2023 Australian Grand Prix - Race Thread

[elnano14]

Losing some pace vs Alonso
And Gasly + Stroll are still so close behind

[drax]

Hmm already overcooking tires ?

[patrese86]

Carlos has done well. Hard to tell now if tyres are going or that DRS is so powerful it's keeping an efficient alpine in touch. Alonso has also upped the pace so tricky to tell

[tifosi1993]

I'm really impressed with the race pace of the Alpine. Totally unexpected.

[tifosi1993]

Perez 1:21.456, shows how much Max is holding back

[elnano14]

The DRS looks too powerful

[tifosi1993]

Carlos is getting closer to Alonso, 1.4 seconds behind

[elnano14]

Basically not much difference in laptime in the top 10
Everyone is lapping nearly the same as each other

[tifosi1993]

Carlos is saying on the radio that the tyres are feeling loose but the pace is there.

[tifosi1993]

Basically not much difference in laptime in the top 10
Everyone is lapping nearly the same as each other

Not Max, he's simply holding back. He can do 1:20's if he wants to.

[tifosi1993]

We're losing touch now, 2.7 seconds behind Alo

[patrese86]

Think that's it for Sainz now. 4th at best. Decent recovery all things considered

[stefa]

CS dropping down on FA

[drax]

We really need to fix the tire wear problem

[drax]

This race is really boring nothing happening for laps on end

[Williams F1 Fan]

Back to bed

Alex Albon Out of the Race on Lap 8. Logan running last in the Race. Might go back to bed now. If we still had Latifi this season, would have gone back to bed ages ago.
Fernando Alonso making a Good Start to his Aston Martin days.

[tifosi1993]

SC!

[drax]

Red flag the thing or the race will end on a safety car

[tifosi1993]

Red Flag!

[drax]

Red flag this is going to be interesting who has new softs ? Perez has a lot

[tifosi1993]

Ok, this red flag has thrown the race in the wire.
The last 2 laps will be a mad dash.

[Greig]

2 lap race then

[jgonzalesm6]

This is going to be a balls out finish.

[stefa]

2 lap race then

Super, super, super sprint

[Schumiklub]

Our race pace isn't bad at all here, but Australia is usually an non-representative race (at least it was in the past).

[tifosi1993]

P4 is better than a DNF, that's all I'm saying. No need for any unnecessary risk.

[Greig]

Max v Lewis v Alonso, yeah let's see

[Greig]

oh great, what a weekend.

[tifosi1993]

Alonso out, another RF

[Greig]

red flag