Better to be safe, conditions look dreadful.
F1 2023 Season
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Was the only option really
A real shame
. Stay safe though bud.So does Max get half points?
Jokes aside I think this is a good decision (if there was any decision to be made really). No point in stressing all the infrastructure even if it could have gone ahead while others need it for help.
Jokes aside I think this is a good decision (if there was any decision to be made really). No point in stressing all the infrastructure even if it could have gone ahead while others need it for help.
It’s all good. Seeing the destruction around us makes everything else feel insignificant.A real shame
Will it be rescheduled for this season?
Yeah I can imagine. Must be surreal.
It’s a pretty packed schedule, I imagine it’ll be quite tricky.
Doubt it, calender is already oversaturated.
It would have been good to see the new Mercedes sidepods / front wing / floor.
Not sure if Monaco is the circuit you want to bring a revised car to. Seeing as you bring a revised monaco specific steering rack and front/rear wings.
Will have to wait till spainish gp to benchmark the revised mercedes.
Good news all round I think.
I tend to agree, will we even see the new side pods at Monaco ?
We could just see the same car with has you say Monaco steering rack and wings.
I read no, it will be a 22 race season now with China and Imola cancelled. Which puts it at the same length as last season.
They could add it if they wanted, there is a month between Belgium and Holland.
They're not going to disrupt the summer break.
Last season was 22 races, which was the longest a season has been, this was supposed to be 24. Even without the two cancelled races it's still tied for longest season.
20 races, 40 weeks, it isn't rocket science.
Fair points about the summer break and the 22 race season.
Would be hard work to reinstate it.
Would be hard work to reinstate it.
Keep safe mate.We’re in Faenza 20 minutes from the track and it’s mental. The river has risen unbelievably in the last few hours. I felt like we were quite high up but the shop owners are all barricading their doors. About five minutes walk away and peoples cars a literally under water.
Never mind. As I’ve been writing this the water has taken over the road outside
so no F1 this weekend.
I will watch the massively overcomplicated Indy 500 qualifying.
Friday May 19
6:30pm: Practice 6
Saturday May 20
4:00pm: Qualifying
Sunday May 21
5.30pm: Top 12 Practice
7pm: Top 12 Qualifying
9pm: Last Chance Qualifying and Top 6 Qualifying
Monday May 22
6pm: Practice 7
I will watch the massively overcomplicated Indy 500 qualifying.
Friday May 19
6:30pm: Practice 6
Saturday May 20
4:00pm: Qualifying
Sunday May 21
5.30pm: Top 12 Practice
7pm: Top 12 Qualifying
9pm: Last Chance Qualifying and Top 6 Qualifying
Monday May 22
6pm: Practice 7
It s mental
How Does Indy 500 Qualifying Work?
Indy 500 qualifying is one of the most complex parts of the race to wrap your mind around if you’re coming in from Formula 1.
- 34 cars have entered a race that only 33 cars can start. One car will be “bumped,” which means it won’t make the field and will not start the race.
- Oval races utilize single-car qualifying, which means one car is out on track each time. However, the Indy 500 requires drivers to complete four fast laps to qualify; the average time of those four laps will be used to qualify the driver.
- Cars (not drivers) are assigned their qualifying position by random draw. This determines who will qualify first and who will qualify last.
- Every car is guaranteed one attempt at qualifying.
- After every car qualifies on Saturday, drivers can continue to make different attempts. Two “lanes” will open in the pit lane. Lane 1 is the priority lane. The cars in this lane will be allowed to qualify before everyone in Lane 2, but that comes at a cost: you have to withdraw your qualifying time. That means you could set a worse time than before, which you’ll be stuck with.
- The cars in Lane 2 will only qualify after those in Lane 1 have finished, but they do not have to withdraw their time. If a car in Lane 2 qualifies slower on its second attempt than its first, it can retain its original qualifying time.
- Saturday sets positions 13-30.
- Sunday qualifying is split into three different sessions: the final three, the top 12, and the top six.
