F1 2022 Season

Checo winning here wouldn't be much drama at all. If he starts out qualifying Max in RBR and Silverstone etc then we'd have a proper three way title fight on our hands
Close enough that he's not listening to team orders anymore, that's for sure.

If he hears 'let max through he's on another strategy' 1 more time I think he might explode
 
I wonder if RB would even allow Perez a fair shot at the drivers title with max or would have to move over if hes infront of max and max is behind him in the adjacent position.
 
I wonder if RB would even allow Perez a fair shot at the drivers title with max or would have to move over if hes infront of max and max is behind him in the adjacent position.
Good question.
Not sure if they would deny Perez wins over Max, but I think they might.
Can you imagine the fall out if Perez was asked to mover over for a Max win and did not, Max's Dad's face would be a joy to see.
 
Good question.
Not sure if they would deny Perez wins over Max, but I think they might.
Can you imagine the fall out if Perez was asked to mover over for a Max win and did not, Max's Dad's face would be a joy to see.
Checo Sr vs Jos would be box office.
 
Azerbaijan GP Practice Two timesheet
Azerbaijan GP Practice Two timesheet
DriverTeamTime
1) Charles LeclercFerrari1:43.224
2) Sergio PerezRed Bull+0.248
3) Max VerstappenRed Bull+0.356
4) Fernando AlonsoAlpine+0.918
5) Carlos SainzFerrari+1.050
6) Pierre GaslyAlpha Tauri+1.091
7) George RussellMercedes+1.324
8) Yuki TsunodaAlpha Tauri+1.343
9) Esteban OconAlpine+1.385
10) Lando NorrisMcLaren+1.547
11) Sebastian VettelAston Martin+1.557
12) Lewis HamiltonMercedes+1.650
13) Lance StrollAston Martin+1.650
14) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren+1.835
15) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo+1.891
16) Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo+2.040
17) Kevin MagnussenHaas+2.364
18) Alexander AlbonWilliams+3.173
19) Mick SchumacherHaas+3.201
20) Nicholas LatifiWilliams+3.994
 
Azerbaijan GP Practice Two timesheet
DriverTeamTime
1) Charles LeclercFerrari1:43.224
2) Sergio PerezRed Bull+0.248
3) Max VerstappenRed Bull+0.356
4) Fernando AlonsoAlpine+0.918
5) Carlos SainzFerrari+1.050
6) Pierre GaslyAlpha Tauri+1.091
7) George RussellMercedes+1.324
8) Yuki TsunodaAlpha Tauri+1.343
9) Esteban OconAlpine+1.385
10) Lando NorrisMcLaren+1.547
11) Sebastian VettelAston Martin+1.557
12) Lewis HamiltonMercedes+1.650
13) Lance StrollAston Martin+1.650
14) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren+1.835
15) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo+1.891
16) Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo+2.040
17) Kevin MagnussenHaas+2.364
18) Alexander AlbonWilliams+3.173
19) Mick SchumacherHaas+3.201
20) Nicholas LatifiWilliams+3.994

Alonso over Sainz is quite the news for me. Still, it’s likely Sainz will achieve P3 or P4.

Perez also getting ahead of Max shows he is committed to fight against him. If no problems with the engine or crashes should be a tight duel. Leclerc is also there and might get P1 but Ferraris lack of speed in the long track may be a burden for him.
 
Charles over one lap is pretty rapid. Wouldn't be a huge surprise if he got pole but the race pace, Red Bull is too good (and strategy). I just hope Perez doesn't fold to team orders and strategy.
 
Alonso over Sainz is quite the news for me. Still, it’s likely Sainz will achieve P3 or P4.

Perez also getting ahead of Max shows he is committed to fight against him. If no problems with the engine or crashes should be a tight duel. Leclerc is also there and might get P1 but Ferraris lack of speed in the long track may be a burden for him.
Alpine always run full engine mode in practice.

They're regularly high up in the early FP's but then sink away once qualy comes.

I do think though Alpine has good straight line speed, has done all year.
 
Jesus. Hamilton's car is bouncing so much, his helmet bobbing up & down like a basketball... my teeth hurt watching it.
 
Jesus. Hamilton's car is bouncing so much, his helmet bobbing up & down like a basketball... my teeth hurt watching it.

that’s just him shaking in fear because russell is so much faster than him and he’s been found out.
 
all because charlie whiting wanted to prove his surname didn’t make him a racist.

If he was serious about trying to prove that, he should have changed his surname. That was a huge giveaway of his predilection. And stop ordering white bedsheets in bulk.
 
Jesus. Hamilton's car is bouncing so much, his helmet bobbing up & down like a basketball... my teeth hurt watching it.
Its mental that they fixed the initial porposing problem for spain i.e. high frequency porposing but now developed low frequency porposing.

Must be driving them all nuts at Mercedes especially as Ferrari can be just as quick as RB whilst having some low frequency porposing as well.
 
If he was serious about trying to prove that, he should have changed his surname. That was a huge giveaway of his predilection.

he did try that by giving himself a darts name. unfortunately deedpoll made a clerical error and instead of becoming charlie “the power” whiting, he became charlie whiting “power”
 
Perez is going to give Horner a headache, hoping he carry this pace over to qualifying now.
 
Surely if your any other team than Ferrari and RB your gonna have to give your teammate a tow in qually. Could be the difference between being 5th on the grid or 15th. Its so tight outside the top two teams. Getting a tow in Q3 should be interesting. I expect some games between getting the car into the right window for the hot lap andnstaying behind the car in front to get the tow without the dirty air.

At the pace Ferrari and RB are showing id expect the entire field to be lapped tomorrow.
 
Alpine are so fast down the straight if they can get track position they'll be impossible to overtake.
 
It’s not physical for the right reason, unfortunately. It’s very strange, it’s like oscillation, you can’t train or get ready for [it].

“It’s just painful on the body, really. I can feel it on the neck.


 
If heading the ball is bad for your brain, having it rattled around while you’re going 200mph is obviously not going to be good for it either.
 
Azerbaijan GP Practice Three timesheet
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Wouldnt be suprised if mass dampers were allowed back into F1. Active suspension would be too costly.

Its embarrassing for the pinnacle of motorsport to allow this to continue especially with a cost cap. FIA technical team who came up with the designs nust share the brunt of the blame. How did they completely miss porposing as a potential side effect.

We finally have cars that car follow really closely but 90% of the grid is comprising their setup to counteract porposing. Embarrassing.
 
Is Newey the only one who got his design without any porposing?
They fixed 99% of it with their update package in bahrain in the second test i think it was. At the start of the season a few f1 journalists mentioned that they thought RB suspension was this seasons mclaren f-duct and it seems to be that way. I dont know enough about how it is designed or what it does differently.
 
FIA will simply turn around to any team complaining and tell them to figure it out because other teams can do it… really, this is issue for George is a Mercedes not willing to sacrifice a year or fall further down the pack to rectify the issue… that’s not a formula 1 fault, that’s a Mercedes fault.
No its not a Mercedes fault, the entire grid other than RB are suffering from porposing.
 
No its not a Mercedes fault, the entire grid other than RB are suffering from porposing.
Well the point is it can be rectified without speed compromise. Its not a theoretically unsolvable problem. Also, I think other teams don't have it in exactly the same extreme way such as Merc.