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If you told me years ago that Intelagos has the potential to be ****-ass boring, i'd have scoffed at the idea.
But here we are.
But here we are.
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Poll: Official 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Thread - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo - Round 21
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unfortunately the regulations don't allow for any unlapping under Red Flag scenarios because at that point there is no racing, once the decision was taken for a standing start all cars go out in grid order for a formation lap then those that have to start from the pit lane drop in, during formation laps you're not allowed to adjust your lap position.
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You could just send the lapped cars out for an extra lap to unlap themselves and join the back. Those may be the regs but it's a weird discrepancy compared to the safety car.
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That is quite an oversight, crazy that you can unlap yourself behind safety car but not under red flag. Would have thought it would be safer under red flag while there are no other cars on the grid
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Not really the same there - it's *a lot* easier to overtake at Interlagos than it is in Hungary
Gotcha. They can unlap under safety car, but not red flag. And there wasn't another safety car so they were a lap down at the very start
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Not when Max needs help to win the championship...unless you are directly in front of him/in the way.
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this really was not Charles weekend, not only did he DNF from this race but today the FIA have released Right of Review document 65 and Charles is DSQ'd from COTA due to illegal plank thickness
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I'm confused, the right of review doesn't affect Leclerc, he was already disqualified?
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i tihnk the FIA had a bit of a brainfart, the document came up on my feed as a new one, they've now removed it again. just can't get the staff it seems 
i tihnk the FIA had a bit of a brainfart, the document came up on my feed as a new one, they've now removed it again. just can't get the staff it seems
Ferrari apparently appealed, and the document was taken down, appeal was rejected and it went back up again.
I don't understand why they pitted to retire the cars instead of staying out behind the safety car in case there was a red flag.
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Ricciardo's car had no rear wing, staying out meant a high risk of ending up in the wall - plus they'd almost certainly have got meatballed. Piastri's pit crew told him he had to pit because of danger to the engine - perhaps damage to the exhaust system? Neither car were really in a position to wait it out in the hope of a red flag.
I hate completely stupid and disingenuous articles like this:
www.motorsportmagazine.com
There is nothing McLaren or Norris could have done to prevent Max winning here. The small little tussle they had close to the start was a red herring. Max immediately created a gap, and was untroubled for the rest of the race, eventually winning by 9 seconds (most likely without ever having to really push).
"Lando Norris showed that Red Bull no longer has a comfortable F1 advantage". Lol, what? They absolutely do.
Why McLaren couldn't take its genuine chance of Sao Paulo GP win
2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix analysis: Lando Norris showed that Red Bull no longer has a comfortable F1 advantage, but he couldn't use that pace to challenge for victory in Brazil. Mark Hughes explains why
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There is nothing McLaren or Norris could have done to prevent Max winning here. The small little tussle they had close to the start was a red herring. Max immediately created a gap, and was untroubled for the rest of the race, eventually winning by 9 seconds (most likely without ever having to really push).
"Lando Norris showed that Red Bull no longer has a comfortable F1 advantage". Lol, what? They absolutely do.
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Max in the Red Bull has a definite comfortable advantage, Perez in the same car not so much although still enough to be second in the championship, this race he performed a lot better than recent races so maybe he's settling down in his own head again and not pressuring himself as much. I think personally if Max and Lando were both in RBR it would be a lot spicier but i'm happy for Lando to stay with Mclaren
The very fact that Perez will get 2nd in the championship, even after his woeful qualifying and countless mistakes/poor performances tells you everything about how dominant that car is.
I guarantee if Alonso, Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton, Sianz, or Russell were in that 2nd RB seat they would have had a 1-2 for virtually every single race this year.
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Yeah that was a shame as both had some pace (relatively speaking).
Not related to anything but I just watched Brundle's grid walk and my gaaawd the bit with Machine Gun Kelly. Honestly, what a tool
That was hilarious
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