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F1 2022 Season
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Mercedes looks absolutely shite. If I never knew anything I would think they were a midtable team. Hope they sort out their issues fast.
Merc are completely sandbagging as usual.
I think that article on pace is about right. We’ll see Merc Red Bull and Ferrari all within about 0.2s next weekend. Hopefully Ferrari have the edge.
I think that article on pace is about right. We’ll see Merc Red Bull and Ferrari all within about 0.2s next weekend. Hopefully Ferrari have the edge.
Yeah, I was actually being charitable. His dad was clearly also a massive enabling cnut as well.
As it stands I am liking this new pecking order with Red Bull and Ferrari as 1/2. Bring it on.
Really hope we get a few teams in the mix for the whole season, it would be nice to see some different ones involved as well not just Mercedes and Red Bull.
Merc still 2 seconds down on red bull and Ferrari in this session
I do wonder if they are sandbagging... Will be interesting to see if they throw in a few fast laps at the end as there is just over an hour left
I do wonder if they are sandbagging... Will be interesting to see if they throw in a few fast laps at the end as there is just over an hour left
Mercedes is not right, it looks way off the pace at times.
It's testing, not expecting any team to show all they have.
Ferrari look good, but they did a few seasons ago in testing and did nothing.
It's testing, not expecting any team to show all they have.
Ferrari look good, but they did a few seasons ago in testing and did nothing.
Steiner: he is not an oligarch, he is fertiliser guy
His delivery of that line was hysterical. You could tell that he didn't believe a word of what he was saying.
It looks so far off thats why I think they might be sandbagging... If they don't put in any quick times in the next hour they must feel pretty confident they can turn up to quali and do it straight away
Yeah Russel has just thrown in a fairly quick lap
Sandbagging, taking it easy, not wanting to show all thier cards, call it what you want.
Teams have upgrades ready, some are using , some have some coming up.
I take very little notice of testing times.
That's why I said at times, Russell is 0.4 off, Lewis has not been near all 3 days.
It could be problems or like you say they already know what the cars can do.
Russell Merc stil porpoising.
Badly, maybe the worst off all the teams.
Mercs have the angle grinder out, that’s not something you’d normally say in F1
McLaren having cooling problems.
Testing is the place to find out, but a week before the first race is worrying for then.
Testing is the place to find out, but a week before the first race is worrying for then.
If Mercedes have the car right, you would expect them to, throw in some P1 times in this ladt hour, just to let the other teams see, look we are fast.
Max is looking petty fast, still .2 behind LeClerc
Bottas throwing in a P4 time, 0.5 off P1
And then Bottas has a problem, car stuck in 4th gear.
I'm not so sure. I'd let everyone else get confident and leave them no time to react on race weekend.
There is that also, Lewis is not even close to pushing his times.
Not sure I would trust my multi million £££ car, to stewards with a fork lift
Max bangs in P1 time on a used set of C5s, tge fastest set.
1.31.973.
Car looks good, running low, no porposing.
I think Toto might be sweating or he is not bothered.
1.31.973.
Car looks good, running low, no porposing.
I think Toto might be sweating or he is not bothered.
Pretty notable so far that the Red Bull seems the least affected by porpoising I'd say. Feels like that'll be a huge obstacle for teams to overcome, especially when choosing a setup for qualification.
Can someone explain me in simple terms what 'porpoising' is?
Repeated loss and then gain of downforce which causes the car to oscilate in vertical direction.
Basically the car being sucked to the ground through the new undercar tunnels and then releasing causing a bounce back up only to start again
On the fast straights, the air flow causes the car to bounce up and down quite violently sometimes.
Air goes under the car, pulling it down, pulls it down so far the floor of the car touches the road causing the air to stop running underneath, allowing the car to rise back up.
What’s the benefit? Everyone will be trying to go as fast as possible next week regardless or whether Merc bang in a fast lap or not.
Sky have Mercedes 3rd behind Red Bull and Ferrari, I would say that's fair.
Red bull just looks so much more graceful and dialed in. I don't think Hamilton was bluffing with his statements.
Suspect different teams will have different porpoising problems at different tracks... But right now red bull seem to be in the best place
Still not sure, mind games from Lewis ?
Russell is or was close, Lewis with a poor testing for me, he has not even been close to P1.