Poll: Official 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Thread - Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona - Round 8

[Purdy]

Yeah this one is particularly abysmal, time to go outside (for five minutes and come back in just in case it rained)

 

[Flibster]

Russell on Sainz looked so easy.

I think the Mercedes upgrades are working here.

 

[Flibster]

Sainz radio - Find the best way to beat Checo.

May I suggest a spike strip? Sniper rifle?

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Are the hard tyres just **** this weekend?

 

[Scam]

Russell on Sainz looked so easy.

I think the Mercedes upgrades are working here.

The boy’s on fire today. Wonder if he’ll catch Lewis.

 

[Flibster]

Sainz radio - I'm recovering a bit of pace. Let's see.

Pit - Good.

 

[imtoooldforthis]

Gonna be weird for Merc after this race, look to have moved up the pecking order but are still absolutely miles off Red Bull to the point where it’s still very hard to imagine them closing the gap during the current regs

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Alfa Romeo's pit stops have to be one of the worst? They are consistent in how terrible they are.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Did Ferrari just completely give up on strategy for Leclerc?

 

[UTmaniac]

So Sainz pits for hards, no advantage over Perez.

And Leclerc makes a softs last 26 laps before pitting, but hards only lasted 15 laps?

The Ferrari pit stop dice working well today!

 

[Flibster]

Leclerc pit radio - Ok Charles. Box this lap for hard.

Leclerc - Ah no no. Let's go for soft guys.

Pit - Copy that.

Pit - We are doing hard. We are doing hard.

 

[Flibster]

Russell radio - Tyres all very good.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Leclerc pit radio - Ok Charles. Box this lap for hard.

Leclerc - Ah no no. Let's go for soft guys.

Pit - Copy that.

Pit - We are doing hard. We are doing hard.

They are full on clowns.

 

[Mr Jack]

Decent weekend for Stroll, he's been clearly better than Alonso here.

 

[Flibster]

Ferrari have no idea what they're doing with Leclerc.

16 laps on the hard tyre, then 25 on the soft, and back onto the hard tyre for the last 25 or so

 

[UTmaniac]

Russell pits again for softs, after ~20 laps on mediums, now has to pass Perez on track... Unless Perez's hards don't last.

 

[Flibster]

Turns out, the hard tyre that Leclerc was put on at his most recent stop, is the one he started the race on. It's already on 31 laps of use.....

What a bunch of chimps!

 

[Flibster]

Softs for Hamilton
Perez pits as well and gets a set of softs too.

 

[Flibster]

Bit naughty there Ocon...

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Turns out, the hard tyre that Leclerc was put on at his most recent stop, is the one he started the race on. It's already on 31 laps of use.....

What a bunch of chimps!

Possibly one of the most ridiculous things I've heard them do, and they make a living making mistakes.
What were they thinking?