re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

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We all saw what they did last year to improve, why wouldn’t you think they’d do the same?

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For me it's less about Merc's own pace and more of the fact that I don't think Ferrari is going to give them as much help to keep up as they did last year via self-destruction. If Ferrari really did fix the engine issues, I don't think Merc has a snowball's chance in hell at 2nd.

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My impressions of the cars so far:

-The RB is an extremely balanced car: the RB18 was improved in every aspect!
-Ferrari is ‘sandbagging’ MORE than the RB: lower acceleration on the straights??Lower PU mode!
-AM built a real beast
-Mercedes's struggles are real

Wanted to make a couple last minute changes, and realized I forgot Hulkenberg

Constructors

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

Drivers

Max Verstappen
Charles LeClerc
Carlos Sainz
Lewis Hamilton
Sergio Perez
George Russell
Fernando Alonso
Lando Norris
Pierre Gasly
Lance Stroll
Kevin Magnussen
Esteban Ocon
Nico Hulkenberg
Valteri Bottas
Alex Albon
Oscar Piastri
Yuki Tsnodoa
Zhou Guanyu
Logan Sargent
Nyck DeVries

Well boys, we could have a hell of a season…

AM looks legit, Alonso driving his arse off, Merc no longer sandbagging.

Updated. Those AM’s look slick.

WCC:
Red Bull
Ferrari
Aston
Mercedes
Alpine
Alpha Romeo
Haas
Williams
Mclaren
Alpha Tauri

WDC:
Verstappen
Alonso
LeClerc
Hamilton
Sainz
Stroll
Russell
Checo
Ocon
Bottas
Mag
Gasly
Sargeant
Albon
Hulkenberg
Norris
Guanyu
Tsunoda
Riccardo
de Vries
Piastri

Kitted out for the return of the dark knight

Holy shite, AM is not kidding around. I still don't think the Bahrain track shows how the general order of the cars will play out, but F1 will be excited to see Alonso back fighting for podiums on a regular basis.

One funny thing to me is that Lance had a 4x WC as a teammate, and thought to himself "Hey I'm pretty good, just a little behind a multi world champion!" Alonso is going to destroy him. He's got the wrist as an excuse right now. If Alonso ends up fighting for podiums, Lance will be expected to just consistently score points, which I think he can if AM can remain one of the top 4 cars.

We are all AM today…