Welcome to the discussion post for the 2023 British Grand Prix practice sessions.
Last weekend the race thread was created by one of our users and that went down really well, so I see no reason to not do that from now on.
Given the amount of comments during practice, we may as well keep them all together for now.
Please, if you don’t see a post for Qualifying and the Race, feel free to make it. I’ll keep an eye out and pin them if they’re made. We’re still working on bots!
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Both Williams faster than both Red Bulls
Williams dominance could bore fans
I’m ready to be bored!
Ferrari, Williams and Jordan in the top 3? What is this, 1997? 😄
What is going on with williams?
To quote the greatest video game ever made:
“High speed, low drag.”
I was bitterly disappointed that this video game did not show up as the top result and indeed at all when searched it alongside this quote then stupid me realised it wasn’t from Starcraft😅
Hopefully enough voodoo to see them in the points
High-speed circuits suit them and apparently silverstone in particular
Thanks a lot. I think this is a good approach with a combined training and separate quali and race threads for now. And hopefully the community and the amount of comments per session keeps growing.
Mercs are nowhere. :(
How do the mercs do in the wet? I wonder if they’d be better off compared to the rest of the field, especially in sector 3, if it’s a wet quali.
Take a look at tomorrow’s weather for Silverstone… 😬
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The track seems to suit the Williams. Albon contniues where he left off and even SAR is running well.
That slo-mo shot of the McLaren tire change was majestic.
Charles and not being able to run in a practice session. Name a more iconic duo. It’s frustrating to see…
@running_squirrel @itsmikeyd it’s getting painful to see
What’s the reason for him not running? I just tuned in 5 minutes ago.
The FP2 highlights video called it “an electrical problem”.
I don’t know the specifics but they said he had an electrical issue.
Many cars all queued up right at the start, plenty of aero measuring devices attached.
Only thing that could be better was me actually being there!
So I get that more durable tires are bad for performance, but why are they getting worse long before tirewear should cause that?
I’m not sure of the context of the question, but on a green track like Silverstone currently is, the lack of grip can cause the wheels to slip which generates surface temperature which can cause the tyre to overheat and thus be at a suboptimal temperature and pressure, meaning reduced grip.
Context is that drivers are reporting that the track doesn’t seem to be rubbering in like they’re expecting with the changes that supposed to have happend to the tires during fp1 now. Maybe it’s just a matter of not being rubbered in enough, I guess?
What changes are these? I wasn’t aware there was a change to the tyre compound?
They introduced a new compound for slicks that was originally planned for next year. The cornering speeds this year are faster than their projections so they brought it forward.
My predictions for the race:
1.VER 2. RUS 3. HAM
Good performance: Piastri in the points
Bad performance: Stroll out of the points
The Mercs will struggle to get through Q2. They looked awful on every lap, both long and qualy runs.
Piastri is having a decent season, don’t you think? He’s limited by the McLaren being a bad car, but he’s not a million miles from Norris in the same car. Hopefully people are noticing that and he can move on in a few years.
Yeah, there’s clearly potential there.
He’s avoided the constant errors that you often see from rookie or 2nd season drivers (Yuki, Mick Schu and de Vries being the recent examples). Think he’s only had one (?) major crash this season which was in the wet in Canada.
From what we’ve seen in F1 so far he deserves a shot in a faster car one day.
