FORMULA 1 ROLEX GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2023

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  • Coelacanth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This was by far the best on-track product of the season so far. Yes, Max winning by 20+ seconds sucks, but apart from that this had everything. Lots of great battles, plenty of overtakes, drama, tension and even a crucial strategy call. And the camera work wasn’t even terrible!

    Gutted for Albon, but at least Hulk managed to capture some points from a great performance. Too bad the Haas burns tires like a chainsmoker. Also a little curious about the Aston strategy. I guess it’s not hugely important this season, but given the potential for Alonso to fight for P2 in the drivers championship, you’d have thought they’d want to prioritize giving him maximum points possible. This is the second time this season where they let Lance stay ahead if he gets ahead, regardless of pace. To be fair to Lance, though, he was great today and showed that he can hang when he’s on it. He had a great start and was solid throughout. Once again underrated in the wet.

  • zav@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is already better than every race we’ve had so far this season

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      1 year ago

      The passing hecame boring as soon as DRS was enabled. The pre-drs overtakes and switchbacks were entertaining to watch before we went back to drs-drivebys on the straights.

    • quintinza@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The passing hecame boring as soon as DRS was enabled. The pre-drs overtakes and switchbacks were entertaining to watch before we went back to drs-drivebys on the straights.

    • june@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Nearly a second per lap faster on average. Jesus.

      Granted Checo was stuck behind Hulk for 13 laps. I wonder how far ahead Max would have been if not for that.

    • june@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yea, 100%. But, when you’re teammates with Max, that’s bound to happen. Being Max’s #2 is not a role I’d want any more than being Ham’s during his dominance.

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    1 year ago

    Man, lemmy.world is struggling. I guess Rexit is real.

    Anyway, what was Williams thinking by pitting Albon …

    • Coelacanth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it’s chugging at the moment. I bet a steam turbine powered by the residual heat of the server stack could power a small city. Let’s hope the upgrade to 0.18.1 later today sticks this time and improves performance.

      Also yes. Poor Albon. I feel so bad for him.

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Poor Lando :( Happy for Carlos, though. He’s having a great weekend compared to Leclerc so far.

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      1 year ago

      They have a sprint qualifier session before the race, essentially just a shortened version of regular qualifying.

    • regal@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      In theory, this should be good! Hopefully it dries quickly so we see some pitstops

  • zav@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Cant believe Russel is trying slicks in these conditions, hope its faster so the rest is forced to pit as well

      • june@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That rush for slicks made the racing feel a lot like INDYCAR. The shuffle was a ton of fun to watch.

  • hth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lando said in his post-sprint interview that he went into anti-stall. It really looked like he just decided not to go for the inside line past both red bulls. There was plenty of room and he even started to turn in for a split second but then filed back in behind the red bull. Is there any confirmation that his car actually went into anti-stall? Or did Lando just not go for the gap?