2023 São Paulo Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread

ROUND 21: Brazil 🇧🇷

FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2023

Circuit stats

First Grand Prix: 1973
Number of laps: 71
Circuit Length: 4.309 km
Race Distance: 305.879 km
Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2021)
2022 winner: George Russel

Track Map

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Alonso, you magnificent bastard.
I don’t know if Russel is the whiniest shit on the grid or if they just televise his bitching more than others
- Probably a mix of the 2
WHAT A FINISH FROM ALONSO AND PEREZ!
Fantastic racing from Checo and Alonso, that was so fun to watch
What a finish, 0.053 is insanity.

Great job Alonso, kudos to Perez as well.

Interlagos brings the fun yet again, love this track.
Hey, thanks for making these every weekend. I appreciate the effort you're putting into it!

I'm also looking forward to the race after the sprint yesterday, that was real fun. Still undecided on whether stroll takes out Perez or the other way around.....:p
This camera direction is bad. Perez fighting Hamilton out of the pits and they're focusing on Stroll.
- Director is obviously big fan of the old Monaco director.
This TV direction is horrendous. Not showing us the battles that we actually care about.
- What you don’t want to watch the Mercedes struggle to drive straight or max just putting in laps a mile ahead of anyone for 2 hours?
Ahhh, happy for Perez but Alo also deserved that one, too.

Edit: I spoke too soon!
Charles on his own little forest adventure lmao what is this race
Alonso great at keeping Perez in the dirty air, making him use up his tires trying to get past. Interesting to see how this plays out.
This is awesome to watch..
That was a nice move from Perez
Because you race for Ferrari charles
Stroll overtaking Russell wow
Wow photo finish
Anyone else notice Russel steal the place from Perez when SC was called? I thought there was no passing under SC, George
- It looked like they were uncertain as to whose place it was, Perez and George drove next to each other for a bit.
  
  That's how I saw it as well.
- Pretty sure checo passed him after the SC flag came out, checo also left a gap then. I think checo would've complained otherwise.
- Yeah looked like a slam dunk penalty to me
- yeh, looked like it to me, but they are so busy replaying other stuff weve not seen it again
  
  From the onboard just now it seemed clear that Perez would've made the move on George if no yellow flag, but just as the flag came out George was just ahead of Perez. I.e. they assumed the correct order.
Russell is gonna be steaming lol
- Amazing how Hamilton can be simultaneously too slow because he wants to go past, and too fast because he pulled away from DRS range.
  
  Tell him to slow down or I'll over take and show him how to drive slowly!
All this chaos without the rain
I wish they would stop showing the predicted drivers and constructors championship points before the race is done. Just wait until the end and we will know the actual points.
Hope they can fix Daniel’s wing.

Charles is on a wilderness excursion lol
https://www.formula1.com/vote
- Don't really think anyone has done anything spectacular this race. I guess Perez will get it for at least vaguely achieving what the car is capable of.
  
  I've gone with Ricciardo for shits n giggles
  
  I agree, nothing spectacular that stands out. I went with Alo, just because it's nice to see him towards the front again.
- I voted for stroll because he wasn't awful for once
I love ric and piastri, two aussies just hanging at the back, vibing.
- They're cruising
Russel is so annoying
Alonso baby
Hopefully that wasn't the last overtaking attempt for Norris.
- I suspect Max was holding back, just saving his tires.
So Netflix clearly decided this episode is gonna be the Checo and Lance redemption show
Charles taking his car on a forest picnic.
I am not that familiar with the anthem, did the singer forgot her lines at the beginning or is the anthem like that? Because I swear I saw people still singing despite her being silent
- Her actual singing sucked too, stroll and a steward both were cringing
- There were tech issues with the broadcast during the Sprint Shootout, I wonder if she had a mic problem? It seemed to come back quite suddenly
- Don't know it either but it seemed to be a very minimalist interpretation of it, as most national anthems are bombastic by design.
Let's be fair to Charles. With Ferrari's strategists I would try to eliminate myself too.
Russell and whining on the radio that he wants to be let through. Sunday traditions.
Wow, Machine Gun Kelly might the grid walk interview that I have cringed at the hardest so far
- No idea why Brundle bothered to stop for him
- Part of it seems like he couldn’t hear and the other part was that he’s just an idiot
Mercedes not having a great weekend here. That deg is bad. Being battled and passed up by cars that don't typically pass up a Mercedes...
Yuki should've pit ages ago. Alphatauri having horrible strategy as usual.
- Alpha tauri's race operations don't deserve all the great drivers they have had in the team. So many strategic mistakes over the season
- I was wondering when they pit, and then he started to lose a second after another. That said, the end result was not too bad. Maybe he lost one position (to Lewis). I don't think he lost two.
That tyre could have landed on somebody's head
- Hit Riccardo's back wing. I'm guessing he's out as well.
- Happened more than once in the past
Smooooth Operator
They were showing the highlights for the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix on F1TV and wow, that race was something. 10 retirements.
- I remember that one. There really was so much going on..
  
