Thank you! Hoping I can catch up, I was first after the first couple then fell away a bit least this has made 2nd a bit more secure
F1 2023 Season
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Firsty the season is one of the most entertaining in last years. People need to realize that 2021 was exception. Yes you have Max winning but behind him there is a rollercoaster as never before.
Secondly what makes you think that Norris or anyone else would be doing any better than Perez next to Max. He absolutely dominated every codriver from prime Riccardo in his last season when driving next to Max, to Gasly and then Albon. All of them are/were considered the best drivers on the grid. And it's quite clear he progressed a lot as a driver from those seasons. As a Red Bull fan I would love to see Norris in the second car but realistically looking that could be a doomsday decision for Norris if the opportunity comes.
The fact Aston went from total shitheap to 2nd fastest car, and then a few races later McLaren went from 9th fastest to 2nd fastest, all in the course of one season, already makes this season a highlight compared to any in the last 20-30 years.
Not true, they were never considered the best on the grid. RedBull would never put "the best on the grid" in the same team as max as the management of that situation would get very ugly very quickly, just see hamiton and rosberg or hamilton and alonso, piquet and mansell, senna and prost.
Also albon and gasly struggled with the RB back then which was designed around max with a pointy front end and a rear that would snap mid corner and need to be corrected.
There are a number of drivers who could match max in the same machinery and beat him. Some of those are pub conversations i.e. hamilton and alonso. The others it remains to be seen, i.e. leclerc, lando, pisatri if they ever get the chance.
As mclaren progress in last two races shows, F1 is 90% the car and 10% the driver now. Get a good car and you can leap up the grid. Suddenly your drivers look so much better.
Personally i dont give two shits about the rollacoster behind max, i want to see a proper championship battle. So do many people, seasons of utter domination ala schmacher, hamiltomn, verstappen are a massive turn off for many people.
anyone who drives as number 2 at red bull won’t have any success. the whole team is set up around max.
Impressive laps throughout the race by Lando, dropped Piastri like a stone. Piastri was unsure why he dropped away in the post race interview. Maybe you could blame one set of tyres but he had two stops. I think it's just Lando and Max doing quali lap after quali lap which is another level to attain.
3 teams in breach of cost cap according to l'equipe: Aston Martin, Mercedes and RedBull
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/226428/l-equipe-on-budget-cap-and-position-red-bull.html
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/226428/l-equipe-on-budget-cap-and-position-red-bull.html
Not shocked about AM or Mercedes TBH, but Red Bull I am, I thought they would be well with it after losing wind tunnel time and a huge fine, if true the punishment has to be enough to send out a warning, that twice in 2 years it not on.
It has been for a long time, 2009 Brawn was a prime example.
Yeh for sure, i think you need to go back to the 80s and early 90s for the ratio to have been more balanced.
Couldn't catch the race, but it appears if I've missed nothing. Verstappen utterly demolishing everyone, and being bored out of his mind, I suspect. The price of GOAT status, innit?
I’d be very surprised if this is true, could just be a French paper defending a French team with a team that’s already broken it, I know they have added more stuff under the cap this season, they really should just implement a luxury tax like the NBA, what ever you go over you pay that again but instead of it going to FIA, it should go in to a pot for the worst placed teams.
Other reports have said Alpine Aston and possibly Mercedes.
So who knows who the 3 teams are at this point.
Also it all means nothing until we know if these are true breaches or just procedural. Because a procedural breach alone is s irrelevant as it still means your actually under the budget cap.
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If Alpine breached it then it makes their current season even more embarrassing. /Subscribe
If it isn’t Ferrari and Mercedes, they need new management. RB have proven that cheating works, so rival teams would be mad not to follow.
Don't worry those two teams have both cheated before so they know all about it
Even Max himself looks bored with F1 
The sport is in the gutter. Yes we had Merc dominating in the past, but at least you knew someone else would win a race every now and then. Or even just lead a race for a period to keep it interesting.
This is just same guy winning every race from start to finish. It's a procession, not a race. Wouldn't surprise me if Max either left F1 after a couple of years, or moved to an inferior team.
The sport is in the gutter. Yes we had Merc dominating in the past, but at least you knew someone else would win a race every now and then. Or even just lead a race for a period to keep it interesting.
This is just same guy winning every race from start to finish. It's a procession, not a race. Wouldn't surprise me if Max either left F1 after a couple of years, or moved to an inferior team.
Hungary Grand Prix Abridged:
Proper F1, where the driver could make the difference.
1666 bhp per ton (a bugati veyron is 800bhp per ton for example), manual gearbox and no power steering. Required incredible strength to drive. F1 at its finest. Wild and untamed cars. All down to driver skill, feel and finesse. Not like modern F1 at all, which is so much safer, easier and boring.
1666 bhp per ton (a bugati veyron is 800bhp per ton for example), manual gearbox and no power steering. Required incredible strength to drive. F1 at its finest. Wild and untamed cars. All down to driver skill, feel and finesse. Not like modern F1 at all, which is so much safer, easier and boring.
