F1 2022 Season

dinostar77 said:
I just wouldnt give the guys in q3 another tyre and just tell them that the tyre used in q3 is their race starting tyre.

That would add alot more strategy into the mix. Do you go for pole on softs on a track with high deg? Or do you sacrifice pole and maybe a position in top 5 on the grid for the GP, knowing you have the tyre with lower deg?

Also not giving them a spare tyre for q3, would mean they wouldnt be able to do as much qually sim running in FP2/FP3 and that would add more uncertainty into the mix.
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It would also massivley increase the risk of somebody trying to run a set of tyres a few laps too long and causing an accident

So I can see why the teams and fia might be against that

I'd personally like to see it back to 1 flying lap for each driver ala senna era
 
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They have some really interesting features on their car. Mainly from the photos on F1 technical Ferrari style sidepots with louvers, separated sharkfin with cooling under it, down washing end plates on front wing.
 
Haas seem to have spent the extra time in the wind tunnel to good use. Interesting that they have similar side pods to Ferrari
 
ChaddyP said:
Haas seem to have spent the extra time in the wind tunnel to good use. Interesting that they have similar side pods to Ferrari
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It is interesting but everything is just a guessing game until the first race. Maybe new designs will work (like Ferrari, Hass, Aston Martin so far) or a car which is more evolution off old understandings based on previous cars and for these reason more refined like Merc will be mich faster.
 
ChaddyP said:
Haas seem to have spent the extra time in the wind tunnel to good use. Interesting that they have similar side pods to Ferrari
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Haas has more windtunnel time this year than any other team. Mercedes have the least.
 
sglowrider said:
Max should just stick a giant asterisk (*) on his helmet truth be told.
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Brilliant, pretty much.

Or line up on the grid, just before the lights go out get michael masi to come out scrub off any silver and paint it gold.

Then max asks "why?" And masi replies "because im a xenophobic, racist aussie, no black guy is winning the world title on my watch."
 
Brilliant analysis of the cars before they're completely different for Bahrain
 
dinostar77 said:
Brilliant, pretty much.
Or line up on the grid, just before the lights go out get Uncle masi to come out scrub off any silver and paint it gold.

Then max asks "why?" And masi replies "because im a xenophobic, racist aussie, no black guy is winning the world title on my watch."
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :nervous:
 
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dinostar77 said:
Brilliant, pretty much.

Or line up on the grid, just before the lights go out get michael masi to come out scrub off any silver and paint it gold.

Then max asks "why?" And masi replies "because im a xenophobic, racist aussie, no black guy is winning the world title on my watch."
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Reading this brings me joy.
 
Fluctuation0161 said:
Choosing gold and number 1 after the joke of his win(*) last season, is exactly what we would expect from him. It once again demonstrates his lack of class.
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I am sure he wakes up at 4am and knows that he didn't really win it fair n square -- without Uncle Masi' help at least.
 
sglowrider said:
I am sure he wakes up at 4am and knows that he didn't really win it fair n square -- without Uncle Masi' help at least.
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Much as I dislike Max and my distaste at the way he was effectively handed the WC on a plate, I have to agree with Lewis Hamilton. You can't blame Max. He did exactly what any other driver would have done and took maximum advantage of the situation that was presented to him.
 
dinostar77 said:
Thats a bad decision. Surely the tyre you qualify on in q3 should be the tyre you start the race on as a minimum.
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That rule purely made it easier for the fastest cars to remain the fastest in the race.

Slower teams would have to use every bit of performance required to scrape into the top 10, where the likes of Mercedes and Red bull could stick on the medium tyres and breeze through it.

That meant even if the likes of a Williams managed to get 10th place, they'd be stuck on the soft tyre while all their main rivals behind them would be on mediums. Within 12 laps theyve destroyed their tyres and are holding up the pack.

Giving everybody free tyre choice is a much better way of doing it. This way if somebody wants to take a gamble and put softs on, they can. If they want to go longer in the race they can.
 
ZIDANE said:
Mixed opinion but it was annoying when Mercedes (and sometimes the other teams) were so far ahead they could qualify on a harder tyre to start the race with during Q2. It was a disadvantage for those in 5-10 qualifying on a softer tyre whilst on race day the driver in 11th could pick the compound for the best race strategy.

The potential problem is if we still see 1 stop races or low degradation plus difficulty in overtaking, it will lead to the same strategy for everyone and a boring race. Hopefully the new rules and tyres will put a stop to that and make it so qualifying is about the fastest drivers in order.
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What they really need to do is stop the mandatory tires bullshit each race. Give teams a fixed numbers of tires over the season and let them sort it out how to manage them over the season.

Run out of tires, get new ones with race penalties / point deductions. Ruin somebody's tires because of your stupidity, great now you'll get double penalty while the other driver gets a free set of new tires without any penalty.

That'll stop drivers from doing stupid shit because it's going to cost them a lot over a season and we can watch actual racing instead of dirty driving.
 
The funny thing is Red Bull fans really don't know why a merc would be silver :lol:

They probably also think Ferrari's are red so Max can see them easier when being waved past.
 
Abizzz said:
The funny thing is Red Bull fans really don't know why a merc would be silver :lol:

They probably also think Ferrari's are red so Max can see them easier when being waved past.
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Yeah, red bull fans really think they are silver because of second place. That's completely true and not a crappy joke that amazingly succeeded in winding people up.
 
This will be interesting especially this season, I always found it intriguing finding out what updates teams had brought but in reality all the teams quickly figured it out and the fans were left guessing depending on the media insight.

I wonder how detailed it would be given that a lot of the performance is supposedly going to be around the floor.

F1 managing director Ross Brawn revealed last November that series bosses were planning an open session for media in which teams would be required to reveal and explain car upgrades at each race weekend.

In this display, teams must make both of their cars available for the media outside the garage for up to one hour. They must be fitted with “all major aerodynamic and bodywork components that are intended to be used when the car leaves the pit lane for the first time” at the start of practice.

A second show and tell session will then take place 30 minutes after qualifying, once car specifications are locked in under parc ferme. For this, five teams will be required to supply one car each as selected by the race director.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-f1s-new-show-and-tell-technical-sessions-will-work/8310258/
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elmo said:
What's the point of releasing renders when the actual car is so different? :lol:
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Adam-Utd said:
It does seem odd doesn't it? It's only been like 1 week apart as well!
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It must be that the renders and marketing material including sponsors livery had to be signed off earlier vs the development of the car that would be tested on track. Otherwise pointless games - I believe Ferrari even removed parts from the renders behind the nose but then you could see it the next day on the track.

What will be interesting is who will be the first to copy another team.
 
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