2023 Italian Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread

That was an unusual rookie mistake by Hamilton. 🤔

Leclerc's performance the last laps laps was dismal. He completely lost his head, heavily overdrove his car and tires in corners and under braking and losing it entirely a couple of times.

Crazy to think not too long ago Hamilton was lapping Albon in a Red Bull. Now Albon is ahead of Hamilton in a Williams

Sainz, Leclerc and Perez basically doing identical laptimes. Let's ignore Max and it's all really tight

Sainz seems to constantly move twice without consequences.

Almost 30 years of watching F1, and there's still something new 😄

Braking late and running over the chicane is the defense maneuver of today?

I was expecting a dull race for some reason, but it turned out to be a pretty fun one

Rogue mechanics jumping onto the grid lol

I’m excited to see the new and innovative strategies Ferrari will use to completely fuck up their race.

Carlos doing so well to control Max's attack.

This is a fantastic race!

Yuki out before the race start. Not an auspicious beginning.

Ham seems to be on good strat, medium tire till the end of the race

How has Perez not yet gotten a penalty for track limits? I thought for sure he's left the track more than 3 times.

I'm fairly certain the McLarens will pass Albon, but I hope Albon stays in the top 6.

Soo, how far will Vestappen be ahead today?

A: 0-10s

B: 10-20s

C: 20-30s

D: more than 30s

Happy the two Ferraris finished that race in one piece. Those last couple laps were intense. I’m always happy to see two drivers from the same team battle, but that was something else. Congrats to Max for the 10 wins in a row.

Sainz did excellent. Ferrari just needs to not screw up their pitstop now.

Rosberg cant let go of his phone 😂

Austrian TV just aired a highlights summary of the 1988 Italian GP, which was the only race of that season not won by Senna/Prost in the McLaren. Gerhard Berger and Michele Aboretto snabbed the double win for Ferrari in their first race victory in a decade.

Really cool to see these kinds of historical tidbits.

Italian civil war right here

First time this year I've seen the other cars not look like F2 cars alongside the red bulls.

So now 10 laps until sainz tires give up and max drives by?

What are the chances that McLaren beats Aston Martin in the constructors by the end of the season? They've already fallen behind Ferrari.

Don't the Mercs traditionally run hot?

Now here's to hoping Williams doesn't fuck Albon on strategy

Snooze fest so far. Honestly surprised Carlos is still ahead.

The entire track is a DRS train

gg wp see you next week

Ferrari, and more specifically Sainz did his best there. Now we have to see if Ferrari can at least hold on to 2nd and 3rd.

This year's hards were last year's mediums, right?

Are these hards expected to last the rest of the race?

Alonso taking a siesta

Race director uses teamradio and Discord to communicate with the teams, according to Alexander Wurz.

For some reason no message via the official notification board this time, usually this should happen (and is visible as a toast message on the TV feed).

So it’s 4 DRS trains so far.

Dang. Yuki out already. Hopefully Liam's car is fine.

I am muting this insane commentary.

LeARn ThE GEarS.. UPshIFt. haLf Up, DOwn

Aaand Max got past Hamilton who still has to pit.

So what are the odds something moronic is done by one of the drivers on lap 1 and we get a Red Flag?

I wonder if they'll have to lift and coast if they underfueled because of potential safety cars.

3 tenors? Who could have predicted that?

Awesome start by Carlos! Hopefully Leclerc can keep on Max and put a little pressure on him

Leclerc has already dropped so much since losing DRS.

What's a pit stop worth? For when it rains? lol

Russell's already 7s ahead of the car behind him, negating the penalty.

It seems like pitted for the Hards way earlier than everyone else. Curious to see if it helps them or not.

I'm always hoping for a safety car at this point in a race.

The only chance Ferrari have to win this race is crash out Max. Let's be honest here

So now everything again with lawson?

Expecting maximum procession. Pits only chance for advance