The 2023 Formula 1 Thread

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^^ The difference between the cars makes it pretty predictable at the moment. Even on this circuit, Mercedes lacked speed on the straights.

I think Max has grown up a bit and he has more confidence in the car now.

He will probably get past Hamilton, just a bit later than the first corner. Max knows he doesn’t need to try a risky overtake, because he has more faith in his car now.

[harrybarracuda]

^^ The difference between the cars makes it pretty predictable at the moment. Even on this circuit, Mercedes lacked speed on the straights.

And yet it didn't in quali.

It's almost like there are other factors in play.

[harrybarracuda]

I think Max has grown up a bit and he has more confidence in the car now.

He will probably get past Hamilton, just a bit later than the first corner. Max knows he doesn’t need to try a risky overtake, because he has more faith in his car now.

He's been driving like that for a while.

When your car is so obviously faster than anyone else, e.g. when you're winning a race by 30 seconds when you're coasting most of the way, why take risks?

His team were a bit upset with him for wanting a tyre change to go for the fastest lap the other week, but such is his dominance, the risk was negligible. They're not a team who fuck up pit stops either.

I can see why Whinger Spice is so against the 2026 engine changes, they have this car and driver in the sweet spot.

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The difference between the cars makes it pretty predictable at the moment.

So basically like almost Hamilton's entire career with Mercedes.

It's almost like there are other factors in play.

Place whinge here.

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He's been driving like that for a while.

When your car is so obviously faster than anyone else, e.g. when you're winning a race by 30 seconds when you're coasting most of the way, why take risks?

His team were a bit upset with him for wanting a tyre change to go for the fastest lap the other week, but such is his dominance, the risk was negligible. They're not a team who fuck up pit stops either.

I can see why Whinger Spice is so against the 2026 engine changes, they have this car and driver in the sweet spot.

He is confident that he does not need to be aggressive and opt for risky manouvres. If he is overtaking for a place or just passing a back marker, he knows how capable the car is, so he can afford to bin his more childish impulses.

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Nico Rosberg has joked that he could have won eight F1 races in a row if Lewis Hamilton hadn’t “shunted me off in Barcelona” – referring to the infamous 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.

Rosberg is part of a very exclusive Formula 1 club, one of only five drivers to win seven or more races in a row. Max Verstappen equalled Rosberg, Michael Schumacher, and Alberto Ascari as the winning streak that started in Miami extended to Hungary.

Verstappen is now just two more consecutive wins away from matching another dominant Red Bull icon in Sebastian Vettel, who won nine races in a row during the 2013 season.

Nico Rosberg brings up key Lewis Hamilton clash

The only distinction Rosberg has compared to the other drivers at the very top of the consecutive wins list is his run was constructed over the course of two seasons rather than one.

He won the last three races of the 2015 campaign and added the P1 trophies from the first four races of the 2016 campaign to his collection, taking his streak to seven.

He thinks it could have been eight had bitter rival and team-mate Hamilton not, in his words, “shunted” him at the Spanish Grand Prix – a race which Max Verstappen would go on to win on his Red Bull debut at the age of just 18.

“Yeah, that was quite cool,” Rosberg said on the Sky Sports F1 podcast when asked about his own winning run.

“I would have had eight if Lewis hadn’t have shunted me off in Barcelona, for those of you who remember that race in 2016.

“I’m laughing by the way for those of you who can’t see me now, because that was a joke. That was that was a joke.”

Nico Rosberg could've won eight races if Hamilton didn’t ‘shunt me off in Barcelona’ : PlanetF1

[harrybarracuda]

Snubby you're a shit troll, try something else.

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Snubby you're a shit troll, try something else.

Rosberg does have a point, doesn't he?

[harrybarracuda]

Rosberg does have a point, doesn't he?

Of course he doesn't, that's his attempt at a joke, you idiot.

[bsnub]

Of course he doesn't, that's his attempt at a joke, you idiot.

I guess you failed to see the smiley next to my post. When did you limeys stop doing irony? Oh, when you are a fucking flag waving fanboy, how drives a shitty little econobox.

BTW, what driver won more races that season?

[harrybarracuda]

What are you wittering on about? Stick to NASCAR you silly fool, cars going round in circles is as much as your tiny brain can handle.

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cars going round in circles is as much as your tiny brain can handle.

Perhaps if it was limited to one car.

[bsnub]

What are you wittering on about?

From a clown that drives a car likes this...

[harrybarracuda]

Perhaps if it was limited to one car.

That's the limit at which his counting starts to struggle.

[bsnub]

Good lord, you are like a one click nutter. If you are buttering up with helge you already lost the argument.

[helge]

If you are buttering up with helge you already lost the argument.

He isn't; he hates me and I him.

Even so we do have something in common: Like most others we find you dumb as fuck

[harrybarracuda]

Shut up snubby, no-one is interested in your juvenile, failed attempts at humour.

Go and pester someone else, you stupid drunk.

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He isn't; he hates me and I him.

Shut up snubby, no-one is interested in your juvenile, failed attempts at humour.

Oh my.

[harrybarracuda]

More sprint shenanigans this week so Quali today.

Mad Max will probably take a five place grid penalty because Red Bull have become the first team to need a new gearbox.

[helge]

Sprint Shootout ?

New one ?

I take it that it's some kind of equivalent to the Biathlon known from wintersport,



Starting last would be my prefered position

Can't wait for this one

[harrybarracuda]

"Sprint Shootout" is qualifying for the Sprint race.

Qualifying today is for the race.

All of this will make no sense to snubby because the sport is already too complicated for him.

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From a clown that drives a car likes this...

Not bad

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All of this will make no sense to snubby because the sport is already too complicated for him.

You flag waiving fair weather moron, I have been watching F1 far longer than you. I know far more about the history of the sport than you do. You are not a car enthusiast, the only reason you watch F1 is to waive your little flag.

Go back to wasting your day smoking weed.

[harrybarracuda]

You flag waiving fair weather moron, I have been watching F1 far longer than you. I know far more about the history of the sport than you do. You are not a car enthusiast, the only reason you watch F1 is to waive your little flag.

Go back to wasting your day smoking weed.

Ol' snubby once served burgers at Goodwood and thinks he knows all about F1 from it.

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You flag waiving fair weather moron

Never knew that Harry had problems with Union Jack