Poll: Official 2023 Dutch Grand Prix Thread - Circuit Zandvoort - Round 14

[Mad_Jay]

It's when you start looking at all the stats from previous seasons (Further down in the linked reddit post) that you start to realise how better we have it now.

I thought I'd look at the 1998 Belgian GP for comparison (Just because it was also very wet) and at the top of the spreadsheet is the 1998 Australian GP, just 5 total overtakes and only 1 was televised to think I was watching it as religiously then as I do now. Even if people call current races 'boring', I'll still watch it anyway.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I think be careful saying we have it better... How many of the overtakes from this last race were easy DRS moves on the main straight?
Certainly the noise and the better commentary team helped the sport for me.
When I think back to a wet race that I thought was seriously good, it's the 99 European race. The 98 Belgium one was all about that carnage.

 

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It looks like they put on a good show if you are there. Most races seem to so nothing when there is red flag for fans.

Race is poor. Swap sargent and perez for a laugh and see what the red bull is like

 

[Diddums]

the better commentary

Wut

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Verstappen Spin Brazil 2016 with Dutch Commentary

Verstappen had an amazing drive at Brazil in 2016, but a stand out moment was his spin in the wet with a miraculous save. The Dutch commentators add a nice b...

youtu.be

 

[jonneymendoza]

Skipped the race and saw the 8 min highlight and even that was boring...

Only thing excited was the change of weather...

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Wut

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Verstappen Spin Brazil 2016 with Dutch Commentary

Verstappen had an amazing drive at Brazil in 2016, but a stand out moment was his spin in the wet with a miraculous save. The Dutch commentators add a nice b...

youtu.be

i Liked the commentary in the mid-late 90’s and early 2000’s. I remember the big anti-James Allen push there was for a while on the ITV-F1 forums… If only people could know what we’d have these days.

 

[Jono8]

Leclerc's mind must be completely shot.

Went from thinking he could well be world champion at the start of last season. Putting it on pole all the time and battling Max.

Now he's having an absolutely terrible time/season.

 

[RevBillyG]

Wut

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Verstappen Spin Brazil 2016 with Dutch Commentary

Verstappen had an amazing drive at Brazil in 2016, but a stand out moment was his spin in the wet with a miraculous save. The Dutch commentators add a nice b...

youtu.be

I was so glad they ditched Ziggo. The commentators were awful. Just wanted to talk about Max the whole race long and barely mention anyone else.
Unless it was Hamilton, they hated him

 

[Psycho Ned]

Leclerc's mind must be completely shot.

Went from thinking he could well be world champion at the start of last season. Putting it on pole all the time and battling Max.

Now he's having an absolutely terrible time/season.

He’s just being put through the Ferrari mind mincer like those who have gone before.

Alonso, Vettel, Kimi all were ground down by a few seasons there.

 

[chrismscotland]

Leclerc needs to leave Ferrari, although personally I'm not sure he's as good as he's always been thought to be.

Will get the Italian GP thread up later!

 

[Scam]

Leclerc needs to leave Ferrari, although personally I'm not sure he's as good as he's always been thought to be.

Hasn't he just signed on for a good few years more?

 

[chrismscotland]

Hasn't he just signed on for a good few years more?

I wasn't aware he's actually signed anything new yet, he did sign a 5 year deal back in 2019 I think though - most of the media seem to think he's out of contract at the end of 2024.

 

[Mr Jack]

Jolyon's analysis of the decisions to pit for inters or not is worth a watch:

Interesting point that for everyone who pitted on lap one, it was a driver call not a team call. Well done to those who made the right call.