Rain tires for the gallery
3 years of Verstappen (2021-2023), 4 years of Hamilton before that (2017-2020). 7 years since Formula 1, according to experts, had become as boring as November 1st in the remote villages of Valais: a mass without surprises in the morning, a mass without surprises in the afternoon and, without surprises , a walk in the cemetery for a “little ceremony” in memory of our dear deceased. Happy was Socrates who, at least, had hemlock!
And then here comes the crazy qualifying for the Brazilian GP, this Sunday, November 3, 2024.
Not Saturday, but Sunday, due to rain. We don’t race in Formula 1 in 2024 when it rains on Saturdays. Not that rain tires are any less effective than in the era of Senna, Prost, Häkkinen, Hill, Mansell, Schumacher or even Lauda. Not that the pilots are less good, less experienced, less kamikazes. No, simply because the rains of 2024 are more like the downpours of before. It’s real rain, the kind that gets wet and leaves the cars in the paddock.
Or is it just the new asphalt that makes the water run off instead of absorbing it? I know nothing about it, but what is certain is that it was these qualifiers that absolutely must not be missed this season with, in particular, Lance Stroll who could have said he played a role in the race for the world title, therefore the accident at the very end of Q2 will have propelled Verstappen to 17th position on the starting grid while his direct competitor, the Briton Norris, settled comfortably in pole position. Some people are luckier than others, aren’t they, Lando?
Note that Normand Ocon – riding like at home, in this fine continuous rain – managed to do well, taking 4th place in these more than epic qualifications. Nothing beats experience!
For results of the race itself, please refer to the media mainstream. Spoiler alert : no surprise, but with rain tires.
Take that, Murat
At a time when the Nati is languishing at the bottom of the rankings of its “prestigious” group of the insignificant League of Nations, posting only one point in four games for three miserable goals scored and ten conceded, Dereck Kutesa makes the rain and shine in the Servettian attacking trio (18 matches, 11 goals – 1 goal every 1.63 matches), even if tactically placed a slightly behind my favorite Enzo Crivelli.
At a time when any Valais Super League club president would kindly ask his head coach to change something, Yakin would decide not to cause a surprise while feebly trying to summon a new attacker to inject a little fresh blood at the tip. In Geneva, we are as feverishly awaiting the announcement of a new Garnet in Red and White (what irony!) as we were preparing the champagne, in Madrid, by reserving plane tickets for Vinicius Jr and the clique of his companions , just before Ballon d’Or Monday. In any case, the lucky guess could, according to persistent rumors and associated corridor rumors, once again be the post-neophyte… Christian Witzig, the Thurgau from St. Gallen running this year with the crazy average of 1 goal every 7.3 matches! Certainly so that the media stop calling him a “surprise guest”. #IlNuovoFenomeno #OnEstSauve
Murat, if you read us, make the right choice!
Rodri, Carvajal, Jesus and Judas
Rodri revealed that Carvajal was the first to call him after the Golden Ball ceremony: “The first call I received when I left the ceremony was from Carvajal. He called me to congratulate me. I am very close to him. We share the same values. »
Share the same values as Carvajal!
But who is this Rodri who shares the values of a guy more toxic than a bottle of glyphosate? Who is this Rodri who shares the values of a guy who could be at the origin of the complaints that his police officer father takes? Who is this Rodri who shares the values of a guy who would not play 3 matches in a row in a club other than the overprotected Real Madrid where any attack on the opponent is punished with a slight oral warning like “Mr. Carvajal , a little restraint, please”?
Jesus had Judas among his friends. No one is responsible for the behavior of their friends. But who heard Jesus say “I am very close to Judas, we share the same values”?
But de Balotelli
Balotelli did not score this weekend. It’s Measuring. Nor Crivelli.
