F1 2022 Season

Seems weird for several of them to commit a starting infringement. What would cause that?
 
If it’s literally a grid box infringement then they won’t do anything.
 
The fact that they couldn't deal with a starting infringement within the 24 laps proves how inept this sport is. If they had given them a 5 sec penalty it could have been dealt with in the race.
 
Red Bull opted to save a set of softs for tomorrow so they have two new sets of softs but Max said they have too much degradation even if they were on the soft. All falling in place for Hamilton if the case tomorrow.
 
That was fun sprint, finally some overtakes up front! Sainz and Russel drivers of the day, impressive from Sainz to be fair.

Max starting on mediums was Ferrari esque decision, or he just wanted to make it more interesting?
 
Amar__ said:
That was fun sprint, finally some overtakes up front! Sainz and Russel drivers of the day, impressive from Sainz to be fair.

Max starting on mediums was Ferrari esque decision, or he just wanted to make it more interesting?
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I think Red Bull wanted to keep a set of softs for the race, it's the only logical reason for going onto a slower tyre. It does give an indication of the pace Red Bull have if they're still competitive on a slower compound. I expect Max to win tomorrow easily.
 
F-Red said:
I think Red Bull wanted to keep a set of softs for the race, it's the only logical reason for going onto a slower tyre. It does give an indication of the pace Red Bull have if they're still competitive on a slower compound. I expect Max to win tomorrow easily.
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Yeah, that was probably it, I was obviously joking about making it more interesting.

I think he lost few positions more because of the damage than because of tyres, he looked slower than others who were on softs later in the race which didn't make sense from degradation point of view, since mediums should probably be better than softs in those last few laps. But he didn't lose lot of points anyway.
 
It's scary init really that Max starts tomorrow P3 and probably has it sown up after the 1st round of pit stops
 
Amar__ said:
That was fun sprint, finally some overtakes up front! Sainz and Russel drivers of the day, impressive from Sainz to be fair.

Max starting on mediums was Ferrari esque decision, or he just wanted to make it more interesting?
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It made no odds to the Red Bull. He was cruising at the front until he hit whatever the debris was.

How much are they able to repair? Assuming Max has a fixed car, he should be able to cruise to the win.
 
Hopefully Max has a little more tyre deg and the Mercs can put the pressure on later, it's time for Mr Brazil to win. If not we could have a good battle possibly with Mercs, Ferrari and Perez.

Even though the pre race was good, the whole time I'm thinking this should've been the start to the full race.
 
Doracle said:
It made no odds to the Red Bull. He was cruising at the front until he hit whatever the debris was.

How much are they able to repair? Assuming Max has a fixed car, he should be able to cruise to the win.
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It wasnt a debris issue. The wear on the MED tyres was higher than expected and Max suggested that even if the started on SOFTS the mercs would have still got past him as RedBull told BBC F1.

His RB was slower in sector 2 than both mercs and the ferrari. Which suggests they havent got the setup dialled in to where they need it and hes getting tyre slip (understeer/oversteer) possibly across the tyre surface causing the higher wear.

Anyway i still think max will win, RB will fix the setup issues overnight within Parc Femme rules. The has two sets of SOFTS and the Mercedes is very tempermental depending in track temps. They need the exact same conditions as yesterday, big ask.
 
dinostar77 said:
It wasnt a debris issue. The wear on the MED tyres was higher than expected and Max suggested that even if the started on SOFTS the mercs would have still got past him as RedBull told BBC F1.

His RB was slower in sector 2 than both mercs and the ferrari. Which suggests they havent got the setup dialled in to where they need it and hes getting tyre slip (understeer/oversteer) possibly across the tyre surface causing the higher wear.

Anyway i still think max will win, RB will fix the setup issues overnight within Parc Femme rules. The has two sets of SOFTS and the Mercedes is very tempermental depending in track temps. They need the exact same conditions as yesterday, big ask.
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How? You can't do much more than a front wing adjustment under parc ferme. Honestly think Red Bull got the setup wrong and are fecked.
 
ArjenIsM3 said:
How? You can't do much more than a front wing adjustment under parc ferme. Honestly think Red Bull got the setup wrong and are fecked.
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You can repair like for like damage but I don't think that's the problem. As you said I think they got the set up wrong.
 
ArjenIsM3 said:
How? You can't do much more than a front wing adjustment under parc ferme. Honestly think Red Bull got the setup wrong and are fecked.
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Apart from front wing as you said, tyre pressures. Also we dont know and wont know whether RB have been putting any packer material under the floor (changing the flow of the venturi tunnels) so they can to do some testing for 2023. Its a no brainer to use packer material for these last few races for them.

They have made changes to the rear wing at brasil and brake assembly.

"...much more cut-off the upper corner of the flap is on the Red Bull RB18's rear wing. Also note how the vertical deflector fence on the rear brake assembly is pushed outboard and baffles are used to control the airflow moving between it and the tyre's sidewall...."

(Text refers to a picture i havent uploaded).
 
I thought that was an excellent sprint race. If they could reproduce that at other tracks sprints would be fine. I just don't see which other tracks work.

Hoping for some real action today. Max will be chomping at the bit now he's won the WDC. Should be a great race.
 
Mark Hughes from F1 Autosport said that we can expect different track temps today as race takes place 1hr30mins before the sprint did yesterday.

Could be another mexico where higher track temps help the RebBull with its degredation issues.
 
About Ferrari, they are going to be beaten by Merc for 2nd right?
Arrivaberne was bad but Binotto was absolute tragic. Such a shame with this year car potential.
 
That sprint was fantastic lots of overtaking and action

Is Max allowed to change his front wing? As presumably parc ferme conditions
 
vangagal said:
About Ferrari, they are going to be beaten by Merc for 2nd right?
Arrivaberne was bad but Binotto was absolute tragic. Such a shame with this year car potential.
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Ferrari make some mistakes, but development of Mercedes looks to be simply ahead of Ferrari in last third of the season. They are simply quicker than them, much better oj the tyres, ignoring all other stuff going on with their strategies and whatnot.
 
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