F1: Saudiarabiens Grand Prix 2023

Fredag 17:e Mars:

Fri träning 1 - 14:30

Fri Träning 2 - 18:00

Lördag:

Fri Träning 3 - 14:30

Kval - 18:00

Söndag:

Grand Prix - 18:00

Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit) 2023

6,174 km, 50 varv (308.450 km totalt)

Resultat 2022:

Det förväntas vara sol under hela helgen med 22-29 grader

Efter Leclercs DNF i Bahrain blir han nu tvungen att göra sitt 3:e CE byte vilket kommer leda till 10 startpositioners bestraffning.

Förändingar på banan:
• Turn 3: Painted kerb.
• Turn 4: Steel plate removed.
• Turn 5: The existing mobile steel kerb has been replaced by a permanent concrete bevelled kerb.
At the back of the kerb an asphalt transmission has been constructed with not more than 4%
inclination.
• Turn 8: New alignment of wall, offset to old wall 7.80 m.
• Turn 8: The existing mobile steel kerbs (apex and exit) have been replaced by a permanent
concrete bevelled kerb.
• Turn 10: New alignment of wall, offset to old wall 9.40 m.
• Turn 10: The existing mobile steel kerbs (apex and exit) has been replaced by a permanent
concrete bevelled kerb.
• Turn 11: A row of grey TECPRO Barriers have been installed at the inside of Turn 11 exit on drivers
left from the vehicle opening to the end of the track light posts.
• Turn 11: A “Rumble strip” has been added behind the verge at RHS.
• Turn 14: New alignment of wall, offset to old wall 5.80 m.
• Turn 14: Painted kerb and “rumble strip” has been added to the verge.
• Turn 16: Steel plate removed.
• Turn 17: The existing mobile steel kerb has been replaced by a permanent concrete bevelled kerb.
• Turn 19: A painted kerb and “rumble line” has been added in the verge.
• Turn 20: New alignment of wall, offset to old wall 3.70 m.
• Turn 20: Painted kerb and “rumble strip” has been added to the verge.
• Turn 21: Painted kerb and “rumble strip” has been added to the verge.
• Turn 22: Steel plate removed.
• Turn 22/23: Turn 22 starts approx. 10 m later, Turn 23 moved by approx. 5 m. The existing mobile
steel kerbs have been replaced by a permanent concrete bevelled kerb. This is the only layout
modification.
• Turn 24: Steel plate removed
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...nt%20Notes.pdf

Kurva 22-23 ska vara säkrare nu, efter önskemål från förarna. Banan blir faktiskt 1 meter längre nu, så 6,175 km.

Charles Leclerc crashade där under FP2 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Ys6MHHazk
Mick Schumachers crash i kvalet 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPP5phJ2dkM

Hur kan man få straff för ett byte av CE efter bara ett race?

28) POWER UNIT USAGE
28.1 The only power unit that may be used at a Competition during the 2022-2025 Championship seasons is a power unit which is constituted only of elements that were in conformity, at the date they were introduced in the race pool, with the latest submitted and approved homologation dossier as defined in Appendix 4 of the Technical Regulations.

28.2 Unless a driver drives for more than one (1) Competitor (see Article 28.4 below), and subject to the additions described below, each driver may use no more than three (3) engines (ICE), three (3) motor generator units-heat (MGU-H), three (3) turbochargers (TC), two (2) energy stores (ES), two (2) control electronics (CE), three (3) motor generator units-kinetic (MGU-K) and eight (8) of each of the four (4) elements constituting a set of Engine exhaust systems during a Championship. For the purpose of this article a set of Engine exhaust systems is deemed to comprise the following four (4) elements: primaries LHS, primaries RHS, secondary LHS and secondary RHS.

28.3 Should a driver use more Power Unit elements than the numbers prescribed in Article 28.2 of any one of the elements during a Championship, a grid place penalty will be imposed upon him at the first Competition during which each additional element is used. Penalties will be applied according to the following table and will be cumulative:
a) The first time an additional element is used: Ten (10) grid place penalty.
b) The next times an additional element is used: Five (5) grid place penalty.
If a driver incurs a penalty exceeding fifteen (15) grid places he will be required to start the race from the back of the starting grid. Any of the seven (7) elements will be deemed to have been used once the car’s timing transponder has shown that it has left the pit lane.
During any single Competition, if a driver introduces more than one of the same Power Unit element which is subject to penalties, only the last element fitted may be used at subsequent Competitions without further penalty.

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...2022-07-19.pdf

Alla lag har tagit med sig uppdateringar inför detta race:

https://imgur.com/a/vdHX3j3

FP1 Highlights | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byENVlHz0PU

FP2 Highlights | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQEliZzSTMQ

En glad skrothandlare efter dagens byte av reservdelar:

Ny motor till Leclerc, Sainz, Norris.
Ny turbo till Norris.
Ny MGU-H till Leclrec, Norris
Ny MGU-K till Norris
Ny ES till Perez
Ny CE till Leclrec (som jag tidigare nämnt), Perez
Nytt avgasrör till Norris.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...ompetition.pdf

Ny växellåda till Perez.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...ompetition.pdf

FP3 Highlights | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNI5RsDNtWE

Ny växellåda till Verstappen.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/fi...petition_0.pdf

Ny PU till de Vries innan träning, så han fick ingen chans att nöta FP3.
https://twitter.com/AlphaTauriF1/sta...84383029997569

Öppet för Alonso på pole nu

Nu har Alonso en ganska bra chans att ta sin första F1-seger på länge.

Vore verkligen kul, men då får nog Perez bil gå sönder. Räkna inte heller bort Verstappen. Han lär köra upp sig snabbt! Han har vunnit från startpositioner sämre än 15 tidigare.

Dock så borde Alonso med lite tur ta nån seger i år, så varför inte imorgon?

Qualifying Highlights | 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvLYdmK8nUo

Resultat kval:

Leclrec bör altså starta på #12 imorgon. Verstappen avbryter med trasig drivaxel, han slår fortfarande alla i kvalet med sin tid från Q1. För Alonsos del var det ingen riktig mening med att försöka slå Perez. Men Stroll tror jag kunde få ha startat #3 imorgon om inte sektor 3 gått så dåligt, överstyrning i kurva 22.
Norris körde in i väggen så vi kan inte jämföra honom med Piastri. Sargeant fick vi tyvärr inte se mycket av. Då hans nerver inte klarade av stressen att försöka sätta en Q1 tid på sista försöket.

Jag tror nog att Perez kommer det svårt imorgon om det inte sker någon krock bakom honom imorgon.
Alonso har fått vittring på blod (seger) i och med att han nu har en konkurrenskraftig bil.