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F1 in Spain alway is a welcomed sight for all fans to behold within a beautiful place to see a race on a sizzling summer Sunday!


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F1 and their fans are saying that was one of the best qualifying sessions many have witnessed when Verstappen dropped a beat from those hearts who were thinking either Alonso or Ocon were going to go pole. But the flying dutch man served up to his name with a 0.084 of a second better lap.
Formula Addict did a 3D rendering of that lap showing Alonso and Verstappen's cars if they were running together on an overlay of the track.
Verstappen's historic lap at Monaco: How did he beat Alonso? | 3D Analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDZJF7n1bI

Also from F1 Interest live side-by-side comparisons of this historic run by both drivers.
Verstappen vs Alonso Lap Comparsion - Monaco 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT7RdeS5HOc

I have seen the news that the Mercedes 2022 package upgrade was illegal and banned in F1 races, so in this 2023 upgrade I think they have learned from that past mistakes so yeah I really think that upgrades might help Fernando Alonso with his getting the victory but that tire change decision has cost him big time, but I guess even though with the upgrades on the Mercedes machine I truly believe that RB19 machines are still way faster, and let's not forget the talent and genius of Max Verstappen that surely add on to this that is why he keeps on winning the race, but Fernando Alonso is a legend and he can surely always compete for sure,

Now for this weekend June 02 - 04, we are going to Spain and right now I think it is safe to drop the information for the next Circuit

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya



Year For Grand Prix: 1991
Number of Laps: 66
Circuit Length: 4.657km
Race Distance: 307.236 km
Race Highlights 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HczJcxEmQQ

I see it as a positive that mercedes maintains its place despite its new design. The new design is more understandable and close to a certain standard. It will create a better infrastructure for future upgrade packages. The Spanish race will give us clear information. In the tour comparison of fernando and max, we see that fernando also has a very good car. People always ask what would happen in a good car with fernando, but I wonder what would happen if the real max and fernando were replaced. It is really unbelievable that a man like Alonso made such a wrong choice. He came and put on a medium. It's too bad he had to enter when he was about to catch up to max after one lap. Aston Martin did not make us miss the ferrari pit wall. Alonso's opportunity missed. When he had to get into the wet early and close the gap, he had to irrationally wear a middle slick and make two pits, he finished the race.

It was really a disappointing thing that happen for the Ferrari team and because of the wrong decision of not changing the right tire at the right time they surely gamble with just using dry tires, I surely think that Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz one of them can make it to Podium if they did the right decision, well that three grid penalty for Leclerc also could be another thing for him not making it, and Fernando Alonzo praised Verstappen for a well driving in Circuit De Monaco, because he likely have some mistakes aswell by not changing the tires for the wet road, but he didn't really think that if he changes tires he would likely take the 1st place because he knows that Max Verstappen really is too good with his driving skill,

And Quali Crash for Sergio Perez surely has cost him this Monaco Run, this is all in him and his fault for crashing his car into the barrier in the Qualifier race,

And Right now the next race for us will be on June 02, and 04 for the Spain Grand Prix, with the Circuit to be Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya but still waiting if this grand prix is in the go or not,

Actually, it was a grueling day for Ferrari I think it should have been one of the Ferraris that is on the Podium and not Ocun They should have Changed for Intermediate tires early as everyone does, but they instead gamble to take the pit and go for another lap without changing tires and that has cost them a podium because rain has started Carlos Sainz just skid and slide the track that has other F1 pass into him, well it is their decision making that cost them a podium I can also add, actually if you watch the race it was really exciting there are a lot of dramas involved,

Oh! I have seen Lando Norris's Youtube Channels well he has 2 accounts the Quadrant where he played Sim Race, and other games like Counter-Strike, Among Us, Fall Guys, Lego Racing other racing games, and surely funny stuff was all in one place in his Quadrant Channel, while he also has a Lando Norris Vlog Channel were all his Vlogs and daily routine after his big race and yes thanks for sharing this because I really enjoyed his antics on that channel,

Don't know how Ocon got a podium. Thought one of the Mercs were going to overtake him at some point.
And aside from the common knowledge of this race, there were quite a few cars being overtaken.

Norris has a twitch stream where he plays on when he is not on the tracks around the world doing it for real.
Found his youtube channel anya where he records those streams and puts them up on there for those not too familiar with twitch.tv
He doesn't just race sim but actually plays video games of what a normal young adult would do in his spare time:
Playing CounterStrike - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r9zxIOBrWs

Yup! Lando Norris also has a Youtube Channel right, well I really think Max Verstappen is a genius with Sim Racing I know there are other Sim Racers out there and Verstappen also got a team called the Team Redline where their master was Max Verstappen in this kind of field I kind of a fan of Max Verstappen now because he is a master and genius in both Sim Racing and Field Racing aswell,

Well moving on to the Race Highlights here is the Clip for the Race Highlight in Monaco GP,

