re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

playah

From the original thread post:

Racing Schedule

March 3-5: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir
March 17-19: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah
March 31-April 2: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne
April 28-30: Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku
May 5-7: Miami Grand Prix, Florida
May 19-21: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola
May 26-28: Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco
June 2-4: Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona
June 16-18: Canadian Grand Prix, Montréal
June 30-July 2: Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg
July 7-9: British Grand Prix, Silverstone
July 21-23: Hungarian Grand Prix, Mogyoród
July 28-30: Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps
August 25-27: Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort
September 1-3: Italian Grand Prix, Monza
September 15-17: Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay
September 22-24: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka
October 6-8: Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail
October 20-22: United States Grand Prix, Austin
October 27-29: Mexico City Grand Prix, Mexico City
November 3-5: Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Interlagos
November 16-18: Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas
November 24-26: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Abu Dhab

This should be a crime.

Rewatched the 18 Baku race

That was such good frickjng racing until Danny and Max fricked it in to each other

Penske supposedly turned down an offer from Liberty to buy Indycar. The wanted to turn it in to a feeder series for F1. Screw that.

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Saudi Arabia reportedly sought to buy Formula 1 at a $20 billion valuation

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Yeah frick that. Nobody wants 10 races in the middle east. And you know those frickers would try it.

changes coming to AT:

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REAKING : Ferrari's assistant Team principal and Race director Laurent Mekies is set to join AlphaTauri

Mekies will work with Franz Tost and as part of a huge personnel rearrangement.

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RBR Daily
@RedBullUpdates
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This suggests that Red Bull is committed to AlphaTauri and wants to do everything in order to improve their second team's performance after rebuffing a $800 Million offer

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wonder who is offering 800 mill for AT???

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Chris Medland
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F1's new sprint format has been approved

- Friday qualifying sets Sunday grid, Saturday standalone
- Saturday qualifying (Q1 - 12 mins, Q2 - 10 mins, Q3 - 8 mins) called 'sprint shootout' and sets sprint grid
- Sprint shootout mandatory tyres: Q1 and Q2 medium, Q3 soft

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Chris Medland
@ChrisMedlandF1
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- Grid penalties in FP1 and Friday qualifying will apply to the race
- Grid penalties in sprint shootout apply to sprint
- Grid penalties in sprint apply to the race
- Parc ferme breaches mean a pit lane start in both sprint and race
- PU penalties only apply to race #F1

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LINK

So 2 completely separate qualifying sessions? Seems odd.

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