Racing: 2023 Formula 1 Season

[kudymen]

Lance Stroll apparently broke his brain on the bike as well.

 

[Ceremony]

Don't look now, but with Alonso the Aston Martin looks fast. Jumping out to a few points early could put them alongside Alpine and McLaren by the time Abu Dhabi rolls around.

Extremely hot take: However many points Alonso finishes this race with will be more than McLaren manage all year.

 

[Panteras]

Cool to see Alonso back on the podium

 

[Kane One]

f*** yeah Alonso

And lol @ all the Mercedes fans on /r/formula1 saying shit like aNoThEr BoRiNg SeAsOn, conveniently forgetting the 8 consecutive WCCs by Mercedes.

 

[JoVel]

I don't think it's out of the question that Alonso would've had that podium even without Leclerc dropping out of the race.

 

[Albatros]

f*** yeah Alonso

And lol @ all the Mercedes fans on /r/formula1 saying shit like aNoThEr BoRiNg SeAsOn, conveniently forgetting the 8 consecutive WCCs by Mercedes.

Russell losing to Stroll might be many things, but certainly it's not boring.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

This version of Alonso is genuinely hilarious, especially for people who've followed his career. Obviously an all-time great and incredible talent, but for years a world class prick. One of the best drivers on earth and the last few years before his sabbatical none of the top teams wanted the headache of having him on board. This happy-go-lucky version is both jarring and wonderful.

 

[MXD]

Lance Stroll apparently broke his brain on the bike as well.

He probably shouldn't have done what he did, because it was the first lap and because the AM is somewhere between 2nd and 4th fastest car (as opposed somewhere between 4th and 10th from last season, or plain 7th the season before), but there was room, and Alonso was not there nor even supposed to be there when Stroll committed.

(Again, Stroll did commit a bit too early but that's nowhere near whatever he did in Hungary two seasons ago).

 

[max21]

It doesn’t look like Max will have much competition, ugh. Just want anyone to make it sorta close

 

[JoVel]

He probably shouldn't have done what he did, because it was the first lap and because the AM is somewhere between 2nd and 4th fastest car (as opposed somewhere between 4th and 10th from last season, or plain 7th the season before), but there was room, and Alonso was not there nor even supposed to be there when Stroll committed.

(Again, Stroll did commit a bit too early but that's nowhere near whatever he did in Hungary two seasons ago).

I thought Stroll was only focusing on out breaking Russell on his outside and got surprised when Alonso cut back to the inside. Pretty similar if not identical to what Leclerc did in that same corner in the 2020 Sakhir GP.

 

[max21]

I just don’t know why Merc doubled down on the no side pod concept, what a horrible decision even AM developed a better car over the winter break

 

[MXD]

I thought Stroll was only focusing on out breaking Russell on his outside and got surprised when Alonso cut back to the inside. Pretty similar if not identical to what Leclerc did in that same corner in the 2020 Sakhir GP.

Nah...
- Leclerc had been there on the inside the whole time and Stroll was clearly and directly behind him; Alonso was ahead of Stroll here, but no directly ahead.
- It was wet so braking performance was much worse
- Stroll was actually on the track today.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

I just don’t know why Merc doubled down on the no side pod concept, what a horrible decision even AM developed a better car over the winter break

Toto's "yeah, we're boned, back to the drawing board" attitude post-race was something/

 

[JoVel]

Nah...
- Leclerc had been there on the inside the whole time and Stroll was clearly and directly behind him; Alonso was ahead of Stroll here, but no directly ahead.
- It was wet so braking performance was much worse
- Stroll was actually on the track today.

This is what I meant.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Extremely hot take: However many points Alonso finishes this race with will be more than McLaren manage all year.

Prior to quali I probably wouldn't have believed you, but between a weak quali and just a disaster of a race you might be right!

The Aston Martin is a fast car. Looks like they'll be fighting with Mercedes this year, not Alpine or McLaren.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

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[JoVel]

The Aston Martin is a fast car. Looks like they'll be fighting with Mercedes this year, not Alpine or McLaren.

And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.

 

[MXD]

This is what I meant.

OMG I have the reading ability of a 2 year old, I don't know why I thought you were directly replying to my post about the 2021 Hungary start

 

[Albatros]

And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.

Going to Toyota was pretty solid.

 

[Neonmile]

And for the first time since he left Minardi to join Renault two decades ago, Fernando Alonso will have made a good career move.

Renault to Ferrari ahead of 2010 was also good move. Altough I always tough that Alonso would have won the title in 2012 had he been driving the Lotus.

And FWIW Alonso did not move from Minardi to Renault. F1 teams weren't ''grooming'' drivers in junior category back then when they do today but he was already a signed Renault driver and it was Briatore idea/plan to give him one year of racing at Minardi before he joined Renault as test driver.

But I strongly agree he had his share of bad career moves.

 

[Albatros]

Alonso was very much Briatore's man in F1 and signed with Renault before joining Minardi, but he was also managed before him by former Minardi driver Adrián Campos which largely explains his addresses before joining Renault.

 

[JoVel]

Renault to Ferrari ahead of 2010 was also good move. Altough I always tough that Alonso would have won the title in 2012 had he been driving the Lotus.

Renault to Ferrari in a vacuum is definitely a good move, but less so given that reportedly RB had been after Alonso too at that time.

 

[Transplanted Caper]

One of my favourite Alonso moments was in his last race with McLaren and his engineer is trying to push him to fight for 10th by saying "ok Fernando, let's get one last point together" and Alonso saying "I already have like 1,900 points" and finishing 12th.

God that McLaren car was bad.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Jenson Button joins Stock cars @ COTA/Indianapolis/Chicago Street Course

 

[AintLifeGrand]