F1 2023 BrazilianGP - Interlagos Pre-Race Thread

Looks like it will take rain to make it an interesting weekend.

 

That was always the case.

 

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Beautiful image yet so different from the sad realities of Sao Paulo in general and Interlagos in particular.

 

Is he in court?

 

He's just doing whatever it takes to try and stop his Dad's persistent crying.

 

Or maybe he is keeping a low profile and avoids meeting Alonso and Hamilton ?

 

If someone was suing me, I would not invite them to my party.

 

A truly slow weekend ahead. I wonder if Ferrari will even bother to bring spare parts. A double DNF would be better than finishing 11th and 8th. Maybe some good photo ops of Charles and Carlos dressed as Carmen Miranda with the cars in a special LGBTQ+ livery.

 

Over under max winning by 12.5 seconds?

 

Doesn't seem a lot of interest here in this race.

 

Even though rain mixes up things, I'm inclined to believe that Ferrari would probably be better in dry. Zero times have I seen Ferrari actually greatly benefit from wet conditions pacewise in the last two seasons.

 

I'm hopeful for an interesting race, Lewis tends to bring the heat at Interlagos. Based on their pace last weekend who knows...

Very different track requirements however

 

How about a repeat of the Hulk on pole with rain or changing conditions, or Danny Ric does the amazing and lands on the front row. That'd spice Saturday up anyway. For the race, I'll put money on the over of +12.5 seconds for Max.

 

Now that both titles have been decided, the interest fades away for the rest of the season. Maybe a sign that 23 races is too much.
Las Vegas will probably see a revival with all the efforts the city, the promoters and Liberty are doing to make it truly sensational.
I sincerely hope their efforts will be crowned with success, and rewarded with a large attendance and a good race.
Weather helping, it could be a GP to remember, if only by the exceptional setting.

 

I personally hope that it fails. I would rather see F1 downsize and have better racing without the showbiz patina.