ROUND 18: 🇶🇦 FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS QATAR GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 2021
Number of laps 57
Circuit Length 5.419 km
Race Distance 308.826 km
Lap record N/A
2022 winner N/A

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  • June@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    That kid is gonna be world champion. I’m absolutely enamored with the fact that Oscar won his first race on the day the Max got his 3rd title. That’s a hell of a gauntlet.

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      1 year ago

      Piastri is incredibly good. I was skeptical of him coming in, and I was entirely wrong. Kid has proven himself to be able to run up against the best and hold his own. Absolutely amazing talent that very much deserves his seat. Mclaren made some big brain moves to “steal” him from alpine, where tbh his talent would have probably been wasted

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    1 year ago

    Its been a tough few years as a McLaren fan but finally back at the top. So glad to have Piastri on board. Really hope Lando stays with the team.

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    1 year ago

    Piastri getting his first win before Lando, even being a sprint is a little rough.

    Lando win tomorrow?

    • FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Lando win tomorrow?

      Unlikely from P10 but there’s genuine pace in the car from both drivers. It will be exciting depending on what happens with tires.

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        1 year ago

        I could see tyres and safety cars mixing the up the order pretty significantly tomorrow. In all reality it’ll probably be a verstappen win, but one can hope

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          1 year ago

          Max starting well ahead of the only cars that are likely to match him on pace probably means an easy win without intervention from a safety car or something.

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    1 year ago

    Alpine missing a tyre, but RB is missing a huge chunk of its sidepod.

    Looks like Ocon just ran across Hulk and took out an innocent Perez

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    1 year ago

    I somehow really feel for Lando. So consistent and loyal to the team. Number 1 driver at McLaren for a long time. And both of the last wins aren’t his. A great future for Oscar though.

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    1 year ago

    What a shitshow. Can’t wait to see what the ratio of safety car laps to racing laps ends up being.

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    1 year ago

    Who did it? Checo or Esteban?

    Edit: well, at least it wasn’t Checo for a change.

    • BURN@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I could totally see them retiring Max so he can win the title tomorrow instead of after a sprint

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        1 year ago

        They’re saying he doesn’t even need to complete the Sprint. He’s won the championship by Perez retirement.

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          1 year ago

          F

          Gotta be the most anti-climactic championship win for a very anti-climactic season of Max dominance

          • LCP@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Max has been ultra dominant, but the rest of the drivers have had some excellent racing. Perez starting off strong, Alonso’s podium streak, Hamilton slowly creeping up to 3rd, George’s excellent but unfruitful pushes, Sainz’s Singapore win, the recent McLaren upturn.

          • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            He didn’t even sound excited on the post flag radio messages lol it was the most bored “thanks for all you do” message ever and I’ve heard plenty being corporate IT

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    1 year ago

    Max seems to be having a lovely sprint so far.

    On a side note, direction seems to be pretty erratic, almost missing all the important stuff at the front.

    Edit: come on Sergio, what the hell are you doing?

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        He definitely wasn’t at fault, but in my uneducated opinion he should have avoided being at such a position. If the championship was closer I would agree with the move. But he should just try to play it safe and consolidate his second position in the wdc. Incidents like this cost money in repairs, decrease his standing with the team and gave free points to his biggest rival.

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          Well, on one hand that is certainly true, on the other he probably just wants to prove himself. And from the replay it didn’t look like he even touched Hulkenberg but he just got bowled by Ocon. So as much as I agree with your point, that was just really bad luck.

          • DV8@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            For sure bad luck. Though if he got information that the softs were going off he should have reconsidered that move, imho. If he wants to stay with Red Bull he just needs to bring in points and not crash.

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              1 year ago

              Absolutely. However I think the RB ship for Checo has sailed, I know they say he has a contract. But I would not bet on him driving for RB in 24.

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                Even in that case it doesn’t make sense, imho again, either he needs to show smart racing if he wants to go elsewhere. Or he again needs to maintain second if ge wants to quit. We can all say he had no chance this year but second in the stats is still second.

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      1 year ago

      Direction is awful. We’re seeing so many replays and nothing of the actual racing

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    1 year ago

    Just fire Perez. This is beyond embarrassing

    Edit: nevermind not his fault, but still. he should have been much higher

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    1 year ago

    YOU ARE KIDDING ME PEREZ. They gotta red flag this, otherwise its safety car till the end

    EDIT: nevermind, I think it’s mostly ocons or hulks fault

    • DV8@lemmy.world
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      Nah, that would allow easy tire changes, by far the most ridiculous part of red flags.