re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 6:45 am to Lord_Ford

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Lord_Ford

You good. This is the first session with all 2023 cars so I like keeping it open through the start of FP3. So, any changes before tomorrow morning will count.

Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 6:45 am to 1999

quote:
Alonso is cooking.

Doing well, but Aston still on hero runs.

Posted by Lsut81

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:32 am to 1999

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Alonso is cooking.

My wildcard, however, I don't expect the AM to hold up throughout the season.

Would love to see him on a few podiums though.

Posted by fightin tigers

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:39 am to Lsut81

Their racepace is the last question mark. Alonso seems like he can park it near the front, and we know he can hold on to a spot.

May be the 2013 Merc type to ruin quali for everyone then need a lot of skill/luck to get a surprise finish.

Posted by Lsut81

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:59 am to fightin tigers

Lets get FP2 up and running

3 ...

Posted by UnluckyTiger

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:10 am to Lsut81

WCC:

Red Bull
Ferrari
Mercedes
Aston Martin
Haas
Alpine
McLaren
Alfa
AlphaTauri
Williams

Drivers:

Verstappen
Leclerc
Checo
Sainz
Hamilton
Russell
Alonso
Gasly
KMag
Norris
Bottas
Ocon
Stroll
Zhou
Hulkenberg
Piastri
Tsunoda
De Vries
Albon
Sargeant

This post was edited on 3/3/23 at 9:14 am

Posted by pweezy

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:10 am to Lsut81

Stroll already in mid season form

Posted by Lsut81

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:13 am to pweezy

Stoll taking over where Latifi left off... He's gonna be the Red Flag Warrior this season.

Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:14 am to fightin tigers

So that was supposed to be predictions for just this week? I was just assuming that was a end of season pick

Posted by Tvilletiger

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:14 am to Lsut81

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:15 am to iwyLSUiwy

Those are season total picks AFAIK.

Posted by 1MileTiger

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:20 am to VABuckeye

These middle east circuits feel so fricking dead. I know it's FP1 and FP2, but it feels like we're watching COVID racing all over again.

Posted by Lsut81

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:27 am to 1MileTiger

Huik was #1 for 5 seconds there

Posted by UnluckyTiger

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:29 am to Lsut81

Alonso

Posted by YOURADHERE

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:29 am to Lsut81

That timing chart is getting spicy. It's dicks out time now.

ETA:

Crofty: I'm not going to get too massively carried away...

Me: Fernando Alonzo CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

This post was edited on 3/3/23 at 9:32 am

Posted by Lord_Ford

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:40 am to YOURADHERE

Starting to think I put Alonso too low on my board. He’s looking quick

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:44 am to Lord_Ford

Ferrari was obviously sorting some things out and ran FP1 on a different strategy including only running on mediums. Perhaps they were focusing on tire deg issues and a possible cure?

FP2 should give us a clearer picture. I'm not ready to change any picks quite yet (at least at the top).

Posted by 1999

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Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:47 am to Lsut81

My hope is AM siphons points off Merc & Ferrari.