2024 F1 SPANISH GP Qualifying analysis by Peter Windsor

[@bjs7442]

Oscar did run and was track limits on the first run and messed up his second.

[@jonathanr.4039]

Apparently he was saving his tyres by running them through the gravel. 🤔

[@sebfettel]

Track limits on both.

[@mboykin6047]

Piastri went out in Q3. Exceeded track limits on first lap, deleting the time and went into the gravel on the second lap.

[@MsZeeZed]

“Going out in Q3” sums it up gor Oscar today. Bad day at a track that’s simply more complex than it looks.🤦🏻‍♀️

[@simonmiller5118]

Paistri's second lap in Q3 was looking fairly promising as he was only a tenth behind Max after sector 2. If he hadn't messed up the last corner he'd have been on par with the Mercs I'd suggest. Oh well...that's racing.

[@ericbryant8196]

So fully summing up Piastri’s quali, he need an extra run in Q1 to go through, meaning he was left with one new set of softs for Q3. First Q3 run on used softs, and the used softs were off for everyone (as demonstrated by Hamilton’s first Q2 run). Second Q3 run was looking promising until he understeered off into the gravel at turn 13.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

A q3 to forget for Oscar, that's for sure. He's still making the odd silly mistake but he's coming along very nicely and he's in a great car which helps.

[@jdickson242]

I dont think you can show Perez video or images of how to drive and expect him to do it. So much of what Max does is instinct and feel... You either have it or not.

[@caro2501]

Peter is not paying attention very well considering Oscar made 2 mistakes in Q3, tracklimits 1st run and into the gravel in the 2nd run and Lando had a tow as well, Lando said it himself in the pressconference

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Max had the better tow ...

[@NoxioLukas]

​@@toolegittoquit_001Do you think so? From the onboards it looked to me like ocon got out of the way way better. I'm pretty sure they are about equal tows

[@edbr2379]

if he exceeded track limits on one lap and went into the gravel on the other how exactly did he set a valid time? or did he do 3 flying laps to everyone else doing 2?

[@NoxioLukas]

@@edbr2379 he didnt set a valid time (you could count his outlap in theory). That's why it said "no time" in the broadcast. Peter said he didn't do any running though, which is wrong. He was on the track just as much as the others

[@edbr2379]

@@NoxioLukas i dunno why (im very drunk) but i thought you were talking about perez.... sorry and goodnight.

[@kungfubrush7269]

FINALLY was waiting for this since qualy finished, couldn't wait

[@G33RTJEH]

@ 6'10": Oscar Piastri made two attempts in Q3: First one was deleted due to track limits, Second one aborted after a sand-trap-excursion. 5 laps on two sets. He might have looked just as bad as Sergio :p

[@divinasi0n]

6 foot 10 inches?? Like this: 6:10

[@elsbells4841]

@@divinasi0nno, he doesn’t mean feet and inches, not everyone thinks in imperial … Geert probably means seconds and minutes of plane angles (bur your 6:30 is the correct notation for time)

[@dereksbooks]

He was worse than Sergio. At least Perez didn't make mistakes, and their gaps their respective teammates were similar (massive) all weekend.

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Well I don’t see Oscar getting deleted by Williams/Sauber in Q1.

[@G33RTJEH]

@@divinasi0n Right, but seems you understood, and I won't edit now... 6 feet 10 Inches is 2082.8 mm in my head :)

[@gerrit-janslettenhaar4252]

Thank you for your analysis! It makes a F1 weekend complete!

[@mutleyeng]

Lando was doing a constant speed aero test, he was off the racing line - leclerc should have got at least 5 place drop for that - crazy that the FIA say that any intent is irrelevant. On top of that, Leclerc clearly lied to the stewards

[@enniogaliani]

First time you've taken your cap off since I started watching...

