Our Reaction to the 2024 Qatar GP Sprint

[@wilsonjust858]

Colapinto for overtake of the month

[@aaravgoyal4034]

I'm going to spoil the joke here but... That Leclerc move was nuts!

[@Becky_Cooling]

On a RED BULL in the pit lane!

[@ravinderdasila9334]

The Leclerc one was literally in the same race

[@JJ81_Studios]

Horner LITERALLY said Cheo was "caught napping a bit"...what are we talking about?

[@meanjean3023]

And Checo said it was their objective to drive in the clean air 😂😂 - what’s going on over there

[@aurionblackfyre8480]

Horner is probably just very tired about checo and probably knows he wants him gone but can’t for some reason

[@JSAVGA]

@@meanjean3023 I think it was an honest misunderstanding. Checo was told it was told they were going to treat it as a testing session and he took it to mean not to race with the Williams, but to be at the back in clean air.

[@Becky_Cooling]

an F1 car isn't a bed

[@meanjean3023]

@@JSAVGA Horner was just as surprised as the rest of us - that was pretty huge misunderstanding..

[@veewooshi9882]

Could not agree more about Lando's switch. Great show of sportsmanship which people always say they want but when they get it, they call it a weakness. It was still a 1-2. Great move

[@spankwish]

Nah, it’s a weak move

[@ross-carlson]

Same here, HUGE respect for that - HUGE.

[@Kaimax61]

well, he has nothing to drive for himself anymore lmao. him getting 1st doesn't make any difference, and it's a fucking sprint race.

[@stefan-hq5fe]

Its not a big move, it is a big move when he did it in the race and he still needs the points

[@domiiinik4320]

@@Kaimax61 You are literally the person that OP described

[@nathanb286]

Fair play to Lando for doing that, because even though the team told him not to but it was the right thing to do

[@camcambambam5128]

It was a show of weak mindedness

[@Im_JLC]

clown​@@camcambambam5128

[@ricecooker9024]

@@camcambambam5128how??

[@cl_0ud470]

@@camcambambam5128 he'd get hated for breathing air. The hate is actually crazy lol

[@mexicanopdb]

​@@camcambambam5128 you're saying as if you could challenge for a formula one championship

[@ogier300]

The look on Zak Brown's face after the sprint was a smile and joy, so I suspect he was pretty much stoked for the 1-2 and had no problem with the win switch.

[@_mickmccarthy]

Felt like a proud dad moment from Zak IMO. Fair play to Lando there

[@rosco3]

I'm usually shitting on Lando but this one was really good. He got the win on track and decided to repay Oscar even if his team did not want him to, he played very well the whole race keeping safe distance while still allowing Oscar to maintain DRS

[@cassiechabot7854]

Anyone going "No other driver would have ever done that" I think you need to look at a couple of races with Schumacher and Barricello

[@supmikpaddleboarding5871]

And Schumacher with Irvine.how about Senna giving the win to Berger once the CC was wrapped up to pay him back

[@Becky_Cooling]

USA 2002

[@sadikurrahman4833]

Yeah let’s ignore how Schumacher had contractually obliged number two teammates and how they were never allowed to challenge him. Don’t try and paint that cheater as a saint

[@gameofender4463]

I think this makes quali even more interesting/important. As it looks like those who start in the odd-numbered grid spots have an easier time with the starts than those starting in the even-numbered grid spots.

[@endthisnonsense7202]

That's track specific. Most tracks have a clean side and a dirty side, the clean side is where you want to be.

[@aaravgoyal4034]

@@endthisnonsense7202 That's true, but the point here is that because of all the sand, the dirty side of the track really is DIRTY, and you don't want to be driving there. It can cost more time here than most of the other tracks because of it's location and all the sand blowing around.

[@OliverJaJaDo]

Schumacher gifted Barrichello multiple wins to pay him back for great teamwork, and yet nobody would dare to question his ruthlessness and winning mentality.

[@supmikpaddleboarding5871]

And he did it with Irvine as well. Even Senna did it with Berger,I believe it was in Austria

[@inahole2678]

People are more okay with it when you're winning everything

[@samuelsiltala119]

I think you're highlighting the elephant in the room that Lando is a bit unlikeable to some and judged very harshly in comparison to Piastri.

[@roguescorner9042]

​@@samuelsiltala119 Which is fair but I honestly don't see much reason to criticize here. The other way around, actually. As a Lando critic myself, he did earn back some of my respect with that move. I honestly can't complain.

