#if he gets any win this year it needs to be this or Monaco idc idc

[formulanni]

After that tribute post…

[jackhues]

So on Sunday, I watched the Grand Prix for the first time and oh my god, that was so much fun! I know you're a huge F1 fan... I was wondering if you could give me a little rundown of F1?🫣

ahhhh you saw charles' monaco win!! dw girl, i gotchu-

so basically, the races are every 1-3 few weeks (except the break in the summer, and end of season). there's a whole weekend building up to the main event, which is the race. now generally (on a non-sprint weekend), the friday is free practice 1&2 (fp), and it's when the drivers go on the track and they're figuring out where they are in standings compared to other teams on the track bcz they're all different from each other. saturdays will be fp3 and qualification (quali). in quali, the drivers are eliminated based on slowest laps, and it basically decides everyone's starting positions for the race. (that's a very watered down version, but you kind of have to watch quali to fully understand it). and then sunday will be the race, where the drivers fight for points. there's a lot that goes on with strategy/pit stops/overtakes/potential flags, but i'll go more into detail about that below. the top ten drivers at the end of the race get points based on their position, and the driver with the fastest lap will also get a point (can be any driver at all, even if they're not top 10). and then all the points are tallied up, and the driver with the most wins the wdc (world drivers championship)

(more stuff under the cut)

the format i talked about is usually a non-sprint weekend (but the race might be on saturday, so it's moved ahead a day). so a sprint race is just a short race, and the drivers get less points than a regular race. so stuff gets shifted around a bit, and the sprint's on friday or saturday. the sprint also has it's own quali.

now that's all the basic format of a race/race weekend.

a yellow flag happens when there's a crash/debris or something that can be cleared out quickly. the race doesn't need to stop, everyone just slows down for a bit, and the race continues - no overtaking while there's a safety car. a red flag will stop the race - the barriers need to be fixed/car needs to be lifted out with the crane, etc. after that, the race will restart.

i'm a lewis hamilton girlie no matter what - he races for mercedes this year, but next year he's going to ferrari. leads f1 in most categories, stats-wise. a 7 time wdc, which is tied for the most. doesn't have an amazing car rn, but we're holding out for next year, and just enjoying all the drivers

but lots of other drivers are fun to watch and cheer for, like max, charles, oscar, logan (will destroy you because his team's shit, but idc i love him), yuki, etc.

i don't usually watch fp bcz it's in the middle of the night for me usually and it doesn't contribute to standings, but if it's the daytime then i'll usually watch while doing errands or smth. the things i pay attention to are qualies and races/sprints.

so i think i got most of it, but if you have any specific questions, feel free to reach out! my inbox/dms are always open <333 most of this stuff, you have to actually watch to really understand it, but this is a good base to get into actually watching the races :))