#F1 2023 SAUDI ARABIAN GP
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2 weeks damn
And then another 2 weeks for the Australian GP. šæ
But then three in a row, right?
yeah, australia is 2nd of april, baku is 30th
wait, I cant count, thats 4 weeks bruh
Too far. I want more now. š
I would certainly not mind
Seems like the Racing point car is actually good now after their catastrophe last year?
Heard they were yoking a lot of good people from other teams, and that seemed to pay off for them
So far so good, even Stroll who is not a top driver + injured managed 6th
So the car is really good
Yea it's the first car under Dan Fallows, which RB really held off as much as possible xD
Dan Fallows worked with Adrian Newey
And well, Racing point traditionally always hired retired Red Bull staff
Now they're just full on yoking people at high positions, looks likt the Stroll money is doing its job
L schedule F1
Almost More than a month gap across 2 races
Spring break. 
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Gonna teach them the arcanes of a shitbox
Letās see whether McLaren can pull the AM moveā¦
Theyāve had the investment and personnel much longer, all they donāt have is the wind tunnel. They donāt have much of an excuse, how much blame can you really put on not having a state of the art wind tunnelā¦
McLaren and Alpine are both perpetually in a 5 year plan to the top that is starting to feel ingenuous.
McLaren is just in another circle of cope, slightly worse wind tunnel doesn't instantly make you a backmarker.
But tbf, before AM did this I figured they would suffer the same fate
Difference between the pair of Alpine, McLaren vs AM is that AM have been overachievers for a while, and now with just a few years of not worrying about closing they're trending upwards.
Woking and Enstone seriously fell off and no amount of marketing bullshit can hide it.
This is true. I just wasnāt confident that they would continue to punch above their weight once they suddenly have a ton of new personnel that maybe donāt have the same capability to overachieveā¦
They're on the right track with getting people like Dan Fallows on board and immediately harvesting results.
But yea AM jumping this many competitors, even with more wind tunnel time should put other teams to shame.
McLaren especially. Alpine pace on Gasly actually wasn't too bad, just not up there with their expectations.
Hah, just told the entire story of this era of that team, not bad, but not up there with big brave plans either (:
Yea, honestly alpine isnāt bad but isnāt great. They are behind merc like last year, itās really just AM pushing them down the order, McLaren on the other hand idek, I guess it will be better to see what they can do when one driver doesnāt have a windows update for their car and the other doesnāt have to make 100000 pit stops
I'm waiting for those missed upgrades which they are so unhappy about not having atm, imagine if those change nothing šæ
Yea, Iām not expecting much. Always big promises and little to show for it.
Wasnt the redbull windtunnel bottom tier? Kinda funny
Yea redbull is working out of a literal ancient wind tunnel iirc. Like ww2 era.
So really no excuses for McLaren.
aston used merc windtunnel ?
Basically Aston beating their supplier with half the merc as their car and using their suppliers facilities š
Doing what everyone said could not be done.
They used the Mercedes parts to beat Mercedes. 
Now, when did I heard that moment before.
Ever since turbo hybrid began everyone said could not be done. And maybe without introduction of cost cap, and wind tunnel time it wouldnāt be possible but AM doing it spells bright things for the future of the sport
based
Lets see how their next couple seasons work out, cause buying some of these things is actually not very efficient for the money cap era.
How is money a team receives for selling parts implemented in the cost cap?
They can spend it, right?
It doesn't matter where the money comes from, you just have a fixed amount you're allowed to spend.
And (rather stupidly imo) facilities upgrades are included in costs cap. This essentially could allow those with good facilities to stay at top for longer.
Cause larger portion of their budget goes into car development
i predict mclaren will finish 7th in the WCC
in their current state i would consider lower
It kinda makes sense, cause old giants would always spend insane amounts on those if you let em.
williams will always be bad, alphatauri has 2 rookies, and haas canāt design track specific aero worth shit
True enough.
When you can't dominate you apologize definitely how it works in f1
now if they were like williams pace then i guess they could say that but bro theyāre still fighting for podiums kinda pace
They're just being dumb at this point.
pissbabies
Ferrari falling apart or major internal restructuring in progress?
Vasseur was brought in to start fixing that ship which kept sinking and was given the authority from higher ups, so yeah, reconstruction time.
Idk what people expected, but signs that heads will roll were present at Ferrari ever since their 2022 title bid died a horrible death.
Canāt wait for them to chop vasseur after half a season cause they expect miracles
Redbull only built 2nd or 3rd fastest car for multiple years and they kept their cool. Ferrari is not patient and I think they end up shooting themselves in the foot just as they get a good thing going. Binotto really wasnāt doing a bad job but bye bye cause no championship in 2 seasons
So until Ferrari execs grow brain and realize good things take time, Scuderia will forever be stuck 2nd or 3rd