[@Shambley1]

This track shouldn’t be on the calendar. It’s top 3 worst tracks. It’s just not meant for f1 racing. There are zero hard braking zones where you can go for a dive and pretty much zero opportunity to make a pass. Even the one passing opportunity into turn one isn’t really that good because of how short the drs zone is. It’s just set up for the race to be a parade.

[@hydralance8837]

You say that but last year we had 31 overtakes in the sprint and 48 in the race.

[@wilmerm5367]

Truths sir, it is truly a snooze fest

[@roguescorner9042]

It's not that bad, though I certainly wouldn't miss it if they take it off the calendar. There are many other options to choose over this one.

[@_mickmccarthy]

Frankly, the same could be said for Spa. But I wouldn't want it to be dropped off the calendar. Though Hungary also falls into the same situation and I wouldn't mind seeing that dropped. Edit: Same goes for Imola, great track, terrible for F1 racing

[@purokujunior4720]

Everybody talks about the McLarens, while Hülkenberg even beat Max this time... One of the best drivers of the season so far.

[@roguescorner9042]

He's been giving it his all ever since he came back to F1. Such a shame he'll be stuck with the slowest car on the grid next year.

[@QueenBeaTravels]

Oscar isn’t giving Lando anything next year. McLaren is going to end up in a situation where they do not know how to keep them as teammates.

[@patricktrakzel9657]

Lewis and Charles= beautyful fight. That is why these guys are in F1. Checo testing some things. Stating that he needed clean air. Well done Hulk!

[@yazgaroth]

Checo and his team used the sprint as a Pratice session, same for Zhou, they told that during the interview.

[@Trakkson]

Checo said that. Christian Horner did NOT agree.

[@hipotenuza5663]

​@@Trakksonof course Horner will deny it.

[@_mickmccarthy]

@@hipotenuza5663 Why would he? He's been sticking up for Perez for most of the season now. Feels like he's finally given up

[@Horbs99]

I love every intro. Different variations are just fun

[@InterestedAmerican]

Lando Norris letting Piastri by was a feel good moment. A nod to Piastri for his help when Lando had a chance to win the WDC.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Lando nailed that switch, he's been practicing that in the sim rig...

[@krithikharshith5196]

he just went to his turn 1 mode

[@kanojo1969]

There's been the question of whether Norris is 'too nice' to win an F1 title ever since it became obvious that he's a genuinely nice person both on and off the track. When he's up against the 'winning is all that matters' philosophy of Max (via Jos) lots of people will assume he's going to ultimately not have the ruthlessness they think you need to win the title. I'm glad Lando is not falling into that trap and is sticking to his true nature as a tough but fair and generous competitor. I think he's good enough to win without being an asshole.

[@marcuslouvierF1]

That’s more like Leclerc, nice and fair, but good enough. Lando is nice and fair but not consistent enough. Max is agressive and unfair, but the best.

[@_mickmccarthy]

I'm sure it's been said on many occasions, but Schumacher did a similar thing for Barrichello on multiple occasions, and I don't think you'd find many people questioning his ruthlessness on track.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

I was waiting for the comments about the switch affecting the prediction points

[@Petermiha]

I told you Lando gonna give it to piastri

[@donladplaysgames4036]

"We're back to where we would be after Brazil now that the Championship is done, let the Papya's race" - This is what I think is the general conversation around this. I think it's cool of him

[@FarmerEnvoyXtreme]

perhaps Perez just wanted a litle siesta

[@f1clips44]

Perez could be told to arrive 1 hour early and arrive 1 hour late because he thought 1+1 was his race number..

[@jeevandalip1082]

Trying too hard buddy

[@f1clips44]

@@jeevandalip1082At least “buddy” doesnt defend a driver who can’t tie his own shoelaces to save his life

[@supmikpaddleboarding5871]

😂

[@xtheamazingax]

Green means go. What part of that does Perez not understand?

[@bibhushanrajthala]

12:00 i noiticed the same thing.. he checked te mirror and let colapinto through.. does he want to get fired

[@jimmyl8042]

When I bet Lando 1st Oscar 2nd george 3rd and loose out on $100

[@Aluminator82]

Norris ' move gave me goosebumps. What a friendly driver

[@vanbalzup6481]

LMAO. He only did it cause he’d already completely ballsed up the championship. If he and Mclaren hadn’t been playing by these ridiculous ‘papaya rules’, Norris would currently still be in the championship this race.

