Official 2023 Season Formula 1 Thread

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

I have no doubt that Max will be dominant if he avoids trouble. The real question is whether Perez can past the rest of the field just as easily as Max did last race.

Yeah I got Max @ -160 for a quali/race double. So far, so good.

But I'm gonna be full Alonso fan for the race. At least second hopefully.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Some of you guys are forgetting that Red Bulls race pace is even stronger then quali pace.
Max will be untouchable tomorrow pending any car issues.

I hope Russell and Lewis crash each other. Can't stand either one. Russell's head is massive now that he drives for Mercedes.

[Barteh]

Yeah I got Max @ -160 for a quali/race double. So far, so good.

But I'm gonna be full Alonso fan for the race. At least second hopefully.

Perez top 5 for the race is evens for the race. Pretty interesting bet imo. If the red bull race pace really holds up he should get that if they manage to fix the balance of the car.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

because the time difference is weird, and I have nothing else to do, I actually watched the F2 race and ho lee fuk LMFAOOOOO.... absolute carnage. Now I'm watching the F3 highlights and crying laughing; these guys are plowing into each other during a safety car.

absolute gold.

[Gringo12]

Oh fck

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Alpine should be absolutely ****ing PISSED that the FIA wanted a full standing restart there.
IDGAF if it was all by the rules, they should be raising hell.
The FIA’s decision turned it into a drag race with only 2 laps left. They knew full well there would be no less than the chaos we just saw.

Edit: Now they decide to do what they should have done in the first place and do a rolling restart. (Except now it will just end under safety car since it’s only 1 lap left.)
Dude they absolutely ****ed Alpine HARD.
Had they done this in the first place, both their cars would have scored some great points.

So the FIA made a dog**** decision, kicked like 4 cars out the race and caused an ass of money in damage, to simply end the race under safety car.

[Gringo12]

Perez wirh the fastest lap, Max won't be happy

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Perez wirh the fastest lap, Max won't be happy

He probably doesn’t even care at this point. This race was a 100% clusterfuk.

[superfunk]

I'm still watching slightly delayed, after the clusterfuk restart but before the finish. The FIA is going to have to change the rules, a full standing restart with only 2 laps left is crazy and should never happen again.

Edit: omg the carlos 5 sec penalty, this race will be talked about for a long time, what a farce from the FIA. Looking forward to the reaction videos this week.

[Tuga88]

Stupid time zones means I missed the whole race, looks like it was a cracker (but maybe not in the good way? lol).

You brahs know of anywhere I can watch the full race?

[superfunk]

Stupid time zones means I missed the whole race, looks like it was a cracker (but maybe not in the good way? lol).

You brahs know of anywhere I can watch the full race?

The official F1 youtube channel is very fast with highlights: https://www.youtube.com/@Formula1
I signed up to the official F1TV app but not sure where it can be watched in full for free.
https://f1tv.formula1.com/

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

because the time difference is weird, and I have nothing else to do, I actually watched the F2 race and ho lee fuk LMFAOOOOO.... absolute carnage. Now I'm watching the F3 highlights and crying laughing; these guys are plowing into each other during a safety car.

absolute gold.

Welp, I guess the F1 race was about the same as that^^

So the FIA made a dog**** decision, kicked like 4 cars out the race and caused an ass of money in damage, to simply end the race under safety car.

The road to "net zero" is paved in scrapped cars.

LMFAO

[R3L3NTL3SS]

Stupid time zones means I missed the whole race, looks like it was a cracker (but maybe not in the good way? lol).

You brahs know of anywhere I can watch the full race?

IMO the F1 TV app is the absolute best way to watch everything F1. And it’s not expensive at all. You get every single race, qualifying, etc live and you can go back and watch races and **** as far back as like 30 years ago or something like that. Lol

[Barteh]

Man what a clusterfuk there at the end.

[Tuga88]

IMO the F1 TV app is the absolute best way to watch everything F1. And it’s not expensive at all. You get every single race, qualifying, etc live and you can go back and watch races and **** as far back as like 30 years ago or something like that. Lol

So in the UK, Sky Sports (a sports channel) paid like 200 million for exclusive rights so if I get the F1 TV app I can't watch anything live lol. Only (legal) way to watch F1 live in the UK is to subscribe to sky sports and it's £30 per month ha.

[Barteh]

So in the UK, Sky Sports (a sports channel) paid like 200 million for exclusive rights so if I get the F1 TV app I can't watch anything live lol. Only (legal) way to watch F1 live in the UK is to subscribe to sky sports and it's £30 per month ha.

Does sky sports not have some kind of app where you can playback old content?

[R3L3NTL3SS]

So in the UK, Sky Sports (a sports channel) paid like 200 million for exclusive rights so if I get the F1 TV app I can't watch anything live lol. Only (legal) way to watch F1 live in the UK is to subscribe to sky sports and it's £30 per month ha.

Sounds terrible. Sky Sports commentating is the most AIDS thing in all of F1.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

So in the UK, Sky Sports (a sports channel) paid like 200 million for exclusive rights so if I get the F1 TV app I can't watch anything live lol. Only (legal) way to watch F1 live in the UK is to subscribe to sky sports and it's £30 per month ha.