[@qualicaliber]

same haha

[@Adi_leo98]

The transition was funny

[@alpha007org]

I was so confused, I had to "mouse over" timeline to check that I was not going mad. :)

[@Games_and_Music]

@@alpha007org Same here, i hadn't noticed the cut during the talking and when he came back, he was wearing glasses and no cap, i was like: "Huh??"

[@davidrowewtl6811]

Being economically excluded from watching F1, I had given up on following it. Thank you for what you do here. The music at the end is pure class too.

[@joostprins3381]

I thought I saw Oscar twice in the grid during Q3.

[@darkwa456]

Along side most people i had almost wrote this season off, qualifying is ridiculously close at the momment and im loving it feels like we have our sport back! Forget 2026 i cant wait for next season if everybodys this close from the start it will be absolutely mega!

[@alexandroskoskinas]

That "lets use lap 2 drs so we can catch max" thing feels so good right now...

[@DACOSTA71]

Great video, great analysis as always.. Thanks for your effort.. Best wishes. 👍🙏👏👏

[@Semtx552]

the strong sector 3 of the RB ,and better top speed, might be the 2 factors that give RB the chance to make a move into turn 1

[@zoherliana5378]

On point!

[@brianackerman2226]

I bet Lando wishes they didn't change the DRS rules.

[@Ratkwad]

I think your boy Lewis mentioned a perfect lap for the 2017 Australian GP pole quali interview...

[@AmericasChoice]

Looking forward to the race.

[@camcambambam5128]

Perfect timing 🤘

[@tHebUm18]

Fully agree crashing into another car in frustration from being blocked in practice is ridiculous. Charles should get a hefty fine for that and maybe a penalty point. Stroll incident didn't look as blatantly malicious, but they should check the telemetry. The pinnacle of motorsport doesn't need temper tantrums behind the wheel over minor incidents in practice.

[@daveslay3449]

Piastri definitely ran in q3 track limits on run 1 and through the gravel run 2

[@omerosman1280]

wait Seb got a 10 second stop go for that at Baku tho!

[@Angel-fz8dr]

And Alonso got 20 seconds for Russell crashing behind him in Australia this year. Vettel deserved so much more than that, but maFIA, you know...

[@IamDonRoyal]

​@@Angel-fz8drWhat are you ranting about, since when did race become practice??

[@TonyBaroni]

Enjoyed your review. I too am looking forward to tomorrow. Thanks. Should Charles and Stroll have received penalty points versus admonishments?

[@themassmauler]

Perfect lap was Lewis at Singapore 2018? 2017?

[@Milkywayboy]

The perfect car more like

[@connorclarke1218]

There is no such thing as a perfect lap. It’s simply impossible

[@daleyd3524]

I was there, the car was 5/6 all weekend. Lewis pulled out a dynamite lap on the last run in quali

[@bjs7442]

@@daleyd3524 Lando pulled out a perfect lap on that day on that track. Lewis pulled out a perfect lap on that day on that track. You cant compare just say they were both brilliant. Different conditions , different tracks, different cars etc

[@VANITY80]

Lando received a tow as well, but unsurprisingly no British “pundit” mentioned it…

[@diesel-technology5507]

You mean 250m behind a car for less than 1 second 😂

[@mattblack6736]

So many people crying about the British , calm down theres no more empire guys

[@AmericasChoice]

@@mattblack6736 I guess you never heard of The City of London...

[@pietervanbreda4360]

@@mattblack6736 There still is my friend , in F1.

[@pinut187]

Norris did mention it during the interview.

[@shrijavchokshi7780]

What about Lewis’s lap in Singapore as a perfect lap?

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Lewis, Max, Michael, Senna all have atleast 1 lap, if not 2, that are contenders for the perfect lap. But, I think Peter is right, it's impossible to be perfect but there's been some bloody close ones.

[@paisleymc2]

Lando is not aggressive enough especially when he is vs Max

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Lando just doesn’t have the killer instinct Max does have. But Lando is getting both the pace and consistency required for being a championship contender. Which is what we want to see.

[@Brommear]

Max will take it tomorrow!

