2023 São Paulo Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread
ROUND 21: Brazil 🇧🇷
FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2023
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 1973
- Number of laps: 71
- Circuit Length: 4.309 km
- Race Distance: 305.879 km
- Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2021)
- 2022 winner: George Russel
Alonso, you magnificent bastard.
I don’t know if Russel is the whiniest shit on the grid or if they just televise his bitching more than others
Probably a mix of the 2
WHAT A FINISH FROM ALONSO AND PEREZ!
Fantastic racing from Checo and Alonso, that was so fun to watch
Hey, thanks for making these every weekend. I appreciate the effort you're putting into it!
I'm also looking forward to the race after the sprint yesterday, that was real fun. Still undecided on whether stroll takes out Perez or the other way around.....:p
What a finish, 0.053 is insanity.
Great job Alonso, kudos to Perez as well.
Interlagos brings the fun yet again, love this track.
Are they a lap down too? Will be two if they don't do a formation lap?
Why?
Oh I must've missed that. I figured it was some technicality
They'll join the formation lap, then head for the pits.
This camera direction is bad. Perez fighting Hamilton out of the pits and they're focusing on Stroll.
Director is obviously big fan of the old Monaco director.
This TV direction is horrendous. Not showing us the battles that we actually care about.
What you don’t want to watch the Mercedes struggle to drive straight or max just putting in laps a mile ahead of anyone for 2 hours?
This is awesome to watch..
Alonso great at keeping Perez in the dirty air, making him use up his tires trying to get past. Interesting to see how this plays out.
Ahhh, happy for Perez but Alo also deserved that one, too.
Edit: I spoke too soon!
Charles on his own little forest adventure lmao what is this race
That was a nice move from Perez
Because you race for Ferrari charles
Stroll overtaking Russell wow
Wow photo finish
Anyone else notice Russel steal the place from Perez when SC was called? I thought there was no passing under SC, George
It looked like they were uncertain as to whose place it was, Perez and George drove next to each other for a bit.
That's how I saw it as well.
Pretty sure checo passed him after the SC flag came out, checo also left a gap then. I think checo would've complained otherwise.
yeh, looked like it to me, but they are so busy replaying other stuff weve not seen it again
From the onboard just now it seemed clear that Perez would've made the move on George if no yellow flag, but just as the flag came out George was just ahead of Perez. I.e. they assumed the correct order.
Yeah looked like a slam dunk penalty to me
Russell is gonna be steaming lol
Amazing how Hamilton can be simultaneously too slow because he wants to go past, and too fast because he pulled away from DRS range.
Tell him to slow down or I'll over take and show him how to drive slowly!
All this chaos without the rain
Hope they can fix Daniel’s wing.
Charles is on a wilderness excursion lol
Alonso baby
Hopefully that wasn't the last overtaking attempt for Norris.
I suspect Max was holding back, just saving his tires.
Russel is so annoying
https://www.formula1.com/vote
Don't really think anyone has done anything spectacular this race. I guess Perez will get it for at least vaguely achieving what the car is capable of.
I've gone with Ricciardo for shits n giggles
I agree, nothing spectacular that stands out. I went with Alo, just because it's nice to see him towards the front again.
Did you change your mind in the final laps?
Haha, I certainly did! That vote for Alonso suddenly felt more justified.
I voted for stroll because he wasn't awful for once
I wish they would stop showing the predicted drivers and constructors championship points before the race is done. Just wait until the end and we will know the actual points.
I love ric and piastri, two aussies just hanging at the back, vibing.
They're cruising
Charles taking his car on a forest picnic.
So Netflix clearly decided this episode is gonna be the Checo and Lance redemption show
That tyre could have landed on somebody's head
Hit Riccardo's back wing. I'm guessing he's out as well.
Happened more than once in the past
Let's be fair to Charles. With Ferrari's strategists I would try to eliminate myself too.
Russell and whining on the radio that he wants to be let through. Sunday traditions.
Wow, Machine Gun Kelly might the grid walk interview that I have cringed at the hardest so far
Part of it seems like he couldn’t hear and the other part was that he’s just an idiot
No idea why Brundle bothered to stop for him
I am not that familiar with the anthem, did the singer forgot her lines at the beginning or is the anthem like that? Because I swear I saw people still singing despite her being silent
There were tech issues with the broadcast during the Sprint Shootout, I wonder if she had a mic problem? It seemed to come back quite suddenly
Don't know it either but it seemed to be a very minimalist interpretation of it, as most national anthems are bombastic by design.
Her actual singing sucked too, stroll and a steward both were cringing
Unless they fix his car, Danny is out as well
Mercedes not having a great weekend here. That deg is bad. Being battled and passed up by cars that don't typically pass up a Mercedes...
