2023 US GP practice, qualifying & sprint thread.

[JPZ]

Perez nowhere this year.

Red Bull possibly going to replace him.

[tifosi1993]

Perez nowhere this year.

Red Bull possibly going to replace him.

He's still P2 in the championship and RB have won the WCC. There's no need to change anything.

[JPZ]

He's still P2 in the championship and RB have won the WCC. There's no need to change anything.

The car has been dominant enough to compensate for the gap in his performance at least.

I wouldn't be surprised if they drop him though.

[tifosi1993]

Russell will surely start the sprint from P11, so good opportunity to score some healthy points over the Merc.

[PURE PASSION]

still no report on rus penalty ??!!!!
It was SO obvious, what are they waiting for ????
dont care about the benefit it might give us on scoring more points vs Merc ,but that this year the marsals are all over the place ,so inconsistent!!!!!

[PURE PASSION]

3 place penalty it is !!!!!!

[racingbradley]

Hamilton passes Charles and Sainz is up to 4th.

[drax]

Carlos has no chance with those softs

[racingbradley]

It's beginning to look like a Maxipad masterclass again. Sainz is going to need to come in for fresh rubber.

[drax]

Norris gaining on Charles now our car still eats tires … 5 laps to go though gap should be enough

[drax]

Good race from our guys … sadly our car still eats up its tires, going to be a tough race tomorrow

[racingbradley]

Final lap of a pretty lack lustre sprint.
Looks like Carlos maintains his place. A few more points for the team. It shows that the Mercs have the pace which will be trouble to-morrow in the race.

[PURE PASSION]

ΟΚ. So we looked a bit behind in race pace and as it turned out the worst degradation amongst the frontrunners . It will be tough again tomorrow as it looks. But no worries ,we all know that this car has restrictions on the pace so nothing to big to expect. And we have really nothing to look for from points wise, bacause even if we cant get that 2nd place from merc , who cares , more time for next years car. Right now im a bit contend of how the team operates till the end of the season and with a difficult /tricky car. it looks like FV has done a really good job restructuring the team in the factory and on track. If we manage to design a competitive car next year,we look to have sorted the wrongs that had kept us behind other years that we started on a good car.

[Lesky]

Hamilton should have had to give the place back to Charles on the 1st lap going off track and overtaking.