re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

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without an illegal Ferrari

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Im glad you brought this up, we all know they are all pushing the limits of cheating. Its the name of the game.

But what modification gets banned because of RedBulls dominance?

I'd think the wind-tunnel loophole gets closed pretty quickly.

Why did ZHO start so slowly yesterday?

checo needs to stop screwing up in qualifying. he is fine in races, but he's starting too far back.

Anyone here into sim racing?

Thought about getting a basic setup and giving it a go. I'd like to get on iracing or something like that, unless y'all recommend something different.

Listening to Missed Apex for a bit and caught a segment where they were saying so far McLaren has only delivered about 2/3 of the parts that were planned for this big upgrade, and that there's still more yet to come.

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Listening to Missed Apex for a bit and caught a segment where they were saying so far McLaren has only delivered about 2/3 of the parts that were planned for this big upgrade, and that there's still more yet to come.

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I forgot where I heard that the Silverstone race where they went 2nd/4th, Lando had all the upgrades at least to that point, and Piastri didn't have the front wing upgrade I think. So it just made Piastri's performance and bad luck missing a podium just that much more impressive.

For the long time F1 folks, while I know it's 2 races so we gotta let it play out a bit longer but is there precedence for this type of turnaround? Just wondering if this is super rare or not that crazy.

At the beginning of the season, I'm pretty sure there was discussion about whether McLaren was the 9th best car on the grid. And now we may be discussing if they're 2nd going forward for the rest of this season.

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For the long time F1 folks, while I know it's 2 races so we gotta let it play out a bit longer but is there precedence for this type of turnaround? Just wondering if this is super rare or not that crazy

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I think this is pretty remarkable for the 2nd year in a new regulation. A lot of shite can happen year 1. I think its much more common for a team like the caliber of McLaren to bring upgrades to put them in a position where they should be. They shouldn't be at the bottom like before and they are still off the pace a ways, Merc and Ferarri are just dumpster fires.

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I have a wheel, just the Logitech G923 and basic setup. I only play F123 though, never got into the online thing.

I'd like to do iRacing but don't feel like buying a whole new computer/laptop setup. I only have 1 really old Mac computer that would not be able to handle running iRacing, so I've never had a chance to try it yet.


I think it was the poster Barry who has posted before, and he has a slick setup.

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Do you have a pedal and chair setup?

Another thing that deters me from iRacing is the learning curve. It appears to be pretty intense, and I don't have that much time to devote to other hobbies.