My initial thought is why couldn’t they animate the suspected flexing? Hope Sam Collins shows something for F1TV. I’ll need to find an article that explains it better.
And the F2 crash was almost worse than Zhou’s just because it happened so quickly. The halo saved two lives last weekend.
I didn’t watch F1 during the Schumi years, and obviously their leadership structure has changed a lot since then, so it may not mean much to say that Ferrari have always (in recent memory) favored one driver. But is recent (post-Schumi-Brawn-Todt) Ferrari favoring one driver just because it simplifies strategy? It does seem to be a weakness of theirs.
Friday quali and Saturday sprint race this weekend.
merc debuts zero pod car
horner: omg its against the intentions of the regs
merc zero pod car slow
horner: /shrug
wolf: flexing of the plank is against the intentions of the regs
fia: we agree
horner: uh hang on a second ;;;;O_O
its hilarious
horner: omg its against the intentions of the regs
merc zero pod car slow
horner: /shrug
wolf: flexing of the plank is against the intentions of the regs
fia: we agree
horner: uh hang on a second ;;;;O_O
its hilarious
Funny that we were all clucking about the sidepods setting RB and Ferrari a step above everyone else when the real key may be bending a piece of wood! Then again, flexing at speed more than the regs allow or intend has been a thing since I've been following F1, starting with RB's flexible front wings.
Interesting just how much flexing is going on down there, as I think all the cars have some sort of suspension for the front part of the floor. Last week, some commentators noted how the RB and Ferrari seem to ride higher at low speeds and then lower at high speeds more than other cars. That was briefly shown in The Race's video.
Joe Saward's latest green notebook hinting at Mick for Seb and Piastri for Ricciardo replacements next year, and Audi buying 75% of Sauber (Alfa) in 25% increments over the next three years.
Albon gets more new updates on his car this weekend. Latifi still stuck with the old car, as repairing Albon's car may have consumed all the updates.
Interesting just how much flexing is going on down there, as I think all the cars have some sort of suspension for the front part of the floor. Last week, some commentators noted how the RB and Ferrari seem to ride higher at low speeds and then lower at high speeds more than other cars. That was briefly shown in The Race's video.
Joe Saward's latest green notebook hinting at Mick for Seb and Piastri for Ricciardo replacements next year, and Audi buying 75% of Sauber (Alfa) in 25% increments over the next three years.
Albon gets more new updates on his car this weekend. Latifi still stuck with the old car, as repairing Albon's car may have consumed all the updates.
Short, sweet, and clear explanation and illustration of the plank flexing by B Sport. Cheeky.
tongue_of_colicab
Veteran
Wolff did a good job installing his cronies at the FIA.
- Non Merc car has flexing wing, rules are changed.
- Merc can't do pitstops as quick as the competition, rules get changed.
- Floor rules are changed, Merc has extra supports like right after the announcement.
- Merc car bounces/porposes all over the place, rules are changed - Okay this one didn't work out for Merc the first round because the proposed changes weren't really what Merc needed.
- More rules are changes to slow down the competition.
They all do it, of course. That's their job. But its getting a bit blatant how much is done just for the sake of Merc.
yes good and informative but this guy needs to post a video reading a chapter from fifty shades
Both Mercs crash out of Q3, both oversteer moments that took them into a barrier. Lewis looks like he carried too much speed into T7(?), though it could have been some wind on a windy day. George’s crash at T10 may have been instigated by riding too much curb on corner entry, which may have lifted the car enough off the ground that he lost downforce? Looking forward to the actual reasons.
Edit: Interesting that Charles says he struggles with an understeery car.
George said he went into T10 too fast, hoping for P3.
Perez had his Q2 time deleted after Q3, putting him all the way back to P13 as presumably his Q1 lap became his only representative time.
Edit: Interesting that Charles says he struggles with an understeery car.
George said he went into T10 too fast, hoping for P3.
Perez had his Q2 time deleted after Q3, putting him all the way back to P13 as presumably his Q1 lap became his only representative time.
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I thought this was a fun race to watch throughout the field. Lots of pitstops, passing and re-passing, and I don’t remember the TV director cutting away to a crowd shot mid-pass. Then again, there wasn’t much crowd to see, mostly an orange fog.
So many penalties this weekend, on and off track, real and suspended. I especially liked Vettel being fined for leaving a meeting. T4 was a nightmare for passing on the outside. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the penalties there, but surely five seconds is pointless given that the guy in the gravel loses like 30 plus maybe a pit stop.