[@LathropLdST]

Hahahahaha, what frie-ahahahaha 🤣🤣 Another DTS consumer 🤣

[@BriefcaseSam]

Oscar gave it to him when he needed it to have a shot at WDC and now that max has WDC, lando is a class act to give it back

[@IAmPdawg]

The Checo situation I agree with Matt. Something else has to be going on because even Checo isn’t that stupid.

[@iplayeddsharpminor]

For all of Charles’ unforced errors over the years he seems to be the cleanest but hardest wheel-to-wheel racer on the grid. Even racing Max in early 22 it was the same. Amazing battle with Hamilton

[@tyranus1111]

Sainz is no joke either. If Ferrari would quit Ferrariing theyd actually be fighting mclaren for contsructors right now.

[@ChandraMouliPalit-hv1uz]

Mattp1tommy clearly didnt watch the sprint where RB basically used checo for a test session with the changes they made to the car and the new wing. I think he was told to not worry about racing anyone

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

Especially considering the sprint race itself, the intro to the video brought the needed energy that was lacking in the sprint procession.

[@JTrickZ]

i HAD a STROKE in THE intro!

[@nahdiarodgers]

Non Lando Fans: Hungary - He’s such a bad team mate, he’s not a team player blah blah blah Qatar - This is why Lando will never be world champion, he gifted his teammate a win.

[@charitiyy7617]

Bro i dont think anyone said that, championship over before that one lol

[@mexicanopdb]

1000% not even a Lando fan, and have criticized him much in this season but it's simply ridiculous to criticize him for both Hungary and the sprint race, like choose one battle lol

[@nahdiarodgers]

@ the hate he gets makes zero sense

[@samuelsiltala119]

​​@@nahdiarodgersIf we go about it more psychologically, some may see Norris as a bit of a spoiled rich brat and some of his comments in interviews certainly don't help either. This is the only explanation I can think of really, also Piastri seems to be judged very leniently for some reason in comparison. Whereas if you just look at it kinda unbiased, Norris is still the better driver, but for sure Piastri has closed down the gap this year compared to 2023 so fair play for that.

[@nahdiarodgers]

@ I usually don’t engage or make comments simply because there’s a narrative of “if Lando does it, it’s bad, if anyone else does it, there’s justification”. There’s also soooo many instances where his comments are taken out of context and blasted all over the media. It’s exhausting how some will go out of their way to nit pick every last thing he does.

[@elifbeyzabalc8392]

Synchronized intro after yesterday's live is very on point

[@hnj1844]

I'm not even a Lando fan and I think that switch was a really classy and cool thing to do, good for him. People calling it weak are just silly, there was so much risk involved that it was clearly a very strong-minded action. Also we have no idea what Max would or would not do in the same situation because he and Perez are literally at opposite ends of the track lol.

[@Axle0Bullitt019]

I’d say another thing for RB to consider is how much headroom they have in the cap left. Lord knows it has to be tight with how often Checo has binned it.

[@abdullahamir626]

Checo perez to the line crofty commentary at the moment as he crosses the finish line now 😂

[@arthurmorris6730]

For tomorrow they need to make the DRS zone longer

[@OldBuford]

Gonna have to restock the liquor cabinet and make sure some games are updated to get through Sundays race...what a terrible track for F1

[@PieterPatrick]

Did Hamilton always leave room for Rosberg?

[@jacobjohnson6287]

We need a documentary on Perez’s fall from grace because this is honestly so crazy to see where he now vs the last few years

[@Pilotlucaseo]

Max wouldnt have done that for Checo? No obviously. You cant brake, sit there, wait for 15 cars to pass, get out, grab a bike and pedal to the pitlane, drink coffee, comment on understeer to engineer, pedal back, get back in, watch Checo pass you and then drive to the line..

[@RenierErasmus]

Max and Chuck was the best racing ever

[@murlaldridge8147]

Being a good Human is always good preparation for next year.

[@osuvoxy7825]

Ferrari will have to pull off a miracle race tomorrow if they want that constructors title

[@the_P_I_G]

Qatar is the worst track on the calendar, atleast Monaco is interesting and a novelty, Qatar has uninspired corners, boring track design that encourages DRS trains, a singular overtaking zone and terrible weather forcing it to take up high preasure spots on the shedule. Its clear that it's a Moto GP track first and everything else second. It doesn't belong on the F1 calendar.