Yuki should've pit ages ago. Alphatauri having horrible strategy as usual.
Alpha tauri's race operations don't deserve all the great drivers they have had in the team. So many strategic mistakes over the season
I was wondering when they pit, and then he started to lose a second after another. That said, the end result was not too bad. Maybe he lost one position (to Lewis). I don't think he lost two.
That Williams got WRECKED.
If they keep crashing at this rate no car will reach the finish.
Thunderdome:Sao Paolo edition. 20 cars enter. One car leaves.
What the heck, Charles..
Ah, lost hydraulics. That sucks..
Did Verstappen just pit for fresh softs?! Did he start on used softs, or did he somehow still have two fresh softs for the race on a sprint weekend?
It actually hit him, or his rear wing, I should say.
Sargent might get a point 😯
Quarter of the field DNFd and two lads just having their own +1 laps chill evening ride going about, that P10 is anyones game
What the hell happened? I got called on the phone and didn't follow for five minutes.
Smooooth Operator
Its going well for McLaren 😃
Yeah, I didn't really follow what happened to Piastri - and also Riccardo.
Why are they both so far behind?
Can anyone help me out here?
Lap 1 incident. Got damage , repaired under red flag, dropped down positions.
Thank you very much for enlightening me as well :-)
Ah, thank you!
I don’t wanna jinx it but Checo is looking TIDY today, nice racing
Hm but it seems PER coming closer now to ALO, both on new tyres.
Eventual race and weekend. Fun watch.
So anyone else who thinks Stroll will DNF before the end of first lap? I'm not a fan of his, so definitely biased but his best recent results were after he could get a safe start from the pitlane.
I'd say here's about a 70% chance he'll ram someone at the first corner?
I'd say there's about a 90% chance it will be Alonso
Ohh, was stroll involved in that leclerc incident? 😂
They were showing the highlights for the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix on F1TV and wow, that race was something. 10 retirements.
I remember that one. There really was so much going on..
The howl of the V10, god that was intoxicating..
Bro, just redflag this and try again
Rip LeClerc
BRO WHAT THE FUCK IS EVEN HAPPENING
Sky just threw up a “All 17 Onboards Press the red button” graphic 😆 cheeky fucks
Come on somebody overtake
COME ON CHECO! Redemption time.
George Russel: The King’s Ligma?
I can hear Perez's sigh (behind Ham again).
Embarrassing for those being beaten for stroll 😯
I'd say mostly for the Mercedes works team. Their engine is so good that even Stroll can get in the top 5 with it, except, their car is so bad, they can't do that themselves. And they might even get beaten by a Renault.
Being beaten by a Frenchman driving a french car, ouch! 😛
CHARLES NO
"Why am I so unlucky"
😭
because theres a prancing horse on the front of your car
Hoping Lando somehow finds his way to P1. It'll take a miracle, but I'm here for it.
Rus:I thought it was quite obvious about the pace
At his point he'll take Hamiltons crown for top complainer
They haven’t given a restart time, have they?
31 minutes past, they said just now.
Not yet, probably the barrier needing repairs
Alright George, show us how unbelievably much faster you are than Hamilton by overtaking Sainz.
WHAT THE FUCK?!?
COME ON FERRARI
Is that a red flag to clean up and restore the barrier?
Yeap, and probably to bring out a sweeper car as well.
There’s half a cars worth of carbon scattered across the first stretch yeah
Did the McClaren pass Perez under SC? Certainly looked like it
Merc did, McLaren has retired
Oh Ferrari...
Leclerc doing Ferrari things..
Well that didn't take long
The tire carcas hit 2 cars! I hope it wasn't ricciardos car it hit
EDIT: BRB killing myself
Imagine if your job was holding a leaf blower on Louis Hamilton’s balls during red-flagged sessions
Travel the world, attend F1 races, get paid more than most people. Sign me up.
You know this is a great point
I thought Massa was banned from the grid because of his court case?
I'm not sure they would dare keep him out
Nice dive, Checo!
Any idea why Zhou retired?
Engine related I think
Rip
Second Alfa Romeo retiring as well.
This is a pretty anthem.
"Checo doesn't deserve rbr seat" -mfs in shambles rn
Well, I'm not necessarily one of those, but one good race doesn't wipe out history, either.
There is still time 😂
Great Anthem this.
Are you sure you're watching the same race as the rest of us?
Most start on softs
Yesterday was proof why Interlagos should be the last race of the season.
Hydraulic issues for Sainz as well?
Karun Chandhok is really good with the controls, slow-mo, zoom, drawing, rewind and explaining everything that is going on at the same time.
Alex Jacques: "One Red Bull disappearing, the other on the attack!"
Smooth transition between the camera shots.
Vamos Perez
Wow, completely dogshit start by stroll, please get out of the sport already thanks mate