Sports I'm Into | 2024 Sep Recap

by allsparkinfinite on 2024-10-05

Cricket

Sri Lanka M Tour of England, 2nd-3rd Tests

England wins the second test and Sri Lanka bounce back in the third for a consolation win.

Bangladesh M Tour of Pakistan, 2nd Test

Bangladesh take the series! Not narrowly either!

Australia M Tour of Scotland, 1st-3rd T20Is

Hosts whitewashed, badly.

England W Tour of Ireland, 1st-3rd ODIs, 1st-2nd T20Is

ODIs go 2-1 to England, T20Is shared 1-1.

Afghanistan v/s New Zealand at India, Only Test

Washed out, sadly.

Australia M Tour of England, 1st-3rd T20Is, 1st-5th ODIs

Closely contested tour, with the T20I series drawn (one match washed out) and Australia taking the ODIs 3-2.

South Africa W Tour of Pakistan, 1st-3rd T20Is

First two matches were closely contested and shared. South Africa won the third easily.

New Zealand M Tour of Sri Lanka, 1st-2nd Tests

New Zealand took a thrashing, especially in the second test.

Afghanistan M v/s South Africa M at UAE, 1st-3rd ODIs

Afghanistan takes the first two matches and the series in very convincing fashion.

Bangladesh M Tour of India, 1st Test

Too easy for India.

New Zealand W Tour of Australia, 1st-3rd T20Is

Comfortable whitewash for the hosts.

Ireland M v/s South Africa M at UAE, 1st-2nd T20Is

Ireland draws the series!

Formula 1

Antonelli To Mercedes

Andrea Kimi Antonelli drove as a rookie driver for Mercedes in the first practice session at Italy, crashed, and was announced to fill Hamilton's seat next year.

Italian Grand Prix

Ferrari made a 1-stop work when everyone stopped twice. Sainz defended against the McLarens to help Leclerc win.
Magnussen had a minor incident with Gasly, which was harshly penalised, earning him a race ban for 12 penalty points over 12 months. This comes after a series of lax penalties for him, FIA seemingly shy to actually hand out a race ban.
The F3 title was won by Fornaroli, who won no races but was consistent enough to take the title. The F2 Sprint Race saw a photofinish between Bortoleto and Hauger for eighth place, the stopwatch reading the exact same time, forcing them to share a point.

Newey To Aston Martin

Adrian Newey, F1's greatest aerodynamicist, has announced a move to Aston Martin, a struggling team with lots of money. However, 2026 will see engines be more important than aerodynamics, which raises doubts over how effective Newey will be.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

No one could match Leclerc's first Q3 lap, and he went on to improve it for good measure. Norris got a yellow flag on his Q1 lap and started the race from the back. Reserve driver Bearman, rookie Colapinto, and struggling Perez, all outqualified their teammates. Bearman finished ahead of his teammate in the race, Colapinto only slightly behind his teammate, and Perez was about to finish 4 places ahead of Verstappen before he tangled with Carlos on a straight. Unlucky, racing incident. Russell with a surprise podium again.
Norris had a late pitstop, which is a good tactic for a fast car starting out of position. He blocked Perez for a while, saving Piastri from the undercut, who later won the race after a magnificent battle with Leclerc. Overtake once, defend forever. Norris then blocked Verstappen, made his pitstop, and caught back up to and overtook Verstappen.

McLaren Rear Wing Scrapped

Red Bull registered a complaint about McLaren's low-downforce rear wing flex. The regulations require wings to be inflexible. Since there is no such thing as a zero-flex structure, there are tests prescribing how much wings can deform under a specific load. FIA checks every component before it is allowed to be fitted on a car, so we know McLaren's rear wing is compliant. Despite being in compliance with the regulations, McLaren "opted" to retire that design. Unfair.

Singapore Grand Prix

Norris leads every lap and wins.

Ricciardo Dropped In Favour Of Lawson

It was a horrible way to fire a driver. He deserved a better send-off, at least.