Red Bull may look the strongest of the 2023 grid after F1’s Bahrain GP, but behind that, there are some very interesting developments going on. From a strong showing from Aston Martin, Alonso and Stroll, to a worried Mercedes, and a struggling Ferrari, plus every other team on the grid, Jon Noble, Matt Kew and Martyn Lee got together to discuss every team on the grid and how their 2023 season looks after just one race.
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Red Bull's double DFNs last year weren't PU related, but a minor fuel vacuum issue in the fuel tanks. Ferrari on the other hand has a more complicated mechanical issue with their PUs, which may not be so easy to fix.
Merc was never top shelf before they got their big engine advantage. So now that the game is back to aero, they’re back to where they were.
Don't think Seb Vettel would have got a podium
I'm pretty sure the next couple of nights are going to be sleepless for Mike Elliott and Andrew Shovlin. The boards of Ineos and Daimler plus Toto were left red faced in Bahrain yesterday.
Listen to Verstappen's/Gianpiero's radio communication from the exit of turn 10 on lap 1 and onwards and you'll get a grasp on how dominant he actually was.
I fear the worst for his competition.
What Alonso is able to do is unbelievable… what a spectacular performance.
And what a shame he hasn’t had a car competitive car in the last decade. F1 would have been so much more fun
That RB is quicker than they showed, they had their engines turned down, Max driving a car he is not yet where he wants it to be…. They have not shown their pace that they had during testing. And let's not forget their strength is in season development penalties notwithstanding.
they have this wind tunnel's time penalty, which could be a disadvantage at some point of the year.
To me Williams is by far the team that has improved most. From what i could see in the first race. I hope they are able to score points later aswell
Is RB dominating as much as Mercedes 2014-15-16 or even more or no not that much but less??
Mercedes needs a new manager, first putting their drivers in danger in 2022, now not listening to the drivers. We now know that Toto has just one thing in his mind, money, his money to be exact.
@autosport any chance you could not ruin the results with the title and thumbnail for the next one?
Warm congratulations to Alonso. What a great driver and entertainment too. I fear that Jeddah may be a much more difficult track for AM and Alonso as the car is very slow on the straights. Will like to see Alonso/Stroll on the podium there, but that is a challenge with Ferrari being so fast on the straights.
So for the F1 experts my question is how much did the huge advantage was the engine for Merc urly on & if thats why it was so dominant back then? Cause with the budget cap & the engines now similar it seems they are in the area that the team was before(in its bar & honda years).
Watching Norris on the verge of tears during post race interviews is hard. Turning down redbull for shitbox Mclaren.
Ocon got 3 of the most ticky-tack penalties we'll ever see
Alonso driving skills and experience showed that he's old but not obsolete. Good to see him in this spirit means we gonna see more epic fights on track. Lec almost crying could see it was bringing back all those emotions of last season of disappointment with the car. And Toto Face said it all when Alonso Passed Russell and Lewis on track he was worried. Epic race this is why we watch the sport
The Aston Concept is really a Hybrid of the RB and Ferrari designs, with Mercedes internals. It is Not a green Redbull.
Its a long season people. It was the first race after only 3 days of testing. It's pretty much testing until well into when they get to Europe
Great job
I think Merc needs to write off '23 as hard as it is. If Merc isn't in it for the victories then what's the point?
If Alonso can make pole at Monaco,
he can win
This is great to get Jon Noble insight for free on YT – good move Autosport
3 Red Bull cars at the top, that is a 1st no one will ever match that stats. Red Bull now guaranteed the constructors. Checo brought it up in the debrief
Regarding Toto's comment about Red Bull being on a different planet and that it hurts that they are so far ahead of Mercedes…. Well, he wasn't bothered at all about seven years of complete dominance and Mercedes being on a different planet than the rest of the field. Perhaps he does not like having to really compete for wins instead of just showing up and collecting the wins.
Give us Mercedes Domination!
Absolutely Heartbreaking hearing Leclerc clearly fed up of the same issue while also trying to hide his anger as much as he can on the radio.
Do you guys actually do two differents Review Shows? One Podcast one Youtube because Jon Noble wasnt on the Podcast and JBL isnt here ….
The crickets and tumbleweed from Hamilton when Bono told him the Red Bulls were 51 seconds up the road at the end 😀
Sorpresa Aston martin. Red Bull come da aspettative. La Ferrari puo' migliorare.
F1 over that last decade has been difficult to watch when there are battles everywhere on the track but 1st
formula one should be renamed formula red bull
Interesting first race with battles in the mid. Glad to see WilliamsF1 scored a point as well. Sadly RB was too quick and ahead of the rest. :p
Mercedes win in Brazil was more Red Bull messed up than Mercedes were fast , luckily the fools though it a break through , followed the concept and now lost again lol love it . Old lulu will quit soon .
After going from RB domination at the start of last decade to Merc domination, I honestly can’t handle yet another era of RB domination with MV having it so easy! At least at the start of the Merc dominance, Rosberg was able to challenge Lewis!
It's already over. RB will march away with it. For Merc to have a customer in AMR beat them convincingly is the final nail in the coffin that their current concept is dead.
That's Red Bull for armchair fans and punditry, both in Bahrain testing and race weekend practice sessions Red Bull had created an Mirage of struggling or sandbagging. Then on Saturday Q3, the bulls were rampant abruptly and snatched pole position from Leclerc easily by 0.400 Tenths. Again on race day, although Perez had one of his customary poor start within few laps Verstappen flew off into the distance and Perez made a very light work of catching and passing Leclerc on the race track. Both Bulls cruised to the flag and still finished 40 seconds clear of Alonso in P3. Scary prospect for 2023, however well earned or deserved REDBULL
Mercedes biggest problem is that Aston Martin has the best racing driver in Alonso and he doesn’t need the fastest car to get outstanding results.
all these years it has been easy for lewis with a quick car and not much competition..he's quick no doubt about it but hes at a stage that he has achieved everything ..7 championships..even planning to retire and suddenly you have this past teammate now with a fast car whos hellbent on getting even with you 🤣 and then you have a young Russell to handle .🤣🤣🤣LIFE IS NEVER EASY ..
Behold the new f1 overlord….
What if Mercedes just goes "this season is already doomed, lets just finish lower down the order so we can get more wind tunnle time for next year