F1 2023 - Round 2: Saudi Arabia

Jordan 199

TV Times:

Friday: First Practice - 13.30. Second Practice - 17.00.

Saturday: Third Practice - 13.30. Qualifying - 17.00.

Sunday: Race - 17.00.

All sessions will be live on Sky Sports.

For those who will watch it on C4: Qualifying will be on at 20.50 on Saturday and Race will be on at 22.15 on Sunday. All highlights.

Jordan 199

I'm hoping for a much stronger performance from Alpine this weekend. What happened in Bahrain was unacceptable.

flazio

Ferrari already off to a flyer and the car isn't even out of the box yet.

https://twitter.com/F1/status/1636015081560440835?t=ZeFHjriLZx9UE9kxn8Xgqw&s=19

MadYaker

More space for Alonso at the front so!

AMKC

I see Alonso in the Top Two on the grid this weekend so.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120362845#Comment_120362845

I think starting 4th. Still two faster qualy cars than Aston at the moment.

MadYaker

I'm hoping he's top 5 anyway. Quali should be good on this track, it was better than the race last year.

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120362797#Comment_120362797

3rd at Bahrain, 2nd this weekend and victory in Oz. The only way is up ⬆️

artanevilla

I am going to go ahead and predict a RED FLAG this weekend during the race.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120363680#Comment_120363680

That's exactly what a I was thinking and hoping for too :).

Hopefully this becomes Alonsos song

https://youtu.be/vjD3EVC1-zU

quokula

Hopefully no missiles or serious accidents this year.

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120363680#Comment_120363680

Oz is down under though

Gutted I will be missing this Grand Prix weekend 😫

This is it

Ferrari struggling or not pushing? :/

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120369787#Comment_120369787

Not a good showing from them. Commentary mentioned both cars have new power units for this race as a precaution. Doesn’t incur a penalty they said.

Good to see the Aston Martin in second place. Merc .9 back. The next session will be more representative with the cooler temps.

quokula

More technical issues and power unit changes at Ferrari. Within limits so no penalties, but it will hurt them down the line and they're really looking a mess at the moment.

Only practice but it's continuing to look like one hell of a competitive season. Top 7 covered by half a second and 1.4 seconds covers all 20 cars.

This is it

Had hoped Ferrari would be competitive this season, now I'm hoping they'll get to the end of the race. Feck sake.

Mech1

Loving new SkyF1 commentator "Bernie Collins" great up to date technical knowledge.

Full disclosure, I'm also Northern Irish!

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370471#Comment_120370471

That won't even happen so spend your Sunday doing something positive like painting a wall and watch it dry.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120363148#Comment_120363148

Pity about the timing of quali, clashes with a major event in Dublin...

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370530#Comment_120370530

Didn’t have a clue who she was before today but yeah she’s a great addition.

Faugheen

I see those plucky underdogs Red Bull are well out in front again.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120372023#Comment_120372023

Fantastic job they are doing considering the lack of rule changes and having less wind tunnel time as champions. Aston Martin looking like Bahrain was no one off, in Alonso’s hands anyway, which is great to see. Alpine look more competitive this weekend too, giving up some straight line speed though apparently so that might hurt them in the race. Ferrari looking very fragile, will be interesting to see how they and Merc go in quali and the race.

This is it

LeClerc saying Ferrari have plenty in the tank, we'll know just how much in a few hours.

Andrew76

Hopefully when they turn up the power the car doesn’t **** itself.

quokula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120370530#Comment_120370530

Yeah it’s a real breath of fresh air having someone who actually knows what they’re talking about on Sky F1.

Andrew76

New gearbox for Max to try and sort the downshift problem he was having. No penalty for that though.

Longing

Redbull even further ahead than two weeks ago even if ferrari turn up there engine it would neeed to make up 1.4 seconds that is huge.

Edit Lec got it down to 1.1 secs still massive gap

From Alonso in 3rd to Albon in 15th covers half second.

Jordan 199

The Corvette C8 is a fantastic car.

Jordan 199

Hello, is there anybody out there? This place is like a ghost town.

klose

Max out in Q2, engine problems, will start p15 assuming leclerc puts it p5 of higher on Q3, certainly shakes things up!

Andrew76

****. Least it’s a track where he can over take.