Race Highlights | 2023 Monaco Grand Prix

At the start of the race, there was a lot of bumping because of the space of the tracks and a lot of contacts Carlos Sainz also bump into Esteban Ocon's rear damaging his front wing and Sergio Perez also bumped his front wing into Kevin Magnussen, it was a clumsy move for Sergio Perez he must be frustrated in starting in the last position, now on Lap 49 I think a downpour and the track was wet so most of the cars need to switch their tires mostly all F1 racers changed into the Intermediate tires Ferrari Still has the Medium Tires while only Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen both Haas F1 Team change their tires with Wet tires, and because of the rain in the lap 55 or 56 and Carlos Sainz just slide into the Mirabeau and loses his position, just because both Ferrari still has the Medium tires this is really becoming an interesting race now, while both Ferrari stop on the gambling and change their tires into an Intermediate one, and with that Frustration and gambling for not changing their tires Charles Leclerc surely will regret this, and with the finish of the race Max Verstappen is proven that he is still dominating the F1 race, while Fernando Alonso landed 2nd and Esteban Ocon gotten the 3rd place, for the Monaco Grand Prix,

Oh, I remember Lando Norris he got a video posted 3 days ago and he is trying to play F1 23 here is the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZNjqfsb4Qk I think he was trying out the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and watching this video clip Lando Norris was really hilarious in playing the F1 23 I really think his reaction to his model and car was really hilarious,

Well, Max Verstappen already won and while Fernando Alonzo still got the 2nd position, Sergio Perez from the 20th position just got up to the number 16 position for the Monaco GP, While Lando Norris just got in the 9th position,


For me, it was really a frustrating race for Charles Leclerc for just getting the 6th position and at least going to the podium in his home country, but still struggling with the Circuit De Monaco track, I think that Max Verstappen just got good practice with his Simulation Racing, and Monaco was just practice from home, so even though this is his 1st time driving in the Monaco GP, he got a ton of experience already because if you seem the Monaco Circuit in this game it looks realistic, it was a spitting image of the real deal,

We are 2 hours away from start of the race and I'm getting excited for this one because I have a feeling the safety car will be on track more than 2 times. Also , bookies are giving quite the odds for safety car during the race and that makes me think that we will have SC a lot today. If somehow , Max and Alonso will hit each other in turn 1 , then we might have a race that we won't forget anytime soon and to be honest , F1 needs a spark right now because last 3 races were kinda boring.

Lando Norris is another F1 driver who is also into racing simulators so to keep his reaction time up and can get in practice on the tracks.
They also said during the qualifying session that Ocon is the other driver who is heavily into simulations and those three play online all the time against teams on twitch.
If Max wins today you will have to say the season is in Red Bull's hands at this point as nobody else can catch them now.
Even with Mercedes new side pod designs nor Ferrari's dynamic duo. Leclerc's curse of not being able to win here is still going strong.

It was unfortunate for Charles Leclerc to do such a thing I think it is the heat of the battle they are not really thinking very straight but we can not blame him for doing such a thing Charles Leclerc must have been feeling the pressure and he will now do anything he can to win this race because he is racing in his home ground, but doing such thing just makes things even worst,


I really think Sim Racing really is helpful even if he is not racing in the physical car Max Verstappen is a genius when it comes to simulation racing like this and we all know that in this Simulation Racing like this the developers surely have done a great job in copying most of the Circuit track and in the new F1 2023 games that Circuit was updated to its previous changes for the certain track so likely Max Verstappen might have practice in that simulated Circuit and that is why in the Practice 2 he surely knows and have pictured the Circuit out and have already memories it in his head, so the new Simulated Racing is a new cheat code for racers that are familiar with it,

Nothing was mentioned for several hours after the race had ended. Was checking even on F1's twitter page and Leclerc but nothing was said until their check was completed 4-5 hours later.
"The FIA stewards said Leclerc "had finished his final lap of Q3 and was in the Turn 4 through Turn 10 complex. Norris was on a fast lap and caught Leclerc in the middle of the tunnel and was clearly impeded."
They added: "Both drivers agreed that there was little that Leclerc could have safely done in the tunnel to avoid impeding Norris, given the difficulty in vision due to the light entering and in the tunnel and the change of lines from one side of the tunnel to the other.
"In fact, the Stewards observed that Leclerc reacted in a sensible way to a blue flag displayed by the marshals, but at this point it was too late."

The FIA document added that the stewards had reviewed Leclerc's radio and found Ferrari had failed to give him any warning about Norris' approach until Norris was already directly behind him."
F1's FIA decision: https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.leclerc-hit-with-three-place-grid-penalty-for-impeding-norris-in-monaco.2OJL1fzUqp8U5vQqhXEzG3.html

Really thought somebody was going to beat Max this weekend since he hadn't won there yet but he managed to do it in the end.
He must of bounced off the walls atleast three times from what I remember but somehow keep his car on the track and not spin out like everybody else who had scraped the walls at similar turns along the track.

