2023 US GP practice, qualifying & sprint thread.

[racingbradley]

Time for practice so here we go.
Good luck to our boys this weekend.

[PURE PASSION]

strange session as the only one before qualy and they are all on harder used tires !!!
and like this we dont look too strong.

[racingbradley]

Surely we will bolt on softs and do a quali sim

[racingbradley]

Charles is in 2nd now

[PURE PASSION]

on soft we looked quite good. but ?? with Mcl + Aston pace on softs and Ham also looked strong . So we could be from 2nd to 5th-6th !!!!

[tifosi1993]

Surprised to see Charles going fastest in the S1, I expected S1 to be our weakest sector, so maybe others didn't push that much in there, mainly Max and the Mclarens.

[PURE PASSION]

Surprised to see Charles going fastest in the S1, I expected S1 to be our weakest sector, so maybe others didn't push that much in there, mainly Max and the Mclarens.

And McL looked strong on S3 ealrier on ,where they should strangle a bit. As i said , strange session and no coclusion to be made from it

[racingbradley]

It's hard to say from that practice session where we are. Let's hope 2nd is representative of our pace this weekend.

[PURE PASSION]

Did we use a new set of softs ???
If we did ,it was not good laps in Q1

[racingbradley]

Charles on fresh soft tyres goes top.

[PURE PASSION]

yep , that was a very good lap from Lec. if he nails it again on q3 he can fight for p1-2 !!!

[racingbradley]

Charles on pole, Norris 2nd, Hamilton 3rd Sainz 4th

[Kyss4k]

Great job by Charles. Great lap(s)!

[PURE PASSION]

i think he went i bit safe on S3 ,but stll P1.
but men those McL are in great shape all around !!!
i fear them for next year.
The only think that might be good for us is that we might found a lot more pace then them changing the concept. They've done that so they are "just" evolving.
On this note , Merc can also find quite pace next year.
lets see.

[nani_s23]

Very good lap from Leclerc. I think there was more left in S3 from his previous lap.
Anyways P1… good for sprint & race.

Hope he picks a win here. He really deserve it.

[tifosi1993]

Suzuka floor helped here. The car was more responsive through the twisty turns in the first sector. The car has stronger front end, thanks to the aforementioned floor, which bodes well for next year's car.

[tifosi1993]

Very good lap from Leclerc. I think there was more left in S3 from his previous lap.
Anyways P1… good for sprint & race.

Hope he picks a win here. He really deserve it.

Bahrain 2019, Austria 2019, Singapore 2019, Russia 2019, Mexico 2019, Monaco 2021, Silverstone 2021, Baku 2022, Spain 2022, Monaco 2022, Canada 2022, Silverstone 2022, Hungary 2022....So many races Charles should've won. There were also plenty of races where he should've been on the podium.

He deserves a win and some better lucks.

[racingbradley]

He deserves a win but as has already been said the Mercs & McLarens are fast not forgetting Max of course. The only saving grace is the AMs are weak here.

[JPZ]

Anyone watching the sprint?

[PURE PASSION]

me

[PURE PASSION]

In SQ1 +2 ,we are lec 2nd .Sai 3d behind Ves.
We have pace but might not get pole again from Ves , but its not impossible

[Greig]

Clear penalty for Russell anyway.

[racingbradley]

Anyone watching the sprint?

me too so far we are in a good position.

[JPZ]

In SQ1 +2 ,we are lec 2nd .Sai 3d behind Ves.
We have pace but might not get pole again from Ves , but its not impossible

Going to be very close!

[PURE PASSION]

Clear penalty for Russell anyway.

Davidson sawed that he was inside white lines

[Greig]

Davidson sawed that he was inside white lines

He blocked Charles.

[PURE PASSION]

He blocked Charles.

ooohh yes ,for this , its DEFINITELY a 5 place penalty

[Greig]

Unlucky Charles, so close up front.

[racingbradley]

Good lap by Charles sadly not enough for pole.

[tifosi1993]

That was a good shootout. Charles lost the shootout pole at the first corner. But nonetheless, I'm pleasantly surprised with the pace this weekend.