Official 2023 Season Formula 1 Thread

[Tuga88]

Damn, just realised the race is on at 5am here. Going to miss the Max show unfortunately.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

McLaren just locked Piastri in until 2026.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

McLaren just locked Piastri in until 2026.

McLaren better start delivering for their drivers..... McLaren has the best two young drivers on the grid (outside of the obvious verstappen).... don't make them drive a chit box.

Damn, just realised the race is on at 5am here. Going to miss the Max show unfortunately.

This is why I love F1 TV. I'll have my phone on airplane mode to block spoilers, then wake up and watch the race recording first thing.

[Gringo12]

McLaren just locked Piastri in until 2026.

Better be paying him more than 2 mil a year

[LargePeter]

Just watch Jolyn Palmers analysis and he broke down why the RB was chit, and HOW MUCH CHIT it was... The steering inputs on the redbull data look scary relative to a "normal" car this past weekend.

Max's pace in the final stint was STAGGERING. It looks like Leclerc backed off to save tires because there was no way he was battling at that point, but max closed in on him FAST.

Very excited for SUZUKA + McLaren.

In the sim racing world the guys who can jump into any car on any track and kill it are called aliens

Max is the aliens father

[Gringo12]

Piastri @ 3.60 to podium SURELY

[LargePeter]

Piastri @ 3.60 to podium SURELY

I'd take Piastri for 2nd and load up

He's quicker than Lando

I was pissed as fuk that McLaren dumped Danny Ric for Piastri and it looked like Piastri had a hand in orchestrating the move

Kids got moxie

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Don't forget to place a small bet on McLaren for quali. A bit of value there, for sure.

Going to see if there's any juicy shifts in odds after practice sessions.

[Gringo12]

I'd take Piastri for 2nd and load up

He's quicker than Lando

I was pissed as fuk that McLaren dumped Danny Ric for Piastri and it looked like Piastri had a hand in orchestrating the move

Kids got moxie

Podium is gonna be max and then either checo and a maclaren or 2 maclarens

Lawson is racing in qatar too, Ricardo not back until Austin I think

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Norris got 3rd in FP1 and FP2, and claims the car doesn't feel very good. That's a good sign.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

McLaren claims this upgrade will be as big of a jump as their last package - which was huge.
If that proves true, they could be a real threat to even RB. If not, definitely best of the rest.

Got a feeling Max is about to make a fking statement this weekend though.

Especially with fresh new engines in both cars.
His sector 1 times are absolutely fking insane. The car is glued to the track.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

McLaren claims this upgrade will be as big of a jump as their last package - which was huge.
If that proves true, they could be a real threat to even RB. If not, definitely best of the rest.

Got a feeling Max is about to make a fking statement this weekend though.

Especially with fresh new engines in both cars.
His sector 1 times are absolutely fking insane. The car is glued to the track.

RB always has the tire deg advantage.... like, Ferrari looks good at suzuka, which is surprising, but they're a write-off for tire deg unless there's a very odd set of circumstances (like last weekend)

[LargePeter]

Podium is gonna be max and then either checo and a maclaren or 2 maclarens

Lawson is racing in qatar too, Ricardo not back until Austin I think

Bro, Checo is done. He's finished. If the McLarens have a little more spice to add to the package, even if they aren't as quick as the Bulls, Piastri and Norris have the talent to crush the sleepy South American.

Helmut was correct.

[Gringo12]

Ok I've got max, lando and oscar to podium @7.32


Legggo oscar

[LargePeter]

Ok I've got max, lando and oscar to podium @7.32


Legggo oscar

Cha ching

[Gringo12]

That was an absolute slaughter

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Imagine being Logan's mechanics... fuark! They can rebuild that front end with their eyes closed by now.

Ok I've got max, lando and oscar to podium @7.32

Looks good.

[Tuga88]

Max makes it look too easy.

So Danny Ric and Tsunoda confirmed for 2024...interesting.

Who's definitely on the chopping block next season.....Logan? Stroll? Only 2 that really spring to mind.

Perez is sucking hard but atm it looks like RB keeps him.

[Tuga88]

Just saw this -

Verstappen absolutely destroyed everyone in sector one during Q3. Through those opening corners of the lap he carried 0.227s over Piastri, 0.427s over Perez, and 0.822s over Russell's Mercedes.

WTF lol.

[ProudKraut]

I really hope they drop Perrez after this season. This is worse than Bottas was. Put Lawson in if he beats Tsunoda. Put Hulk in. Put Ricciardo in. Alonso. Literally anyone else. Please.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

That lap time from Max…HOLY ****.
Insane.

If he’s this strong in quali when they typically aren’t as good…it’s just going to be a fking slaughter tomorrow.


On another note: Happy to see Yuki qualify P9 at his home race. Looking a lot better compared to where they were just 3-4 races ago.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

I really hope they drop Perrez after this season. This is worse than Bottas was. Put Lawson in if he beats Tsunoda. Put Hulk in. Put Ricciardo in. Alonso. Literally anyone else. Please.

This is what ought to happen^^

drop Perez down to a SIM tester. I'd say to put Danny in the second RB car for 2024, with the intention of giving Liam the seat in 2025.

Give Liam the Alpha Tauri seat in 2024 to ramp him in to F1 for an entire season, and to prove he is good enough for the RB seat.

I'm Assuming Logan is LONG GONE in 2024, maybe Liam can grab that... But honestly that would suck because he looks worthy of potentially being inside the fastest cars on the grid.

[Barteh]

Damn that was dominant. Fuk Logan Sargeant for making me stay up late and ending up falling asleep during Q1 because of that chit.

[LargePeter]

Max is a fukin monster

[LargePeter]

This is what ought to happen^^

drop Perez down to a SIM tester. I'd say to put Danny in the second RB car for 2024, with the intention of giving Liam the seat in 2025.

Give Liam the Alpha Tauri seat in 2024 to ramp him in to F1 for an entire season, and to prove he is good enough for the RB seat.

I'm Assuming Logan is LONG GONE in 2024, maybe Liam can grab that... But honestly that would suck because he looks worthy of potentially being inside the fastest cars on the grid.

Perez to sim tester would be fine, Danny is way quicker than Perez is. Fight me if you disagree

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Max already put 2+ seconds on Norris in a lap and a half.

This is going to be complete annihilation at the hands of Max.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Perez to sim tester would be fine, Danny is way quicker than Perez is. Fight me if you disagree

That's certainly not what his performances at this last two teams have shown.

Renault: average
McLaren: 100% ass

At some point we have to admit he just doesn’t have it any more. I’m sorry, but he does not deserve ANY seat in F1 over Lawson…or Perez for that matter IMO.

It’s a shame that Lawson will lose the battle to Daniel, not because Daniel is better, but because sponsors want him more. SMH

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Ok. I lied. Perez has to go. Let Daniel have the seat. Let Sargeant have the seat. What does it even matter at this point? This is an absolute JOKE.

[LargePeter]

That's certainly not what his performances at this last two teams have shown.

Renault: average
McLaren: 100% ass

At some point we have to admit he just doesn’t have it any more. I’m sorry, but he does not deserve ANY seat in F1 over Lawson…or Perez for that matter IMO.

It’s a shame that Lawson will lose the battle to Daniel, not because Daniel is better, but because sponsors want him more. SMH

Perez is mentally shot

He knows Ricciardo and Tsunodo have seats next year and Red Bull have an appetite for Lawson to race next year - and he's making stupid mistakes every race now

[LargePeter]

Well, Max winning the constructors championship himself today, and a podium in the next sprint race will give him the WDC

What a fukin boss