2023 ROLEX GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH (AUSTRIAN) GP

[caneparo]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Oh yes carlos sainz defense woke me up

[Everso Biggyballies]

After a good bit of dicing Sergio gets it done for 3rd. Leclerc is13 seconds ahead. 9 laps to go

[PTRACER]

Max now 23 seconds ahead after 65 laps.

[PTRACER]

FYI, 9 races completed this year, RBR has won all of them. Max has won 7/9. Really not an enjoyable season so far.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Croft calls a GRANDSTAND FINISH!

Yeah.... the podium split by 35 seconds. Crofty getsworse every weekend I swear. Last race I ended up taking the F1 TV comms not Sky / Crofty..

[Everso Biggyballies]

3 laps to go and Max doesnt have F/L. He'll sulk especially cos Sergio has it atm..

In fact Max is pitting for softs with 2to go. Hope the wheel jams and it costs him the race!

[Everso Biggyballies]

Oooh Perez gets a black and white so he needs to stay on the black stuff or he will lose his podium.

Hehehe we have a grandstand finish as Max having stopped only leads by 3 seconds.

[PTRACER]

Yawn.

[caneparo]

This late pit stops to get the fastest lap are testifying how artificial this f1 is

[Everso Biggyballies]

Max wins and gets the F/L Leclerc 2nd and Sergio up from 15th to 3rd.

POS DRIVER GAP TYRE
1 Max VERSTAPPEN 4
2 Charles LECLERC+5.155 3
3 Sergio PEREZ+17.188 3
4 Carlos SAINZ+21.377 3
5 Lando NORRIS+26.327 3
6 Fernando ALONSO+30.317 3
7 Lewis HAMILTON+39.196 3
8 George RUSSELL+48.403 3
9 Pierre GASLY+57.667 3
10 Lance STROLL+59.043 4
11 Alexander ALBON+69.767 3
12 Esteban OCON1 L 3
13 Logan SARGEANT1 L 3
14 GuanyuZHOU1 L 3
15 Nyck DE VRIES1 L 3
16 Valtteri BOTTAS1 L 3
17 Oscar PIASTRI1 L 4
18 Yuki TSUNODA1 L 4
19 Kevin MAGNUSSEN1 L 3
20 Nico HULKENBERG-- 2

[caneparo]

Good result for ferrari despite sainz made a very little mistake that costed him the podium

[Everso Biggyballies]

That 2nd place for Leclerc is Ferrari's best result of the year. Previous best was a 3rd at Azerbaijan.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Good result for ferrari despite sainz made a very little mistake that costed him the podium

Ferrari are exited...

They havent gained any places in the WCC though. They did close a bit on 3rd place Aston

1 RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 377
2 MERCEDES 178
3 ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 172
4 FERRARI 158
5 ALPINE RENAULT 48
6 MCLAREN MERCEDES 27
7 HAAS FERRARI 11
8 ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 9
9 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 7
10 ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 2


Drivers Championship

1 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 229
2 Sergio Perez MEX RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 148
3 Fernando Alonso ESP ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 129
4 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 108
5 Carlos Sainz ESP FERRARI 86
6 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 72
7 George Russell GBR MERCEDES 70
8 Lance Stroll CAN ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 43
9 Esteban Ocon FRA ALPINE RENAULT 31
10 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN MERCEDES 22

[Michael Ferner]

There’s no doubt leclerc is in a major mental fuck up. Even in italy sainz supporters are increasing. The pressure is a bad bitch. I never backed that incompetent sky commentator who dubbed charles as the son of the destiny. A huge load of bullshits. At least Vasseur is helping him and Sainz is a smart guy and a decent team player. Ferrari needs a self esteem boost. Binotto left us a troy horse and we must be resilent.

That's really funny. It's Binotto's fault even after he left

[Aty]

This late pit stops to get the fastest lap are testifying how artificial this f1 is

It's available for taking, so, why not? The circus came to town. Max took unnecessary risk that stopover might have gone wrong. But he had to work for it. It was tense for everyone on his side. Where I do agree with you is in the notion, that F1 unfortunatelly is full of gimmicks.

Do you remember what Senna said? Paraphrasing, he explained, if I see free space in the front of my (racing) car, I must have it! Mentality of a racer.

Max is right up there in that zone, nevermind how we feel about it. After race this is what he said:

From the outside it might have looked crazy but I knew we could do it, I saw there was a gap and I wanted to make the most of it.”

[Vassago]

Get ready for some changes. Guess those 1200 track limits won't be swept under the rug...

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia- ... /10490801/