[@8tonystark8]

Have you heard of money?

[@the_P_I_G]

@@8tonystark8 I know money talks but I'm talking about track design.

[@wilmerm5367]

Its garbage

[@soundscape26]

Not a fan of the track myself

[@GigaKubica88]

Lando did his best to Michael Masi the prediction championship for Tommy

[@stephenshadenough]

It's so annoying when the person ahead of you at the red light is on their phone.

[@parsamns6677]

Guys why dont you release some merch? Would be awesome!

[@NearlyGoodGamer]

Checo be like go on Colapinto take my seat

[@ScaredofAquarius]

was hoping for a Piastri swerve intro

[@ScottDaviesProto]

Checo said he needed clean air for testing

[@AGS956]

I think checko did see it went green, just did not realize it for a phew seconds.

[@jithu7573]

as rpm says i just had aneurysm in 3 seconds

[@Remsterdam]

Still underestimating Max for the race…. guys guys guys 😂

[@hipotenuza5663]

Perez spent whole sprint race testing different set ups, of course there will be results.

[@_Bosley]

I've never liked the sprint format. I wish it never existed.....

[@supmikpaddleboarding5871]

So you would've preferred watching fp2 yesterday evening and fp3 today? Really?

[@_Bosley]

@@supmikpaddleboarding5871 Well, no. But I'd almost rather have that than the Sprint spoiling the outcome of the actual race (which happened less this year, but still)....

[@countadyn5327]

looks like somebody gave Max a coffee

[@diaaablooo]

my prediction for matt : first race of 25 lewis and charles crash in the first lap

[@johnrangel4338]

I think I’m in the minority here but I think Lando’s move was more of a power statement. He controlled the race with Oscar the entire time and gifted him the win to show how dominant he was. I think we will see lots of fireworks next year between these two. Oscar was not amused.

[@Nateeeeee-ur4gu]

I can see that being a possibility, but I feel like that it was more of him repaying him for Brazil

[@camra554]

I think it was more of a payback for Brazil out of genuine kindness and respect but I think he also knew it would make him look good and would even out the score from Oscar switching in Brazil. For example I don’t think he would’ve done it if he was still in the championship fight

[@user-uj2ku5fk7c]

Oscar pretty much always looks like that I would not read to much into it

[@veewooshi9882]

Oscar confirmed in his post race interview that it was discussed before the race. It was not a power move.

[@alice_rain_day_is_nice]

Yeah, it was both really

[@IAmPdawg]

I’m hoping the gesture from Lando pays him in the future

[@timenswijtink]

P1 for Max, what hangover? :)

[@Root_boy]

Now that was a borefest.. Any race where your chances of winning improve by going slower has a serious rules problem

[@ghostlyrazgriz5228]

If it wasnt mclaren 1-2. Having 6 cars in a lead drs train would be a lot spicier

[@Root_boy]

@@ghostlyrazgriz5228only giving DRS to the last one in the train might be better

[@lukew6725]

Not at all, that's what Sainz did in Singapore last year and it was brilliant!

[@MasterSandman]

I think that at this point, Checo is just daring RBR to sack him and collect that cool $20mil... 💵💵

[@micky1878]

Haas are on fire!!

[@adrian8426]

The level of overthinking people are doing over the switch is both entertaining and ridiculous. It's not mind games, it's not thinking for 2025 and it's not trying to go against team orders to show who's boss... He doesn't like things handed to him and he wanted to repay Oscar for his help in Brazil. No need to Drive to Survive every single detail for this season.

[@Taylor___]

You have to think of the sprint as an FP3. When you think of it like this, it’s about 10 per cent more exciting. However, it ruins the GP because it gives you a preview of what’s about to happen.

[@bl4xxun]

as they changed the rules and allow teams to change their setup between sprint and quali, you don't know how things will look come race day. As we saw in Quali, with Red Bull finding something with the setup and hoisting Max onto pole.

[@BwInNewJersey]

You can tell how young commenters are by bringing up the intro every effing upload.