BRUTAL

F1 TV is the GOAT. They honestly surprise me with how well they do.

I've even watched races on my phone via 4g while on vacation with no problem.

[Tuga88]

Does sky sports not have some kind of app where you can playback old content?

Yeah they do but again, you have to subscribe for £30 a month.

Sounds terrible. Sky Sports commentating is the most AIDS thing in all of F1.

It's a Hamilton/Mercedes circlejerk sprinkled with wokeness. It's honestly painful to watch.

BRUTAL

F1 TV is the GOAT. They honestly surprise me with how well they do.

I've even watched races on my phone via 4g while on vacation with no problem.

Yeah I'm jelly, the app seems perfect.

[macmoney]

Wow, Max's starts have been clearly his weakest point.

I will tell my biased is towards hating mercedes. But dear lord does Russel make me hate them even more. How's he bitching about his teammate racing him when Max is pushing the pace. Seeing him in 8th place for standings is enjoyable.

I actually didn't mind the standing start. I think a time penalty when you're forcing the time at the end of the race is BS. I'd like to see them change the rules to Red Flag = Standing restart with at least a Green, White, Checkered flag to end the race.

If it doesn't end with one of those you do a Rolling Start, Green, White, Checkered.

Ending a eventful race this way is pretty lame IMO.

Kmag's been a cluster **** this year is pretty annoying.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Welp, I guess no more racing for a month!

lmao.

Sonora Rally-raid coming April 22.... Guess I'll tune in for the highlights from that.

[Tuga88]

Any of you guys ever tried out that iRacing game? Was looking into it, seems like it's good fun but is it very complicated to pick up?

[macmoney]

Any of you guys ever tried out that iRacing game? Was looking into it, seems like it's good fun but is it very complicated to pick up?

depends on how vested you get into it. If you get the full fledge racing chair, steering wheel, that is very real like. That is usually the most difficult to set up and calibrate correctly.

Just the game is pretty legit. Way better then the dumb F1 game they came out with where you spend more time doing social media stuff then actually racing xD.

[superfunk]

So in the UK, Sky Sports (a sports channel) paid like 200 million for exclusive rights so if I get the F1 TV app I can't watch anything live lol. Only (legal) way to watch F1 live in the UK is to subscribe to sky sports and it's £30 per month ha.

Is it possible to use a VPN to get around this BS? I'm going to be in the UK in a few months, imma be pissed if my F1TV app doesn't work.

[macmoney]

Welp, I guess no more racing for a month!

lmao.

Sonora Rally-raid coming April 22.... Guess I'll tune in for the highlights from that.

Woulda been nice if they could have found a place to race...... even a sprint race weekend for half points at a local circuit in either Australia like Bathurst Mount Panorama or gotten Portugal to commit.

[R3L3NTL3SS]

I can't find confirmation anywhere, but I heard on a podcast that they're changing Sprint layouts.

Basically instead of the Sprint result being your starting position for the race, they will now be treated as two 100% separate events and each will have their own qualifying, which will replace FP2 on the sprint weekend.

This will incentivize drivers to actually push hard on Sprint races, because they would be allowed to fix the cars if they break before the next quali, unlike the way the Sprint weekends currently go due to Parc Ferme conditions.

[Weightaholic]

I'm still watching slightly delayed, after the clusterfuk restart but before the finish. The FIA is going to have to change the rules, a full standing restart with only 2 laps left is crazy and should never happen again.

Edit: omg the carlos 5 sec penalty, this race will be talked about for a long time, what a farce from the FIA. Looking forward to the reaction videos this week.

Agreed, another race the FIA make themselves look silly. But, their own fault, they keep making more and more byzantine rules....

[macmoney]

I really hope they get rid of the Net Zero BS.

It's a waste of time, and no one is trying to watch or not watch b/c of their carbon footprint.

They should also get rid of the race as one bs.

[Barteh]

Net zero 2030

More racing per weekend

lol

This net zero thing for what's supposedly an alpha sport is super gay. Same with taking away the pit girls.

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

I really hope they get rid of the Net Zero BS.

It's a waste of time, and no one is trying to watch or not watch b/c of their carbon footprint.

They should also get rid of the race as one bs.

Calling it "net zero" is just a virtue signal buzzword (suicide is the only true net zero solution if people are being honest), but the overall philosophy regarding budget limits I think is a good thing overall. I basically stopped watching F1 during Mercedes domination. It just became like, who cares?

Grid penalties help mix up the field, cost caps help pull up lagging teams for development.

I think an obvious cost reduction is to have 1 person per wheel during pit stops the way they do in F2, this also adds more human skill to the equation. Eliminating tire warmers will add a TON of driver skill to the races.

Gordon Murray suggested to ban radios, which would be INSANE because drivers would need to know their own situation entirely regarding pit stops, tire degradation, and damage. They could still use pit boards to communicate to the drivers, but that is incredibly limited compared to radios (obviously)

Technological innovation has reached a peak where no one is impressed by it. A new computer chip that can interpret how much a driver is sweating and send the data to a race engineer isn't impressive.... Drivers making their own call as to when they're coming in for new tires IS impressive.