F1 2023 - Round 11: Silverstone

Andrew76

Nice to see GP on the podium.

dublinman1990

Haha. The champagne has just started before BCDC trophy was given to Max.

Arthur Pants

Another decent result for Albon. Ferrari screwed Sainz again.

dulpit

Such a pity that the combo of Dutch & Austrian national anthems are so poor. If it was a French/Italian combo it'd be 2 proper bangers.

LIGHTNING

Final warning. It will be bans from now on.

Arthur Pants

The priority that Ferrari give to LeClerc when they aren't fighting for wins or championships is embarrassing. The qualifying swaps yesterday etc.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826121#Comment_120826121

Drive to Survive has a habit of misrepresentation of paddock personalites.

StrawbsM

That was a great race. Well done Lando, Piastri & Albon.

What happened to Sainz today?

2011

Fantastic race. I really enjoyed that. Great defending from Lando. I would say George was disappointed as was Oscar. Sometimes the safety car works for you, sometimes it works against you.

Another master class from Max.

I expected more from Alonso.

Longing

When you think Mclaren were at the back of the grid at the season start. They have come a long way in a few months.

On another note was reading on a few sites that Lando was in talks with Red Bull for 2025. Interesting if true

Faugheen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826297#Comment_120826297

Ferrari happened to Sainz today.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826226#Comment_120826226

Don't you mean Black and White flags? 😋

I'll be honest folks only the last quarter of that race was good once KMag brought out the safety car. Without that I reckon it was a bit of a damp squib.

ricimaki

I wonder if we'll see Lewis go back to McLaren for 1 final season before retiring. He clearly still has a soft spot for the team!

Arthur Pants

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120812152#Comment_120812152

You got your wish. Hopefully the first of many for Max at Silverstone.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826301#Comment_120826301

Yeah I thought it was great and not just because it was another max points haul for Max. I’m genuinely delighted that Norris and Piastri finally seem to have a car their talents deserve. Going to be fascinating to see how they go in Hungry next, a much different track. Spa after that before the summer break.

McLaren also leap frogged Alpine which is extra sweet. Ryan Reynolds and co should’ve invested that 200m elsewhere. 😂

Longing

You would miss the Irish flags at Silverstone. The were so many in the Jordan and Eddie Irvine days.

Russell thinking how will I get to McLaren by the look of his face in that interview.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826411#Comment_120826411

I spotted a few around the track during the race.

The ICCR were running in Mondello today, so that's where the rest of them were.

Alex Dunne is one to watch out for. Seems to be doing well in the lower formula, could be in F3 soon.

Jordan 199

This has been the busiest race thread so far this year. Well done to all involved.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826457#Comment_120826457

Thanks for the Info. Don't know Alex but will check him out. I forgot all about Mondello today. :)

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826482#Comment_120826482

Start here.

https://instagram.com/alexdunneracing?igshid=Y2IzZGU1MTFhOQ==

dublinman1990

Ben Edwards was doing commentary at Silverstone all weekend including the race today for F1TV along with Jolyon Palmer and James Hitchcliffe.

I watched the race start video of today's race on the F1 website. The commentary teams between F1TV and Channel 4 were split up for the race weekend at Silverstone.

Bit of an interesting twist in the proceedings.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826460#Comment_120826460

Yes because the race was live to all today the way all the races should be and not just exclusively on Sky F1.

Channel 4 should have at least tried to get half the races live next year like like they used to have.

As for the race itself well it was rather dull once it got started u till the safety car and it got better after that. So not a great race really. Below average Silverstone race really.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826521#Comment_120826521

It's a few things, firstly, because this is Channel 4's one and only live race of the year they need all their team in house and under their control. Secondly, Ben is semi retired, took over Formula E under extraordinary circumstances, but The British GP is special so of course Ben is keen to lend his voice to it. He'd probably turn up as a punter anyway.

skipper_G

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120826482#Comment_120826482

Agree with flazio re: Alex Dunne. Looks a great prospect, he won British F4 and was runner up in Italian F4 last season. Currently leading the GB3 Championship, they stream the races on YouTube

Ghost Train

I must be getting old, hardly recognised any of the celebrities at the grand prix

KillerShamrock

Just watched it,

First 4, 5 laps interesting hmm. Oh wait here's max to make it boring again... Sigh.

safety car interesting again Hmmm. Props to McLaren for the upgrades they seemed to get it right let's hope they stay on it nice to see them back in that position. Safety car benefited some screwed others like it always does.

Merc are wishy washy but seem to have race pace. Aston have just dropped or merc, Ferrari and now mclaren have just out developed them.

Ferrari need to drop the favoritism to leclerc it's costing them, I think he is over hyped at this point.

Props to Lando give him the car and he will win races hopefully McLaren can deliver well deserved driver of the day.

Could you imagine the season we would be having if max verboringredbullstappen didn't exist in this championship.

flazio

Carlos Sainz is off Pierre Gasly's Christmas card list. Watch the videos.

https://twitter.com/ElReyGuiri/status/1678097249706835969?t=HsPcmp45S-LFvsLKCd-Nww&s=19

https://twitter.com/ElReyGuiri/status/1678098968297832452?t=UYWmVGf5z9q_7jmE9Vh-0Q&s=19

McFly85

Really enjoyed the race yesterday, mostly for McLaren unsurprisingly. It’s great to see a team get meaningful race upgrades. They were keeping pace pretty well with the red bulls for a while.

Brilliant race from both drivers too. Piastri would have likely had a podium if not for the bad safety car timings. Lando obviously did brilliantly at the start and defending against Lewis too, a battle they both really seemed to enjoy.

Max was just Max, really. Peerless at the minute. Zero mistakes and you always feel he has another level if needed. Championship is practically sewn up. Checo did okay in the end but was definitely helped by a safety car. You’d start to wonder about his position for next year, he’s absolutely underperforming in the strongest car by a mile.

And Albon absolutely deserves a mention! Doing brilliantly in the Williams, it was cracking watching him race the Ferraris. Really enjoying his racing at the minute.

Speaking of Ferrari, what a dreadful season. Flashes of pace in quali but nothing of note in the race once again, a firmly midfield car with 2 drivers who deserve better. Keep this up and Mercedes/RB could be looking that way for replacements in a couple of years.

So while nothing happens at the front, there’s plenty happening elsewhere. Looking forward to Hungary already, but that’s probably because i’ll be there in person!

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120828621#Comment_120828621

Max was just Max, really. Peerless at the minute. Zero mistakes and you always feel he has another level if needed.

He did make a mistake do. He spun his wheels at the start so not a perfect start from him and that's why Lando got ahead of him.

Cookie_Monster

Only saw the YouTube highlights, what's with the commentary change and that awful US accented guy