I saw a tweet about a missile in Saudi Arabia and then realised that it was a parodic account 
Thatās what Iām confused about. How in the world should a team which gets put together differently each year be able to properly work and engineer smth? Give them some time for a rhythm to settle in
iirc they shot a missile a mile away either last year or the one before tho
Yes last year
Imagine you starting a new job, and youāre expected to be best friends and cooperate like a cohesive unit with not only your coworkers but also other divisions inside your company after just 1 or 2 years. Not possible.
So yea hopefully Elkann can pull his head out of his ass.
"Oh we didn't think of this before. Thanks Lewisš"
I'm watching DTS, did they just completely omitted the Saudi Arabia events of last year ?
Apparently, I mean I should start episode 7 soon but I havenāt seen anything yet (I wonāt spoil so pld donāt spoil)
I'm not spoiling, just didn't saw it yet (I'm ep. 2 ) and for me it was like the 2nd race of the season so I was wondering
Dts is never in any order, the fact that events from the second race havent been shown at episode 2 means nothing.
Every episode is just a narrative, if that person or team or story had no interesting parts in saudi then they wont show anything from it.
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Austrian GP extends to 2027.
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1635989672013750275?t=IIgqAxI87KKqFsKikeNTKQ&s=33
At least some stay in Europe
Why the replacement or why the penalty?
Not that I knew either reason
No fucking way they already burnt through a seasons worth of components in 1 race
What the hell
Ok so all Iām hearing is another AM podium?
we wait
Charles used his first part in Practice (?) and then they replaced his second one now. Ferrari moment
Yea baffling
it wasn't a PU failure ? like they replace CE for the race since you can have 2 for the season it shouldn't be failing this early
It wasn't a PU apparently
ECU I think
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hmm wierd it's not PU
10 place penalty
Lets go, more Ferrari dumbassery š¤”
Must be fun being tifosi
It is always a party at Maranello (:
There is a new RPM video out
Best professional reporting on F1 I ever seen.
I haven't watched it yet but it's probably a banger.
Anyone watching fp1 ?
Nope.
Sad moment :(
I genuinely liked seeing Angela around the paddock
in a meeting š
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In Typical Lewis fashion
Sad for Angela
Ferrari says it has changed the power unit on both of its cars "as a further precaution" after Leclerc's DNF in Bahrain #F1 #SaudiArabianGP
Oh come on š
they are dying at the start of the season
it also got confirmed in FP1 they used new PU
That means their legal allowance for the whole season is exhausted?
PU is 3
they are using 2nd one on both cars not sure if the first one was going to fail but it was done "as a further precaution" .
LATIFI?!
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Aston supremacy
after what we saw last year of Lance Stroll, can we safely say that, while being a good driver helps score point, the car DEFINITELY helps more ?
Lance has always been fast he is just inconsistent and sometimes reckless
Who would've thought, Max still on top kek.
But overall yes, anyone with any bit of common sense realizes the sport is an engineering battle, the drivers are just a part of a wider team. Car is of course more important.
Master plan.
Still practice but yea. Yikes
Quali laps being done now AM still looks good. Dunno what Ferrari is doing.
RB just dominating everyone as expected. RIP pundits expecting a close fight.
Watch teamLH still mald about "catering" budget overspend all season long, as if a tiny overspend suddenly turned around RB's fate or something.
What can you do when Maranello can't help, but shoot themselves in the foot and Mercedes defended their dead end until it was too late.
I'll just root for Alonso and AM to take the most they can out of this š
that's a new low even for ferrari
ferrari dead
OP reliability fix: nuke them all engines so you don't even care anymore.
Engine didnāt die, but he was complaining about it all practice feeling weird
Are any of us really surprised?
This is merc 2020 level of destroying the rest of the field
well its fight for the 2nd,3rd and 4th spots in the constructors then
Yep
Not the most typical track, plus probably not the strongest for AM and yet top 2-3 from 2022 is still behind Stroll, imagine. Can't blame RB and Aston for other competition evolving backwards kek.
Ferrari may still pull something out of their ass in qualifying
Speculated they are not running engine at full capacity for reliability again. So they will likely be saving the few times they run in higher modes for quali and race.
that sounds copium heavy (and im a lec fan)
Not copium from me, if anything Iād rather see this pace be real. Iām an AM fan.
not from you but from whoever thinks they're limiting themselves lol
Ah gotcha
sounded like "dw guys ferrari will be full power on race right ? right ?"
i get the feeling they are playing safe with engine modes
i lowkey want redbull to just start using a new engine every race, start from the back and see how far up they can get again lmao
Max from last year shown that it's possible to just win with penalties, so yeah, make it more fun xD
man did 360 and won
jarno opmeer last to first challenges be like
time for circus of team radio blunders
if alonso gets pole i wont complain
Hello, everyone.
Yes hello faiz