[@dereksbooks]

I'm afraid so, but maybe Lando can keep his tires better and be in the fight.

[@vrajpatel2763]

​@@dereksbooks It will be close definitely but max has got this in hands nd he knows tht nd rb has setup this car as race car so they will be easy on tires also

[@Coolcmsc]

🎉 “STAMP IT OUT!” 🎉 Well said, Peter 🙏

[@gonpala]

Happy as I am for Lando, the sadness for Oscar is greater, really wishing for him to pull one of those races that only the top top can do and that moment at the end of that last lap in Q3 became his "moment when I decided to be the best ever" experience.

[@bjs7442]

I wanted Oscar to do well as well. I think he should have played more safety first on that second run and gone for a P5 or P6 and not gone all out. He admitted he was not happy with the setup and he was guilty of not playing the percentages. I suppose he feels under pressure to try to equal Lando. he should stop doing that and concentrate on his own performance.

[@tuk-tukteelak3302]

@@bjs7442 The pastry failed to rise

[@bjs7442]

@@tuk-tukteelak3302 I am a lando supporter but I am nerver disrespectful to Oscar as we need both to be up their to work as a team.

[@tinkertable1977]

Piastri did run in Q3. He was setting the pace at the time before running wide, from memory turn 10, then didn’t bother to run again.

[@aiyengar9549]

This reminded me of Leclerc's pole lap vs Max in Bahrain 2022. It was down to the last corner and Leclerc pulled ahead and got pole!

[@MsZeeZed]

Lando was so fast out of turn 2, I can’t always tell just from an onboard, but the McLaren felt so strong on his pole run it really hit me.

[@eduardoportella4473]

Peter! What happened to Alpine? How we can explain their speed?

[@bobbydee2592]

The Pope returned as advisor to the team that is why. Drivers where told they will go to Hell if they do not perform.

[@mediascapes2011]

Mercs is getting there, ready-ing for Max. Great job.

[@D...M...A...]

We are blessed with Peter ...

[@de1623]

Agreed. It would be good if he actually watched the sessions rather than just reading the time sheets...

[@RiaNash-o3s]

What upsets me about the two stroll n le clec incidents, is that when lewis ( just for the example) walked across the track after a crash, he was severely punished n fined, the Fia reasoning being hes famous, and its a bad example he is setting to future race drivers/ fans , as bs as that was fine ok...we fans accepted it, now you have two drivers intentionally turning into others , in a fit of road rage, no less, n the fia just smile n wave them on, i ask u, what example is that setting to future fans n drivers? Thats its ok to use your car as a battering ram if u unhappy with another driver, that resorting to violent n destructive driving is ok if you feel agreived and upset? Can you imagine if we all start acting this way to people that cut us of on highways?.... its just disgraceful from the fia, the hypocrisy is laughable...honestly

[@pietervanbreda4360]

When Vettel did that in Canada he lost his first place to Hamilton

[@IamDonRoyal]

Race vs practice ​@@pietervanbreda4360

[@51bikerboy]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Bosnomoya]

It looks like, we now have not one but two faster cars than RB. Let’s see if MV can make a difference.

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Doubt that, just Lando i think in the race. But Max being Max may very well bring it home. It’s refreshing seeing the drivers making the difference again. It has been so rare for the last dozen years. Thank god the Redbull dominance didn’t last as long as the Mercedes dominance.

[@wewemjinga]

Unbelievably and incredibly amazing 😅

[@carlgevers2557]

And how abt Lewis & George next to each other, not to mention Ocon & Gasley just a few rows back. Recipe for disaster, oh to be a fly on the wall in THOSE strategy & tactics planning briefings

[@OldmanNix]

Deservedly indeed, that was brilliant.

[@Lexington125]

Every time Peter says ‘short corner’ do a shot 😂

[@BianchiLuke87]

"Charles Leclerd AND Lando Norris doing that!" I think you mean... "Charles Leclerc doing that!"

