Formula 1 - 2023 ┇ Off-Season ┇ hope

Science excellent driving might've just secured Leclerc P2

Florida man gets driving penalty in Austria

Max want fastest lap

Team says no lol

Max says yes

Big fuck you to your teammate.

Goatstappen is built different

Big John in the building. Lapo might approve of the shirt.

Gotta love the shithousery tbf

Hnghhhhhh

Max got no chill

800th podium.

Greatest team ever.

Congrats to Ferrari.

Fun track, good racing..... just some gravel T9 and T10

Max to the Max, Sergio needed that
Ferrari better than previous races, wear, still 20 sec plus
Lando super, McLaren update worked, let's see in Silverstone but race pace better
Mercedes back to earth and do néed Silverstone update

Comfy 11-13 for Williams, not bad, not bad.

So Max took both Poles, won the Sprint, Won the Race and took fastest lap.

Max the kid in the sandbox that takes all the toys.

By MF Coom Go To PostSo Max took both Poles, won the Sprint, Won the Race and took fastest lap.

Max the kid in the sandbox that takes all the toys.

And iRating still intact

Max verstappen podcast is awesome.

Mark Webber, Rolex Ambassador

Ah yes, that’s what he’s best known for

This had me dying

Race result:

Perez repeatedly passing before the DRS line. I swear this man the dumbest driver on the grid

Will be tomorrow before they are done, "60 x per driver"

[Chris Medland] The FIA says there were 1200 times they had to look at potential track limit infringements and "prior to the submission of a Protest against the result, we had already begun a full review of the track limits infringements, which is ongoing"

Lol Jesus. Backed themselves into a corner with these track limits

83 :ouch:

post race penalties....100 hundred seconds rofl

Lando p4 then?

So Lando_Fernando_George_Strol gain places

By KP Go To PostLando p4 then?

yeap

This is wild lmao

And they still missed George yesterday who went miles over the line pit-in, just amazing rofl

He must have some serious kompromat to get away with Barca crash in to Lewis and this one

I must have missed that haha. Lad just kept on going till he absolutely had to turn in.

Albon explained post race that it was difficult to place the car in the final sector due to the wind which sometimes pushes the car wide.

I missed the weaving in front of Charles. That is insulting.

I think when max came out of the pit there was a 4 second gap. Charles closed it further to maybe 2 seconds when max was warming his tires. And then he simply drove away again. It was comical and evil at the same time.

Standings:

Maybe it is just the low res quality image, but McLaren Chrome Silverstone livery (leak) :ouch:

Better image, not really fan of the colours/chrome mix....bring back the chrome vodafone one




I mean this one :cool:

As the car improves, so does their livery game.

TWENTYFOUR races pls, there better be more competition for Max otherwise early zzzzz

Haven't checked this myself but people on Reddit saying Bahrain (Ramadan), Saudi and Vegas are on Saturdays.

yes, 3 Saturday races, still talks about who wants/gets Sprint race weekends



800 GP (almost) celebration special livery for Williams.

That's a lovely livery

By Lunatic Go To PostThat's a lovely livery

yep, simply lovely with nice white/gulf end plate touch, they should keep it

RaCeWeeK: R11 British GP at Silverstone

Ignoring RBR I'm curious to see if
- Mercedes last week was a set back and with a new front wing for Silverstone can they find back to Barca speed, track partly similar (few more slow speed corners) and be RBR closest challenger
- Ferrari, looked good last two races, but does their latest update also work in the longer faster corners. Austria shorter corners looked good, but in Barca (longer) they did not look that good, so ??
- Aston, probably happy with what looks to be Sunny Friday, so they finally can do some proper testing runs. The new update has not really brought them a lot of extra pace (high speed corners/drag) so far, they need two dry FP sessions and data
- McLaren, really curious to see if that speed due to new upgrades was track specific or not.
-Alpine new front wing, they need few extra tenths to keep up

Haas/Hulk no doubt Q top, specially if rain and windy on Saturday, but Sunday looks dry right now. Lot of full throttle, so lets say Alex best of the slower teams this race.


First race with the new Pirelli tires (cars to fast, so stiffer sidewall to deal with extra load) and maybe that will shake up the order a little, have seen that happen in the past.

Weather right now expected to be, Sunny Friday, Saturday afternoon windy and rain and cooler dry Sunday













Schedule: FORMULA 1 ARAMCO BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2023

track:

Lap Record: 1:27.097 Verstappen(2020)


tires: Pirelli info



2022 results:

FP1 : 1:42.781 Hamilton
FP2 : 1:29.105 Hamilton
FP3 : 1:27.901 Verstappen



2022 Qualifying:

2022 Race:




polelap (2022): https://youtu.be/EkkZOH-KqNw

Race Highlights (2022): https://youtu.be/bM6ren2tPU8

It’s coming home

FP1:

Mercedes only one to do 2nd run on mediums (4/5 tenths). Alex surprise, other hand 70% of lap is flat-out these days and they are fastest car on straights.

Who’d have thought we’d be heading into Saturday with Albon most likely to provide a home GP win





Sorry no Thai GP we have to claim it

Yeah, Williams looked good today, fast in a straight line is free time, both short and long-runs. Them lacking downforce, but at the same time have less drag and others struggling for balance, why not if tomorrows weather helps out (don't think they want rain right now)



FP2:
Hard to call for me, long-runs that is. Started out like massive overheating and times dropping (Carlos/Sergio), but than stabilised and got quicker again lap by lap. So maybe temp dropping or track needed more rubber for drivers to find that extra grip

RBR as always fast, Ferrari about 4/5 tenths off longrun. Only Carlos though, as Charles had an electric issue, some fire early on and no more laps.
Mercedes looked awful onboard quick laps, but Lewis long-run looked good (started lot later than other, so hard to compare). Would say they need to find some balance for tomorrow, but if it is cooler and rains,that might sort itself out
Aston, bit like last race and Barca, just off the pace
Williams was top all sessions and Alex his long run pace on the hardest compound did not look that bad
McLaren looked good early on, on the mediums, no pace on reds.



Longrun data:

Max on Medium compound is faster than the Lolrarri and Mercedes on the Softs

Those bucket hats have come back in a big way. Lando is a fashion God.

Albono gonna stick it on the front row

FP3:

Rain earlier than expected, only few teams (up until AT).
Ferrari/Mercedes dis 1st run on reds, 2nd rain
RBR, medium run in to medium longrun
Albon was on track same time as Fernando, so think they would like a dry session.

Inters running and Max 1,5/2 sec faster, so guess Ferrari hoping Q3 will be dry (same for Sergio), definitely not changing conditions. Mercedes was little closer to Ferrari than yesterday, but don't think they have the pace to beat Charles in dry, so think Lewis might want some more rain, to beat the Ferrari's

Gonna rain, just question when and how much, so all about on track right time