F1 2023 - Watchalong thread

[LookItsMeAgain]

At the moment it's pre-season testing and they are in Bahrain as that is where the first race happens

Is anyone watching the preseason testing at the moment?

Anyone follow the WTF1 personnel change over the past few weeks (social media channel) and that Tommy & Matt have set up P1 with just Matt & Tommy as co-owners?

I'm really looking forward to seeing what progress the other teams have been able to make since RBR had their wind tunnel time reduced due to their overspend in 2022 (that was their punishment for doing that).

It's Race Werk again!!

Let's try that again....

It's Race Week again!!!!

And Danny is back 😁 🍯🦡

DR and AlphaTauri are clearly milking the PR of his return to a race seat.

I have to say DR is looking good from both the aesthetic and sporting perspectives. He seems to have really benefitted from the break, I just hope he can deliver.

He seems confident and I expect sim work has given him an idea of how close he potentially can be to Yuki. If he can out perform the car like George and Alex did in the Williams I really think he could be in the RB in 2024.

I am interested to see how the McLaren's perform after the good showing at Silverstone.

Ouch - feel sorry for Perez.
This is a mental sport as much as a physical one and that crash is going to impact. p

Bit of a topsy-turvy P2. It's quite hard to gauge how they are all going to perform this week given that P1 didn't allow for much running. Tsunoda has definitely laid the gauntlet down to DR.

I'm not a fan of Nick Rosbergs antics, but I do enjoy his no shits attitude on Sky! I hope he gets to interview Horner again, it was entertaining last time he did it.

Nico is good value as he definitely asks the awkward questions

Well DR has out qualified Yuki, let’s see how far he can get.

Russell out in Q3, their car is fast enough they could have gone out slightly earlier to avoid the chaos.

Wow that was a result for Mercedes. So glad to see someone other than a Red Bull on pole and the fact it was a Lewis makes it even sweeter.

Yes Lewis - great quali result!!
Just hope Lando can also do something off the start tomorrow to really thwart Max and Red Bull to make it an interesting race tomorrow.

I do hope so. I really want anyone but RB to win but a Lewis or Lando win would be great.

Very pleased to see Lewis back where he belongs!

Yes Lewis!

Max starts on the dirty part of the grid so hopefully that gives Lewis and Lando an extra advantage.

Why is one side of the grid dirty? Do they mean literally dirty?

Really loving the junior pieces this weekend - both the interviews with Seb and Lewis were great.

Lewis' side of the track is on the racing line so more traffic on that side means when the tyres degrade, the bits of rubber come off and settle off the racing line, so it's the 'dirty' side

@jennywasafriendofmrbrightside thank you for explaining

Anytime

Impressed with the ‘Juniors’ commentary- they are very good, aren’t they? Disappointed with the start, thought we might have a chance to change the Verstappen parade.

Max off into the distance, DRS train behind Alonso.

Yeah. Nah.

God I'm so bored of this

Yeah it's not that thrilling is it.

Going to sit in the sun with a coffee and come back for the final laps.

So disappointed with the start. The RB/MV dominance is just so dull, especially because CH and MV are very irritating.