[@theslimeylimey]

Thx Peter

[@TonyBaroni]

Peter, there were two disturbing incidents in FP3 which I can't recall when they last happened. The two events were Stroll intentionally hitting Lewis even after Lewis motioned to him for his unintentional blocking of him. Then, in the same FP3 Charles showed his displeasure towards Lando for blocking him by hitting him intentionally. I thought the rule generally calls for a penalty point to help deter these type of things considering how little it takes to damage these cars which are perfectly prepared by FP3. They both received admonishments. Your thoughts?

[@ChristopherPhillips]

You called it yesterday Peter

[@eduardoportella4473]

Yeap! Oscar made a mistake in Q3! Even him, a future potencial champion, felt the pressure of Lando speed!!!

[@pgurung001]

Lando the long corner driver driving the wheels off the car.

[@quadrantalerror1121]

The next half of the season and 2025 will hopefully be super competitive

[@AmericasChoice]

Let's hope...

[@tomadams94]

Possibly even 26 if the regs get delayed which is looking likely

[@MichaelCuthbertson-zl6in]

0.002 is a dead heat........? Must be close in length! Half a wheel? Great stuff!

[@zeberto1986]

It was 0.02 and thats about the length of the front wing end plate, give or take.

[@Wolffview]

Thanks Peter, will be fun to watch the race tomorrow....two friends on the first row, can't wait to see who's coming out on top?

[@toolegittoquit_001]

I think we know

[@elone4933]

Why can’t F1 truly appreciate the extremely talented drivers that stand above all. It seems as if the sport wants to be seen based on technology rather than the skill set of the drivers. They might as well divert to ‘SPACE SHUTTLES ‘. Even then people talk about Neil Armstrong more than the Shuttle

[@phillipbones7522]

Is there something wrong with Peter? Listening to the sky F1 broadcast they clearly stated Piastri went out in Q3, was even matching Max til his mistake I think at turn 10 Weird

[@TheBlueKamel]

because Oscar isn't Brit

[@OpendaHome]

Lando also benefitted from a massive tow for the pole lap. He even acknowledge it in the post quali interview

[@andrewmelton2686]

Wasn't a massive tow, it was half way down the straight. Maxs tow was much bigger, hence why he gained more speed than lando in the speed trap

[@bjs7442]

Please dont exaggerate

[@wo1463]

I think deliberately making an aggressive move to prove a point should be an automatic race ban.

[@ricardodijkhoff5520]

Lando also had a tow as he admitted aftershave quali

[@hamza-chaudhry]

11:12 14:50 15:08

[@AnthonyKellett]

I'm assuming you didn't watch qualifying live stream, and just watched the stats?? Oscar went out twice, in Q3, and was featured in several replays.

[@trymetal95]

can't wait to see what McLaren can do tomorrow, and after that can't wait to see them hit Silverstone. With such strong downforce and possibly an upgrade package before then who knows what kind of mad speed they can pull through Copse, Becketts and Stowe

[@carlgevers2557]

Hi Peter and other diehards. Re Lando & short corners, I thought, watching the way he came out of turn 14 on his pole lap, i thought he wasn't on a conventional centre apex line, though i'm open to correction. Perhaps he's been watching you talking abt Rob ;-)

[@rulifaller8474]

Lando had a tow as well, as him and the team also said. And Piastri looked even less convincing than Perez. Not Peters sharpest analysis…

[@RepaSre]

Without max redbull would be a midfield team lol 😂

[@daphnelovesL]

Missing some grammar but you must be pissed like me :)

[@RepaSre]

@@daphnelovesL what's the mistake? Yeah I hate it. I was thinking max will win by 30 sec in Barcelona but that's clearly not happening 😭

[@quigglyz]

@@daphnelovesL his grammar is fine.

[@jasonbell5905]

Total bull shait statement. Don’t even try it about Perez car , Maxes car is totally different.

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Now there is no doubt in my mind Max is world class. But I have serious issues with Perez getting enough out of the car to warrant the seat.

