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F1 season 2023

Post by tiger76 » Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:57 pm

Yep! it's that time of the year again when this jamboree gets underway with the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Aston Martin surprisingly setting the early pace ahead of the usual trio of Red Bull, Mercedes & Ferrari.

Hard not to see Max topping the standings come the autumn, but hopefully a more competitive season than last.
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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Shaggy » Sat Mar 04, 2023 2:10 pm

Looking forward to this year. Another ABL year coming up

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by RickyBobby » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:01 pm

Normal service is resumed after qualifying it seems. Another red bull year.
Strange how Mercedes and Alonso did their final runs so early.
Bits falling off the Ferraris and reliability issues again, no change there.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Firthy » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:27 pm

Bored with it already. Lost interest when Verstappen was gifted the championship by a corrupt official. Then last year they went over budget and all they got was a fine which was pointless. This year will be a repeat as none of the other teams will get close to Red Bull.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Shaggy » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:30 pm

Firthy wrote:
Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:27 pm
Bored with it already. Lost interest when Verstappen was gifted the championship by a corrupt official. Then last year they went over budget and all they got was a fine which was pointless. This year will be a repeat as none of the other teams will get close to Red Bull.
:lol: :lol: :D

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by claretburns » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:36 pm

Firthy wrote:
Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:27 pm
Bored with it already. Lost interest when Verstappen was gifted the championship by a corrupt official. Then last year they went over budget and all they got was a fine which was pointless. This year will be a repeat as none of the other teams will get close to Red Bull.
In 2021 when Verstappen was "gifted" the championship he won more races than any other driver.

In 2022 Red Bull did not go over budget, the budget issue refers to the 2021 season where they went over budget £400,000 and they did not just get a fine, they have 10% less time testing the aero-dynamics of the car in the wind tunnel (added on the less time they receive due to being Constructor Champions). Whilst it won't have huge effect on the car right now as this was pretty much developed before they were penalised, as the season progresses and other teams bring in new upgrades you will see the Red Bull dominance falter (as long as the other team's upgrades are good).

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:01 pm

Verstappen...Meh
Looks like another year of sheer boredom watching the dutchman drive around miles in front unchallenged

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Shaggy » Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:45 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:01 pm
Verstappen...Meh
Looks like another year of sheer boredom watching the dutchman drive around miles in front unchallenged
You Mercedes/Lewis fanboys are hilarious.

Wasn’t that when old Toto was dominating with all his cash

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by RVclaret » Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:48 pm

Shaggy wrote:
Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:45 pm
You Mercedes/Lewis fanboys are hilarious.

Wasn’t that when old Toto was dominating with all his cash
At least there was some interesting competition with teammates like Rosberg. Also Ferrari with Vettel pushed them a few seasons.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by tiger76 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:30 pm

A Red Bull procession so far, Alonso doing well to climb to 3rd, Lewis trailing badly in 5th,

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Shaggy » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm

That was a satisfying first race.

Well done to Alonso driver of the day

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by tiger76 » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:12 pm

Shaggy wrote:
Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:05 pm
That was a satisfying first race.

Well done to Alonso driver of the day
Thought you'd be pleased, terrible result for Mercedes coming in behind Aston Martin, how the mighty have fallen.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Steve1956 » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:44 pm

I see Verstappen is well down the field,I wonder what lap Perez will be told to move over and let the dodgem driver past

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by addisclaret » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:50 am

Steve1956 wrote:
Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:44 pm
I see Verstappen is well down the field,I wonder what lap Perez will be told to move over and let the dodgem driver past
:D :D :D

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Shaggy » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:23 am

Steve1956 wrote:
Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:44 pm
I see Verstappen is well down the field,I wonder what lap Perez will be told to move over and let the dodgem driver past
The dodgem driver drives for Mercedes though no chance they have of getting past :D

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by timshorts » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:44 am

Steve1956 wrote:
Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:01 pm
Verstappen...Meh
Looks like another year of sheer boredom watching the dutchman drive around miles in front unchallenged
And yet here you are on the clarets website supporting a team who is miles in front, unchallenged quite a lot.

I'm just enjoying my team being second in the championship. I doubt that it will last as we don't have much money, but it's a bit of a novelty after following force India for years. Our "ex" perez on pole, too.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Firthy » Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:14 am

The only entertainment today will be watching Verstappen work his way through the filed to win. I think Perez is the only one capable of preventing it but not sure he'll be allowed to.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by tiger76 » Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:02 pm

Another Red Bull procession, now the question is will Perez be ordered to let Max through for the win, or will they have a proper race.

Alonso enjoying a good day again sitting in 3rd.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by jos » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:27 pm

Alonso given a 10 second penalty, demotes him to 4th.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by tarkys_ears » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:35 pm

Absolute ********.

There are loads of 5 second penalties given, the jackmen get in position and after 5 seconds, work starts.

Furthermore, 5 seconds should be added at the end of the race if the penalty has "not been served". I've no idea where they've found 10 seconds from?

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by Steve1956 » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:53 pm

To say it is a muti million pound industry F1 has some of the crappiest set of rules,Alonso's penalties are laughable.....fast becoming a sport to avoid watching.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by 1968claret » Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:53 pm

tarkys_ears wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:35 pm
Absolute ********.

There are loads of 5 second penalties given, the jackmen get in position and after 5 seconds, work starts.

Furthermore, 5 seconds should be added at the end of the race if the penalty has "not been served". I've no idea where they've found 10 seconds from?
Same penalty was applied for the same offence in the last race.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by claretburns » Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:57 pm

tarkys_ears wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:35 pm
Absolute ********.

There are loads of 5 second penalties given, the jackmen get in position and after 5 seconds, work starts.

Furthermore, 5 seconds should be added at the end of the race if the penalty has "not been served". I've no idea where they've found 10 seconds from?
5 seconds was the originally penalty for the starting infringement, the jack was then touching the car before the 5 seconds were up (which is not allowed) resulting in a 10 second penalty, same as what happened with Ocon in Bahrain.

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Re: F1 season 2023

Post by tarkys_ears » Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:02 pm

Yes and the penalty wasn't served. There is no reason why it shouldn't be tacked on at the end of the race such as if they'd decided not (attempt) to do it.

Why are teams double penalised for attempting to do it Vs not doing it?

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