Poll: Official 2023 Austrian Grand Prix Thread - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg - Round 10

[chrismscotland]

Weather forecast has changed, today looks bone dry with thunderstorms on Sat and a reducing chance of rain on Sunday - boring!

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

hmm im thinking merc have found a bit, fastest so far with his worse 1st n 2nd sectors, yet a 10th n half up first sector lap before,befoe he backed out

 

[Mr Jack]

Merc were being pretty bullish before the race. It'd be great to see them challenging for the win.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

yeah be great to see a close race out front, on side note Russell doesnt seem on his game today so far, possibly higher fuel load?

 

[Mr Jack]

yeah be great to see a close race out front, on side note Russell doesnt seem on his game today so far, possibly higher fuel load?

Quite possibly. Hamilton is on his third stint, whilst Russell is on his second.

 

[SoliD]

and utilising their hards up, used to be able to take a good guess at their level of confidence with how they used the tyres in the past, although sprint race changes weekend plans somewhat. 3 slow laps for verstappen in between runs!

 

[413x]

I'd rather F1 had less periods of domination by particular teams or drivers. It doesn't matter which team or driver it is, it's always better when it is a fight. The Mercedes domination was mostly less boring than this era because there was a fight for the WDC - whether it was Nico or Seb, Hamilton didn't just walk away with it - apart from '19 and '20, that is. And, I guess, because they came at the end they stick in the memory more. Even in Seb's four year run, 2010 was an incredibly tense and close year and 2012 was a close fought battle between Alonso and Seb. But the boring dominations of '11 and '13 stick in the memory.

This year and last have been single driver/team domination on a level rarely seen. Hopefully, Mercedes and Ferrari and maybe Aston can bring it to Red Bull next year.

Rosberg and Hamilton was 100x more interesting than this.
If max had a truly competitive team mate it would be so much better.

But it makes sense for teams to have an A&B driver.

 

[Mr Jack]

McLaren have bought a comprehensive update package to this race, which is only on Norris' car. Let's see where he is... oh.

 

[chrismscotland]

Didn't even need the soft tyre, looks ominous for qualifying

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

not so sure tbh. i think merc is hiding a bit, merc soft run was barely faster than the hard, suspect higher fuel load

 

[cainer]

I got Max to be 3 laps clear after 3 laps for the race, 1/100 odds on... easy money

 

[Mr Jack]

Dry for F2 quali right now, but the sky is full of heavy grey clouds. Rain for the F1 quali looking likely, I think, probably starting to fall part way through Q2.

 

[Mesai]

McLaren have bought a comprehensive update package to this race, which is only on Norris' car. Let's see where he is... oh.

And on a weekend with only 1 practice session. Nothing like taking a mostly unknown car into a race.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

Dry for F2 quali right now, but the sky is full of heavy grey clouds. Rain for the F1 quali looking likely, I think, probably starting to fall part way through Q2.

if it rains redbull will be miles ahead, hamilton isnt the wet driver he used to be. watch me end up eating my words

 

[ZeeWrath]

We need just the right amount of rain that no one can fire up their tyres apart form Haas

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

We need just the right amount of rain that no one can fire up their tyres apart form Haas

hoping for 150th race victory scenario to happen, wonder whats the odds

 

[cuke2u]

And on a weekend with only 1 practice session. Nothing like taking a mostly unknown car into a race.

It was actually meant to come for Silverstone but they decided to bring it in earlier. I'm assuming so they can get more data for the next race..

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

oh well max in league of his own again, RB lockout looking odds on

 

[Mr Jack]

oh well max in league of his own again, RB lockout looking odds on

Mercs and Ferraris did their first runs on used tyres. They'll be closer.

 

[MCFC_ANDY]

Mercs and Ferraris did their first runs on used tyres. They'll be closer.

mercs half second off from the new tyre run, not great at a small track, but early days