Formula 1 2023

[grobyfox1990]

17 hours ago, snoopy87 said:

I don't know why they call them car launches, all it ever is is the latest livery on last years car. Absolutely pointless

Like most things in sport these are events for broadcast and commercial purposes, no need for fans to pay attention to any of this tat, much like player interviews in football

[Asha]

Happened to catch the start of the Red Bull 2023 car launch on YouTube and had to turn it off within a minute. 

 

F1 is going to become sickeningly and unbearably American.

 

LET'S HEAR IT FOR SERGIO "MEXICAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE" PEREZ. 

[Zear0]

7 minutes ago, Asha said:

Happened to catch the start of the Red Bull 2023 car launch on YouTube and had to turn it off within a minute. 

 

F1 is going to become sickeningly and unbearably American.

 

LET'S HEAR IT FOR SERGIO "MEXICAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE" PEREZ. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/64509697

 

What do you mean "more American..."?

 

Didn't predict that.

[kingkisnorbo]

Graphic design at Red Bull must be the easiest job in the world. 

[Super_horns]

Must be very confident of the race in Las Vegas going well giving it a new contract when there hasn't been a race yet.

 

 

[Asha]

... and then California, New York and Indianapolis will all want a race and it's hello US money, goodbye Spa, Monza and Silverstone. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

7 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Must be very confident of the race in Las Vegas going well giving it a new contract when there hasn't been a race yet.

 

 

They couldn’t give a toss about the race  it’s gonna be a huge cash cow, it’s their Abu Dhabi of America 

[Super_horns]

2 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

They couldn’t give a toss about the race  it’s gonna be a huge cash cow, it’s their Abu Dhabi of America 

Exactly- chasing the dollar .

 

[isaidno]

My favourite 2023 car so far.

 

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

My way too early take on the first day of testing - looking like another cakewalk for Max and RedBull.

[Super_horns]

1 hour ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

My way too early take on the first day of testing - looking like another cakewalk for Max and RedBull.

I think all the other teams have basically tried to copy their ideas...

[Asha]

Pointless even looking at times. Mercedes love a sandbag. 

[snoopy87]

1 hour ago, Asha said:

Pointless even looking at times. Mercedes love a sandbag. 

You said this last year, and the car was just absolutely awful.

 

It looks like it turns like Harry Maguire this year, though everyone said they were running heavy yesterday 

[Asha]

2 hours ago, snoopy87 said:

You said this last year, and the car was just absolutely awful.

 

It looks like it turns like Harry Maguire this year, though everyone said they were running heavy yesterday 

I’d love to be wrong 😆 

 

Just got a feeling they’ll be strong again and Russell will romp to the title. 

[UniFox21]

1 hour ago, Asha said:

I’d love to be wrong 😆 

 

Just got a feeling they’ll be strong again and Russell will romp to the title. 

Hoping for a tight title battle and some good racing this year. Fingers crossed the season isn't marred by the FIA being centre of attention all year 

[snoopy87]

1 hour ago, Asha said:

I’d love to be wrong 😆 

 

Just got a feeling they’ll be strong again and Russell will romp to the title. 

As much as I'd love Russel to do that, I want 3 or 4 challenging this year. Throw the fezzers in there, maybe with Nando in the Green Red Bull as well if it is as pacey as it looks

[Zear0]

Hope to be wrong, and it for to be competitive as it briefly looked like being last year, but can see this being another walk in the park for RB.  Personally think it will be more dominant than last season as they had some shocking reliability at the start let's not forget.  History suggests whoever nails major reg changes is locked in for good as it's practically impossible to close the technical gaps due to limited testing and development now.  Bit like FFP it locks in those with the advantage already.  It took years of rule tweaks to dislogdge Merc owning the turbo hybrid era culminating in 2021 regs that were literally designed to hit their design philosophy (even that ended with them still having the best car in final half of the season). RB 2010-2013, Merc 2014-2020 and RB 2020-?.

 

2020 showed how amazing F1 is with close racing at the top and really hope we get back to that sooner rather than later.  Last season was so frustrating as Ferrari gave us hope it'd be more interesting than it turned out to be.

[snoopy87]

Think we're all in for disappointment again this year. I don't even think it'll be Ferrari incompetency this time that causes the run away win, just nobody is close.

 

Perez will be nowhere near either (not that he'd have a chance anyway, the cars designed for Max, and Karen would stop him challenging the golden boy immediately).

 

Its going to be pants.

[The Quick Brown Fox]

I am hoping one of the middle teams pull off some upsets, id love to see a different top 3 teams throughout the season. Haas getting up there would be brilliant. 

[Stinkenzo]

Can't wait for F2 and F3 next week! 

[Lionator]

15 hours ago, browniefox said:

I am hoping one of the middle teams pull off some upsets, id love to see a different top 3 teams throughout the season. Haas getting up there would be brilliant. 

Aren’t Aston Martin supposed to have a decent car this season? 

[moore_94]

Like most years it will be about about F1.5 again

 

Verstappen will probably run away with it, but the other fights across the field will hopefully make it interesting

[isaidno]

Drugovich to race on Sunday if Stroll isn't fit. Rumours are that Stroll has broken his wrist. 

 

 

[Super_horns]

57 minutes ago, isaidno said:

Drugovich to race on Sunday if Stroll isn't fit. Rumours are that Stroll has broken his wrist. 

 

 

Vettel has been mentioned ..

[snoopy87]

5 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Vettel has been mentioned ..

They've confirmed Drugovich will race on twitter should Stroll be unavailable. 

 

I can never see Seb back after last year