F1 2023 - Round 15 - Monza

Andrew76

Oh imagine they take each other out.

klose

Ferraris are gonna DNF eachother here

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063690#Comment_121063690

I'd say Ferrari would be quick to calm them down if Charles was currently in third.

PsychoPete

That is way too close from the Ferraris

2011

What a race!!!

MaddChris

6th is still there for Norris

Andrew76

3 or so laps for Albon, Norris and Alonso to stay within 5 seconds of Hamilton.

ctrl-alt-delete

3 laps to go I am currently team Sainz.

stesaurus

Those 5 second penalties really should be forced to be taken in the pits. He's destroyed Piastri's race and gets away with it basically.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063710#Comment_121063710

Yeah be gutting if he misses out on the podium. Leclerc sat back all race it feels like.

Andrew76

Hamilton going to do just enough to get that 5 second gap.

MaddChris

When's the last time they showed Max on camera? 😆

ctrl-alt-delete

Charles Charles Charles.

Did he not get that radio message?

Andrew76

Christ that was close!! 😂

BikeRacer

This is braindead stuff from Ferrari

Cool_CM

Charles - stop, please 😬

ctrl-alt-delete

10 of the best for Max.

Out on his own.

History in front of our eyes.

2011

A great battle between the Ferrari’s.

Hamilton doing better than expected until the penalty is applied.

Max demonstrates yet again that he is the GOAT!!

Andrew76

Monza normally a boring race but that was not bad at all!

mickdw

Madness from Le clerc

Andrew76

The champ champ bossed them all again. 10 on the bounce. Not looking forward to the podium boos though.

ctrl-alt-delete

Stroll in the park over the radio to Max there.

Which coincidently is what Lance was doing Today at the other end.

walshb

10 in a row!!

KillerShamrock

F1 is in trouble.

Good racing for the first 14 odd laps and good racing behind but if this continues the sport is going to lose viewers worse than the vettle domination and the hamilton domination. its not racing if its not fighting for 1st and there is no fight.

Sainz is mighty impressive defo deserves it and shows Ferrari are backing the wrong horse with Leclerc who is overrated imo

recyclops

That was a great race for a Sunday afternoon. Great to watch Max really is in the form of his life with a car to match.

waynescales1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063713#Comment_121063713

Yeah, 5 second penalties don’t take into account how important track position can be. There should be a drive through penalty for causing a collision, so that the driver loses track position and has to do the overtake again.

McFly85

Found that hugely enjoyable!

Max in a class of his own, plenty of other action across the field though!

Great drive from Perez, good battle between the Ferraris and Alex Albon was heroic considering he was struggling on those tires!

mr_edge_to_you

Leclerc isn't as smart a driver as the 3 drivers ahead of him.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063768#Comment_121063768

F1 is doing better than ever. Periods of domination are a part of many sports. They come and go, proper fans always stay around so let the casuals come and go.

Anyway back to the race, those 5 second penalties are worthless at this track it seems. Happy for Sergio today and Sainz ofc. Sainz driver of the day with all that defending.

Andrew76

That’s some crowd for the podium! Say it’s a great atmosphere.

Burkie1203

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063800#Comment_121063800

Penalties need to be an either/or

If the driver doesn't take a Pitstop and serve a penalty then a 1 place grid penalty the next week or something.

2011

That is some of the closest racing in F1 in quite sometime. Fantastic stuff and not just one driver. Perez, Carlos, Leclerc, Max and Hamilton were all fantastic.

ctrl-alt-delete

Once again Max is able to call that the replay he had justs een of LeClerc lockingn up was on the last lap. He takes it all in 🤣

recyclops

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063768#Comment_121063768

I don't know you'd nearly want to dislike the sport if you aren't loving what Verstappen is doing and achieving and care more for Netflix drama.

His dominance is incredible to watch if you like seeing people at the top of their game, it's a joy and pleasure to witness it.

Brief_Lives

"max went so slow on the last lap, because he was watching tv" 😂🤣

Hijpo

How many times does Hamilton have to destroy another drivers race with stupid moves. We have this carry on until 2025, yippee.

He has the race craft of a blind child in a tank.

