Lol overreaction much?
Poll: Official 2023 Austrian Grand Prix Thread - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg - Round 10
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Hope that upgraded McLaren is as good in race pace as it's looking in qualifying.
Soldato
You're kidding right? Maybe Toto might be considering his position, doubtful, but I can't see Mercedes quitting at all. Every team will have peaks and troughs and I'm sure, given the engineers and support they have, Mercs will be a force to content with next year. Sometimes the bad days can just make you stronger as a team.
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Wasn't Toto planning to stand down but agreed with Lewis to stay on for a while?
Dire by alpine. Poor all weekend. Especially with norris and possibly the new car performing. Gasley consistently being poor. Was always disappointed with that signing.
Great by hulkenburg.
Poor by merc. Shame sainz didn't do better.
Great by hulkenburg.
Poor by merc. Shame sainz didn't do better.
Soldato
Good to see Hulk and Norris mix things up a bit for the sprint race grid, subject to any penalties.
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Ah yes I'd forgotten about that https://firstsportz.com/formula-1-b...-mercedes-team-principal-post-2022-f1-season/ although there was talk about this also in 2020. I guess there must be more pressure on him now..
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Max and Red Bull are just an incredibly well oiled machine atm
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3 place drop for Leclerc for impeding Piastri.
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It occurs to me that Max has said he won't go on forever winning championships because he said he'll get bored - so if that's his mindset, I wonder if he's pushing to put Hamilton in the other Red Bull ?
That would be amazing - lad wants a challenge, they should give him one! lol
That would be amazing - lad wants a challenge, they should give him one! lol
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No penalty for Hülk, $5000 fine for Haas. Stewards seem impressed that already came forward with ways to prevent it in future.
With the way he’s been groomed by his Dad, Marko and Horner I honestly don’t think he believes anyone is his equal or even a worthy challenger. You could see that by the way he raced Hamilton in 2021.
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Then maybe his ego should be tested, and let Hamilton, Alonso, or even Norris in the other car, see what they do - but then saying that, it's brand new to them, so they probably still wouldn't be so tuned to it.
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Bit of a bold prediction I know but think it’s a possibility. There have been rumours since 2020 that Merc were considering their long term position in F1.
They aced the last regs thanks to having a head start on the engine technology relative to everyone else, they didn’t have a similar luxury for the 2022 regs and won’t have it for 2026 regs either.
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Soldato
Part of the track is wet enough but part isn't, could be fun this.
Edit - scrap that, it's moist alright.
Edit - scrap that, it's moist alright.
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Soldato
His ego was tested in 2021, it wasn’t pretty
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Saying rain for 20 minutes, then stopping.
Soldato
She's really good, she did some of the non-european races earlier in the year too.
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