F1 2023 Season

Get the feck in! That last sector didn't even look great.
 
About time Mercedes showed up… McLaren though they’re up there with the front runners now, might actually get a decent second half to the season if the three of them of battling it out every weekend.
 
Nice to see someone else get pole, happy it’s Lewis, great run from Lando too
 
Saying what? Whats your point

I was quietly questioning people putting Max in the "greatest of all time" talk in this era of dominance. I rate his race craft but in equal machinery he isn't the best qualifier and there are a number of others on his equal over one lap pace.
 
Well done Lewis!

9 Poles at this track. Amazing effort.
 
I was quietly questioning people putting Max in the "greatest of all time" talk in this era of dominance. I rate his race craft but in equal machinery he isn't the best qualifier and there are a number of others on his equal over one lap pace.
Guy makes one subpar lap -> he cant be the best qualifier...
 
Perez is 9th, depressing stuff from him once again.

Ferrari slow as feck, bit saved by Leclerc's good lap again, I seriously don't expect them to finish in top8 tomorrow. Maybe if Hamilton and Max bin each other.
 
What a life. Yesterday Danica was on a yacht on the Mediterranean. Today interviewing F1 drivers in Hungary. The gap between the top percent of income and the rest keeps growing while they hop from country to country on private jets and yachts with the occasional job in between.
 
I'm beginning to wonder if Merc have picked the wrong young UK driver to follow Hamilton. Norris seems to make the most of what he's got whether that be the conditions or at last a decent car. Russell just seems like someone who will do well generally, but not necessarily great.
 
I liked this interviewer whoever she is.
 
What happened then, is it just a track that suits the merc? I thought their race pace was better than qually this year, although I’ve not really been following as much as usual.
 
What happened then, is it just a track that suits the merc? I thought their race pace was better than qually this year, although I’ve not really been following as much as usual.
Its pretty much like Monaco where we had qualifying this close as well. Strange AM have fallen so far off, thought this would have suited them
 
I think Max was onto something with the setup with regards to the corners because none of his laps looked clean at all and the car looked oddly erratic going through the turn, especially on the front end.
 
You were saying? ;)

Great lap by Hamilton to take pole!
Hmmmm......news comes out (unoffically) that two teams have breached the cost cap and one of the potential candidates suddenly slows down and is catchable after being utterly dominate all season?

Hmmmm.....
 
What happened then, is it just a track that suits the merc? I thought their race pace was better than qually this year, although I’ve not really been following as much as usual.

The Merc has been very draggy, but there aren’t any long straights here so should suit them more.
 
Guy makes one subpar lap -> he cant be the best qualifier...
Verstappen has had so many amazing qualifying laps to get pole it's ridiculous to say something like that

Hmmmm......news comes out (unoffically) that two teams have breached the cost cap and one of the potential candidates suddenly slows down and is catchable after being utterly dominate all season?

Hmmmm.....
:lol:
 
Weird interview with Russell, starts by blaming cars overtaking him at the end of his out lap "including Gasly" then changed his mind mid interview and end it's by saying it's not the other cars fault.

This is a very weird take.

He said the reason he lost the time was due to the other drivers, but he’d do the same in their position and was critical of Mercs tactics for putting him in that position.

I’m guessing you’re not a George fan, and seeing what you want to see.
 
Weird interview with Russell, starts by blaming cars overtaking him at the end of his out lap "including Gasly" then changed his mind mid interview and end it's by saying it's not the other cars fault.
It's down to this track and conditions, where you need to hold the tyres in specific range of warmth to not over do them in the fast lap and end up losing the grip on last sector.
 
This is a very weird take.

He said the reason he lost the time was due to the other drivers, but he’d do the same in their position and was critical of Mercs tactics for putting him in that position.

I’m guessing you’re not a George fan, and seeing what you want to see.

Nobody's a George fan, let's be honest here.