Haas had a great race with a car that supposedly hasn’t been upgraded yet. Gasly is a little out of control ATM. It would be nice to know why everyone’s pace changed a bit compared to the sprint race. RB were now slower or had wayyy more tire degradation than Ferrari. Mercs could now pass Haases with relative ease.
I didn’t think the engine specs changed that much this year to yield so many failures. I’m not a huge fan of this reliability lottery. It mixes things up, but the new cars can race so much batter than last year that we don’t need these random red shells to enliven the race.
So many penalties this weekend, on and off track, real and suspended. I especially liked Vettel being fined for leaving a meeting. T4 was a nightmare for passing on the outside. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the penalties there, but surely five seconds is pointless given that the guy in the gravel loses like 30 plus maybe a pit stop.
Haas had a great race with a car that supposedly hasn’t been upgraded yet. Gasly is a little out of control ATM. It would be nice to know why everyone’s pace changed a bit compared to the sprint race. RB were now slower or had wayyy more tire degradation than Ferrari. Mercs could now pass Haases with relative ease.
I didn’t think the engine specs changed that much this year to yield so many failures. I’m not a huge fan of this reliability lottery. It mixes things up, but the new cars can race so much batter than last year that we don’t need these random red shells to enliven the race.
I don't know about that. Maybe it's just the fact that he is being outclassed by Norris?
Lando is doing great don't get me wrong. Incredible actually. Daniel however, out of 12ish races has managed to get into the top 10 3x times. The remaining 9 races were largely 11-13 place with some further like 14 and 18. It's a pretty terrible year for him imo. Lando has largely been cruising top 10 for all but 2 of his races with 1 podium finish. He regularly is finishing around 5-7. I think Daniel being outclassed by Norris would be seeing Daniel around 8-10. But not 11-13. I think that's on him.
F1-ish news:
www.theguardian.com
Is anybody particularly surprised? Given his recent comments on Putin, perhaps he's planning on retiring to a Dacha?
Bernie Ecclestone charged with fraud over £400m assets
Former Formula One boss to appear in court in August after HMRC investigation, says CPS
www.theguardian.com
Is anybody particularly surprised? Given his recent comments on Putin, perhaps he's planning on retiring to a Dacha?
Wolff decries ‘brainless’ F1 fans for Austrian GP abuse as Vettel wants bans
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said ‘no alcohol can excuse’ sexist, homophobic and racist abuse, while Sebastian Vettel added that those responsible should receive life bans
www.theguardian.com
smh. I suspect there's going to be a lot more of this as F1 gains more fans
I can’t believe I forgot to mention Alonso scolding Tsunoda while overtaking him.
Austria used the softest tires in the range (C3-C5?). Might be illuminating to correlate that with temps and track surface to try to predict tire deg for future races. The talk of Ferrari PUs having good low-end traction (seen in Lewis’ difficulty in passing Mick in the sprint and Charles’ ease of passing Max in the race) is interesting, but ultimately tire deg undid Max’s race. I mean, Pirelli were predicting a one-stopper. Maybe that was anticipating cloudier conditions (rain was supposed to be a factor all weekend). Maybe Max’s tire deg was down to over-driving because Ferrari PUs ruled the circuit this year. Albon said (in Ted’s Notebook?) that he was forced to overdrive in the race by like two tenths a lap to keep up with the train he was caught up in, and that ruined his tire deg strategy.
(This is kind of a note to self that I wanted to add to my last post, but I can’t edit it ATM.)
(This is kind of a note to self that I wanted to add to my last post, but I can’t edit it ATM.)
McLaren 'considering' Sebastian Vettel as one of three Daniel Ricciardo replacements
DANIEL RICCIARDO has struggled to fulfil expectations since switching from Renault to McLaren.
www.express.co.uk
Daniel Ricciardo issues statement addressing McLaren future
Daniel Ricciardo has addressed rumours about his Formula 1 future, and he's not planning on going anywhere other than staying at McLaren.
www.planetf1.com
Assuming McLaren won’t kick him out, that means Piastri to Williams. Alonso seems destined to be renewed, given his recent badassery, so I guess that leaves Vettel up in the air? Not sure what Tsunoda’s contract is, but it’s got to be good for him that Honda are supposed to want their name back into F1.
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