F1 2023 - Round 14 - Zandvoort

rameire

Fri 25th Aug

Practice 1 - 11:30am

Practice 2 - 3.00pm

Sat 26th

Practice 3 - 10:30am

Qualifying - 2:00pm

Sun 27th Aug

Grand Prix - 2:00pm

Andrew76

Cannot wait for the racing to resume.

Is it just one DRS zone at this circuit? Will be interesting to see how McLarens go this wkend.

rameire

Two DRS zones at Zandvoort.

First is after turn 10 with detection just before.

Second is after turn 13 with detection after turn 12.

Vicxas

Hoping teams other than RB have been busy, i'd like some competition at the front for the last few races.

Jordan 199

Alfa Romeo to run with an art car livery this weekend.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121010780#Comment_121010780

I hope so as well, but was there a factory shutdown for the break as well?

Either way, hard to look past RB (again) for this one, I do hope someone is a bit closer though.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121017344#Comment_121017344

That's awful. Looks like the insides of some animal spilled over it.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121018066#Comment_121018066

Agreed. Looks terrible.

Hopefully it's just a one off livery.

Frank Bullitt

Looks like a bit of rain this weekend also.

Andrew76

Ah thank God we’re back racing lads. FP1 about to start now. I see Bernie Collins is back this weekend too, nice.

McFly85

Hopefully there’s a bit of rain to mix things up!

Expect a Max masterclass, interesting to see how Aston get on with the upgrades they brought.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024542#Comment_121024542

Good team on 5 Live this weekend as well. Harry Benjamin is joined by Alice Powell in the commentary box while Rosanna Tennant has Jennie Gow helping her down in the pits.

Andrew76

Here come the soft tyre runs. 😎

flazio

Are those tall cranes for car retrieval? I'm getting nervous that the helicopter is going to get tangled in one of them.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024792#Comment_121024792

Not sure, probably. Unless it’s one of those mad restaurant in the air things.

Red flag with Hulk in the wall on the last corner. Ruined Hamilton’s lap who was about to go quickest it looked like.

flazio

I think we're about to see one of those cranes in action (or we would if Sky wasn't on break.)

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121024835#Comment_121024835

lol yeah. And those shots now from the helicopter are way higher than the cranes so all good. Some zoom they have on those cameras!

Andrew76

Ok Max, let’s see what you got on those softs.

flazio

Oh you can't say that.

SHW: Why not?

It's a Ferrari.

SHW: It's a 💩box

Reminding me of the scene in Rush.

Andrew76

Never got to see proper pace of Lewis or Max really there. Alonso looking decent.

Andrew76

Just tuned in, red flag due to Piastri and Ricciardo into the wall on that banked corner. Session over for them I guess.

Edit: that’s some packed grandstands for a practice session. Great to see.

dulpit

Uh oh

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1695087263539929531?t=gA2q4OpyiNmYmuZtDNvPng&s=19%20

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121026289#Comment_121026289

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TelcPFoyCEI&ab_channel=HabemusF1

Hard to see but his hand looked to be on the wheel when it snapped. Oh dear.

PsychoPete

Lawson is with RedBull this weekend so could be a chance he'll get a drive

Frank Bullitt

Yup, he broke his wrist, he is out. Liam Lawson is in.

PsychoPete

Good chance for Lawson to show what he can do

dulpit

Poor Danny Ric. Imagine if Lawson goes gangbusters and does something unreal... And what are the chances the wrist would be healed enough for Italian GP next week?

Andrew76

So it looks like he broke a bone in his hand rather than the wrist, not sure if that is better or worse in terms of recovery time but I’d be surprised if he’s back for Monza next week. Awful bad luck that.

I wasn’t able to paste the link directly for some reason.

flazio

Daniel will be on the phone to Robert Kubica and his trainer perhaps.

Frank Bullitt

I guess Stroll did break both his wrists and still made it back.

mickdw

Jesus Ricciardo having no luck.

Google says most of the healing in 3 to 4 weeks. Add a bit of formula 1 dust to that in the shape of top medical people and tech and he shouldn't be out long.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121027804#Comment_121027804

Cant see him return before Japanese GP.

Andrew76

So just to add to the difficulty of the task facing Lawson - wet track and rain for FP3. Best of luck to the lad.

Hijpo

That looks like torrential rain on the way

Andrew76

And a red flag - Mag into the barriers.

Andrew76

lol Guenther fuming at Mag binning his car. 😂

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121028816#Comment_121028816

In fairness Lawson should do alright, Super Formula isn't a million miles away from F1. Hopefully the lad has a good weekend

Andrew76

Leclerc juuuust stopped the car in time before hitting the barrier into turn one.

Andrew76

Another red flag - Zhou beached it.

Andrew76

This isn’t a criticism of Zhou and I know it’s easy to say when sitting at home, but could he not have put the car into neutral and let it roll backwards out of the gravel? He was facing uphill in the gravel and tried to spin the tyres up, that was never going to get him out. Just curious from a driving point of view how you could save that situation.

Andrew76

Temporary red flag from Lawson spinning. McLaren looking fast in these conditions at this track.

Andrew76

I know the track is evolving all the time but Jesus Max is something else! He seems to be able to get up to speed so much quicker than everyone else.

Busi_Girl08

Looks like Ricciardo is due to undergo surgery from the same guy who fixed Stroll's wrists. Stroll was on the grid 2 weeks after for the start of the season and did some of his best driving.

Charlie-Bravo

Visibility in the F2 sprint is terrible. Another win for the Halo I believe following an incident on the first racing lap. Red flagged, back racing at 13:00.

https://twitter.com/Tom_Speight98/status/1695402505872552300?t=nSv1hfvSEFc0dL9fpwQGaQ&s=19

Itssoeasy

F2 sprint has been red flagged again. Looks like it’s getting worse.

Itssoeasy

Race won’t be resumed.

Itssoeasy

Silver tape I think.

Jordan 199

I just hope Alpine have a good qualifying and race.

Andrew76

Afternoon folks. Inters I see at the min.

waynescales1

“Dutch Techno Beats”

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121029444#Comment_121029444

I would have preferred if they played Twilight Zone from 2 Unlimited.