2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread
2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread
ROUND 22: United States 🇺🇸
FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2023
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 2023
- Number of laps: 50
- Circuit Length: 6.201 km
- Race Distance: 310.05 km
- Lap record: N/A
- **2022 winner:**N/A
Track Map
Celebrity flag waver standing there looks like he's being forced to go wave that flag by his mom.
"no team orders" "hold position" 😂
Alpine is being weird with two drivers willing to fight eachother is entertainment.
Yeah the fight for the 2nd is cool and all but..
DANNY GET ZHOU COMEON COWBOY LETS GET HIMMM YEEEEE HAW
Anyone else furiously drinking coffee to watch a race that should've been convenient but for some reason isn't?
Nope, it's a very convenient Sunday afternoon race for us Aussies, doesn't happen often.
Still not sure what they were thinking with the schedule. It’s crazy that it’s more convenient to watch the races live that are on the other side of the world than one a single time zone away. I’m just planning on starting the replay tomorrow morning. Don’t have the stamina to stay up that late anymore!
The explanation that I saw was that Europeans will be able to wake up and have a cup of coffee with the race. Apparently there are more fans there.
The explanation I saw was that the timing was adjusted to traffic needs on the strip.
You’re also American I take it? I’m about to go to Wally’s and grab a slushee and an energy drink just in case I need em. It’s starting midnight my time so not bad but if the ending goes to 3 that’s when I’ll need some caféine.
Just waking up and getting ready to install myself in front of the tv. I do feel sympathy for you US fans, but I must admit I like these morning races.
I don't think I'm going to last an entire race if there's a red flag lol
Oh shieeet Norris nooo :(
Leclerc will burn his tires, and perez will get him for the 2nd.
If the tires fall off too much, he might get got by piastri as well
Edit: piastri seems to be falling off, so it's probable lec could keep the 3rd
Welp. I am impressed by this race. Much better than I expected. As good of a first race as you can get.
4 way fight for the 1st, this race is shaping up to be fantastic.
Edit: OK maybe 3 way fight
Yeah Piastri was hoping for a red flag.
This is so forced and awkward lmfao
"Give me 5 more seconds, not like I give a shit" -Max
I have no clue who I'd vote for as DOTD. Great work for Perez, but it's more a return to form from bad form than above and beyond IMO.
Also, poor Charles, he keeps making mistakes like this.
Hamilton for his overtakes perhaps?
My vote would have gone for Perez if he were P1 now, right now it feels between Verstappen, Stroll and Sainz for me.
"I don't wanna do this shit no more" -Hulk
Expected this to be the biggest most exciting celebrity packed grid walk. It did not deliver.
Paris Hilton loves Las Vegas and F1, what more do you want?
Lewis Hamilton Baby
It's up to you now perez. FINISH THE MISSION
Shockingly good race. I was very wrong about this venue. So very wrong.
Max feels like he's on the back foot here. This is going to be interesting.
I knew that corner would have a victim. The braking zone in a bend when it's this cold is difficult as hell
At this point there could be one of several winners. Interesting!
I absolutely love the cool down car. That's great!
Bieber looks unimpressed
5s time penalty for Max? Man's gonna have a 30s lead by the end of the race.
Ah man, oil remnants on the even side of the starting grid is no good.
This might give Checo a win
This race is massively exceeding expectations. So much action it's kind of crazy.
Hey all! Quite some drama already.
Bro max just wants to podcast with his buddies let him do it 😭😭
What a weird place to do a podcast.
Hunt who down? Gamer is 4 seconds off of stroll lmao
Holy shit what a pass and what a great race!
Overheat!?!
Wow
WOW! Amazing move by Charles
Remember that was that move you thought was dirty at first glance by Max. 😉
But very smooth indeed.
I mean Charles did not push Perez off lmao
Also there was no damage
Ok. This race is surprising me. The conditions have seriously upset the field and is making it really interesting so far.
sad to see it hasn't been in favor of the williams so far
Absolutely. I think Albon will stay in the points but it seems like they’ve lost their pace.
Did Verstappen overtake under the safety car when exiting the pits?
There was a message about an unsafe release that was deemed no further investigation necessary. Don't think it was shown on F1TV either.
Yeah. I saw that, but the unsafe release was a different thing. The event I'm talking about was directly after that as Verstappen slotted back in, he went ahead of either an Alpine or a Williams, I think.
I'll go back and look once the race is over.
Edit: I went back to lap 26/27 and Verstappen was definitely behind Ocon and then went past him while rejoining the pack.
DC chatting with Checo, Max and Charles still discussing the race.
Omg contact for Max. Holy shit what an eventful race.
I have no clue who is gonna win. I love this
Why didn't they force them to swap during the safety car? Seriously
And he fucked it up... Poor Charles.
When the camera pans to random people in the boxes.
Oh wow, this is great for those that pitted early
Perez second on fresh tires - he was 15th earlier!
Checo needs to do what Carlos did when he was leading. Keep Charles just in DRS and between himself and Max. I think it’s his only chance.
Checo P3.
Shame that Ferrari pit crew dropped the ball there with that long pit.
When I saw an alpha tauri out I nearly got a heart attack. Thankfully it was only tsunoda
@wes 5 second Penatly for that T1 incident is not enough
Slap on the wrist for what Max did there
IMHO they should have let them swap, 5 second is meh - fair what could be seen from a racing incident (max not really predicting the grip right) to max being dumb and mean and just sending it
Checo is such a joke
Fucked it up twice. Amazing.
It almost feels like he's doing it on purpose at this point.
Wouldn't Verstappen get a significant higher amount of tyre wear with only half a front wing? I hope he wins so he can add to the record, but it seems rather unlikely.
IIRC that front wing endplate is mainly to manage outwash? So as long as the wing holds together without that plate, it should be fine
I didn't realise that. Thanks for explaining.
Perez needs to start applying more pressure on Leclerc now. Force him to make mistakes so he ruins his tyres. If anything they need to start acting like a team since they'll probably need to do it more next year.
Why are the lights on the grid out?
How tf has perez not caught up to ricciardo yet
Edit: there u go my gamer
I think all of the frontrunners at the back were fighting each other rather than those Infront for a while
Come on Max!!!!!!!! That was dirty as fuck :/
EDIT: Nevermind, I'm wrong. Not sure what was Osama bin Russel doing
Honestly looked like a racing incident. It was a very risky but valid move, but Russell couldn't have seen him.
I do wonder how that broken frontwing will work out now.
I feel like he went on the outside like crazy. Like he opened the door wide open just to shut it in his face. I think he got more damage than Max anyways, so I would say no penalty for this one.
5 laps in and I'm already regretting getting up so early
That was a nice move from max
Max is being messy now he actually has to fight
I don't know if I'd call that move messy, he seemed to be alongside far enough for Russel to have known
I think the five seconds is a fair penalty in general. It's just that Max' performance is so abnormally dominant that for him it doesn't matter.
Edit: and in lap 14 it seems like it would have been less of a penalty to let Leclerc regain position since if they pit now, he could end up 4th.
Bro are they taking them for another lap or something 💀💀💀
Anyways that was expected
In other news, COME ON DANNY GET SEARGANT COME ONNNNN GET HIM FOR THAT 16THHHHHHH
Edit: LETS GET ITTTTTT