F1 2023 thread

Yeah, De Vries has been poor but the AT looks like a poor car, one that’s difficult for any driver to really shine in.

I think Brundle mentioned that the drivers were asked to pick their top 3 this season so far and a lot put Tsunoda in that list, recognising he’s driving that car probably as well as it can be driven, even though that’s just amounted to 2 points finishes this season.

Bottas absolutely feels like he’s there for the money alright, can see him retiring soon enough or going to a different series.

Perez is a tricky one alright and him leaving RB early might depend on who’s available. Think another year at Williams would be good for Albon though.

I don't know. They promoted him too fast and didn't give him a chance. But for Hamilton crashing into him twice, he would have had a brilliant start at redbull.

I don't see them going straight back to albon again though.

Ricciardo in doing the tyre Test. I think they will have to put him in the car after the summer break. What have they to lose.... if he drives like his old self, they have got one of the top 3 or 4 on the grid at what I would assume to be rock bottom wages.

If he is slow, well, nothing to lose at this stage of year. Championships are won.

Perez to AT, Ricciardo to RB and DeVries out would be my prediction.

Alonso this year is my jam

That Alonso smile couldn't have been timed any better

Hey has anyone experience with getting tickets for F1 races - it seems like a fairly confusing process in that you can buy from formula1.com itself but also from somewhere like f1experiences or motorsporttickets as well?

I’m hoping to go to the Dutch gp next year, looks like you sign up for a ticket lottery in the end of August, does that make sense or an I missing something? Also is that just for formula1.com or do the vendor websites tend to grab their own allocation that you can then buy with a bit less urgency?

The Dutch GP is over-subscribed. They could sell more tickets than are available so you have to sign up to the lottery to get the chance to buy tickets for it.

If you have the cash hospitality tickets are on other sites but very expensive. You can also find tickets on some sports travel travel agents but they also make you buy a package of flights/hotel and its expensive.

The best value way of getting tickets is to sign up to the lottery and hope for the best, Other circuits would have more tickets available. Silverstone had 480,000 tickets for the weekend. So you could buy them on the Silverstone website up to the last day.

Cheers! I was leaning towards the Dutch one due to what seems to be good organisation and ease of getting to the track, I heard horror stories from a friend who went to Barcelona so want the least hassle.

Any other tracks worth considering that are easy to get to? I’d be looking to do the Saturday and Sunday, fly in on the Friday or Saturday and preferably not camp.

Confirmed now on F1.com

Unbelievable. Ricciardo is back.

Seems redbull can see he has the speed still.

Junior team for now but I'd imagine Perez will be terminated end of 2023.

Honey badger back in action! You'd have to feel for De Vries getting the boot after 6 months. Alpha Tauri don't have anything to lose, things couldn't get any worse. Might work out good for Yuki having a proper experienced driver on the team

How many podiums does Alonso have this year? Bit of a stretch to say McLaren will jump AM after one good race for them.

Sounds like RB were convinced by the test this morning.