2023 British GP [QUALIFYING] discussion thread

This is starting to get embarrassing for Checo. I thought people were exaggerating how precarious his position was but if he keeps performing like this RB might actually be forced to take action.

Imagine if RB had an actual competitor, Checo couldn't support Max at the front at all if he keeps going like this.

Norris: "Max ruins everything for everyone"

Ahahaha preach it

McLaren wtf Zack is so fucking pumped, proud of that guy. What a performance from Norris and Piastri.

Really impressed by Piastri, magnificent for a rookie

Perez, what the hell man

Petition to make Max drive a formula 2 car to keep races competitive.

We can leave Perez in the Red Bull, it’ll be fine.

Norris and Piastri going 2-3, just as we all expected.

Lol How does that happen. Facepalm moment for Max

LET'S GO LANDO

Damn McLaren. That was an exciting 2 seconds on Lando on pole lol

Love to see McLaren back at the front, very interesting to see so many teams getting competitive. Just ignore Max and it’s a bloody interesting season.

Perez confidence looking like Max's front wing in the pit lane

A very interesting quali, and hopefully an interesting race tomorrow as well.

Delighted by the surprise performance by the two McLarens, happy for Piastri especially. Up until this point I was feeling none of the rookies were making much of an impact. I don't usually root for McLaren but I definitely will tomorrow.

Perez needs to get his shit together or it might be curtains for him...

McLaren and Albon making me really happy right now

Feel like printing some "FREE SAINZ" shirts lol Ferrari have locked him in 2nd place driver spot, but he's looked at least equal to Leclerc this season.

Damn McLaren are on it.

That was a good Quali. Pumped for McLaren.

I'm amazed Albon is still scrapping in the top right now

Perez out, again lol

Can we now bet on Perez's replacement?

Max parking between the two McLaren’s: chef’s kiss

McLaren what???????

After struggling to log in for twenty minutes, the qualifying thread has been pinned! Let's go!

Holy Norris, McLaren is in there today

Waiting the whole season for Max to make a single mistake and when it finally happens it's in a Q1 that doesn't matter

Somebody put Perez on suicide watch, mans got the yips bad.

Sainz seems so done with Ferrari

I don't know how sainz hasn't ragequit. If I was red bull I'd be tempted to try and engineer a trade for Perez.

Lol Sainz and Leclerc are NOT happy with each other, team ordered them to swap places again at the pitlane exit!

holy shit mclaren!

McLaren! Chrome is the way to go!

Zak Brown amped

Lol, Sainz sounds so depressed.

Absolutely manic ending to Q1!

It's great to see promising McLaren performance a second race in a row!

This season will get spicy if McLaren becomes the second fastest car

We all know Norris is great but Piastri looks the real deal too. Exciting future for McLaren if they can build on this, especially with the new wind tunnel coming online soon.

Perez’s saving grace is that he is in the fast car and can come back through the pack to reclaim some points or a podium.

Luckily for RB Max is winning all championships on his own so whilst not great it’s not terrible.

If his race performances were off too he would have been gone before now. RB dropped Gasly and Albon for less however more was at stake then when they were not smashing everyone else.

People need to stop voting him driver of the day though.

Pumped for McLaren. Loved Zak’s reaction in the garage.

Need to see more Max and Norris up and the front.

Would Yuki be better than Perez in a Red Bull?

Do we think Danny Ricc is able to hide his smile in the pits right now?

I’ve got my hopes up that Williams and Albon are able to translate their top 3 times in the free practices to a good position in this qualifying.

Wow Williams!

Those final 30 seconds of Q1 were crazy!

Perez washed

Damn max really broke that wing

Laaaaaaandooo <3

Perez out in Q1. 💀

Ffs Checo

I can't believe Lando is still just 23 years old. McLaren better give him a damn good car for the long term, he can put up some exciting championship contending seasons.

Come on Max just let us have something.

Ferrari never fails to baffle

Ferraris switched again before leaving pit lane. How are they so incompetent

If it starts to rain, this is it. No Albon P1 :(

McLaren back for good?

Albon was faster then Alonso all thou qualifying. Crazy.

Hamilton showing off his pirouetting skills!

Good save by Hamilton to not get stuck in the gravel there

What kind of fairy dust are McLaren using this weekend?

5th time in a row I've n a RedBull? jfc Checo!

LANDOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Ándale, ándale Albon!

The double Williams Q3 dream lives on

Imagine the disappointment at Williams just now... maybe one more shot? But it's not looking good

What's the biggest points distance a driver has ever won the championship by?

I think its going to be broken in 2023.

Come on Albon, I think he's missed his chance, but 1 more hero lap?

Toto - I bless the rains down in Silverstone

Well this return of rain and the customary Ferrari Haas fuckup caused several drivers to not be able to put in a good lap... I'm afraid our Williams boys won't even get to Q2

Lol oh no the wobbly alpine wing has returned

Albon purple, come on!

Hell yes! McLaren!

Albon! Get him in that second Red Bull

Come on Checo. Embarrassing

Is there a way to autorefresh the comments with 18.1? Or do I need to reload and click new every time?

Damn seems the Williams are really not good in these conditions.

The one time Stroll looks in his mirrors, he gets in the way of Ocon and both end up knocked out lmao

I hadn't heard/seen there's a chance for rain during qualifying. That should really shake up the midfield!

Hoping for a surprise Williams front row this weekend. And obviously an Alonso upset.

Apparently Max overtook the Mercedes under yellow? Could be a McLaren 1-2

Coulthard's accent as mentioned on Channel 4...

Great lap by Nando

Track is improving quickly again

Very surprised that McLaren's been able to pull ahead of the backfield, they looked stuck there at the start of the season.

Drying track is always fireworks for quali. I missed the pre show, what's the weather forecast for q2 and 3?

Q1 was amazing. Don’t think that’s going to get topped.

Williams seem to be having the most difficulty with track limits

Man how is Alpha-tauri so bad? You'd think they could just copy the red bull car

de Vries a mile behind in 19th. If Magnussen was able to take a lap at the end there he would have been 0.4 behind every other driver.

Looks like one more flying lap on dries!

These guys are gonna be really cutting it close to making it to the line

Helmet move by Ocon

Alonso barely scraped into Q2!

Alpine just isn’t showing up this weekend

Let's see Nico breaking into the top 6 today and finish the race around p16 tomorrow

Does Piastri have the upgrades Norris has? McLaren looking super impressive

Is the pit lane still wet?

Damn albon .5 sec over Perez

Lol Ferrari not wasting time this session to switch to slicks. Would be terribly ironic if it started raining now

Oof. Tough day for Sauber.

I want to see Yuki in the red bull, but I don't know if he is ready at the moment

Interesting looks like a couple are starting with intermediates.

Ocon's helmet design is 🔥

I didn't see Q1, was the red flag early in the session or did Perez fail to do a good time?

Where have Sky popped their microphones? Haha

F1TV comms seem slightly delayed?

Are we able to get this discussion pinned instead of the the fp3 one now?

Bad news for Sargent if it's starting to rain now