Basically yes , but there will be tweaks and upgrades, to this years car.
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I don’t think he will like or even care about Ferrari’s notorious strategies. I don’t think he will move to Ferrari in the future, although I’m a diehard Fer fan and I want to see him at Fer too. I can see him being a contender even in his 40s if he has a great enough car to do it.
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Leclerc is a championship material and he would learn a lot from Lewis, especially in terms of small details and strategies. Charles is lightning quick but sometimes have a tendency to crash or makes error too much in his game. Having Lewis(if he comes) as a mentor will definitely help him a lot. I don't want him to be another Giles Villeneuve.
Lightning quick with a tendency to crash could describe any tier 2 driver when they try to drive like tier 1 for a while. I think the jury is still out on Charles.
Wouldnt be much of a mentor, they'd just tear points and eventually chunks out of each other.
Lewis would never go to a team who already have a golden boy anyway. No leading driver is naive enough to do that. Only way a Lewis or a Norris etc go to Ferrari is if it's to replace Leclerc. That's why the Leclerc/Hamilton swap had some traction.
Maybe RB are the exception, because you're still way more likely to win a championship in RBs second seat than anywhere else.
These are conflicting.
Leclerc hasn’t really improved much since going to Ferrari. He’s fast, that’s it.
In FP1 tpday, Red Bull will test a modified version of the medium-downforce wing on Perez’s car, while Max will use an unchanged medium-downforce rear wing.
Namely, on Perez’s wing, we can notice a modification in the form of a Gurney flap, which prevents flow separation and thus improves wing efficiency. This solution could be an ideal compromise, considering the already significant performance gap Red Bull has compared to other cars.
Red Bull spring a surprise with Monza rear wing configuration (msn.com)
Namely, on Perez’s wing, we can notice a modification in the form of a Gurney flap, which prevents flow separation and thus improves wing efficiency. This solution could be an ideal compromise, considering the already significant performance gap Red Bull has compared to other cars.
Red Bull spring a surprise with Monza rear wing configuration (msn.com)
and McLaren
Reports have said relating to flexible front wings that several teams have already had to make changes to the front wings, several rounds ago.
Not modifying the rear wing on Maxs car (if they stick with it for qually and the race) is a slap in the face for the rest of the grid.In FP1 tpday, Red Bull will test a modified version of the medium-downforce wing on Perez’s car, while Max will use an unchanged medium-downforce rear wing.
Namely, on Perez’s wing, we can notice a modification in the form of a Gurney flap, which prevents flow separation and thus improves wing efficiency. This solution could be an ideal compromise, considering the already significant performance gap Red Bull has compared to other cars.
Red Bull spring a surprise with Monza rear wing configuration (msn.com)
Monza is a circuit where you run / introduce a track specific rear wing, teams have always done that. The fact that RB dont need to, tells you how utterly field destoryingly quick this car is.
Irony if it increases the vast gap between RB and everyone else.
I'm siding with Leclerc on this one. Last years crashes were driver error. Theres a fine lime between on the limit and over it. However this years adventures off track, have to be put down to a car with fundamental issues. Not knowning if a car will understeer or oversteer on a lap by lap basis must be incredibly difficult and frustrating to drive.
There was a rumour (unsubstanciated), that for this seasons car, ferrari president intervened and dicated that "a ferrari must be the fastest car on a straight". So they concentrated on that and didnt notice or have time to find the understeer/oversteer issue in pre season testing.
I had forgot about this.
More messing about with qualifying
Providing that track is dry for the session:
In Q1 only the hard tyre will be available.
In Q2 only the medium tyre will be available.
In Q3 only the soft tyre will be available.
If a wet session is declared then the drivers and teams will have a free choice of tyre.
The intention of the 'Alternative Tyre Allocation' trial is to see if fewer tyres can be taken to Grand Prix weekends.
Under the trial, the number of dry tyre sets available to each car for the weekend is reduced from 13 to 11.
This amounts to 40 sets - or 160 tyres - being saved over the course of the weekend. If this was implemented at all 23 races this season, it would save 3,680 tyres.
