2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Thread

[tifosi1993]

[tifosi1993]

Another win for Bearman in F2, his 3rd win in his rookie season. Mighty impressive.

Hopefully luck will shine on us today.

[brucewayne]

Another win for Bearman in F2, his 3rd win in his rookie season. Mighty impressive.

Hopefully luck will shine on us today.

Do you think we will see him in F1 in the near future?

[Hornet]

Hoping for an good strategy for Charles that will allow him to quickly move up the field.

[tifosi1993]

Do you think we will see him in F1 in the near future?

Hope so. But finding a seat for him would be tough. That's why we need a sister team like the RB has with AT.

[drax]

Why aren’t we using the opportunity to change engine ?

[drax]

Why aren’t we using the opportunity to change engine ?

[ferrari1.8t]

Why aren’t we using the opportunity to change engine ?

Making sure they can screw him next race too!

[330 p4]

On what is the best test track for F1 cars going to be great data on race pace tyre ware especially for LeClerc, great to see how car updates work in dirty air. All things being equal, no crashes, reliability or crazy weather I would say 8th would be great for LeClerc and solid 2nd for Sainz but looks like weather will play a part and on the hop strategy decisions will be important. I have no faith in any strategy upgrade. Just really interested to see the pure race pace.

[drax]

Making sure they can screw him next race too!

On my local broadcast, they said it would be useless to change the engine since Charles had not yet used of his allocated engines. So makes perfect sense.

[Aviamata]

On what is the best test track for F1 cars going to be great data on race pace tyre ware especially for LeClerc, great to see how car updates work in dirty air. All things being equal, no crashes, reliability or crazy weather I would say 8th would be great for LeClerc and solid 2nd for Sainz but looks like weather will play a part and on the hop strategy decisions will be important. I have no faith in any strategy upgrade. Just really interested to see the pure race pace.

With rain or late safety car we can expect Charles climbing up to top 6

[jgonzalesm6]

Leclerc starts off on hards. Playing the long game IF it doesn't rain.

[Greig]

Max starting on Mediums, Carlos on soft.

[stefa]

Please without any dramas!!!

[KimiBot]

I hope Carlos can keep P2 today. That would be nice.

[ferrari1.8t]

Leclerc starts off on hards. Playing the long game IF it doesn't rain.

Brilliant move from Ferrari to start him on the slower tyres making sure he will struggle to pass other cars

[tifosi1993]

Yeah, there could be rain here but Leclerc is on hards.

[Greig]

Brilliant move from Ferrari to start him on the slower tyres making sure he will struggle to pass other cars

Makes sense to start on the hard tyres from the pits.

[Greig]

Noris pits after contact with Lewis.

[stefa]

CS no BALLS!!!!

[Greig]

CS no BALLS!!!!

?? He tried the outside, no point losing it in t1 in lap 1.

[stefa]

?? He tried the outside, no point losing it in t1 in lap 1.

Agree! But there was space to move!

[Aviamata]

Brilliant move from Ferrari to start him on the slower tyres making sure he will struggle to pass other cars

Hard tire is good enough, and he will have clean air when everybody pitted

[Greig]

Agree! But there was space to move!

Move where? Max had the inside.

[stefa]

That Red Bull is from another planet. MV on Medium is 0,5 sec faster than CS on SOFT

[stefa]

Move where? Max had the inside.

It would be not the first time someone overtake on the outside

[drax]

Honestly more worried about our tire deg and overall pace than our race position.

[Greig]

Russell gained 5 places cutting the track...surely a penalty for that.

[ferrari1.8t]

Hard tire is good enough, and he will have clean air when everybody pitted

He’s already 17 seconds off the lead pack, in a few laps they will be able to pit and come out in front of him.

[Greig]

Red Bull DRS is unbelievable.