Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Which year race are you watching? Or is this 2023? I read it like you were watching an old race.
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Open Wheel Racing 2021, anyone there to watch?
- Thread starter MichVandal
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Which year race are you watching? Or is this 2023? I read it like you were watching an old race.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
This year's race. it was streamed live without any interruptions and Radio Le Mans commentary. Ferrari won it overall (there are a bazillion different classes).
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Cool, thank you.
Nick Papagiorgio
Holding court
Not surprised. Little Lewis has no balls.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
7-time world champion has no balls. Sure.
I hate his whole YAY JEETS shtick, too, but for goodness sake, he is 1000x the man you or I will ever be. They all are. Even Stroll.
solovsfett
Registered User
So Kyle Larson will be racing at INDY next year and now it sounds like Fernando Alonso has contacted Honda about doing the same in 24. Wow. I thought he’d lost interest. VERY cool news!! He also said he plans to stay at Aston Martin through 2026.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Alonso never lost interest. It's just that when he returned to F1, none of the teams (Alpine, Aston Martin) were willing to give him the exemption to run Indy. He has always said he would like to try it again. After all, it's the one missing piece of the Triple Crown for him.
solovsfett
Registered User
Thanks! I hadn’t kept up on him after 2018ish but with his results this season I see he hasn’t lost a thing. Aston is partnering with Honda in 2026 but I hope the INDY entry for Fred is sooner.
solovsfett
Registered User
Rumors of Hamilton to Ferrari. Man…if he moves at all I would think RB and Aston Martin would be more favorable options. Ferrari sans Ross Brawn is a 3rd place team.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
That doesn't make any sense to me, albeit I know nothing.
solovsfett
Registered User
Agreed, but these pilots are prone to terrible or odd decisions (Villeneuve, Mansell, Alonso, Vettel et al).
where there’s smoke there’s fire? https://racer.com/2023/05/25/ferrari-and-hamilton-deny-contract-talks/
Spartanforlife4
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Mercedes has new side pods for the weekend. I think they were supposed to unveil them last week, but that got pushed back. It’s only FP1 but Hamilton was third behind Sainz and Alonso. Of course Russell was P14 so who really knows.
There’s rain predicted on Sunday, but tomorrow’s essentially the real race. I guess with Vegas on the calendar there’s now two Saturday races this year.
There’s rain predicted on Sunday, but tomorrow’s essentially the real race. I guess with Vegas on the calendar there’s now two Saturday races this year.
MichVandal
Well-known member
Vegas's race is Sunday only in Vegas. For me, it will be Sunday afternoon.
MichVandal
Well-known member
It's Ferrari, that's all you need to know.
THE most famous team in all of F1, and even a desirable seat when the team sucks bad (which is more often than not).
Although, without Alfa Romeo, Ferrari would not exist....
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
It's Ferrari, that's all you need to know.
THE most famous team in all of F1, and even a desirable seat when the team sucks bad (which is more often than not).
Although, without Alfa Romeo, Ferrari would not exist....
To be fair, "sucking" for Ferrari is finishing 3rd in Constructors', right?
Williams would kill to suck like that.
MichVandal
Well-known member
I was thinking more the 80’s and early 90s. Back when Williams was top dog.
Ferrari has been around since the start of F1 and before that Enzo won with Alfa in the 30s. But there have been long stretches where they sucked. McLaren and Willams are close to them with 20-30 fewer seasons because of that.
Spartanforlife4
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Despite the top two being who I expected, that was a wild and unpredictable qualifying. Lewis saving himself on the final lap twice, four different teams holding pole in the final two minutes, and a bit of a wild card for Sunday with Checo crashing essentially meaning RB can only get 25 points this weekend. RB will likely get that, maybe even 26 with the fastest lap, though Max has been rubbing the wall quite a bit this weekend.
Spartanforlife4
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Leclerc gets a three place penalty for impeding Norris during qualifying, so he goes from P3 to P6. Top three starting grid for tomorrow are now:
Verstappen-Alonso
Ocon-Sainz
Hamilton-Leclerc
Maybe Alonso can get a good start tomorrow, but based on the 2021 start Max can cut off him off on the start fairly easily.
Verstappen-Alonso
Ocon-Sainz
Hamilton-Leclerc
Maybe Alonso can get a good start tomorrow, but based on the 2021 start Max can cut off him off on the start fairly easily.
MichVandal
Well-known member
The real highlight of that news is that Norris was even on the track to take part in Q3. Amazing work by the McLaren mechanics to get him out.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
But Max doesn’t have to be on the edge for the race. Monaco or not, the Red Bull is still superior under race conditions. And it’s Monaco, he can drive 90% and be impassable.
The only question is going to be the start and clean pit stops. He doesn’t need to drive like a maniac on Sunday.