Official 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[TheLimla]

carlo996 said:

Derek Smith said:

You are defending mocking. Mocking!

Classless indeed.

Oh no, the LH fanclub are triggered...don't worry boys..he can't line up worse than 10th

Are you 10 years old?

[cgt2]

I'd love a Nando win

[Derek Smith]

Pflanzgarten said:

Russel?!

He's going well, isn't he. A third of a second up on LH.

[paulguitar]

Derek Smith said:

Pflanzgarten said:

Russel?!

He's going well, isn't he. A third of a second up on LH.

Yep, George looking very handy here.

[Pflanzgarten]

Derek Smith said:

Pflanzgarten said:

Russel?!

He's going well, isn't he. A third of a second up on LH.

I prematurely got excited at a Mercedes 1:28 until the realisation that in reality, if max were still on track a sub 1:27.5 would be likely by the Red Bull.

[JonChalk]

Piastri has managed to hustle the dog that is the McLaren round to within 2 hundredths of Hamilton - that is some going in that car.

[snotrag]

4 teams in P1 to P4! That's rare!


(at the start, after penalty applied)

[Leithen]

That Russell pit exit must have impeded Sainz?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

SmoothCriminal said:

Perez will probably get pole and then will be ordered to hold the pack up after t1.

Not that max needs the help with the speed of his car.

Well called on the first. Hope you are wrong on the 2nd

[ChocolateFrog]

4/10ths between Russell and Hamilton.

Russell smashing it.

[carlo996]

Should prove to be an interesting race.

[honda_exige]

Lewis barely, barely any quicker than Piastri in a stbox McLaren and almost 0.5sec slower than Russell. That's got to hurt.

Did he make an error?

[Wills2]

Horner sounds delighted....

He's just so fake whenever he congratulates Perez.

[Derek Smith]

Piastri just 0.005 off LH's time. In front of Gasly, who doesn't hang about.

Impressive, and promises well for McL in future races.

(I'll take anything I can get.)

Editied to add: I thought LH had his time deleted, so jumped the gun there. The McL was 0.02 slower.

Edited by Derek Smith on Saturday 18th March 18:08

[thegreenhell]

Leithen said:

That Russell pit exit must have impeded Sainz?

He wasn't on a hot lap.

[Niponeoff]

Great seeing last season's back markers in the top three.

[Adrian W]

Oh look, a Redbull is on pole

[Leithen]

thegreenhell said:

Leithen said:

That Russell pit exit must have impeded Sainz?

He wasn't on a hot lap.

Were they doing two lap warm ups?

[honda_exige]

Wills2 said:

Horner sounds delighted....

He's just so fake whenever he congratulates Perez.

Sounds about the same as Toto congratulating George

[Adrian W]

Oh Checo how do you do it, pole again, by having the fastest car by fking miles.