2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Jeddah, March 17 - 19

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AMG.Tzan wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 19:56
Hamilton sleeping again??

This is unacceptable again at Jeddah like last year! Can’t understand why he can’t get the car to work at this track…

In 2021 he was rapid around here…
Was he though, let's remember he barely beat Bottas, the man that's getting all he can handle against Zhou.

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Alonso keeping pace.
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What happened to Verstappen? I only saw him get out of the car with enough time left, had no commentary on

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Mandrake wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:00
What happened to Verstappen? I only saw him get out of the car with enough time left, had no commentary on
Drive shaft failure

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Embarrassing from Hamilton, maybe it's time to hang them up old boy, you no longer have it.

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Checo on pole in Jeddah...imagine that :wink:

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With verstappen at the wheel the gap to other teams would've been over 5 tenths. With that kind of quali advantage I expect we may see some sort of spa-like recovery. There are certainly enough straights for that to be possible if the pace is there.
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harty71 wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:01
Embarrassing from Hamilton, maybe it's time to hang them up old boy, you no longer have it.
He's out there loafing and coasting on his name at this point.

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Hamilton should be ashamed of this qualifying session! Should have been easy 3rd place!

This is unacceptable by a 7-time World Champion…
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harty71 wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:01
Embarrassing from Hamilton, maybe it's time to hang them up old boy, you no longer have it.
According to you he never had it

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organic wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:02
With verstappen at the wheel the gap to other teams would've been over 5 tenths
I don't think we'll ever know... Perez was on pole here last year as well, to be able to tell he'd have been over 5 tenths in front seems pretty mathematical :).

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I think Hamilton went over the white line after the pit entry on his last lap.

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dialtone wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:04
organic wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:02
With verstappen at the wheel the gap to other teams would've been over 5 tenths
I don't think we'll ever know... Perez was on pole here last year as well, to be able to tell he'd have been over 5 tenths in front seems pretty mathematical :).
Just going by the average gap to perez last season in a car that Max wasn't suited to - 3.5 tenths. Gap in every session including Q1 was about 5 tenths this weekend if not more between max and perez

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Leclerc relatively close to a Red Bull - albeit you’ve got to assume Max would have been several tenths down the road.

I hope, based on all their FP prep, Charles is actually set up for the race (given he knew he had the grid pen) but still not quite the pace we expected from Ferrari this year (and Sainz is nowhere).

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maseboogie wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:03
harty71 wrote:
18 Mar 2023, 20:01
Embarrassing from Hamilton, maybe it's time to hang them up old boy, you no longer have it.
He's out there loafing and coasting on his name at this point.
Yep, he's ruining his legend, the longer he drives the more his titles will be questioned, Russell absolutely demolished him.