2023 Formula 1 Thread

[danegrey]

nothing exciting too much sand
max fastest
followed by both Ferraris
Alonso
Perez
but later today with qualifying, will be more interesting I hope

[danegrey]

Another track limit qualification session....
did a number of drivers in
Perez/Sainz /Norris/Piastri
Sargent almost makes Q2, nibbed by his teammate by .092 of a second...
Now, can Sargent not shunt it this weekend...

[danegrey]

Interesting sprint with lots of safety cars.
5 cars never finished.
Those who started on soft, wrong choice, medium was the way as the soft's failed, the medium still had there grip.

Max got his 3rd Title, but was 2nd at the end. Piastri claimed first with Norris third, followed by Russell Hamilton, Sainz and Leclerc and Albon.

Sargent once again spun out, but no damage this time. Lawson also spun out.
Then Gasley, took out Hulk and Perez.

Watch it it was interesing

[ZCanadian]

Originally Posted by danegrey

Interesting sprint with lots of safety cars.
5 cars never finished.
Those who started on soft, wrong choice, medium was the way as the soft's failed, the medium still had there grip.

Max got his 3rd Title, but was 2nd at the end. Piastri claimed first with Norris third, followed by Russell Hamilton, Sainz and Leclerc and Albon.

Sargent once again spun out, but no damage this time. Lawson also spun out.
Then Gasley, took out Hulk and Perez.

Watch it it was interesing

There wasn’t enough data for some teams, but I think that I could have told you that the softs would be a bad choice for the Ferrari which is hard on tires on a normal surface.

Today, minimum 3 required pit stops, with no more than 18 laps on each tire. That will severely limit tire strategy.

[ZCanadian]

It’s race day!

[ZontheRocks]

Interested to see how teams approach the required triple stop

[danegrey]

What a odd race, not sure of MB and Hamilton and Russell, talk about not working out a start play... Then the Hulk, lining up wrong. Maybe they could've gotten some points.
Bottas got points...

Just have to watch the race, the mandatory pit stops really messed it up.

confused.

[danegrey]

So I finally watched the Sprint race, only thing I did not like was how Max pushed Leclerc at the start. That should be a penalty regardless of who is driving, just stupid... Did not look at the lap times, but it seemed Hamilton and Leclerc simply backed off. Didn't think Max was going that much faster.

Haas, going to be interesting to hear from the drivers and the big change. Was hoping for the best, but hoping is all I can do

[ZCanadian]

Not sure I agree about Max and the first turn in the sprint. That’s racing. And while he was fixated ao Charles (who was really not a threat, even at sprint race distance, he once again left the door open to some cars which could have caused him some inconvenience.

Sprint was not a great race. Sunday was better. Unless you were Leclerc - screwed by his team, and then bad luck with the scrutineers. Ham too. With only one practice, and a known bumpy track, that was really unfortunate, and hard to have avoided.

Really disappointed at some fans booing Max. C’mon - if you went to a race in 2023, who did you expect to see win, he did so fairly, so there was no cause for that.

Surprised to see Sussex there. I would have thought all that virtue signalling would preclude his flying 1/2 way across the country in a private jet to watch playboys turn dinosaur squeezins into noise and speed. Bet his wife does not let him off the leash again for a very long time!

[danegrey]

I was watching the race on replay, since I was out. and did not watch the end Max today, is like Hamilton, like Senna, Like M Schumacher.

Enjoy what they can do, Max has mature and I see it. I don't like races with a dominant car and driver, but give credit to Red Bull.

My only complaint with Max, he does not have a teammate to keep him honest. Where Mercedes (Hamilton) always had. That to me, makes it more interesting...

[danegrey]

Watched the first Mexico practice and was impressed with Ollie Bearman, was not watching all the other rookies, but he was only .245 seconds off the Hulk. And he is only 18!
Maybe Haas, simply should sign him as the reserve, after 1 outing, yea..

impressed with Albon again, would be great to see him get the pole.

[danegrey]

Qualifying should be interesting Albon and the Williams are quick finished 2nd to Max.
Perez was 3rd Hamilton of .3 from Russel, Ferrari's are not in top ten.

[danegrey]

Ferrari 1/2, followed by Max. Pérez no where in sight again end up 5th,
but Ricardo is 4th... will be interesting, to see if Ferrari has race pace...

[ZCanadian]

Don’t worry, Checo. You’ll still have a seat at Red Bull next year. I understand that they need a driver for the catering truck...

[danegrey]

Perez and Tsunoda, both need to stop making these little errors, which turn out to be big errors. Other wise was an interesting race.....