2023 Formula 1 Thread

[mb_]

Lando totally scenario 7'd his way through the field

[Dbone]

Originally Posted by Koflach

Checo had quite the oof on lap 1.

I just arrived home after going to the F1. I was in the stadium (driver's left).

The whole place was buzzing all weekend and I'd say 90% of the spectators and basically every local who could afford a ticket was there to cheer him on. But when Checo pulled into the pits after his off it was deathly quiet. Everyone was holding their breath waiting for him to move... then despair when he switched off.

But the beer and tequila kept flowing, people settled into watching the race for what it was and it was still a good time.

The street food was amazing too.

[SkinnyPupp]

Pretty fun race. Amazing pass by Hamilton, and he goes on to finish 10 seconds ahead of 3rd on those mediums, AND gets fastest lap on the final lap! Amazing driver

I really wish Verstappen wasn't such a bot, and we could see him fighting for places more often instead of just leaving everyone behind. Good on him of course. He doesn't need to have any controversy to become a legendary driver.

[SkinnyPupp]

Loved LeClerc's reaction to seeing Hamilton's pass on him



And Max reacting to Tsunoda's attempt, saying it was the "same" as Perez's

[EvoFire]

^ I'm curious how Hamilton's cornrow bun fits in the helmet, or does he just let it all down?

[SkinnyPupp]

Originally Posted by EvoFire

^ I'm curious how Hamilton's cornrow bun fits in the helmet, or does he just let it all down?

I think he wears it down when the helmet goes on

[TypeRNammer]

Pretty decent sprint race today

Max with a monster reaction at the start of the race

Glad Yuki showed some patience and reeled in a couple of important points, making Alpha Tauri a firm 8th position in the constructors

[The Producer]

kind of boring race (after the dramatic start) followed by the most exciting finish of the year

that's kind of where F1 has been this year. We're not talking about exciting races, just tiny exciting moments.

[sonick]

Fuckin Alonso what a drive

[Spoon]

Just found this on YouTube.

Looks promising.

https://youtu.be/fD6V9l4gOGE?si=U-fi9h0jwKzjckjF

[The Producer]

ya - been waiting for this. november 15th.

FYI it will be on Disney+ in Canada

[Koflach]

Originally Posted by Spoon

Just found this on YouTube.

Looks promising.

https://youtu.be/fD6V9l4gOGE?si=U-fi9h0jwKzjckjF

It should be a good watch to find out more surrounding the very controversial double diffuser that Brawn GP was dominating with.

[HonestTea]

I'd recommend everyone watch the Brawn GP story, it was such a fairy tale story with an amazing ending!

YouTube

[sonick]

Weekend warm-up for the Vegas GP. Guess who's the Canadian?

[FN-2199]

Embarrassing FP1.

Vegas: 99% show, 1% racing

(I won't lie, the opening ceremony was pretty good though)

[sonick]

Originally Posted by FN-2199

Embarrassing FP1.

Vegas: 99% show, 1% racing

(I won't lie, the opening ceremony was pretty good though)

Lol clown show manhole covers flying up into the car wrecking chassis.

[Koflach]

https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1...716249758?s=20

[Great68]

It's a water valve box cover, and it actually looks like the metal sleeve that casts into the concrete is what failed



That would have been a tough one to foresee.

I thought the track otherwise looked pretty amazing.

[sonick]

F1 to Carlos Sainz: Sorry we fucked your car, here's a 10 place grid penalty.

[Great68]

Yeah feel bad for Sainz.

The stewards' hands were tied, the rulebook literally did not allow any exceptions for his circumstances (apparently they went through rulebook for 3 hours trying to find one)
And you know that if they tried breaking the rules to make an exception, the other teams would have protested.

Hopefully they can amend the rulebook for cases like this in the future.

[HonestTea]

I feel bad for all the people that paid good money and attended FP1/2, and waiting 4hrs before getting kicked out at 1:30 AM before FP2 started.

[Dbone]

A friend of mine was there this week on business. Couldn't stay for the weekend, but though he'd at least check out FP1.

[sonick]

Originally Posted by HonestTea

I feel bad for all the people that paid good money and attended FP1/2, and waiting 4hrs before getting kicked out at 1:30 AM before FP2 started.

Feel bad for everybody except Liberty Media. Everybody involved has been screwed one way or another except the owners trying to wring maximum profit from the whole clown show.

[pastarocket]

FIA should cancel the penalty against the Ferrari. Although I am not a fan of Ferrari, it is unfair to put a 10 place grid penalty on that team when it is an obstacle on the track, an external factor, which Ferrari cannot control.

How the heck does the top level of motorsport not put more effort into addressing safety issues on a track to ensure that all drivers are safe?

This incident is an embarrassment to F1. Turning the Vegas Grand Prix into Mario Kart.

Do track marshals not do a track walk to identify any track obstacles?



FIA should cancel the penalty. There needs to be changes to the rulebook. External factors such as loose drains, other track obstacles that damage a car should not result in grid penalties for all teams in future races.

It cost a fortune to repair the damages to Ferrari's car.

[Teriyaki]

Originally Posted by pastarocket

This incident is an embarrassment to F1. Turning the Vegas Grand Prix into Mario Kart.

Didn't you hear Toto, this is nothing! No one in Europe was watching anyways so how dare you call it an embarrassment.