heartbeat when he could get Verstappen in Aston.

[@pianissimo7121]

Ferrari Fans to Silksong Fans: our battle will be legendary! Amount of copium being consumed as a Ferrari AND Silksong fan is going to kill me.

[@JohnAnderson4242]

"Carry on..." is not in the FIA regulations. He was stopped, fully. Was the engine off or running? What are these vagaries!?

[@xhowitisx]

Hamilton has always struggled without the fastest car. Unlike the greats (Alonso, Senna, Schumacher, etc, etc)

[@amanwalia1840]

Saying very lucky boy while watching him J turning his Ferrari and not like Charles

[@joyl7842]

Because we all know how big a Leclerc fan you are Matt 🤣

[@carisi2k11]

He made a mistake. Can't blame the car this time. It looks like the AM, Mac, Fez and the Merc behind the Red Bull are fairly close.

[@jurgenbruin3207]

LH just got sick of the Goat debate, I guess, so he ended it himself.

[@TexioATX]

Lewis is already suffering from the Ferrari curse. Just like it happened to Vettel. I swear we could do the same to Max if he was to wear red one day... Sigh.

[@willyhwang1059]

has yuki driven this track before this?