"Leclerc hit with three-place grid penalty for impeding Norris in Monaco qualifying"

Very unfortunate for him but that means a 3rd place for Ocon and Alpine believe it or not , they do have a chance for a podium tomorrow. Sainz will be behind him but after what I saw from him in qualifiers , I don't have high hope for Ferrari during the race

What a great performance for Max Verstappen surely enjoy the race so much and actually many did, but surely the qualifier is still for Max Verstappen because Verstappen has snatched the pool positioning over Fernando Alonso here is the image of Alozo and Verstappen having their conversation on what has happened in the following qualifying race, it was really a close battle for positioning



And Charles Leclerc's refusal in giving up says anything is possible and he is determined to win in his hometown for sure, he is looking for what can he do for the following race right now if he can surely take home the win that will be great for his place because he will be taking the win for them,

And Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner will be giving Sergio Perez some points on his crash because he will be sitting and watching as Max Verstappen will be side by side with Fernando Alonzo surely he doesn't like that at all as Sergio Perez will be starting at the last of the position, when the race started,

Definitely one of the all time performances without a doubt. Senna had one like this at monaco, we can't compare drivers versus new generation ones but we can do it compared to other drivers of their seasons, and Max is definitely dominating with talent a lot. People talked about how his dad is not a good person and he has been getting the short end of the stick whenever he loses, so he has been growing up with "must win" mindset for a long time. But that doesn't change the fact that it helped Max, and he doesn't look like a bad person either, so it all worked out well. I do believe that its going to be a tough situation for Max to get old, so I am expecting him to do something weird, like retire early and go to Nascar or something, its talked about and not unlikely. Dude is just way too good, it will get boring to be him after a while, can't see how he could lose any championship unless Red Bull somehow builds a shitty car.

Highlights for the F1 Practice 3 and Qualifier

F1 Practice 3

Lewis Hamilton got a red flag when he met the wall that stop his car, while Gorge Russell also got contact with the wall but it was not that serious well the Mercedes upgrades wasn't really shown any improvement at all, while Esteban Ocon's car lost power on the tunnel than get it into safe mode and it got going again and preventing a red flag and Kevin Magnussen has lost his way yet again into the corner then get back again only to lose his power for the car to stop, and Max Verstappen is leading again for this Final practice while his teammate Sergio Perez is behind him, and 3rd will be Aston Martin Lance Stroll,



Qualifying Highlights - Click VIDEO

It was a brutal qualifying race, and surely I have seen that this qualifier will be like a race, Sergio Perez on the other hand has shown a red flag when he bump his tail in the Corner and he is out of the qualifier, then Zhou Guanyu was out, Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, and Logan Sargeant was all out in an instant in this qualifying round, and it was a tremendous qualifier when Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc, Esteban Ocon, and Carlos Sainz Jr. is giving Max Verstappen a hard time in making the 1st position in this qualifying, but again Max Verstappen ending the qualifier with him in the 1st position,

The qualifying just ended and in the end Verstappen really managed to pull it off and get his first pole position in Monaco. Until the very last seconds it looked like that Fernando Alonso would get the pole but Verstappen was able to drive a absolute perfect last sector and was able to gain more than 0,2 seconds in that sector alone over Alonso. The qualifying was really great to watch.
The sad thing about the Monaco grand prix is that tomorrow after the start you can basically stop watching because overtaking is simply not possible. That is also the reason why it is very much in doubt, if the F1 will extend it's contract with Monaco after the current one is running out in 2025. I personally would not mind if they would not race in Monaco anymore.

You are right the Philippine community is really proud if there is a fellow Filipinos that are making a good contribution that could surely get the Philippine flag in any kind of sports or make a contribution worldwide Bianca Bustamante is considered our very own and the 1st female racer in the F1 industry so this is Bianca Bustamante making history,


Carlos Sainz made an incredible performance in the 1st Practice run for the Monaco Grand Prix, and I love it if there are other teams surpassing or making progress with engaging with the Red Bull team actually the Circuit De Monaco is a hard Circuit for the F1 racers those slim tracks have shown racers a hardtime bumping on the barrier,

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And on the news, Verstappen is seriously focused on the Monaco GP despite Topling Practice 2 and now Practice 3 he is concerned and wary about Ferrari and Aston Martin's threat to making progress in the Monaco, here is the news https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.we-need-more-to-stay-ahead-verstappen-wary-of-ferrari-and-aston-martin.6KqNL6r9w4aw5UFpFyG8sW.html

And I have seen a video of the Mercedes upgrades explanation and as we can see the analysis is very clear the Car set up surely has a lot of different features now we can see the changes with the Mercedes used card on Miami and now the used cards for the Mercedes in the Monaco,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXb77WSzzs

FP3 which is just about to end for the session is looking like nobody are able to catch the Red Bulls.
Both Verstappen and Perez are within the 1:12:776 zone on this track.
The record is 1:11:37~ so no one is even getting close to that today.

All cars are on their softs those C5 because it is a bright and sunny day without a cloud to show any rain so far.

Qualifying is later in the day, so the skies may change.

note: Red flagged for the remaining of this practice 3 because Hamilton ran into the wall with a few minutes left.