Author Topic: Formula One - The 2023 Season (Read 91857 times)

west_london_red · « **Reply #1200 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:08:32 pm »

Early yet but that McLaren looks like the real deal

gazzalfc · « **Reply #1201 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:10:20 pm »

Oh well. Good while it lasted

iamnant · « **Reply #1202 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:10:28 pm »

Well it was fun while it lasted anyway.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1203 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:11:02 pm »

Nice while it lasted, concrete on getting some points.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #1204 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:11:06 pm »

all too easy for verstappen.

S · « **Reply #1205 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:11:44 pm »

That start was a great moment for the crowd. Expect that’s it for the day though.

CornerFlag · « **Reply #1206 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:12:02 pm »

As ever, fuck DRS.

iamnant · « **Reply #1207 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:12:42 pm »

Have Aston Martin got any more upgrades to come? They seem to have stagnated slightly compared to the teams around them.

Titi Camara · « **Reply #1208 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:12:57 pm »

DRS is not the answer

dirkster · « **Reply #1209 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:13:29 pm »

Verstappen isn't quite getting away from Norris. Keep them upgrades coming McLaren!

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1210 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:13:35 pm »

Quote from: voodoo ray on July 9, 2023, 03:11:06 pm

all too easy for verstappen.

We know he’s in a world of his own at the moment. It would have been nice for him to be behind for longer, as he’d be using his tyres a lot harder than normal.

west_london_red · « **Reply #1211 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:15:15 pm »

Quote from: dirkster on July 9, 2023, 03:13:29 pm

Verstappen isn't quite getting away from Norris. Keep them upgrades coming McLaren!

Exactly, usually Verstappen would have sailed off into the distance by now but the McLarens are staying with him, that’s a huge positive

CornerFlag · « **Reply #1212 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:18:59 pm »

Updates are working to a point for McLaren, but there's not been too many slow-speed corners in the last couple of races. Think that if they head off to a track without the sort of higher speeds Austria and GB given in the race they'll shuffle more back to the midfield. Time will tell, and I hope I'm wrong though.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1213 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:19:47 pm »

Rain is approaching.

iamnant · « **Reply #1214 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:22:17 pm »

Turning into a dull race so far, apart from the first lap.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1215 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:23:06 pm »

So Red Bull have informed Verstappen that rain is coming while Mercedes is telling Russell the rain will miss Silverstone. One of them is going to be wrong.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #1216 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:25:08 pm »

Rain will make things interesting. But this is a huge leap forward by Mclaren.

Bit embarrassing that Mclaren are getting more out of their Mercedes engine than Mercedes themselves

Titi Camara · « **Reply #1217 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:29:52 pm »

So barring rain, crashes, safety cars, shit pit stops the only thing to be ironed out is what positions the Mercedes and Ferraris finish in

voodoo ray · « **Reply #1218 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:30:31 pm »

that view down the old pit straight as the cars come out of the heat haze is one of the classic f1 tv views.

jackh · « **Reply #1219 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:33:18 pm »

Quote from: voodoo ray on July 9, 2023, 03:30:31 pm

that view down the old pit straight as the cars come out of the heat haze is one of the classic f1 tv views.

Yep!

Love a lot of the ground level photo/video work at Silverstone - being in such a flat area, you get some really unique shots with minimal background.

sminp · « **Reply #1220 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:33:46 pm »

Not convinced by the Ferrari strategy for Leclerc. Surely if you can do 20 laps on a soft then it’s close to being possible to one stop with medium-soft.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1221 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:36:55 pm »

Verstappen beginning to inch away now, a shame he wasn't behind Norris for a bit longer as he'd have been forced to use his fronts a lot more than what he's had to in the last few laps.

CornerFlag · « **Reply #1222 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:41:21 pm »

Quote from: sminp on July 9, 2023, 03:33:46 pm

Not convinced by the Ferrari strategy for Leclerc...

Could have just left that pinned for the majority of his time at Ferrari to be honest.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1223 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:42:42 pm »

Leclerc looks as though he's speeding up a bit more now, but it's taken a while for him to find the advantage from those tyres.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #1224 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:42:50 pm »

it never fails to amuse me how wrong the tyre predictions seemingly always are.

"the softs will only do about 10 laps" as russell is still going round on lap 26.

CornerFlag · « **Reply #1225 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:43:42 pm »

The C4 coverage just had the same thought I had, that the Medium runners, with the lighter cars as the fuel reduces, they should push on to lap 30-32 and get 20 laps on the soft. Russell's showing it can be done. They used some of the longer-lasting compounds this GP, didn't they?

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1226 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:45:02 pm »

Sainz the first to come, come on Lando put some good laps in.

jackh · « **Reply #1227 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:45:39 pm »

Quote from: CornerFlag on July 9, 2023, 03:43:42 pm

The C4 coverage just had the same thought I had, that the Medium runners, with the lighter cars as the fuel reduces, they should push on to lap 30-32 and get 20 laps on the soft. Russell's showing it can be done. They used some of the longer-lasting compounds this GP, didn't they?

Yep, C3,2,1 - the three hardest but for the C0.

west_london_red · « **Reply #1228 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:46:16 pm »

Quote from: voodoo ray on July 9, 2023, 03:42:50 pm

it never fails to amuse me how wrong the tyre predictions seemingly always are.

"the softs will only do about 10 laps" as russell is still going round on lap 26.

And they are a used set, he had 3 or 4 laps on them from before the race.

sminp · « **Reply #1229 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:46:39 pm »

Quote from: CornerFlag on July 9, 2023, 03:41:21 pm

Could have just left that pinned for the majority of his time at Ferrari to be honest.

Very true

stevieG786 · « **Reply #1230 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:47:34 pm »

At silverstone. Atmosphere had died down. Seems like max has run away with it

I’m not really a fan of F1 and don’t have a clue what’s going on. Is there a live radio I can listen to? I tried 5live and they’re talking about cricket?

gazzalfc · « **Reply #1231 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:47:54 pm »

Poor pit stop for Russell

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1232 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:48:26 pm »

Piastri coming in.

voodoo ray · « **Reply #1233 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:48:26 pm »

Quote from: west_london_red on July 9, 2023, 03:46:16 pm

And they are a used set, he had 3 or 4 laps on them from before the race.

finally gets rid on lap 29.

anyone who started on a medium might as well give the soft a go.

pastry comes in for hards.

west_london_red · « **Reply #1234 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:49:05 pm »

McLaren should roll the dice, put one of the drivers on soft tyres and one on hard and see what happens

CornerFlag · « **Reply #1235 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:50:08 pm »

Quote from: stevieG786 on July 9, 2023, 03:47:34 pm

At silverstone. Atmosphere had died down. Seems like max has run away with it

I’m not really a fan of F1 and don’t have a clue what’s going on. Is there a live radio I can listen to? I tried 5live and they’re talking about cricket?

Think it's live on BBC Radio Northampton if that's of any use? I did the same on 5 live/Sports extra and it was Tennis/Cricket

sminp · « **Reply #1236 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:52:31 pm »

Piastri has been really impressive. Don’t understand why they didn’t give him softs like RB gave Perez though. Feels overly cautious.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #1237 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:52:34 pm »

Why hasn’t Norris come in?

gazzalfc · « **Reply #1238 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:53:09 pm »

Haas on fire

Safety car surely

dirkster · « **Reply #1239 on:** July 9, 2023, 03:53:26 pm »

Oh hello. Safety car?