F1 2023 Season

Watched Williams and Mansell Red 5.
Fantastic documentary.
You forget just how good a driver he was and how tough he had it to be WC
He had some bad injuries.
He should have had 2 maybe 3 WC, he was so unlucky, I remember watching the blow out in Australia.
The Williams he did win was a beast of a car.
One thing I forgot about was his fallout with Piquet, things got quite nasty, also forgot about him having Senna by the throat after Senna took them both out.
Mansell is one of the F1 Legends.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Watched Williams and Mansell Red 5.
Fantastic documentary.
You forget just how good a driver he was and how tough he had it to be WC
He had some bad injuries.
He should have had 2 maybe 3 WC, he was so unlucky, I remember watching the blow out in Australia.
The Williams he did win was a beast of a car.
One thing I forgot about was his fallout with Piquet, things got quite nasty, also forgot about him having Senna by the throat after Senna took them both out.
Mansell is one of the F1 Legends.
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Yeah I agree, definitely deserves more titles, had he stayed in 93 I think in that Williams he beats prost (I know prost beat him before but mansell was a beast in that Williams).

What he did in indycar was incredible too, basically with a broken back.

One of my all time favourite drivers, didn't know this documentary was out so will give it a look.
 
Norris says the car is still over the place in every corner in comparision with what he saw with Alonso's car, so it could be just good qualifying setup, but it's still major improvement on what they were couple of months ago.
 
I know McLaren have received some criticism for the chrome car but I really really like it, best looking car on the grid for me, I'd love them to keep it all year.
 
pacifictheme said:
Yeah I agree, definitely deserves more titles, had he stayed in 93 I think in that Williams he beats prost (I know prost beat him before but mansell was a beast in that Williams).

What he did in indycar was incredible too, basically with a broken back.

One of my all time favourite drivers, didn't know this documentary was out so will give it a look.
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His Indycar win was pretty amazing give his broken back.
He was an excellent driver, some of the stuff in the doc I never knew, it was a feat just to get an F1 drive.
Every bit as good has the Senna documentary.
 
Amar__ said:
Norris says the car is still over the place in every corner in comparision with what he saw with Alonso's car, so it could be just good qualifying setup, but it's still major improvement on what they were couple of months ago.
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Will be interesting to see race pace, on qualifying pace a podium is possible, but can they keep that pace over the whole race.
 
I wonder if Perez will come through the field, annoyingly a lot of the drivers in lesser cars will just get out his way like they did last week, making his progress look better than it actually is

I think IF hes dispatched, it'll be during the summer break. I think their decision would be a lot easier if Ricciardo had done well recently but he's hardly covered himself in glory the last few years and they could bin Perez off to get an even worse replacement. Prime DR was very good, but will he be at that level?
 
Delighted for McLaren. If their car is sliding as much as Norris states, then tyre management might be more of an issue at Silverstone.

I know McLaren said that their updates were delayed and got huge stick for it. But given how much the car looks like the RB, I wonder if their plan all along was to wait to see what the best car looked like this season and copied it as soon and as closely as they could.

Feels like the most effective approach for teams without top wind tunnels etc.
 
United Hobbit said:
I wonder if Perez will come through the field, annoyingly a lot of the drivers in lesser cars will just get out his way like they did last week, making his progress look better than it actually is
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I doubt it's actually true, just a mandela effect, but in my head he fecks up every qualification, then jumps some 10 places and gets voted driver of the day :lol:
 
United Hobbit said:
I wonder if Perez will come through the field, annoyingly a lot of the drivers in lesser cars will just get out his way like they did last week, making his progress look better than it actually is

I think IF hes dispatched, it'll be during the summer break. I think their decision would be a lot easier if Ricciardo had done well recently but he's hardly covered himself in glory the last few years and they could bin Perez off to get an even worse replacement. Prime DR was very good, but will he be at that level?
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It’s also very annoying how much credit Perez gets during the GP. He takes 3/4 of a GP to overtake cars at least a second slower than him, has to rely on super DRS to pass and the commentators claim it’s a great comeback and gets voted driver of the day when he finishes in the top 6.
 
Ferrari with their new beam wing could be quite strong with DRS
 
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