ROUND 20: Mexico 🇲🇽
FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO 2023
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 1963
- Number of laps: 71
- Circuit Length: 4.304 km
- Race Distance: 305.354 km
- Lap record: 1:17.774 Valtteri Bottas (2021)
- 2022 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
Ferrari comms: Stay out. We don’t see anything big.
end plate breaks off immediately
Actual Kings of comedy in ferrari
To be fair, Leclerc has been having more speed without the endplate!
Ye, the should have removed the front wing entirely for weight gains 😃
Did we just witness the return of question, question?
I am not sure, do you think so, question?
Seems like it. If they got a chance to win, they want to blame the drivers for potential strategy mistakes.
Stop inventing, stop inventing
Perez playing the short game.
Perez forgot he’s driving a real race and not a F1 23 multiplayer race.
Turned right into the side of a Ferrari…
Sigh, Yuki. That prob would’ve been best finish for AT. Both Top 10. And now he’s down in 16.
That would’ve been driver of the day for me too. From 19th to 8th in the first half of the race. He needs to make fewer mistakes like these. Then again, I guess he hasn’t had much experience with a car that can overtake others.
Admittedly, he did get lucky with the red flag. Free pit stop from old hards to new.
Bruh, the Redbull mechanics were looking at perez as if they knew the dude is out lmfao
That was my feeling too. “Get out, you’re blocking our view of the screen”.
♪ RETURN OF THE MARIACHI THEME! ♪
I’m really surprised at how well the mediums are holding on.
Lap 69 and HAM is increasing the gap to the hard LEC behind him.
Ferrari was managing heat as I understand. A lot of lift and coast for them. But the mediums were great still, ham got FL at the end 😲
YUKI NOOOOOOOO GOD DAMNIT
What happened? :(
He did a Perez :(
Checo is losing me. I don’t know if I can keep doing this. Get your shit together man
I think today was the day he blew it with Red Bull.
And Danny Ric’s performance just makes it even worse for him. At this point I would be amazed if Checo is in a Red Bull (F1 car) next year
RB dont need someone to win races, they just need someone who can qualify well, not make stupid mistakes and finish 2nd-3rd behind Max
Yep. I think that’s right on point. And if Danny podiums today, I think he’s in the second RB seat next year.
Even if he doesn’t get on the podium he’ll still be finishing 71 laps ahead of Perez. That counts, too.
Prediction, Danny Ric on podium after ferrari puts leclerc on used softs
Stop it, you’re getting my hopes up!
Nah, he’ll think he’s back in 2018 and crash into Verstappen. Or at least that seems more likely than Ric finishing in the top 3. A top 10 finish should be doable though.
Absolute masterclass by Norris holy fucking shit
That was some F1 23 level shit there Checo.
That Horner/Checo chat needs a caption competition
“So, Checo, how would you rate your performance today?”
"No Checo, it’s alright. You’ll still get to drive the AT next year "
Max pit under SC? he has to, 21 second lead, cannot waste that
edit: yup
This worked out absolutely perfect for Max, especially as he was the only one with two new sets of hards
If this gives us a second standing start he might be less than thrilled. But, he seems to have the starts well in hand, too.
With the red flag, that’s no longer true. Free repairs for Lec and less optimal position on that long straight with a danger of crashes.
Though I’m worried for Ricciardo losing position with the restart.
yeh, the red flag quickly undid the benefit
God, I want Danny to hold on to that 4th, but there is no way in hell that Alpha Tauri can beat a Mercedes… right? I NEED SOME FUCKING COPIUM
Job well done hanging on to 4th for as long as he has, though.