Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2023

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:18 pm

1096th GP
جائزة قطر الكبرى

Lusail International Circuit

Last race at this track

2021 - A late tire failure for Bottas saw a DNF for him. Meanwhile Hamilton dominated in the chase for the championship against Verstappen and Alonso finished on the podium for the first time in 7 years

Season standings
after round 16

Code:

DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   400
2   Sergio Perez   MEX   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   223
3   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   190
4   Fernando Alonso   ESP   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   174
5   Carlos Sainz   ESP   FERRARI   150
6   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   135
7   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN MERCEDES   115
8   George Russell   GBR   MERCEDES   115
9   Oscar Piastri   AUS   MCLAREN MERCEDES   57
10   Lance Stroll   CAN   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   47
11   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   46
12   Esteban Ocon   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   38
13   Alexander Albon   THA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   21
14   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   HAAS FERRARI   9
15   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   6
16   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   4
17   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   3
18   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   3
19   Liam Lawson   NZL   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   2
20   Logan Sargeant   USA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
21   Nyck De Vries   NED   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0
22   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   623
2   MERCEDES   305
3   FERRARI   285
4   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   221
5   MCLAREN MERCEDES   172
6   ALPINE RENAULT   84
7   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   21
8   HAAS FERRARI   12
9   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   10
10   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   5

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+3)

Code:

FRIDAY 6th OCTOBER      Local time

Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   15:00 -15:50
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   15:00 -16:00
FIA   F1 Car Presentation   15:00 - 16:00
FORMULA 1   FIRST PRACTICE SESSION   16:30 - 17:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   17:40 - 19:30
Formula 1   Teams' Press Conference   18:00 - 19:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   18:30 - 19:30
FORMULA 1   QUALIFYING   20:00 - 21:00

SATURDAY 7th OCTOBER      

Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   14:00 - 14:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   14:30 - 15:15
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   14:30 - 15:15
Air Display   Qatar Airways Fly Past   15:56 - 15:58
FORMULA 1   SPRINT SHOOTOUT   16:00 - 16:44
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   17:00 - 19:40
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   17:50 - 19:40
FORMULA 1   SPRINT (19 Laps or 60 Mins)   20:30 - 21:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   21:00 - 21:30
F1 Experiences   F1 Experiences Champions Club Grid Walk & Trophy Photo   21:30 - 22:30

SUNDAY 8th OCTOBER      

Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   17:00 - 18:45
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   17:45 - 18:45
Formula 1   Drivers' Parade   17:50 - 18:20
Formula 1   National Anthem   19:46 - 19:48
FORMULA 1   GRAND PRIX (57 LAPS OR 120 MINS)   20:00 - 22:00

for the first time the Sprint might claim the champion, and then all races will have a Sprint

amq55 · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:20 pm

This is already going to be horrible but to have the championship settled in the sprint really is the icing on the turd.

JJ · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:31 pm

Couldn't care less. :tumble:

For Suzuka I willingly woke up twice at 5 am to watch practice sessions. Here, I'm only willing to watch (reluctantly) Sprint and GP and skip everything else.

And to think that Qatar got a contract that will last until 2032 like that, while many classic circuits have to make new deals almost annually. Oil money smells, and it stinks. F1 is more corrupted than FIFA and IOC. :yuk:

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 4:53 pm

don't forget that since this is in a oil rich micronation and no supports is guaranteed to see paid fans attending this one with fake cheering each time cameras focus on them

pimmy · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:03 pm

LucasWheldon wrote:

Last race at this track

If only it was.

Omega · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:20 pm

Will try to watch the sprint race on Sunday afternoon before the actual race. Or both in the evening.

peterohanrahanrahan · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:08 pm

pimmy wrote:

LucasWheldon wrote:

Last race at this track

If only it was.

Weren't they moving to a street circuit for 2024?

Thought I read that, but I've just read they've invested a whole heap of money into this circuit, so I guess not?

Fabs · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:16 pm

amq55 wrote:

This is already going to be horrible but to have the championship settled in the sprint really is the icing on the turd.

y so negative

Great track in a great country to go on holiday in the winter.
And on top of that it has a great human right's record these days.

All hail our oil overlords

Juihi · PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:23 pm

peterohanrahanrahan wrote:

pimmy wrote:

LucasWheldon wrote:

Last race at this track

If only it was.

Weren't they moving to a street circuit for 2024?

Thought I read that, but I've just read they've invested a whole heap of money into this circuit, so I guess not?

I thought that too, but it's going to be at the permanent circuit for the next 10 years. Tbf, the last race there wasn't too bad

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:20 am

I wonder how many people will turn up. There's been so little promotion.

Juihi · PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:27 am

The Race had a random advert for the tickets for the race during this vid they posted 5 days ago. Stark contrast to some of the races where tickets sell out rapidly

https://youtu.be/Kpoiu2WDlNE?t=370

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:47 pm

generally they give away tickets to employees of F1 partners like Salesforce, Aramco and Crypto, as long they start jumping when cameras focus on them

peterohanrahanrahan · PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:28 pm

If it's anything like the world cup they'll have a grandstand filled with migrant labourers from Nepal and Bangladesh wearing orange shirts and waving dutch flags.

Fabs · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:38 am

JJ · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:06 pm

Rumor has it Herbie Blash is assigned to hold "Applause" and "Cheer" signs this weekend.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:40 pm

it'll be funny if Hamilton finishes on the podium and calls for the "great crowd here tonight" during the interview

Omega · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:25 pm

LucasWheldon wrote:

it'll be funny if Hamilton finishes on the podium and calls for the "great crowd here tonight" during the interview

Of course he will say that. He is programmed that way.

amq55 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:38 pm

Lawson confirmed for the weekend.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:39 pm

Omega wrote:

LucasWheldon wrote:

it'll be funny if Hamilton finishes on the podium and calls for the "great crowd here tonight" during the interview

Of course he will say that. He is programmed that way.

What I think has been funny this year is that Max has been saying it a lot during his podium interviews, either to psych out Lewis or it's a mandatory thing FOM require you to say/is just a nice thing to do, but no-one here has either noticed or had a problem with it... :whistling:

Omega · PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:14 pm

Just like you are programmed to counter everything remotely negative said about Hamilton with empty arguments.

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