Each driver will have three sets of hard tyres, four sets of medium tyres and four sets of soft tyres available to them over the weekend.
Explained: F1 trials new qualifying format again in Monza (msn.com)
More messing about with qualifying
Providing that track is dry for the session:
In Q1 only the hard tyre will be available.
In Q2 only the medium tyre will be available.
In Q3 only the soft tyre will be available.
If a wet session is declared then the drivers and teams will have a free choice of tyre.
The intention of the 'Alternative Tyre Allocation' trial is to see if fewer tyres can be taken to Grand Prix weekends.
Under the trial, the number of dry tyre sets available to each car for the weekend is reduced from 13 to 11.
This amounts to 40 sets - or 160 tyres - being saved over the course of the weekend. If this was implemented at all 23 races this season, it would save 3,680 tyres.
Each driver will have three sets of hard tyres, four sets of medium tyres and four sets of soft tyres available to them over the weekend.
Explained: F1 trials new qualifying format again in Monza (msn.com)
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Dry weather forecast for all 3 days.
When do we hear about all the engine penalties everyone will be taking.
No better track left on the calendar for a new PU than a dry Monza.
No better track left on the calendar for a new PU than a dry Monza.
New power units for Ferraris, Russell
Confirmation from the FIA of which drivers have taken new power units for this weekend.
Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, Mercedes' George Russell, Alpine's Esteban Ocon, Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas and both AlphaTauris make up the list.
It's the fourth and final engine from each of their allocations for the campaign.
So no penalties?
Ideally, you want nine sets of tyres going into Practice Three tomorrow, so it means you can use just one set of tyres in each Practice session on a Friday with the Alternative Tyre Allocation, where 11 sets are given, rather than 13, for the weekend.
Yuki Tsunoda has used two sets of softs though, while Lando Norris just did an installation lap on the mediums, everybody else just used one set of hards
Yuki Tsunoda has used two sets of softs though, while Lando Norris just did an installation lap on the mediums, everybody else just used one set of hards
I dont think so.
Surprised theres no new control electronics being taken.
Only if you get to PU5 and onwards
And in the end not only did he top FP1 with it, he also did it on the hard compound. So far the mythical Monza curse seems to be a dud
Perez again....
Surely the heat must be turned right up under him at this point?
Who do we think they'd replace him with if they bin him off?
Surely the heat must be turned right up under him at this point?
Who do we think they'd replace him with if they bin him off?
Is there any sand left on the nearest beach?
Perez gonna Perez
How does the guy do so well with walls hemming the track in, and yet so badly with run offs and gravel
How does the guy do so well with walls hemming the track in, and yet so badly with run offs and gravel
That phenomenon is particularly bizarre I must say
Suspect the Ferrari’s will do well in quali. But their tyre wear may bring others back to them in the race. Expect RB to win in the end. Williams to perform above par. And Merc/Aston/McLaren to struggle to varying degrees.
Maybe I misunderstood in FP2, but didn't Ferrari seem to have tyre wear under control? Because both drivers had better lap times in their second fast lap on the softs?
Here's an idea. If Liberty really want to shake up what is already a perfect weekend.
For the races with those sprint races that are bogus, instead remove practice sessions and give teams a single 2 hour session to set the fastest lap. Entertaining as no practice, so teams would have to fit a bit of practice around the weather, track conditions, and other cars.
For the races with those sprint races that are bogus, instead remove practice sessions and give teams a single 2 hour session to set the fastest lap. Entertaining as no practice, so teams would have to fit a bit of practice around the weather, track conditions, and other cars.
Talking about race pace tyre wear.
I know, my point was that while everyone else had their fastest lap on the first lap on fresh tyres, Ferrari had it on their second lap. Needing an extra lap to get them to the sweet spot. Would this not be an indicator of lower degradation? I am asking because I have no idea.
Max is fast in FP3 but nothing between Perez and Hamilton .5 behind
Perez out of FP3 no idea what’s wrong yet
Sainz is flying at the end of FP3
No it just means that perhaps it takes them a bit longer to get the tyres to optimum temperature. And may have just meant that they didn’t push as hard on the first.
There is a leak from the power unit