F1 thread

[K-fab]

P3 proved interesting.

Last year’s third tier teams are showing some might. Haas & Alpha look like they have hope.

Kevin Magnussen is baaaaaack! Doing surprisingly well considering he’s not driven anything for 15 months, gets dropped in a totally new platform and isn’t slowest.

[odypilots]

Yeah, Red Bull looks good. Ferrari is strong. I was disappointed by McLaren poor showing in qualifying. Alonso did decent, and it appears Williams is back to trailing the field. The announcers did mention that the results for this race may not be indicative of the tracks that will follow.

I'm just hoping that the new cars will be able to dice more than in the past. This is my favorite track because of the closeness that the cars were able to run, so I'm very excited!

[odypilots]

Pretty good race. I was hoping for a little more back and forth. Having said that, LeClarc and Verstappen did go at it for a bit early on. It looks like McLaren may be sucking hind tit this year.

[K-fab]

Good race!
it’s going to be interesting to see how the next 4-5 races. I think some shuffling of the teams will happen.
Bummer for Red Bull.

[K-fab]

F1 is coming to Las Vegas in November 2023.
I will be attending.

Second race was pretty good.

New cars are getting sorted and it looks like they can run closer together.

Porpoising is impressive with a few cars.

[odypilots]

Yeah, Leclare and Verstoppen went at it pretty good. I didn't care for the backing off before the DRS zone, but it did make for a bit of a chess match.

It's interesting how different tracks can jumble the running order.