Ferrari not showing much pace
Yeah, haven't gone for sub 30 yet.
Waiting for Aston time
Rip McLaren already.
Brakes issues again?
Lando had a tap, front is disassembled in boxes.
Oh I forgot, the last turn hit.
Alpine slow af in quali again oof.
Verstappen vs the field
In 2nd corner⦠literally just a wall there šæ
Q1 K.O: Tsu, Alb, Dev, Nor, Sar.
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So Ferrari were playing safe with power mode
fuck
rip max
Verstappens car
Looked like he was stuck in 7th for a while, before getting into 3rd.
Alonso numba 1? kek
Q2 K.O: Hul, Zho, Mag, Bot, Ver.
Oh, driveshaft broken.
https://twitter.com/redbullracing/status/1637148099096326151?t=K0lW6v8zIZUUOG5X5hduWA&s=19
Q2 Final Update: Driveshaft mechanical failure confirmed for Car 1.
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15th to first i'll take it
Checo remembered that he has RB under him.
Perez
Alonso will start front row (:
Nice!
mans gonna match the record
Hopefully a nice start from Fernando tomorrow, maybe he can cook something up vs Checo. Although RB race pace is also more devastating than quali, so might be short-lived kek.
Final standing?
Per, Alo, Rus top 3
PER
LEC
ALO
RUS
SAI
HAM
That was the top iirc. But Charles gets a pen, so Alonso top 2.
Stroll didnāt show up?
Stroll was faster than Hamilton no?
Poor Leclerc will get cooked by Max before he rejoins the top š
Might've been wrong on that one, sorry. They were so far off too.
Rip alright interesting
I think Stroll overtook him last seconds
Stroll lost something like .6 in last sector, so my mind might've dismissed him based on that OMEGALUL
Overall it's very much not promising for AM that they lose so much in S3, Nando lost only half of that, but that's still 0.3 :(
Yea car isnāt perfect. But overall I donāt think AM needs to worry. What theyāve done this year to make the car competitive is already insane, and they can build on it.
Funny Perez got pole in Jeddah last year too, now he got it twice this year
Also stroll losing 6 tenths in last sector was due to snap oversteer at T22
Not cause car slow
Just watched replay
Bro couldāve almost had pole then
Not talking about the year, but about the race. That's not a good place to concede even a couple tenths. Looked top-tier S1-2, but S3 wasn't good.
Sus juice.
cursed reacc
Very cursed.