- This year, Saturday’s four slowest cars will battle for the final three spots on the grid. One will not compete in the 500.
- Then, the 12 fastest cars from Saturday will compete for faster times. The fastest six cars will move on; the slower six will have their starting position based on their times.
- The final session pits the fastest six cars from the 12-car session against one another to determine pole position and the starting order for the first two rows of the grid.
Practise is not any less mental.
How Does Indy 500 Practice Work?
Here’s how practice shakes down each day this year:
How Does Indy 500 Practice Work?
Here’s how practice shakes down each day this year:
- May 16: Two hours of veteran practice, followed by two hours of rookie orientation and refresher practice for those who have been away from the 500, followed by three hours of full-field practice.
- May 17: Six hours of full-field practice.
- May 18: Six hours of full-field practice.
- May 19: Six hours of full-field practice, followed by the qualification draw which determines the order in which each driver attempts to qualify.
- May 22: Two hours of full-field practice.
- May 26: Two hours of full-field practice, followed by the Indy 500 pit stop challenge (a fun elimination-style event where crews compete to complete the fastest pit stop).
Nurburgring 24 hour race is on too, that's always worth a watch.
Aston Martin and Honda to announce partnership tomorrow according to Gazzetta.
https://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/23-05-2023/f1-honda-dara-il-motore-all-aston-martin-dal-2026.shtml
https://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/23-05-2023/f1-honda-dara-il-motore-all-aston-martin-dal-2026.shtml
So what now for RB?
That’s a real slap in the face for Mercedes 
RB powertrains will be making their 2026 engine, and partnered with Ford
RIP RBThat’s a real slap in the face for Mercedes
RB powertrains will be making their 2026 engine, and partnered with Ford
Unlikely, they'll get some leeway advantage because it's a new engine supplier to F1
They have their own powertrain department that will produce their own powertrain from 2026 onwards.
Its sensible by lawrence stroll. No championship has been won with a customer powertrain. Its only ever been the works team.
How is that? When AM deal with mercedes runs out in 2025?That’s a real slap in the face for Mercedes
BGP 001?
Shows they have more faith in Honda than Mercedes. Seeing as they are probably going to be the only 2 realistic choices in 2026 for customer teams, not counting the Haas-Ferrari partnership.
Hopefully the field going from 4 to 6 engine suppliers will turn out to be a good thing, but it could really backfire in terms of competition same as 2014.
Good call. Forgot about that.
I think they have ambitions to be the best, and they’re not going to get there, or be allowed to get there, if they have to rely on the engines Mercedes allows them to have.
They will be the honda works team. Its a no brainer for AM. Normally with a new substantive rule change, a different team comes out on top. Every chance it could be AM-Honda. Sensible move by AM.
Honda finally confirmed Aston Martin F1 engine supplier.
Watanabe also said Honda – who will enter their fifth stint in F1 – have no plans to supply power units to “any other parties” other than Aston Martin from 2026 onwards.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...y-join-forces-with.WlzHSedIbSrZpXEXdC5QQ.html
Honda spokesman: "The past is the past, Alonso is super talented, driver selection depends on the team".
Watanabe also said Honda – who will enter their fifth stint in F1 – have no plans to supply power units to “any other parties” other than Aston Martin from 2026 onwards.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...y-join-forces-with.WlzHSedIbSrZpXEXdC5QQ.html
Honda spokesman: "The past is the past, Alonso is super talented, driver selection depends on the team".
Please Honda, for the love of god, stick with F1 this time.
I thought it's just nostalgia, but F1 was simply much better before after watching this. Incredible racing.
There's loads of old F1 races on youtube. They're never there for long (when it's not posted by F1) but every single race of the 80's or 90's would be the highlight of the season if it were to take place now.
800 BHP, wet surface and a track everyone would tell us is unfit for F1 these days. NO DRS.
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Love watching old races, they are so much better than today, seems they were all about speed.
Today is all manage this and that.
Today is all manage this and that.