F1 2023 Sao Paulo
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Doc Austin
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Disappointed that Alfa Tauri didn't do better. They looked good last week and now they are nowhere.
donthaveanickname
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Aston is suddenly back in the game. Is Interlagos so different from the track in Mexico City?
FLRacingFan
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Best track on the calendar. Both the Sprint and GP here last year were a lot of fun.
FLRacingFan
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Alonso said they’ve been experimenting a lot recently and this week committed to mixing and matching certain parts that have worked well from the different packages they’ve brought. May have found something apparently.
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I'm going to call this a fluke. If they can replicate the same results tomorrow and run good in the sprint, we'll see.
The conditions also played a huge part in them looking as good. Also Mclaren, Mercedes and at least Checo all got caught out by the sudden change in conditions.
FLRacingFan
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Russell got a 2-place penalty for impeding so that’ll make it a bit tougher. I can definitely see Lando and Lewis making their way up there as usual. But, if Lance even scored points it’s a win for them. I don’t think he has since before the summer break. Top 5 for Alonso would be nice.
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Sprint Shootout nice and early today and Ocon is in the barriers and probably wiped out Alonso too.
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Looked 50 50 to me. Fernando looked like he veered left as Ocon was shooting by.
Doc Austin
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Ocon lost the back and corrected, which turned him into Alonso. Completely Ocon's fault, but it was just a mistake at the worst possible time.
FLRacingFan
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I had the Sprint on a third screen but it looked pretty good from what I could tell. Yuki had a nice drive.
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Mercedes had one of the worse tire degs ever. This car is proper ****.
Both Alpha Tauris and Hass opted to put new sets of tires on while everyone else went on used softs. They're ****** for tomorrow.
Doc Austin
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donthaveanickname
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Tough luck for Chuck.
Speedbowl14
Ryan Preece and short tracks
Wtf is going on
FLRacingFan
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Brilliant, five or six cars out of the race by the time we get one turn done. Jesus.
Speedbowl14
Ryan Preece and short tracks
15 cars left
Speedbowl14
Ryan Preece and short tracks
It's gonna be a while still before this gets going...
FLRacingFan
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That’s his entire brand, sadly.
donthaveanickname
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Lance got away terribly both times.
Speedbowl14
Ryan Preece and short tracks
Norris at least making it look like a race
FLRacingFan
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Hamilton doesn’t have much pace so far, five cars stacked up behind him in a DRS train.
Doc Austin
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We are about due for a Twilight Zone race.
FLRacingFan
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Mercedes still seem to have zero concept of how to manage their drivers’ races against each other.
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It really is crazy. Its as if they make it up on the fly. Things change during a race
but the team seems lost .
Doc Austin
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Not much different from when Nico was there.
Doc Austin
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Just getting caught up. It's not twilight yet, but there's still hope.
FLRacingFan
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Mercedes have nothing. No pace and tire deg is bad. Getting washed towards the back of the points.
Aston have held up pretty well from their qualifying effort. Seems they may have a decent package again.
Aston have held up pretty well from their qualifying effort. Seems they may have a decent package again.
Doc Austin
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I believe they took all the updates off and are racing what they had a few weeks ago.
Great to see Stroll having a good run and same for Perez.
Also good to see Norris consistently running up front He's got to get a win soon as well as they are running.
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Mercedes likes to play the neutral gsme too much. Russell should have his role clear. The way he comes over the radio tor team orders every time he’s behind Hamilton is ridiculous.
FLRacingFan
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Alonso is brilliant.
FLRacingFan
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What a freaking battle between Checo and Fernando! Great driving by both.
donthaveanickname
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FERNANDO!!!!! 
What a wheelman.
Best race of the season for Stroll as well, glad Aston have found some pace again.
What a wheelman.
Best race of the season for Stroll as well, glad Aston have found some pace again.
Doc Austin
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The tire deg problem is down to the tire. All the drivers talk about every race is managing tire deg, or getting them the right temperature and on and on and on.
Don't believe me. Try this: F1 drivers critisize pirelli tires About 2,960,000 results (0.46 seconds)
FLRacingFan
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Toto said whatever did to the car they had this weekend was horrible. Their deg was much worse than anyone else’s, they had to pit for the first stop before anyone else because Hamilton was so slow he was stacking up the field, then they had to stretch the final two stints long to make up for it. They botched it this weekend.
And Russell had to retire with cooling problems but was just as screwed before that as well.