F1 2023 thread

Cameras just happen to be there and all these deals are told out the back

Sure. He's a rookie and is still making rookie mistakes in his rookie season.

@Andrew76 The car does look pretty good. I've no problem making the cars more accessible for women once it doesn't tamper the cars. The rear wing has some similarities to the wing on the super formula cars. We all know Strolls seat isn't under any kind of threat but saying isn't a big gap in performance is being very generous. Aston should be well clear of Merc giving how good the car was at the start of the season

Ye your right. Daniel should have just drove right through him lol.

Not a great week for Mercedes PR wise, first Hamiltons spat about Maxs team mate and then Toto fobbing off Maxs 10 in a row wins as only soemthing that will be on Wikipedia that it's not important and again pointing that they had two drivers fighting at the front, so salty and a bad look.

If Aston didn't have waste of space racing with Alonso Mercedes could well have finished behind a customer team this year, that would have been sweat.

It’s been a boring enough season in terms of the championship, RB and Max have been utterly dominant and it’s really difficult to see anyone matching him over the next couple of seasons - I think that RB would have to get an update wrong as well as another team getting something right for it to be more competitive.

What I have found surprising is how high the reliability of the cars and drivers is this year. We get very few safety cars to throw the cat amongst the pigeons, which makes it easier again for RB to pick up race wins.

Still think there’s been a few interesting things this year, Piastri looks immediately at home, Astons rise and fall, Alpine being all over the place, DeVries short career and Danny Rics short return! But in general it does feel like one of those Mercedes seasons from a few years back.

Also I’m thinking of heading to Monza next year, anyone with experience there? Recommend it? Probably fly into and stay in Milan and head out to the track each day by train seems to be the way to go?

Looks like a great event with all the Ferrari fans going bananas. Is it Well organised and easy to get to?

Cheers yeah I tried missed apex back when I was looking for a podcast but had the same opinion as yourself.

I completely agree about Missed Apex. Matt Carter is genuinely brilliant. Doesn't give a shyte and will tell you exactly what kind of shenanigans go on.

I actually agree about Joe. I said he had good info but it's actually very hit and miss. And I often think he just argues the opposite position to whatever Spanners says. I've heard them talk about Stroll over the years. If Spanners says Stroll is crap he'll disagree and say he's one of the top drivers in the whole world to even be in f1 and has matured into quite a decent racer. If Spanners says Stroll is decent, Joe says he's been in f1 for years now and hasn't proven himself.

How many current drivers have been disqualified from an F1 race for lying to the stewards? I can only think of one...

Harsh. Mercedes spent a long time building and maintaining an extremely high quality working culture which resulted in the best cars and few mistakes and a rake of championshis. Over the last few years, other teams have poached their best people at all levels. The same will start happening at Red Bull once the staff get a few world titles and increase their market value.

It's just the cycle of success.

Nothing harsh about at all. They might have built and maintained a high quality working structure but they obviously forgot how to have respect for what others do too. Sure it was all good when thet were winning all around them and not looking at others winning them saying its not there fault if the other teams are not good enough but now it's the other way around and the Mercedes top manager and top star are whinging all around instead of just doing there job.

I for one after what Tota and Lewis said at the weekend hope Mercedes are in the doldrums for a decade and maybe even leave the sport. Let some other team like Chevy come in instead.

Who knows maybe in a couple of years time when Mercedes and Lewis leaves then Sky might leave too. That's all good with me.

Did anyone else see that Carlos was robbed outside his Hotel after the race? Some bad scum out there.