KillerShamrock

crowd has been muted???

Indestructable

Iconic podium at Monza.

KillerShamrock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121063821#Comment_121063821

Well i dont like max or red bull just like a lot of people here dont like/hate lewis, so this is bad imo, I dont wanna watch 1 team win every race one driver win all but 2 in a 23/24 race season dont care for dts so dont care about the "netflix drama" either.

Race was better than most not a classic but better than most of the season.

with the exception of stroll i would take anyone on that grid to win bar either of the bulls

Andrew76

Fair play to Lewis for taking the blame for the coming together with Piastri and apologising to him.

Watching the replays of Sainz battling with Leclerc - great hard racing that. Really impressive from Sainz! He seems to be doing much better against Charles this year? Or that’s the impression I’ve gotten. Don’t think Ferrari has the car to catch Merc for best of the rest.

Andrew76

Ted Kravitz just said he’s Irish? I didn’t know that. 😳😁

dulpit

Enjoyable race, especially the battle between the Ferraris. Somebody mentioned earlier they if the positions were reversed then they might have called off the fight, which I tend to agree with. Sainz took his opportunity though, he's been super impressive all year in a poor car.

Even though he finished 2nd, this shows the gulf between Perez and Verstappen. The second that the red bull isn't all conquering then you would have to expect Perez to be put of that seat.

When's the earliest Max can win the title by?

Brief_Lives

i think i read somewhere, the earlies t he can win the championship is suzuka.

Burkie1203

Max can clinch it at suzuka but needs a Perez no score for that to happen

mr_edge_to_you

The reliability levels this year have been phenomenal. Best I can remember in recent years.

Not sure of that's a good thing or not but credit to the teams.

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064774#Comment_121064774

Maybe they should award points down as far as 12th. Would give Alfa,Haas,AT something to fight for

quokula

Another solid race like most have been this year. Not a classic like Zandvoort which saw the most overtakes in an F1 race in history, but you can’t have that every week.

Max serene once again despite the Ferrari having more one lap pace, he knew he could nurse his tyres and strike later in the sprint. Great job harassing Sainz into a mistake that allowed for an unorthodox move coming out of the first chicane, since the Red Bull just didn’t have the straight line speed for the standard overtake into turn one.

10 in a row is an utterly remarkable record, especially in such a competitive season where other teams are regularly as fast as Red Bull or very close to it at many circuits and conditions. Imagine if Max ever got a truly dominant car under him like the sorts we’ve seen for most of the last decade.

I was fortunate enough to follow the entirety of Michael Schumacher’s career from start to finish and I never thought we’d see his like again, but with each passing race you have to think more and more that Max is on that kind of level and it’s a privilege to watch.

Good racing through the field too, great effort from the Ferrari guys and it was nice to see the team didn’t majorly screw up for once. Maybe not the smartest choice to race each other so hard to the end but as a fan it was great to see.

Always nice when they get the DRS just right which I felt it was here. Overtaking should be difficult and almost every move was just that, good hard clean racing throughout the field almost without exception. With a more powerful DRS you wouldn’t see guys like Albon being rewarded for dragging cars up above where they should be because overtakes become a walk in the park, not to mention the racing between the Ferraris and Red Bulls, so it was nice to see a lot of hard racing like that.

They do need to look at the five second non-penalty though. Too easy to take a rival out with a reckless move when you’ve been struggling to make a clean overtake which we’ve seen a few times in recent races, or a bit of a new one this race of taking a shortcut during a vital pitstop undercut phase to avoid being held up, knowing the five seconds will be pretty meaningless by the end. If you do something that warrants a penalty, it really should cost you more than you gain.

Roll on the next one. Singapore couldn’t be more different to Monza, I suspect we’ll see Aston and McLaren back up at the front and it could be another pretty epic race like last year.

Burkie1203

Sad to see Toto belittling Max winning 10 in a row

Oafley Jones

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121064220#Comment_121064220

He isn't.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121065012#Comment_121065012

Absolutely Disgraceful and petty comment from Wolf. You can clearly see RB and Max are eating him up inside. The man has aged 20 years in the last two. Another night without sleep Toto.