BusbyMalone
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Super Max is a gift to motor sportsWhat a guy!
Absolute beast. Just on a different level to everyone at the moment. GOAT
Super Max is a gift to motor sportsWhat a guy!
Almost sounds like you're saying Schumacher and Hamilton and Alonso and Vettel havent won fair championships.
Cheers mate. You bring some good insights to the development and cars. Think budget will be the main issue for the Mercs, unlike Ferrari, who could not get it right even if they threw more money at the problem. They are like us under Woodward and Glazers.
In theory the FIAs sliding scales for development time should reign RedBull in eventually (they get less wind tunnel and CFD time than everyone else), but they do have one guy, who Martin Brundle, said during commentary today, should be the highest paid person in F1, Adrian Newey.
He might be enough to keep RB ahead till 2026, regardless of the sliding scales.
That'd be nice: help put out some forest fires, save me having to water our plants all the time.Canada next gp, one of the fastest on the calender. Expect the RB to go win easily by driving around as slowly as possible.
Lets hope for torrential rain to give AM/Mercedes and Ferrari a sporting chance.
Question is, when is he going to bloody retire.
Here is Russel's start.
I agree, there was no advantage gained thereHe didn't gain anything tbf, just saved himself from potential accident. Good reaction at the start too.
Could Mercs run Max close towards the end of the season if they keep progressing like this? AM has upgrades coming so maybe Alonso could get a win this season hopefully.
Ferrari might as well start focusing on 2026 as they have fecked up big time.
At the end Perez was catching at almost a second a lap. The truth is that Max didn't have to go faster.In 2017 Hamilton won with 1 minute and 52 seconds in spain, most cars were 2 laps down. Today it was just 24 seconds, despite Lewis running behind Sainz in the 1st stint, it could be alot worse.
Lots of overtaking yesterday, and I don't rember one that wasn't on finish straight with help of DRS?
Even Perez with much quicker car than anyone wasn't bothered to follow anyone through the corners and try somewhere else, the cars are shite when it comes to close racing.
Other than turn 1 and 10 (where there were a few overtakes) I'm curious where you think Perez should've tried to overtake?
Also, it's pretty obvious the close racing has improved a ton when you see 3-4 cars going lap after lap within a second of each other without ruining their tires, something that was unheard of with the previous regs.
The change to sector 3 and removal of the chicane has massively improved the spainish GP.Other than turn 1 and 10 (where there were a few overtakes) I'm curious where you think Perez should've tried to overtake?
Also, it's pretty obvious the close racing has improved a ton when you see 3-4 cars going lap after lap within a second of each other without ruining their tires, something that was unheard of with the previous regs.
I am sorry but I don't remember overtakes from turn 10(altough that could be completely down to me, anyone else?). He didn't need too, but people have overtaken in Monaco in different places when they needed, Barcelona is more than wide enough for Perez who's had more than 2 seconds quicker car than anyone else, especially those at the back.
3-4 cars going lap after lap after eachother is okay, I agree it's not ruining their tires, but I don't think the car behind is so easy to drive at the same time. There are many battles from the 2000s where the front two drivers went like crazy in each others gearbox and we simply don't see that, even if the tires management have improved with modern cars in those situations. I think the only time we saw that was Silverstone last year and that took around half a lap until someone overtook someone else with DRS.
It is possible to overtake elsewhere but why would you, unless the car in front is in a DRS chain.
It’s why DRS is so rubbish. It stops overtaking on other parts of the circuit, as cars know it is far less risky and more efficient to sit behind the car for half a lap and overtake on the longest straight.
Martin Brundle made a really good point, DRS should be limited to say a 80 second use maximum. The driver can decide where and when during the GP to use that 80 seconds. Deploy the whole lot or break it down into 10 second chunks etc.It is possible to overtake elsewhere but why would you, unless the car in front is in a DRS chain.
It’s why DRS is so rubbish. It stops overtaking on other parts of the circuit, as cars know it is far less risky and more efficient to sit behind the car for half a lap and overtake on the longest straight.
Martin Brundle made a really good point, DRS should be limited to say a 80 second use maximum. The driver can decide where and when during the GP to use that 80 seconds. Deploy the whole lot or break it down into 10 second chunks etc.
Adds a strategic element to DRS.
I am sorry but I don't remember overtakes from turn 10(altough that could be completely down to me, anyone else?). He didn't need too, but people have overtaken in Monaco in different places when they needed, Barcelona is more than wide enough for Perez who's had more than 2 seconds quicker car than anyone else, especially those at the back.
3-4 cars going lap after lap after eachother is okay, I agree it's not ruining their tires, but I don't think the car behind is so easy to drive at the same time. There are many battles from the 2000s where the front two drivers went like crazy in each others gearbox and we simply don't see that, even if the tires management have improved with modern cars in those situations. I think the only time we saw that was Silverstone last year and that took around half a lap until someone overtook someone else with DRS.
Martin Brundle made a really good point, DRS should be limited to say a 80 second use maximum. The driver can decide where and when during the GP to use that 80 seconds. Deploy the whole lot or break it down into 10 second chunks etc.
Adds a strategic element to DRS.
Well if it specifically has to be the front two drivers who are battling it out then we all know why that's not really happening, and it's not because the new regs hasn't worked as intended.
If it's just battles in general you want then I'm not sure how you can say we're not seeing that or what you're comparing it to really. I've been watching F1 since the early 90's and I can't remember a time when it was so much better than it is today with wheel-to-wheel battles with lots of overtakes all over the track, so I think there's some big rose tinted glasses being used looking back and maybe some unrealistic expectations about how these new regs were going to change things.
Which tracks? Because I watch every race and I would say more than 95% of overtakes are just in DRS zones. Also, can you again point out which overtakes did we have in Spain apart from finish straight with help of DRS?
Here are two interesting and very good links, especially the first one:
https://www.keberz.com/amp/overtaking-in-formula-1-the-2022-season-update
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-drs-has-skewed-formula-1s-overtaking-records-5026023/5026023/
This one from 2016. is interesting too for comparision.
Perhaps F1 can ask endurance racing regulators how it’s more entertaining, watched a fair bit of it and it was better than anything I’ve seen this season from F1.Perhaps the Ferrari F1 team can ask the Ferrari WEC for some tips? Come back after 50 years, win on the first try.
Perhaps the Ferrari F1 team can ask the Ferrari WEC for some tips? Come back after 50 years, win on the first try.
https://www.theguardian.com/technol...-dark-in-protest-over-third-party-app-chargesSeems f1 reddits are now private? Any idea what happened there?
Seems f1 reddits are now private? Any idea what happened there?