***The Official 2023 Formula 1 season thread***

fq360 · Postby **fq360** » October 23rd, 2023, 6:04 pm

fq360 · Postby **fq360** » October 29th, 2023, 10:14 pm

Checo has absolutely no one but himself to blame if/when he loses that seat at RB.. decent race overall with some nice battles in the midfield.. Lando with a hell of a drive.. Lewis as well.. max sublime as usual

fokhan_96 · Postby **fokhan_96** » November 28th, 2023, 8:30 am

What a year for RB !

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 28th, 2023, 8:42 am

like the lewis hamilton era is well over

antlind · Postby **antlind** » November 28th, 2023, 9:05 am

pugboy wrote:like the lewis hamilton era is well over

Sadly it appears this is the case. He may end his career like Alonso, driving purely for the $$ and not the wins.

teems1 · Postby **teems1** » November 28th, 2023, 9:31 am

Lewis is worth like 300m

He doesn't need the money

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 28th, 2023, 9:34 am

he in quandry now
either he retire or just drive with the rest of the pack
or hope they get massive car improvements next year

teems1 wrote:Lewis is worth like 300m

He doesn't need the money

antlind · Postby **antlind** » November 28th, 2023, 2:16 pm

teems1 wrote:Lewis is worth like 300m

He doesn't need the money

I didn’t mean to imply he needed the money…..I was implying that his chances of regaining his prior form at the top of the drivers list are slim (with the Merc performance and the new batch of younger competitive drivers). Therefore, he will only be driving for the $$ with little hope of getting championship 8.

kamakazi · Postby **kamakazi** » November 29th, 2023, 12:32 am

I look at Alonso and think... If Lewis wants to do it he still can but he needs a better car

fokhan_96 · Postby **fokhan_96** » November 29th, 2023, 6:09 am

RB dominance wouldn't last forever. We'll just have to wait till 2026 when the new regulations come in effect to see.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 29th, 2023, 8:50 am

RB dominance this season is an understatement - the amount of records broken is astounding.
Would Max have been able to do it in another car?

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » November 29th, 2023, 8:59 am

unless they bring rules to close the gaps between cars who knows how long the dominance will be for

mercedes had a good run for 5-6 years

fokhan_96 · Postby **fokhan_96** » November 29th, 2023, 9:47 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:RB dominance this season is an understatement - the amount of records broken is astounding.
Would Max have been able to do it in another car?

Would Logan Sargeant have been able to do it in Max redbull?... probably not.

Postby **Duane 3NE 2NR** » November 29th, 2023, 9:50 am

fokhan_96 wrote:
Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:RB dominance this season is an understatement - the amount of records broken is astounding.
Would Max have been able to do it in another car?
Would Logan Sargeant have been able to do it in Max redbull?... probably not.

Not Logan no

david12 · Postby **david12** » November 29th, 2023, 10:50 am

Duane 3NE 2NR wrote:RB dominance this season is an understatement - the amount of records broken is astounding.
Would Max have been able to do it in another car?

I don't think so, considering the rest of the pack consisted of only........ (might risk a ban if I say it). Carlos in Singapore was the only non RBR win, that's crazy.

AMR had a good, consistent run out of the gate but they couldn't maintain it with other teams' upgrades.