Formula 1 2023

[wood 11,250]

Alpine off to an ignominious start with Gasly

Meanwhile the other car is still in pieces in the garage. Alpine gonna Alpine.

Edited June 16, 2023 by wood

[Goofyboy 3,294]

And now we wait. And wait…

[wood 11,250]

Meanwhile in FP the clock still runs. That rule needs to be changed.

[ConferenceRoom 6,145]

36 minutes ago, wood said:

BTW, anyone seen the AM upgrades? Wow.

That's where we sat last time. Fantastic deal on those tickets.

I haven't seen shit. I get all my F1 news from scanning Reddit and they're sticking to the protest (good for them). 

[wood 11,250]

Karun talking sense for once. Can't race without cameras? What about the marshals?

[Goofyboy 3,294]

Marshals and radios should be sufficient.

[wood 11,250]

4 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Marshals and radios should be sufficient.

Absolutely. Every other series does it. And if they have the power to extend FP2, why not just stop the clock and avoid that altogether?

It's supposed to rain for FP2, so we'll get an extra half hour of cars sitting in the garages. Yay.

Edited June 16, 2023 by wood

[Goofyboy 3,294]

Finally - some real running. We bailed. Kid had enough for the day. Enjoying FP2 on TV with the rest of ya.

Supposedly Williams brought upgrades.

[Goofyboy 3,294]

Finally - some real running. We bailed. Kid had enough for the day. Enjoying FP2 on TV with the rest of ya.

Supposedly Williams brought upgrades.

[wood 11,250]

3 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Finally - some real running. We bailed. Kid had enough for the day. Enjoying FP2 on TV with the rest of ya.

Supposedly Williams brought upgrades.

Dang. Better luck for y'all tomorrow ...

[NoName 16,386]

5 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Supposedly Williams brought upgrades.

only on Albon's ride i think?

[wood 11,250]

Let the motherfucker burn.

[Guest]

Lol. Turned it on and the first image I see what literally Hulk's car smoking. 20 seconds later there was a red flag. So much for watching today.

[Goofyboy 3,294]

Alpine is having a rough day.

[wood 11,250]

Yep. Alpine strikes again. Fuck those guys.

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

Yucky weather today. Lots of water in the air and on the track. Only 14C for a temperature there today.

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

P3 is going to be extremely tricky with these conditions

[dieucla98 2,942]

Sounds like it's only going to get wetter as qualifying approaches. Full wets for qualifying? When was the last time we had that? Japan a few years back?

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

And, right on cue Sainz crashes and knocks off the front of his car. Well done.

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

3 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

And, right on cue Sainz crashes and knocks off the front of his car. Well done.

Had the second fastest time on the grid, too. Ugh.

[Goofyboy 3,294]

It’s cold. It’s wet. Quali should be nuts.

[elfenix 34,331]

gasly got blocked.  all these cars piling up toward the end of the lap looking for a gap is regarded.  they need to have a split Q1 like indycar.

(also like indycar's timing pylon which tells you if the driver is up/down on first/safe instead of just sector splits for a few select drivers)

[McCroskey 1,505]

This quali session today….

[RPM 26,342]

Ferrari gonna Ferrari

[elfenix 34,331]

carlos's engineer is going to get him and someone else kilt.

[RPM 26,342]

JFC Ferrari!

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

Yeah, WTF Ferrari? Crazy. Do they not watch the field and see where the others are on the track?

[RPM 26,342]

Why is that Ferrari parked in the middle of the track with cars going 200MPH???????????????

A quote from Sky Sports

Edited June 17, 2023 by RPM

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

Perez with a brain fart.

[RPM 26,342]

Checho fooked

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

Stroll is a danger

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

I don’t think if I was Perez that I would lay it on the line now. Just work towards tomorrow.

[RPM 26,342]

Daaaamn Checo!

[TonyTexas 10,524]

Red Bull with the rare strategy mistake. 

[elfenix 34,331]

[RPM 26,342]

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Red Bull with the rare strategy mistake. 

[McCroskey 1,505]

I’ve got lando at 65:1 to take this thing home. Have Alonso at 6:1 too. Let’s fuckin go.

[RPM 26,342]

Do you have any idea how happy I am I decided against going to Montreal?

Edited June 17, 2023 by RPM

[RPM 26,342]

Quote

There's a rain cloud shaped like Greenland...

I'll give $100 to anyone that can draw Greenland in front of me with a Crayon without help.

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

This is nuts. So glad I am not there sitting in that.

No rain forecasted for tomorrow

[RPM 26,342]

13 minutes ago, RPM said:

Do you have any idea how happy I am I decided against going to Montreal?

To caveat, I didn't buy Vegas or COTA tix either. I've learned my lesson thanks to TMS.

[VABuckeye 2,472]

LeClerc calls for the correct tire and his team fucks him yet again. He should be going off in their meeting.

[Goofyboy 3,294]

To caveat, I didn't buy Vegas or COTA tix either. I've learned my lesson thanks to TMS.

It was cold and wet. That said - a good hunting poncho kept me dry. Stroll slid to a stop right below us. We thought he was fucked, but he stopped. Tomorrow should be gorgeous.

[Horny Bull 2,766]

 

[Chewbacca 7,783]

It’s cold. It’s wet. Quali should be nuts.

I feel that weather. Bone chilling. Hope tomorrow is warmer for your sake.

[RPM 26,342]

Shame about Hulk. Still an excellent quali for Haas. TBH if I was driving for Haas and heard a warning beep I would automatically think it was a warning for too slow.

 

Edited June 18, 2023 by RPM

[Native Horn 3,512]

Lewis and George both on second row.  Hope they don't wreck each other on turn 1.

[PittsburghTiger 6,195]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Lewis and George both on second row.  Hope they don't wreck each other on turn 1.

That'd be awesome!

Edited June 18, 2023 by PittsburghTiger

[utee94 15,857]

 

4 hours ago, Native Horn said:

Lewis and George both on second row.  Hope they don't wreck each other on turn 1.

Riiiiigghhtt. We definitely all hope that... yes... sure... exactly that.

 

 

[elfenix 34,331]

grandstand might be a disaster but we won't have crofty exclaiming how so and so is only 4.5 seconds back when that's how far they've been back for the last 10 laps