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2023 Hungarian Grand Prix - [FP1] discussion thread

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix	1986
Number of laps	70
Lap record	1:16.627 Lewis Hamilton (2020)
2022 winner	Max Verstappen

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Dear lord Checo.
- The look on Helmut 😐
  
  Bout to make a lap 11 call again lol
- what a scene as soon as I tune in…
  I fear Checo won’t make it to the end of the season at this rate
- What is happening with the dude. Such an avoidable mistake.
  With everything that is going on I wouldn't be surprised if ricciardo is in the red bull this season already...
  
  You'd be excused for thinking Checo is intentionally trying to get out of his contract.
  
  Idk man... Looks like after getting beaten without a safety car or red flag in Miami, he is trying to fight max but just can't. I mean after Miami he kept crashing etc. But yeah currently it wouldn't shock anyone if Ricciardo is back at red bull before the end of the season, maybe Yuki if he outperforms Ricciardo.
- That's definitely not how he should be spending free practice.
I'm incredibly excited to see danny ric on the track again, I hope his fp shows some results already today.
To borrow a Brundle-ism, if Checo didn’t have bad luck he’d have no luck at all
- Nice graphic, I do wonder how they measure some of these things or if they're just semi-made-up stats? I feel Traction, Grip and Abrasion go hand in hand?
  
  Pirelli’s website says they’ve done 10,000 hours of testing, 5,000 hours of simulation, and 20,000 kilometers of testing by the teams
  so likely a formula (heh) based on all those points, plus laser scans of the track to measure surface abrasiveness, etc
  https://www.pirelli.com/tires/en-us/motorsport/f1/tires
To Checo’s defense: having Max as your team mate makes your drive on the edge at all times. To use a poker analogy you have to go “all in” every single time you are in the car. This creates frequent mistakes such as this one.
I love Checo. Hope he recovers mentally quickly.
So, what's going on this weekned? I didn't watch FP1, got up to watch FP2 and first thing I see is that Perez crashed on FP1 but what about Max and Lewis? Why they don't have a time in FP1? Then a few minutes into the broadcast, FP2 already started and I see Max on the pitwall like WTF? Why is he not on the track practicing? Someone care to explain what's going on? Thanks!
Its just never ending for him. The questions must be driving him insane too.

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