2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Buildup, Practice & Qualifying Thread

[drax]

Good job Carlos !!

[ferrari1.8t]

Wow, Saniz woke up.

[ferrari1.8t]

Can Leclerc find 2 tenths and go for pole?

[elnano14]

CS was -0,5 on S2 and at the end he is +0,2

That 0,5s faster was compared to the P10 lap time, not Alonso's

[brucewayne]

So Verstappen with problems, and we won’t benefit as Leclerc with +10? Great…

[KimiBot]

We will not make Q3 with this pace

But we did.

[jgonzalesm6]

So Verstappen with problems, and we won’t benefit as Leclerc with +10? Great…

Max will start P15....fyi.

[stefa]

That 0,5s faster was compared to the P10 lap time, not Alonso's

OK. My mistake

[ferrari1.8t]

Too bad Charles has a penalty this weekend, with Max’s problems we could have caught up on the points lost last weekend. Let’s see what Q3 and the race has in store

[gump1480]

So Verstappen with problems, and we won’t benefit as Leclerc with +10? Great…

The thing is we get issues in race and lose all the points and then some through penalties in subsequent races !!

[KimiBot]

Now Ferrari will take all power out from PU? P1&P2?

[stefa]

Can Leclerc find 2 tenths and go for pole?

He can, but SP and FA will be faster I assume

[brucewayne]

Max will start P15....fyi.

With the advantage from RB/Max, we would need to start P1/P2 to even have a chance. Max is still the favorite for tomorrow.

[jgonzalesm6]

Now there saying it's a driveshaft issue for Max.

[Cheeseman]

We have the 3rd fastest car right now. Not too bad for Ferrari. If we are carrying a few issues, as Sky would suggest, then we are not doing too badly. We are only slightly behind Aston Martin and I'm not convinced yet that Aston can keep it up for the whole season. Problems can strike any team at any point as we've just seen with Max. Hopefully we can sort a few of these issues and get closer to Red Bull. I won't write our season off just yet

[330 p4]

Now there saying it's a driveshaft issue for Max.

Lots of reliability issues early in the season for nearly everyone. Ferrari had 1 issue last race and has had an impact on this weekend. RB had issue now but every chance he will still win the race. Not to sad though as Ferrari do not look in the title fight on pace only RB and their lead driver.

[brucewayne]

We have the 3rd fastest car right now. Not too bad for Ferrari. If we are carrying a few issues, as Sky would suggest, then we are not doing too badly. We are only slightly behind Aston Martin and I'm not convinced yet that Aston can keep it up for the whole season. Problems can strike any team at any point as we've just seen with Max. Hopefully we can sort a few of these issues and get closer to Red Bull. I won't write our season off just yet

I wouldn’t mind these problems if my team was 1s faster in the race.

[jgonzalesm6]

Max is still the favorite for tomorrow.

It's gonna be difficult for Max to catch up to Perez and Alonso.....possibly Stroll............for the overtakes for the P1 position.

[brucewayne]

It's gonna be difficult for Max to catch up to Perez and Alonso.....possibly Stroll............for the overtakes for the P1 position.

We will see many Safety Cars, Max is simply faster.

[stefa]

CL is from another planet

[drax]

Saint Leclerc again half a second faster than Sainz

[jgonzalesm6]

We will see many Safety Cars, Max is simply faster.

That's a good possibility.....good point.

[drax]

Great lap from Russel too

[stefa]

That Red Bull from another planet also!

[Cheeseman]

I wouldn’t mind these problems if my team was 1s faster in the race.

Maybe your team will be 1sec faster after solving the problems

[Ferrari312T4]

Now that we have changed the engine? Are we now allowed to disassemble that engine and have a look and use it again?

[ferrari1.8t]

0.492…ughhh don’t think we have anymore for pole, P2 or P3 is possible

[elnano14]

Add another +0.3s from Perez and that's the true pace of Red Bull
That car is from another planet

[stefa]

Add another +0.3s from Perez and that's the true pace of Red Bull
That car is from another planet

Exactly

[Aziz]

0.492…ughhh don’t think we have anymore for pole, P2 or P3 is possible

Max would be 0.8s faster, this is really to much