F1 F1 2023 - The Rise of Oscar

[Nuggs Bunny]

Yeah, Beeb site is up to lap 6, and a gap of 3 secs is what it's showing. No real shock. Barring a mistake or a breakdown, Sainz ain't taking a home win.

If Sainz finishes ahead of the Mercs and Astons, that's a good race for him. RBR is in a different league this year.

 

[gaskin]

Perez should finish top 4 at a minimum here if he gets the car home in one piece.

RB's simulations said Checo should finish top 5 in a normal race.

 

[largebus]

Russell left the track without being touched, gained 5 places and made no attempt to redress.
Nothing to see here folks.

 

[gaskin]

Bullshit there is no penalty for George. You must be able to go off the track and overtake 5 cars whenever you want now.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Nice overtake Oscar. Surprise surprise, no action for Russell leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

 

[Boxhead_31]

One thing is you've got to give it to Norris. He said he'd likely be lapped twice today

 

[ptrg]

Russell left the track without being touched, gained 5 places and made no attempt to redress.
Nothing to see here folks.

Insane. Why wouldn’t everyone do it?
You watch the “clarify” that you can’t do that prior to next race.

 

[ptrg]

Bullshit there is no penalty for George. You must be able to go off the track and overtake 5 cars whenever you want now.

Lol, because he technically got the move done “prior” to leaving the track, it is all fine, despite the fact he was never making the corner, it gave him extra distance, not to mention a much higher closure speed that led to further overtakes.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Stroll going Softs. Softs?

 

[largebus]

WTF Ferrari, 17 laps on a hard compound

 

[jabba5114]

Why not just start him on softs then Ferrari?

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[gaskin]

McLaren didn't work that well having Oscar come out in 15th.

 

[darth_timon]

Why not just start him on softs then Ferrari?

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Because Ferrari and bad strategy are like magnets!

 

[doggies ftw]

McLaren didn't work that well having Oscar come out in 15th.

Needed to stop a couple of laps earlier, he seemed to be making good ground on Checo with some good pace but then fell off quickly

 

[Eaglemaniac]

If anyone didn’t see that overtake of Magnusson by Oscar it was awesome.

 

[Boxhead_31]

The two Astons are on Softs after their pitstops but the scoring tree shows them on hards?

 

[doggies ftw]

Oscar seems to have some decent pace today, a lot of on track action for him which is nice

 

[largebus]

The cool conditions doing wonders for the McLaren. Doesn't bode well for the next few months though if they still suck when it's hotter.

 

[gaskin]

Oscar seems to have some decent pace today, a lot of on track action for him which is nice

Showing that the McLaren upgrade looks decent.

 

[doggies ftw]

The cool conditions doing wonders for the McLaren. Doesn't bode well for the next few months though if they still suck when it's hotter.

Pretty spewing for Lando, really could have been on for a good day for McLaren.

Everyone always says how Lando could be a WDC driver, and I don’t disagree but he does seem to be caught up in quite a few racing incidents. Need to see how he goes actually racing other drivers because he’s mostly been in a position for his career where he’s clearly ahead of the bottom of the pack but behind the front so he generally just runs his own races in clean air with no one within 10 secs of him either side

 

[doggies ftw]

Showing that the McLaren upgrade looks decent.

I think the B-spec is due next couple of races too? promising signs, will be stoked if Oscar gets a competitive car under him

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

RB are gonna one stop this

 

[doggies ftw]

Oscar looks to have really good pace compared to the cars around him on the hards too, should have Zhou soon

 

[darth_timon]

Hamilton's possible advantage over Sainz will be fresher tyres, and maybe, just maybe, avoiding the need to stop twice. Knowing Ferrari, they'll pit Sainz again just for fun.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Has there been a replay of the Russell "move"?