Toto Wolff on upcoming changes to Mercedes W14:
"If that looks like a Red Bull... I don't care. It just needs to be quick.
"I will have no shame if it's quick."
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Finally they realized what matters more.
Actual good racing today
Pourchaire so low oof.
Yea he had an incident yesterday and took himself out šæ
Leclercās front left got stuck in pit so he missed out on top 5
Alguien me puede explicar esto
What a reminder from Fernando himself. 
Whew good thing he reminded me I almost forgot
well not all 4 wheels went beyond the line
wut
This weekend they were policing track limits with only 2 wheels beyond white line on a lot of corners
They were talking about it on sky
But that seems exceptionally harsh for Logan
There was maybe a 0.0000000001 second gain from that lmao itās basically a straight line
they said turn 27 and they were policing for that
To even call T27 and turn is a joke
itās a moment when 4 other drivers did the same
He was cutting the straight š¤Ø
lol there are only few able to do that
10 minutes ladies
Yeah, just woke up and making a snack.
Eating before the start too kek.
Driveshaft broke in Q2
ah shit
anybody else find it weird during commentary how they talk about this track like they've raced there a bunch of times but have raced there only... 2 times...
this isnt fucking spa or silverstone 
All the race moments are 2021 šæ

alonso ez
And sadly will probably be getting a penalty.
Bruh
Ah fuck, Nando was too far off to the side ig?
Guess so
Crazy how no one gets penalty for this for years and now back to back last two races
5s pen
Looked like he was on the line, but I guess they're strict with the exact position.
Annoying
missed start need info
moment Perez
bruh new ui aswell saying new race leader at the top
alonso standing outside of box Rip
by 50cm isch
Oh, so Oscar got fucked by Alpine.
I get there are rules but man no advantage would be gained by that
Oscar fault
You what? He was entering those corners earlier than Alpine, which came from the back originally.
It's just Gasly's lap 1 racecraft, as usual.
Stroll do something.
Lap 8 and Max is in the top 10.
Yea he will probably be on the podium
Alonso cruising in that DRS.
Yea drs is letting him keep up on weakest point (sector 3)
B&W for Lewis.
George got away from stroll?
Already? Bruh
Yea it looks like AMs are slowly losing DRS.
Sadge
just wait till tyre deg kicks in on the Ferrari
Shouldnāt be as bad as it was in Bahrain tho
Alonso built 6s to Russell tho, mission minimum achieved.
Haha, Max is closing in to Lewis. What can go wrong?
Hopefully.
Would be goofy for him to put up a fight
Yeah, and too early (race 2) to do so as well I guess.
Verstappen really just gonna eat everyone up
Really gonna be per-ver-alo or per-alo-ver
New default podium letās go
Max vs Charles soon Pog
Hm sainz catching again
Tires feel good to Nando, love to hear that.
Sainz probably instructed to turn up, cause Charles is approaching.
Not sure if that's a good idea.
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They've done the same thing as last year?!
Idk about the new strategist, but sadly no Rueda.
Lets see, Carlito pit.
rip
Good stop.
it will be fine Colton ā¤ļø
You have too much expectation
car good so high expectation
I just hope for best. They are still doing good
Stroll pld
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oooohh
Damn...
Who's out?
Stroll
french commentators talked about a SC that would help RB lmao
and then yellow flag lmao

Max wins now easily
Big "suprise" if he does
Perez too
Alonso has 5s too
This track retains the 100% safety car appearance.
Guess it aint a 2 stopper then
Weekend wonāt be a complete wash for Aston
Whatās safety taking so long for bruh the car is already off track
Strolls car just started smoking
Engine deceased

I think it has to enter the lap, do the next and exit that time
so min ā2ā laps or something idk
Aston in 1st and 3rd rn š
Always France's fault.

Fr*nch ruining everything as usual
Leclerc is hella mad
Xavi !
Ferrari being Ferrari, again.
x a v i
Nice restart from Perez
Perez running like crazy because Max P2 is inevitable.
"Tyres feel very good." ~Fernando
Mercedes top end is tragic.

The inevitable.
George bout to get that "it's James" treatment.
Toto was on the mic.
Rip Albon, brake failure according to radio.

McLaren washed š
And then there's Bottas, behind them.
bottas in 18th š
Pretty dull race so far
Yea, nothing happened apart from Stroll & Albon's mechanical issues.
Yea.
Still can't believe the engine died. 
Verstappen overtakes weāre also nothing special just easy drs 