[@Tacko14]

Maybe I'm wrong but nobody seemed to pay any attention to Perez during the race. Sky commented something about RBR using the race as a test and then forgot about it. But Checo eventually lost time against Zhou. And I'm thinking maybe Jos was right in saying they have to give him a car that suits him and he'll be right back on top. Maybe RBR is really struggling to put together a decent car. Max can always make sómething out of it, Checo is not at that level. But he's not this hopeless, I'm sure. I'm starting to believe it's RBR that have dropped the ball, it was a crystal one and it broke. They're clueless.

[@tomhatton2512]

Didn't lando let Piastry through earlier in the year so after Brazil it was fair

[@platformbootsofmegatron]

The intro keeps giving me goosebumps

[@coasternut3091]

It's possible Perez was effectively getting an FP2

[@BwInNewJersey]

You know it’s bad when the medical car has to get out of it not to overtake Perez😂😂😂

[@rebeccacalhoun8205]

Nothing negative against Lando, he drove a fantastic race and did what he thought was right but there is something to be said about a nice gesture that no one (including it seems Oscar) asked for...

[@hanstubben]

Perez has something on Horner and is blackmailing him! That can be the only explanation!

[@danielread8549]

The intro almost gave me and aneurysm

[@Casualfan94]

I kinda feel a bit weird McLaren there. Its good and beautiful now, but I can see Piastry side of garage will slowly pushed away Lando from that team if he keed doing this. Like Piastry get frist win from lando, possibly Cost lando win in Monza and the team didn't even swap them for max point at the end and now he give piastry sprint win. and what lando get? interlagos spirnt win and extra 1 point.

[@brandondouglas4363]

I lost a parlay cause of the last lap

[@Flippingwolfresells]

I DISAGREE MATT - The negative thing was Piastri didn't even thank Lando or even acknowledge him. Speaks volumes about the sort of character he is.

[@Richardtv1968]

Matt and Tom romanticizing this too much

[@tyranus1111]

where was this team mclaren all season?

[@usedtoexistonce]

touch of class from lando top performance on track and cleared what was a marred result at brazil

[@crosshairfortnite2388]

I Gambled €40.000 on win for Norris, who is gonna pay me back now ?

[@shmet]

But when ferrari did it in the nillies, thry banned teamorders lol

[@TheVukMiler]

Lando went against team orders. He was told to finish first. He gave Oscar the win on his own

[@EnayaSwaaaan]

I don't really care about the WCC anymore, I only care about you guys' intros

[@RPLAsmodeus]

There's still the battle for 4th in the Drivers Standings between; Piastri at 276 and Sainz at 264 A class move by Lando

[@cpasa798]

How can you celebrate that a driver gives up his position? It’s fundamentally wrong. We don’t want nice guys in Formula 1, we want drivers giving absolutely everthing to win. If you like this we need 1 driver per team immediately and no B-teams like RB

[@karimmaasri1723]

Perez is trolling us 😂

[@Lisa-jh4hw]

No need to say “I'm not here to win Sprint races, I'm here to win races and a championship”

[@TheSlowoldman]

Checo(ut) did in the pit lane and needs to from F1..... this is beyond ridiculous.

[@tomk5066]

Clever from Lando tbh. Now he isn’t going into next season owing Oscar a favour.

[@8tonystark8]

Pinnacle of Motorsport....if the "box box STAY OUT STAY OUT/ slicks on wet/ inters on dry / stop inventing / wake up guys / masters of strategy" Team will win the Championship, it would be the biggest insult to the sport since WindowLicker joining in 2017

[@donaldfarquar]

Hamilton has more on track collisions in the last 5 years than any of the top 8 drivers. He's great but acting like he isnt as aggressive as Max is some weird English mass copium.

[@jondavies]

I really enjoy your content but I think for the first time I have a complaint . Where both of you did intro together just didn't sound good haha

[@scottarmstrong8178]

boring sprint = boring race?

[@twilsstanton9506]

Lando has been PLAYED by McClaren all season. There I said it.😢

[@C41N4]

Fuuuuuusion. HAAAA!

[@erickwoodard9991]

Is Perez being so crap the plan for redbull so that they get more aero time next year because they lost newey

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

Hamilton a clear driver? Hell no. In 2023 he damaged Oscar Piastri everytime he went passed. There is of course the totally on-purpose Verstappen shunt in Silverstone '21. Then last year he crashed at the start by ramming into Russell. And so on, and so forth. Like Alonso said: the guy can only drive when he's number one.

[@noahharaldsson3230]

I placed a bet that Oscar would win and I was 100% sure I lost until the last corner🙏