F1 2023 - Round 20 - Mexico

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121299992#Comment_121299992

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ShamoBuc

Tsunoda - let me alone. Fair enough.

ShamoBuc

Ocon giving it large.

This is it

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121299997#Comment_121299997

And now nothing... Feck sake.

ShamoBuc

Piastri will surely have to let Norris pass. He's clearly faster.

Message just given.

BikeRacer

Superb by Lando

markw7

Class Lando, class.

Andrew76

Yeah great overtake for Lando but he screwed his own weekend with a miserable qualifying. How much further up the road could he have been.

ShamoBuc

Norris is on a real charge. He has passed a serious number of cars today.

ShamoBuc

Piastri could well pass Ric shortly.

Jordan 199

I watched the first few laps and fell asleep. Now I watch the remainder of the race and fall asleep again.

markw7

Some message by Lando's engineer there!

ShamoBuc

Max must feel like he is out for a Sunday drive. Been a while since he's seen a car.

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300065#Comment_121300065

Do you even Formula 1 brah?

ShamoBuc

Ocon has eventually passed Hulk.

Norris will hopefully pass Russell without any drama.

markw7

Ah boy Lando, great overtake!

recyclops

Surprised of the gap between ham and le clerc, thought we would have had more in those hards.

Some drive by Lando

ShamoBuc

Go on Norris !!

ShamoBuc

Could Ric get Russell too?

markw7

Crofty the wordsmith...'that Alpha Tauri is as fast as a fast thing'.

Itssoeasy

fairly academic since early on. Another red bull win.

Itssoeasy

I knew toto was team principal of Mercedes but the graphic came up saying he was owner and team principal. Since when ?

ShamoBuc

Norris made up 12 places but he must have overtaken 20

Andrew76

Flawless drive from Max. Great weekend for Danny Ric, the Red flag hurt him I think.

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300099#Comment_121300099

He has been an owner for ages now, can't remember what % he is now... 15 or 20 maybe?

Google machine coughed up 33%

PsychoPete

Only 20 points between Hamilton and Checo now, yikes

MaddChris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300099#Comment_121300099

He's had a 30-33% stake in the team since 2013

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300107#Comment_121300107

Checo lucky it wasn't down to 1, that disqualification making a real difference.

markw7

Booing Leclerc is pure shite, no place for it in F1 imho.

Damien360

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300102#Comment_121300102

He was fantastic to watch. The overtake around the slower section crowd stands was absolutely brilliant.

markw7

That podium was both cringey af and class, Mariachi Verstappen.

Ghost Train

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300118#Comment_121300118

It didn't come across too much, will see when the third place trophy gets handed out maybe. Its a bit of pentaamine

cj maxx

F1 is getting boring again

ShamoBuc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300147#Comment_121300147

I really enjoyed the race. Quite a lot of drama. Lots of overtaking. Yellow and Red flags. etc

The result was Max winning again - but the rest of the positions were all up for grabs.

Can't wait for the sprint weekend to begin in 5 days time.

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300147#Comment_121300147

You could say its mainly boring, interspersed with seasons that go down to the wire.

klose

Much of a muchness between the mediums and hards after the red flag, Hamilton and Norris particularly were flying on them. Good race for Danny Ric also. Looks like some party in the stadium afterwards

ShamoBuc

Looks like the majority stayed in that area at least, savage atmosphere.

cj maxx

Im enjoying Mclarens comeback. And I’d love if they went back to the marlboro colours. Red white red . The nicest car ever.

markw7

I've never been to a GP, what would be the best party atmosphere/friendly craic track people have first-hand experience of here out of curiosity?

markw7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300166#Comment_121300166

Oh good call, it's kinda f'd up but the cars just don't look as good without the fag companies plastered all over them and dictating the liveries/colours.

mickdw

Great race for Ricciardo. Delighted. Last week made him look very bad so he needed this.

Could have had Russell too.

Ghost Train

I mostly found it a good race, the second half at least, both tyre compound close which made it interesting. A few good overtakes, good comeback from Norris. not always a good track for overtaking.

ShamoBuc

Lando is such a great interviewee - could you imagine if he was with Red Bull.

mr_edge_to_you

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300202#Comment_121300202

Whatever Lando does, or wherever he goes, next, he needs to be a number 1 driver.

He has been consistently great for a number of years, in a car that hasn't been all that good.

PsychoPete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121300116#Comment_121300116

It's probably safe to say he's blown finishing second in the championship, he's currently the worst driver out of the top 4 teams. Ricciardo could be a safer option for RB

AMKC

Very boring race that and I watched the C4 highlights.

Perez done for sure. It was a stupid move from him he should hve settled into third and he would have got 2nd eventually but instead he has potentialy fecked his F1 career now or at least taking a step down the grid somewhere.

Who know maybe Alonso will retire again and Sergio can go to Aston Martin lol.

If he does somehow manage to be on the grid next year hopefully Formula 1 will have brought in new rules where you can only call a driver by their actual name on their ticket so no more stupid Checko only Sergio and if he is not on the grid next year then it will be no great loss to me. I will not miss the childish commentators and media talking Iike that.

antodeco

For me, Perez was right to go for the move. The course was open in front of him and he was ahead of everyone marginally (albeit on the wrong side of the track). His only fault was not having spatial awareness and not knowing that he wouldn't have been able to turn in. I'd rather see a driver make a move and back out, than not make the move at all.

mickdw

I don't know why the checo thing annoys you so much.

He responds to it in interviews so seems happy enough with it.

Hijpo

Anyone notice the cable hanging off Ocons car when Norris was passing him at the end of the straight?

ShamoBuc

Apparently Norris had 22 overtakes with the record being 30.