2 bulls are just gapping the whole field at this point
Gaping? 
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ffs
If only stroll, would have been so satisfying
Verstappen worried more about driveshaft
That's a big oof if it breaks down again.
Both bulls cheating šæ
Trackmania racing, fastest way only.
weird noice
Nice overtake from Zhou.
Verstappen seriously worried
max is worried
Wonāt stop complaining
Max says car is broken but gains .6 on Perez
He hasnāt gained anythingā¦
Any more feedback? āItās still thereā
Gaps been between 4.4 and 4.5 for a while
He literally had 5.0 when he called it out
And before that he was at 4.4 still
Please redbulls fall apart
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Please 
Too long
2013 Spain.
Red Bull feeling a bit like Ferrari atm š
10 laps.
there's a world
Welp we got some battle in the back
there's a world where it's possible 
no spaghetti, only spaetzle
spaetzle is german
alonso cruising
Redbull is Austrian, basically German
Brug, McLaren no progress??
yeah my thoughts
Theyāre washed 
AM and McLaren traded places
At least Alpine are on the points
Perez paranoid team trying to give win to max
The way they communicated the lap target wasn't very inspiring, so yeah.
Mhm
just let them fight
lmfaoooo well done perez
that gif is amazing
Wish Perez could maintain pace with max all the time like this
City Perez built diff.
Debating if serving a pen by Alonso was legal, bruh...that's SO dumb.
Did he forgor?
they waited 5 seconds before the change unless a mechanic made contact with the car
Something to do with a jack
That would be dumb af to only say it didnt count 25 laps later tho
"clarification"
max sending it
gg Checo
SEXO PEREZ WINS!
Less go Checo (:
Mag gets a point š
lmao fernando got 5 sec over george
Yep
dunno what russell was doing but he went from 4.2 when the penalty talks started to over 5 secs, lul
Yea ham wonāt be happy Iām sure
alonso pushed harder that's all
Checo going to Aston 
Jos being a cranky baby bitch
Fucking tired of him what a shit ass human
Canal+ stopped the broadcasting what happened lmao
Nothing, just looks upset
i jokingly said earlier that "tonight Jos is gonna be beat up some mexicans in some dark alleys"
Didnāt even congratulate checo
didnt even see jos on my stream
They were right next to each other
Bro just looked upset
Just canāt stand the guy he seems insufferable. He also sounds abusive emotionally to max.
Very happy for Alonso and AM (:
Same 
i want to know if alo served his penalty right or if mercedes was on crack
Too bad for Lance engine
Merc on crack I'd say.
Merc just grasping at straws as per usual
Merc on crack? Call Mike Krack to receive crack!
amazing
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Alonso GOAT
he is the last driver that remains of the v10 era right ?
Oh, I heard it's under investigation?
not another post race penalty
he had the gap
Yeah, but I'm afraid it'll be the same as Ocon's: incorrectly served a penalty gets an additional 5 seconds.
im sure they're gonna investigate cos he slowed down a lot after line
FIA is mentally ill
Damn, I knew it.
What the fuck
Alonso got 10 seconds
bruh moment
Oh hell no
they gonna steal this moment of the guy
Yes
Screw FIA, this is full on BULLSHIT.
Alonso 99 podiums*
Yep, time to remove that link.
DONT SPREAD MISINFORMATION
robbed such a special moment
I'd be protesting for sure if I was Aston's command.
NOOOO
get the pitchforks
WHY
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FUCK YOU
and do we know why it's incorrectly served ?
rear jack
If i had to guess, rear jack yea
Relatable. Good job on FIA ruining the moment after all the celebrations being done.
rear jack the FIA bureau
"I didnt touch, the glove did"
bro, connect controller
Need these rules/officiating to change, cause if something like this happens I wanna know WITHIN the race time that the result will change, instead of having a disappointment bomb dropped after all the celebrations.
I didn't played any race game today so no need
In Bahrain even the penalty was decided during the race. I dunno why they didn't do the same this one.
Doggy doo doo horse shit FIA
Penalize everyone for not even gaining an advantage
But can cut corners three times before we will give equal punishment
At least we got to take away Mercedes celebration
I just smashed my 4K TV in front of over 30 guests at the race of Jeddah because of Alonso dropping to 4th. My wife just took our crying kids and said theyāre all spending the night in a motel. The FIA has ruined my life and the race. I canāt do this any longer. Goodbye.
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mans not even 18 so Iād be more worried about him having kids
Shh
does he know
no clue
it's clearly a copypasta from a NFL fan
šØ | BREAKING: Fernando Alonso's penalty has been overturned.
His 100th podium is restored!
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We did it
We clowned them into giving it back
(Probably not what happened at all but idc)
@rough monolith what's up with the ghost-pinging?
accident
ignore that
From F1 itself.
Charles 8th š
everyone liked that
My take is that FIA is just dumb (:
They just closed their eyes and did like they didn't saw the rear jack ?
i guess AM said "oi mate you only told us that at the end of the race ? that's unfair compared to ocon last week"
jesus on the last tweet crying people are bringing up 2021 abu dhabi AGAIN
Yeah I just saw that lmao
Basically they said no rule and no agreement between FIA and teams that touching car with jack is considered working on car
Cool
Dang, what a way to wake up in the morning lolmao.
Wait what, is this real ??? Alonso penalty was removed ??

Lets goooooooooooo

He looked happy š
Welp he only got to have fun for like 4 hours

no podium
Dude became a meme lord troll š
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