  The howl of the V10, god that was intoxicating..
I don’t wanna jinx it but Checo is looking TIDY today, nice racing
Its going well for McLaren 😃
So anyone else who thinks Stroll will DNF before the end of first lap? I'm not a fan of his, so definitely biased but his best recent results were after he could get a safe start from the pitlane.
- I'd say here's about a 70% chance he'll ram someone at the first corner?
  
  I’d say here’s about a 70% chance he’ll ram someone at the first corner?
  
  I'd say there's about a 90% chance it will be Alonso
  
  Ohh, was stroll involved in that leclerc incident? 😂
If they keep crashing at this rate no car will reach the finish.
- Thunderdome:Sao Paolo edition. 20 cars enter. One car leaves.
What the heck, Charles..

Ah, lost hydraulics. That sucks..
Bro, just redflag this and try again
That Williams got WRECKED.
Did Verstappen just pit for fresh softs?! Did he start on used softs, or did he somehow still have two fresh softs for the race on a sprint weekend?
Eventual race and weekend. Fun watch.
I can hear Perez's sigh (behind Ham again).
Well that didn't take long
Did the McClaren pass Perez under SC? Certainly looked like it
- Merc did, McLaren has retired
Sky just threw up a “All 17 Onboards Press the red button” graphic 😆 cheeky fucks
They haven’t given a restart time, have they?
- 31 minutes past, they said just now.
- Not yet, probably the barrier needing repairs
Hoping Lando somehow finds his way to P1. It'll take a miracle, but I'm here for it.
Alright George, show us how unbelievably much faster you are than Hamilton by overtaking Sainz.
Embarrassing for those being beaten for stroll 😯
- I'd say mostly for the Mercedes works team. Their engine is so good that even Stroll can get in the top 5 with it, except, their car is so bad, they can't do that themselves. And they might even get beaten by a Renault.
  
  Being beaten by a Frenchman driving a french car, ouch! 😛
Imagine if your job was holding a leaf blower on Louis Hamilton’s balls during red-flagged sessions
- Travel the world, attend F1 races, get paid more than most people. Sign me up.
  
  You know this is a great point
WHAT THE FUCK?!?

COME ON FERRARI
BRO WHAT THE FUCK IS EVEN HAPPENING
George Russel: The King’s Ligma?
Is that a red flag to clean up and restore the barrier?
- Yeap, and probably to bring out a sweeper car as well.
  
  There’s half a cars worth of carbon scattered across the first stretch yeah
COME ON CHECO! Redemption time.
CHARLES NO
- "Why am I so unlucky"
  
  😭
  
  because theres a prancing horse on the front of your car
The tire carcas hit 2 cars! I hope it wasn't ricciardos car it hit

EDIT: BRB killing myself
Come on somebody overtake
Leclerc doing Ferrari things..
Oh Ferrari...
Rip LeClerc
Yesterday was proof why Interlagos should be the last race of the season.
Any idea why Zhou retired?
- Engine related I think
  
  Rip
  
  Second Alfa Romeo retiring as well.
This is a pretty anthem.
Most start on softs
"Checo doesn't deserve rbr seat" -mfs in shambles rn
- Well, I'm not necessarily one of those, but one good race doesn't wipe out history, either.
- There is still time 😂
I thought Massa was banned from the grid because of his court case?
- I'm not sure they would dare keep him out
Vamos Perez
Nice dive, Checo!
Alex Jacques: "One Red Bull disappearing, the other on the attack!"

Smooth transition between the camera shots.
Hydraulic issues for Sainz as well?
Karun Chandhok is really good with the controls, slow-mo, zoom, drawing, rewind and explaining everything that is going on at the same time.
Great Anthem this.
Wow, completely dogshit start by stroll, please get out of the sport already thanks mate

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