[@the_one_eyed_man_is_cursed]

PW suggests these absurdly fine margins are down to engineering. They are not. Two hundredths over a 71 second lap is down to the traffic, the tows, the tyre windows, the drivers' lines and the timing of 150 gear changes. The engineering is essentially identical.

[@danlewis5381]

In which universe do F1 drivers make it to Q3 and then just not go out? I wonder how much PW actually pays attention to the qualifying... what was he watching when Piastri was doing either of his TWO runs in the session? First lap was a 1:12.5 I believe and was deleted for track limits, his second aborted after a trip to the gravel

[@tshepo7122]

I even forgot RB had 2 cars. I’m done protecting Perez

[@norgen77]

Incredible how Mclaren has the faster car now

[@scroopynooperz9051]

Its not faster in the race. Will be another Verstappen win 2mor

[@quigglyz]

Red Bull usually spec the car more toward race pace than qualy.

[@norgen77]

@@quigglyz I think they did when they had the advantage but now they are playing on an even field, plus McLaren had better degradation in the last races. We’ll see but my bet it’s on McLaren

[@IamDonRoyal]

​@@norgen77Nope Redhill still has the better car.

[@nicholasriley3569]

With respect Peter you've been pretty dismissive of Lando at times, as you clearly have a soft spot for your laconic, short corner, buddy Piastri. Nothing against the latter at all but it's nice to see Lando prove doubters such as yourself wrong.

[@leedodge4227]

here's to Lando breaking his own trophies

[@avinav007]

Bottas outqualified zhou by 6 tenths again !! Contract season Valterri 😂

[@FairladyS130]

So is Hamilton still being sabotaged?

[@dancri4694]

Lando got a tow from Albon - as per the post race analysis that Sky showed (unintentionally)

[@gerry6420]

Lando got a better tow than max. Think you need to look at the footage peter

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Which can easily explain the minor pace difference.

[@ATLCane]

Max is going to blow by Lando the second he gets DRS. McLaren and Lando simply aren’t ready for the behemoth that is Max/RB. Should be a good race though

[@DABmonger]

Oscar left the track twice in Q3.

[@julianpaulse2859]

Lewis Lewis lewis🎉

[@kneesrape84]

15:31 Any chance of you partnering up with Rich Energy Drinks again? ;) - You really should explain why you partnered with them.

[@jet688]

Racecraft will determine the winner

[@fredsmith901]

Isn’t it ironic that Mercedes are doing better now that Lewis is joining Ferrari!

[@opinionated_one8692]

Hamilton's car has improved over Russells since that email. Mm😅😂

[@makkert]

Please stop with the Tin Hat Police comments….

[@fredsmith901]

@@makkert you know it’s true

[@fredsmith901]

@@opinionated_one8692 Absolutely!

[@mr_b3ntley2010]

Because they implemented more of his input. I remember George saying this months ago and saying they'd have to wait and see if those changes reflect on track

[@Bestruction]

Oscar went out and bottled it

[@chady1229]

does this guy watch anything oscar did go out twice

[@ojiefaye]

Definitely Lando got a tow / in a slip stream of Ocon….biased eh?

[@andrewmelton2686]

Wasn't a massive tow, it was half way down the straight. Maxs tow was much bigger, hence why he gained more speed than lando in the speed trap..

[@michaelhalir6815]

A tow is a tow sort of like being pregnant you are or you aren’t

[@marianne1555]

Lando had a tow in the first section!

[@edbr2379]

then the others should have done the same.

[@marianne1555]

​@@edbr2379 yes you're completely right. I just corrected Peter, who said Lando had no tow that's all 😊

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

That’s hard to get right. But everyone can have the luck or try to force their luck.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Looking forward to the Dutch National anthem Sunday 😏

[@ae5498]

Now word about the tow from Albon.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Max is running out of room for trophies. Real estate is expensive in Monaco 😳

[@sspacegghost]

Gaz was the real story - 0.1 off third... The whole field was so close every session. Shame about Vcarb they need LL in there he's a better qualifier than Dan. Both Stroll and Charles deserved three spot grid penalties for practice swerves...its the bad sportsmanship more than anything. Maxs race pace will run away with it. Punisher max will appear again. Couple of weird safety cars and anyone can win it...