Even the pitstops are boring. 2 seconds, in and out, feck off. What happened to the pitstops of old, where they couldn't get a tire out, or they brought the wrong tires, or the fuelling hose caught fire? GIVE ME SOMETHING FFS F1!!
While we are at it, bin the pit lane speed limits. Those are highly experienced professionals, they should know how to deal with a car rocketing at 200kph past them.
Now we're talking!
Exactly!
Also, if one of said professionals did get hit in that situation we should all call him a dumb cnut and laugh.
When Mercedes were dominant, at least we had Rosberg or Bottas who were able to beat Hamilton.Even Max himself looks bored with F1
The sport is in the gutter. Yes we had Merc dominating in the past, but at least you knew someone else would win a race every now and then. Or even just lead a race for a period to keep it interesting.
This is just same guy winning every race from start to finish. It's a procession, not a race. Wouldn't surprise me if Max either left F1 after a couple of years, or moved to an inferior team.
Na. That’s a definite 5 second stop and go.
Why not both?
For sure! We need more Kimi leg breakers!
Fully agree
Would reflect poorly on Ferrari if Mercedes, RB, AM and Alpine are all getting deeper dives into their accounting while they just breeze through.
McLaren's third big update which was due for hungary maybe delayed till after summer break. If anyone has a chance of beating Max in the RB this season, it might be mclaren in the latter half.
Delighted for them, as they have two drivers who could be potential WC in the future, be good to see them try to hunt down Maxs RB.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/mclaren-upgrade-plan-revealed-brown-stella/
Delighted for them, as they have two drivers who could be potential WC in the future, be good to see them try to hunt down Maxs RB.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/mclaren-upgrade-plan-revealed-brown-stella/
Another Sprint weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Qualifying while most are still in work
Full 2023 Belgian GP session timings
Friday 28 July 2023
Free Practice 1: 12:30pm-1:30pm BST
Qualifying: 4:00pm-5:00pm BST
Saturday 29 July 2023
Sprint Qualifying: 11:00am-11:44am BST
Sprint Race: 3:30pm-4:30pm BST
Sunday 23 July 2023
Race: 2:00pm BST
Qualifying while most are still in work
Full 2023 Belgian GP session timings
Friday 28 July 2023
Free Practice 1: 12:30pm-1:30pm BST
Qualifying: 4:00pm-5:00pm BST
Saturday 29 July 2023
Sprint Qualifying: 11:00am-11:44am BST
Sprint Race: 3:30pm-4:30pm BST
Sunday 23 July 2023
Race: 2:00pm BST
shiteAnother Sprint weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Qualifying while most are still in work
Full 2023 Belgian GP session timings
Friday 28 July 2023
Free Practice 1: 12:30pm-1:30pm BST
Qualifying: 4:00pm-5:00pm BST
Saturday 29 July 2023
Sprint Qualifying: 11:00am-11:44am BST
Sprint Race: 3:30pm-4:30pm BST
Sunday 23 July 2023
Race: 2:00pm BST
I agree, I am lucky that , yes I will be in work but can still watch qualifying, 4pm Friday is a mental time
Another Sprint weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Qualifying while most are still in work
Full 2023 Belgian GP session timings
Friday 28 July 2023
Free Practice 1: 12:30pm-1:30pm BST
Qualifying: 4:00pm-5:00pm BST
Saturday 29 July 2023
Sprint Qualifying: 11:00am-11:44am BST
Sprint Race: 3:30pm-4:30pm BST
Sunday 23 July 2023
Race: 2:00pm BST
LOVE sprint weekends. Other weekends I just turn in for Q and ignore practice 1 to 3 completely. (its still mostly Toto & Lewis saying the Merc is the worst car in 50 years after P1, P2 and P3 before having a great Q like this previous weekend - repeat over and over again)
With the sprint I watch more sessions, so its definitely a win win for me. I also just watch the sessions afterwards if busy when it takes place, in todays modern society thats not an issue.
Bugger off and go ruin another sport
Why are you discriminating against people who like the sprints? Should not everyone be entitled to their own opinion?
I stopped watched practice sessions in 2006 when Schumacher topped each session while Alonso was saving himself for Q and the race.
But seriously I watch F1 to see drivers compete, not drive around 3 sessions testing, I do get there is some fascination about that but me personally I rather see more wheel to wheel racing!
For most things yes but not for this - the scum was too harsh though. Apologies for that.
Then for you the weekend is win win.
The last sprint race was actually OK , I just think they are pointless, FIA are banging with the cost cap and less tyres and wanting to be carbon neutral ( all good , well not the cost cap ) and they decide that on some weekends, they decide to have an extra qualifying and race, along with all the risk they involve and expense if there is a crash.
Looking at the BBC weather, looks like wwe are in for another wet weekend.
Thunderstorms Friday and Sat and maybe a wet race.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2786318
After the the tragic death of 18-year-old Dutch driver Dilano van 't Hoff in some dreadful rain, I can see the FIA being red flag happy
Thunderstorms Friday and Sat and maybe a wet race.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2786318
After the the tragic death of 18-year-old Dutch driver Dilano van 't Hoff in some dreadful rain, I can see the FIA being red flag happy