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[Thomas Maher] Franco Colapinto is off the table for Red Bull now, while the focus immediately after Abu Dhabi will be on the nature of the split with Sergio Perez. Leading contenders to replace are Yuki and Liam.
https://x.com/thomasmaheronf1/status/1863482858427281524?t=ZMh_uKPLgUOBqQSB6ADz7w&s=19

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Bottas’s instagram story after the Qatar GP
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Lewis Hamilton today
dropped 4 positions,got a 5sec penalty asked if the car is broken, got a puncture, pitted, drove out, got a drive-through penalty, pitted, asked to retire,then decided to not retire
went out, made up a 12 second gap, gained 3 positions and finished P12
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Zhou Guanyu equals his career-best finish of P8 from Canada 2022 and scores Sauber's first points since Qatar 2023!
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[Alpine F1 Team] WHAT A DRIVE. 10 POINTS. YES PIERRE
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Zhou Guanyu's radio message after he finished the race
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[Julianne Cerasoli] Regarding Verstappen's penalty in qualifying, Alonso had a good one: "If that's the case, I'll speed up towards my rival on my warm-up lap in Abu Dhabi and ask for him to be punished."
https://x.com/jucerasoli/status/1863311809760907365

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With today's 11th place finish, Bottas is no longer last in the WDC
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Zhou Guanyu has scored 4 times as many points as Perez in the last 4 races

Zhou Guanyu has scored 4 times as many points as Perez in the last 4 races

Zhou's last 4 races: 8th, 13th, 15th, 15th: 4 Points

Perez's last 4 races: DNF, 10th, 11th, 17th: 1 Point

Absolutely incredible performance from Zhou whos also driving the worst car on the grid

Zhou to Red Bull 2025?

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Max Verstappen wins the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix
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2024 Qatar GP - Post Race Discussion

Not much happened.

Then a lot did! Plenty to discuss.

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[Autosport] Max reportedly told George he would get his place back at turn one after meeting with the stewards late last night.
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2024 Qatar GP - Race Discussion Thread

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS QATAR GRAND PRIX 2024

# 🏁 RACE INFORMATION

* **Track**: Lusail International Circuit
* **Location**: Lusail, Qatar🌈
* **Race laps**: 57
* **Lap length**: 5.419km
* **Race distance**: 308.611km

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[Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team] On this day: in 2004 Lewis tested his first F1 car powered by Mercedes. The rest is history
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[Daniel Valente] Looked up all the FIA decision documents labelled "driving unnecessarily slowly" or "failure to follow race director's instructions/notes" since 2022 & Max Verstappen is the only one who has received a grid drop of any kind OR a penalty point as punishment.

That is something...
https://x.com/F1GuyDan/status/1863013040691495381

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2024 Qatar GP - Race Build Up Discussion

Just two races left! It's been a long year.

Excited for the race? What timezone is everyone watching from?

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[James Moy] Lewis Hamilton gazes towards the Ferrari garage

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