#f1 pre season testing 2023

[my-fragment-of-peace]

Highlights from the pre-season testing recap:

It's predicted that Alex Albon will easily be a midfielder at the start of the season. The Williams car has improved performance.

Alpha Tauri are predicted to stay the same as last year if not a bit slower, but it was implied that this may have been due to intention sandbagging.

All the drivers seem really exhausted. Let them leave.

Journalists asking the drivers about how reliable they think the cars are seems redundant. Of course the drivers will say the cars are reliable, they're not going to publicly discuss any cracks that may be showing.

Haas is in a similar position to last year and predicted to do about as well.

There was a bit of porpoising, but it's predicted to have been due to the track rather than the cars themselves. If so, this is great news!

Aston Martin is apparently one of the most improved teams based on reactions and times. They're predicted to be very close to Mercedes this season.

RBR and Ferrari are expected to be the top teams this year, with RBR taking the lead again (I am hoping for close racing this year, I do not want to see another season where rbr are 20+ seconds ahead of everyone it was so boring and I also don't want to see another season where Ferrari and Mercedes aren't actively competing for championship titles, personally).

Mclaren has "fundamental issues" with their wheel brows and pace. They'll likely make upgrades as soon as possible. Piastri said the team is where they expected to be in terms of current standings.

Alonso is backing up earlier claims that Aston will likely be on the better end of the midfield and one of the more competitive teams.

They're just talking about how good rbr is now and I don't care tbh. I'm over it and I've been over it.

Alpine are ahead of Mclaren as of now, but they're considered an unknown entity. It could go either way for them at this point.

Mercedes is thought to be improved from last year, though they've still seen technical issues over the past several days. One journalist predicted they're going to be further back in the midfield (closer to best of the rest). He doesn't think it's a competitive car with rbr or Ferrari. I hope he's wrong.

Lewis says they have a mountain to climb and they're all working hard. Reliability is generally good, so that's a good start! He says they aren't where they want to be yet, but it's a good starting point. Compared to last year, the team feels less defeated and more determined. They know they have some areas to improve on, but it's better overall. They're staying positive and continuing on. The journalists think Mercedes are sandbagging and bluffing, even with the journalists. Lewis dodged one of the questions about pace and smirked a bit. Toto also apparently implied that the team has more speed to come, so those things combined...let's not get our hopes too high, but it is a possibility.

It is unknown as to whether or not the Ferrari will actually be competitive with rbr this year. One of the journalists says rbr is still ahead of Ferrari, but they might be able to steal a few wins away (I can't do this again I really can't if they're that far ahead of everyone again it's going to be so boring).

[makeagif]

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen during pre-season testing 2023, day three in Bahrain. (25/02)

[ummick]

mick schumcher in bahrain for pre-season testing - february 22, 2023

[wejustvibing]

TWO NOSE STUDS. I REPEAT. THERE'S TWO NOSE STUDS. TWO NOSE STUDS???

[alexalblondo]

everyone having the same food opinion, I -

[petit-papillion]

😫😫😫

Merci sebchalea for the translations.

[umgeorge]

george russell and mick schumacher in the paddock during pre-season testing, bahrain - february 23, 2023 📷 mark sutton / apimages.com

[acrosstobear]

FRANZ TOST, team principal at Alpha Tauri, speaks to MICK SCHUMACHER, reserve driver at Mercedes, in the paddock in Bahrain on Day 1 of Pre Season Testing (by Hoch Zwei)

[sharlleglerg]

[sokoal]

🌟💫

[formulaheaders]

lewis hamilton

◦ pre season testing ◦ like/reblog if you save or use and please don't repost ◦ © piastricc

[my-fragment-of-peace]

There's a recap in a half hour that I'm waiting to watch. I want a recap of the overall results, I think we'll be able to get a better understanding of the cars from it. At the same time, as much as I've been getting hyped or disappointed about results from testing, I think it's worth keeping in mind that testing is different from racing. Testing is very close to what a free practice is like, and free practice results tend to be quite different from race day results (not always, but very often). Keeping this in mind, the overall results should give us a healthy level of expectation for the teams, but it doesn't necessarily express the full capabilities of the teams either.

[makeagif]

Charles Leclerc during pre-season testing 2023, day three in Bahrain. (25/02)

[ummick]

mick schumacher in the garage on the final day of testing, bahrain - february 25, 2023 📷 dan istitene / getty

[wejustvibing]

wbuxton? well well

[alexalblondo]

he’s soooooo …