Sao Paulo Review

 

 

Best driver: Charles Leclerc

Worst driver: Ricciardo

Best team: Mercedes

Worst team: McLaren

Best overtake: Vettel on Bottas

Worst overtake: Perez on Verstappen (or the lack of)

Best moment: Verstappens move on Hamilton

Worst moment: Verstappen being taken out

Best thing about the race: Always nice to see a new winner

Worst thing about the race: Both Ferraris and Verstappen not really being able to fight the Mercs fairly

 

And the race in a sentence - Come in number 113. Your time is now

Sublime recovery for Alpine today but I turned the sprint off after their second coming together on the same bloody lap. No time for Nando mouthing off to the press when behind closed doors in the stewards office he’s admiring he pulled out too late. Not Ocons fault if you can’t judge the slipstream properly

 

 

What is it with returning legends being determined to disappoint me this Nov?

 

 

Absolutely howling at Gasly trying his level best to get banned for the final Oil GP of the season for the FIA to be like „oh, sorry. Didn’t see that.“

The Haas Formula 1 team is expected to confirm Nico Hulkenberg as Kevin Magnussen's team-mate for 2023, leaving Mick Schumacher without a seat.

Sao Paulo Review:

 

 

Best driver: George Russell

Worst driver: Daniel Ricciardo

Best team: Mercedes

Worst team: McLaren

Best overtake: Vettel on Bottas

Worst overtake: Verstappen on Hamilton

Best moment: Verstappens move on Hamilton

Worst moment: Magnussen been taken out.

Best thing about the race: Alonso's drive from 18th to 5th

Worst thing about the race: Sky Sports F1 obsession with Mercedes.

 

And the race in a sentence: The real George Russell has stood up.

Hulk in, Mick out, Grid finalised

 

 

Both Haas and Alpine gonna be fun to watch next year to see if they implode in team mate battles or not

Yeeeeeees for The Hulk coming back

They've switched an underachieving driver with potential to grow, for the sports biggest underachiever of the last 30 years

Grid finalised

 

 

Still depedant on Sargeant finishing at least 5th in the last race

When I first head the rumours about Hulk replacing Mick it was a major facepalm moment but looking into it I understand their decision. Like with K-Mag they just want a safe pair of hands and not someone who throws it into the wall once every 3 races. Mick showed great promise during the middle third of the season but in the past few weeks has dropped right off the ball again. Last season was a pass but clearly he's not done enough this year to warrant his seat.

Of the last six races, basically since the summer break. Mick has beaten Kevin in 50% of them and he was heavily stitched up by race tyre strategy in two of them. K-Mag clearly was superior in Brazil but Mick got sent out on the wrong tyre choice in quali there too and would have made Q2 at least.

 

Mick in both F3 and F2 had a slow starting first year before being competitive and ultimately winning the title. Last year as rookie season this was expected to be a bedding in year but with the sweeping regulation changes it could be argued that this is another learning year and you would expect big improvements in 2023. Sure he'll never set the championship alight but neither will the two drivers they've picked.

 

This looks very much like treading water and not thinking long term at all

Mick certainly seems to have a lot of very annoying fans that blame everything that goes wrong purely on Haas. I think it's perhaps slightly harsh for him not to get a third season given Latifi and Tsunoda have done and his replacement is really uninspiring (but at least it isn't Gio), but at the same time I don't think he can complain too much, he's binned it way too often in both seasons and the difference between him and KMag at the beginning of the season was pretty embarrassing for him.

Edited November 17, 20222 yr by RabbitFurCoat

For the record I don't think this means it's over for him in F1. I think he'll get another shot in 2024 or thereafter. A year on the sidelines did nothing wrong for Ocon & Magnussen.

If Sargeant doesn't get his license I could see Mick joining Williams or taking a test role somewhere but there are more promising drivers not already in F1 - Bearman, Pourchaire, Herta, O'Ward amd Palou being the standouts

the Spanish press are saying Mick is gonna be test driver for McLaren but sounds fan fiction

#Belated and having only seen the highlights (what a race to miss live!)

 

Best driver: Russell [absolute masterclass, sky is the limit for the guy]

Worst driver: Ricciardo [clumsy move, poor k-mag - what a regression!]

Best team: Mercedes [for Sunday, the good ol' days were back]

Worst team: McLaren [effectively their chances of 4th are now over]

Best overtake: Alonso on Bottas

Worst overtake: Norris on Leclerc

Best moment: Russell winning

Worst moment: Max not letting Checo pass

Best thing about the race: It was a stormer, and a British guy won his first race for the first time since 2007 :cheer:

Worst thing about the race: Magnussen didn't get a deserved shot at points on Sunday (+ I missed most of it)

 

And the race in a sentence: Russell ascends to the winners throne, Mercedes at last bring it home

 

 

Other thoughts:

- Felt like six of one, half a dozen of the other re Lewis vs Max incident Lewis could have left space but Max wasn't sufficiently alongside into turn 2 to be entitled to racing room. I would have given no penalty to either driver.

- Leclerc and Alonso put on great recovery drives, as much as the RB feud dominated it did seem odd to not swap the Ferraris too but it's a bit different denying someone a podium I suppose.

- If the reason Max didn't let Checo was revenge for Monaco how petty is that? Kinda hope Leclerc finishes P2 by 1 point now just to simmer the tensions even more over the winter break!

- Gasly - LOL. Now let's see if the FIA actually have the backbone to enforce the 12 penalty point rule for the first time ever

Danny Ric is joining Red Bull for next year. Interesting development, probably aimed at keeping Checo in line, PR and a 'let's see' element

Edited November 19, 20222 yr by Severin

Today is the first all Red Bull front row since Mexico 2018 apparently.

If only Seb hadn’t been screwed over last week he could be looking at a top 10 finish in the standings!

 

Here’s hoping miracles happen and he can get on the podium tomorrow!

Sargent has gotten his Super License, so we have a confirmed grid

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