[@Time4utube]

Max fighting 3 teams by himself not good enough perez

[@craigjack1125]

I bet Sainz wishes he didn’t jump,, as he pulls the knife out his back

[@DrVaticinator]

No more sabotaging Lewis.

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Piastri did run in Q3...

[@florisbackx1744]

10:45 looking at how Max drives won't make you drive like Max, you'll need have his skills as well. I think the worst Perez can do is look at what Max is doing, it will only demotivate him, plus it has been very obvious not many drivers can handle is way of setting up the car. It has broken many drivers in the past. He needs to be the best Perez not a bad Max to be able to perform.

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Yeah I can second on the demotivation bit. I used to ride go karts on an national level. Had my podiums here in there. Especially when on a wet track. Quit at 14. Fast forward an 32 your old slower version of myself. Starting to get back into shape sim racing Gran Turismo. Dominating lobbies 10 in a row or so. Game decides yeah this guy has it let’s drop him with the A-S Tier drivers including 3-4 to 10 leaderboard boys. I lost 3-4 tenths a lap. Every lap every god damn lap. I am consistent I tried to push but I just could match it. Started overdriving making mistakes. Losing confidence and then started even losing pace. I just couldn’t match them and got demotivated in the game. Started racing buddies again and make them better in multiple sims. Especially on long stints and set-ups. Way more rewarding for me. I just lack the fine feeling at the limit of the best. And I do not have the consistency under pressure. I fail when that happens And that’s fine

[@Rodejong]

Djeeszz. Get over Seb already. He apologized. Period.

[@Recon6delta]

I disagree Peter Lewis had a perfect lap in Singapore 🇸🇬.

[@Jiggyjosh1289]

Perfect qualifying lap = Hamilton Singapore at night

[@bobbydee2592]

Where is the safest place to hide a 10 pound Bill?. ....under a Pommies block of soap. You know wa I mean.

[@trance9158]

WTG Mercedes...hope they can score a couple podiums tomorrow

[@bobbydee2592]

SUPER MAX going to win by over 10 seconds leaving the Pommies in the rearview mirror. Ta

[@cosmostrek2001]

looks like ferrari is the 4th place team behind mercedes. sainz said they are porpoising in high speed corners and the red bull and mclaren are perfectly smooth. looks like ferraris upgrades are a complete failure if they are behind mercedes. if ferrari is 1 min behind the winner and far behind mercedes. the season is a complete failure. spain will show how good the car is for the european races. ferrari is going to have to make newey the ceo of ferrari and 51 percent owner.

[@TheCrownedLion]

I don’t like lando norris but that was the best lap i think I have ever seen. It was so smooth.

[@stevem9529]

Why not?

[@TheCrownedLion]

@@stevem9529 he talks alot of shit, particularly about Lewis Hamilton who I have never heard say anything but praises about him.

[@gonpala]

Everybody says that Barcelona is a boring race, but I don't think so. Maybe the track has just the one racing line and the DRS is too long so overtakings have no emotion whatsoever, but since is the only way to pass another car, there's little that can be done. Nevertheless, there is always something that spices the race; recurrently, and somehow key for the history of the sport, Merc self-destructive spasms, but not just that; just from the top of my mind: the last Williams victory was there, and what a win that was! and what a race! and what a fire!

[@rs660alec]

Spain 2024, Singapore 2018, 2012 Monaco, 2008 Monza, Monaco 1989 The perfect laps

[@connorclarke1218]

There is no such thing as a perfect lap. These are great examples of a driver doing everything he can to deliver his best lap and the car somewhat working with him. That’s all