Formula 1 - 2023 Season

[Pete]

Checo may just make it out of tomorrow leading the championship!

Bonus Mark Hughes on car characteristics: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/...ge-was-likely-downfall-of-paranoid-perez-mph/

 

[iroboto]

Checo may just make it out of tomorrow leading the championship!

Bonus Mark Hughes on car characteristics: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/...ge-was-likely-downfall-of-paranoid-perez-mph/

so excited for Checo, and love the celebration from Kevin.

 

[Pete]

Max monstered the race, matching Checo’s pace on ~18 lap older hards for ~22 laps after Checo pitted. Merc surprisingly moved forward. Ferrari didn’t really have it today, though Charles made a strong charge up the field late, so maybe Carlos struggled as much as Checo relative to their respective teammate and Charles may have given Alonso more of a fight (though Lewis passed Charles just as George passed Carlos, so what was my point?).

Memento mori Miami:

 

[iroboto]

Max monstered the race, matching Checo’s pace on ~18 lap older hards for ~22 laps after Checo pitted. Merc surprisingly moved forward. Ferrari didn’t really have it today, though Charles made a strong charge up the field late, so maybe Carlos struggled as much as Checo relative to their respective teammate and Charles may have given Alonso more of a fight (though Lewis passed Charles just as George passed Carlos, so what was my point?).

Memento mori Miami:
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Lol

 

[Bludd]

even though my boi alonso is having a great run at it im depressed because perez cant beat verstappen
i was hoping for a 2016 rosberg mind-games and dastardly tactics but perez is too nice and too slow it seems
hope im wrong but i cant see verstappen losing this

also hope the race at imola will be better than these two last ones :/

 

[iroboto]

even though my boi alonso is having a great run at it im depressed because perez cant beat verstappen
i was hoping for a 2016 rosberg mind-games and dastardly tactics but perez is too nice and too slow it seems
hope im wrong but i cant see verstappen losing this

also hope the race at imola will be better than these two last ones :/

Do you think the tire strategy played a role here? If they started both Perez and Max on the same Hard then mediums. Maybe he could have held first.

 

[Bludd]

Do you think the tire strategy played a role here? If they started both Perez and Max on the same Hard then mediums. Maybe he could have held first.

doubt it but who knows. i think if verstappen was up there in top 4-5 he would have started on mediums and ran same strategy as the others and he still probably would have won

 

[Bludd]

Emilia Romagna GP called off after flooding

This weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola is called off because of major flooding in the Italian region.

www.bbc.com

 

[Bludd]

im glad they did the right thing. when i first heard of the flooding, i was like okay quali on sunday morning and then the race. they cant postpone the race, there is no room and they wont cancel it because they did spa 2021

but they did cancel, good job. now the safety crews can help people and not have thousands of people clogging roads etc

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

Well let's not kid ourselves thinking they did this out of the good of their heart. They cancelled it because they had no choice. Roads etc. are flooded and they just can't do any of your required prep work for the race.

Wouldn't be surprised if the local government told them to cancel given they already evacuated people from the track due to risk of flooding the day before.

 

[Bludd]

Well let's not kid ourselves thinking they did this out of the good of their heart. They cancelled it because they had no choice. Roads etc. are flooded and they just can't do any of your required prep work for the race.

Wouldn't be surprised if the local government told them to cancel given they already evacuated people from the track due to risk of flooding the day before.

yeah but i expected them to hold out and try to hold a race just so they could deny refunds

 

[Bludd]

bruce springsteen is having (had?) a sold-out concert in ferrara north of imola

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

bruce springsteen is having (had?) a sold-out concert in ferrara north of imola

So? Apparently that area wasn't really affected.

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

yeah but i expected them to hold out and try to hold a race just so they could deny refunds

I assume they have insurance in place for cases like this. Belgium was different and more of a screw up on F1's side. They should have just gone racing instead of hoping to wait it out and eventually having to trow the 1 lap farce. They almost repeated the same last year in Japan until they just did what they should have done from the start and gone racing. I spend half the day soaked on the grandstand and I can tell you it wasn't raining any less when they resumed the race compared to when they started.

 

[Bludd]

So? Apparently that area wasn't really affected.

just saying he didnt cancel even though lots of people wanted him to

 

[Deleted member 2197]

Monaco Grand Prix 2023: How to watch F1 live on TV and online

After the previous round was called off, F1 heads to the twisty, tight confines of Monaco. Here's wow to watch F1 live on TV and online

www.trustedreviews.com

Mercedes are bringing an update car to Monaco, ditching their experimental no sidepods design for a look that’s more conventional. With Lewis Hamilton close to signing a contract extension, might a good performance in the Principality convince him that Mercedes is the place to stay?

 

[iroboto]

Was there also a rule change for Monaco ?

 

[Deleted member 2197]

The only rule change I know was related to the yellow flag.

FIA introduces SIGNIFICANT rule change ahead of Monaco Grand Prix

Read more...

www.gpfans.com

Seems quite a few teams are making changes to their car.

Full extent of Mercedes F1 upgrade package for Monaco revealed

Mercedes have grabbed the headlines by bringing their big F1 upgrade package to the Monaco Grand Prix.

www.crash.net

 

[Pete]

Only caught Q3 but it was great. Slight improvements almost every minute. Watching Q1 now, and Checo crashed out early (distracted by a driver around pit exit into T1, he took the 90º right hander way too fast and drifted his gearbox into oblivion). Is that the first time in this era a Red Bull's been on a crane? Because everyone's getting a good look at RB's floor tonight.

There was an AWS graphic during the red flag that actually said "14cm - very close to the wall." If you think that's close, wait til you see what Lewis and Max get up to at the (third?) chicane in Q3: maybe 14mm.

 

[Kaotik]

There was an AWS graphic during the red flag that actually said "14cm - very close to the wall." If you think that's close, wait til you see what Lewis and Max get up to at the (third?) chicane in Q3: maybe 14mm.

IIRC the "official figure" (aka said by some top drivers) is that you actually hit the walls some 6 times on perfect lap