2023 Mexican Grand Prix - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Oct 27 - 29

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Ricciardo in the Alfa Tauri beats Perez in the RBR :lol:

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I did not see this one coming...

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organic wrote:
28 Oct 2023, 23:54
Cs98 wrote:
28 Oct 2023, 23:53
DR3 and Ferrari out of nowhere!
I think Max's lap wasn't great let's see
Second lap looked alright, the pace progression was normal through the sessions for RB. It was just Ferrari dropped their times massively in Q3, so really out of nowhere. Merc looking off.

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Looks like the track performance tapered off at the end. Hardly anyone improved. Merc looked like they egged themselves by waiting too long to switch to new softs. Had they done so at the same time as the others they probably would've been top 3

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Cs98 wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:03
organic wrote:
28 Oct 2023, 23:54
Cs98 wrote:
28 Oct 2023, 23:53
DR3 and Ferrari out of nowhere!
I think Max's lap wasn't great let's see
Second lap looked alright, the pace progression was normal through the sessions for RB. It was just Ferrari dropped their times massively in Q3, so really out of nowhere. Merc looking off.
I think the track was at its best when Ferrari set their first times if you consider that many cars like mercs swapped onto new softs for their 2nd runs and didnt improve much. That's the risk max pays by being cautious on his bankers with the rb19
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DGP123 wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:01
LEC pole & Sainz 2nd

Look forward to Ferrari going backwards. Poor from Merc
Hamilton only 3 tenths behind pole. Perez only 1.5 behind Ver. No one has done poorly here. It was just a tight session.
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Mogster wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:02
Ricciardo in the Alfa Tauri beats Perez in the RBR :lol:
Ricciardo was always good here but this is a massive showing of him.

Ferrari’s too! Very close, first three 0.097 in between them.

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Mogster wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:02
Ricciardo in the Alfa Tauri beats Perez in the RBR :lol:
😯

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Perez better dig a hole and crawl inside. This was a massive punch from Danny Ric.

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Everything gone quiet about these investigations, especially the ones the FIA said they got wrong not punishing in previous races.

Another chance to prove themselves incompetent and untrustworthy. An offer too good to refuse?
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GrizzleBoy wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:14
Everything gone quiet about these investigations, especially the ones the FIA said they got wrong not punishing in previous races.
It's not guaranteed that the situations are analogous. In Alonso's case he never exited the pitlane (crossed white line) and in Max's case he's never stationary. Russell is the one in larger trouble as he was stationary with his front wheels over the white line

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Sieper wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:05
Mogster wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:02
Ricciardo in the Alfa Tauri beats Perez in the RBR :lol:
Ricciardo was always good here but this is a massive showing of him.

Ferrari’s too! Very close, first three 0.097 in between them.
Yes. I remember Ricciardo beating Max to pole in Mexico. Didn’t he prevent Max being the youngest F1 pole sitter or some such? I remember a murderous looking young Max being stood behind Ricciardo during the post race interviews…

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Sieper wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:05
Mogster wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:02
Ricciardo in the Alfa Tauri beats Perez in the RBR :lol:
Ricciardo was always good here but this is a massive showing of him.
Probably Marko told him "if you beat him in qualify next year you are in RB"

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Better for Ricciardo to lead a very competitive Alpha Romeo Tauri in 2024?

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GrizzleBoy wrote:
29 Oct 2023, 00:14
Everything gone quiet about these investigations, especially the ones the FIA said they got wrong not punishing in previous races.

Another chance to prove themselves incompetent and untrustworthy. An offer too good to refuse?
Aren't you jumping the gun? Your post comes 14 minutes after the session ended. These investigations typically involve summons to the stewards by driver and team manager. It was made clear that the investigations would be completed after the session.
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