They do all have it, Lando would have had DRS on Max when Max passed him
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No mention of the 115 charges that allowed the plastic treble then....
Watch the track limits please Lando!
Watch the track limits please Lando!
How is Charles keeping George behind him!? Breaking the laws of physics.
The sky looks very black in places
AM has terrible pace.
It’s meant to produce intentionally lopsided results to promote overtaking. There were many cases, especially before the rule changed regarding car designs in 2022, where a faster car would be trapped behind the slower car.
Obviously if somebody is overtaken and remain close behind the person in front of them, they then get DRS themselves whilst the person in front loses it
Mercedes have never liked running in dirty air
This could have been an interesting first 20 laps if it wasn't for DRS. Max would have gone past eventually anyway but at least we would have seen some actual racing.
It’s to aid the person overtaking because it can be so difficult with how the air moves off the car in front and onto the car behind (F1 cars rely on the air for the downforce). You’ll hear comments around dirty air, for example Russell is faster than Leclerc but can’t get past even with DRS.
But why doesn't the car ahead, defending his position have it? Is it to allow for more passing which they think makes it more entertaining l?
Provided their tyres hold up, McLaren look at least equal pace wise with Ferrari
Thank you.
Piastri is being a real wingman
A solution would be to only race on tracks that are wide enough, or make the cars smaller.
DRS was introduced to make it more entertaining for audiences with more overtakings. But it's not remotely entertaining to watch someone sail past someone who doesn't even put up a fight because one has a booster and the other doesn't. From an audience perspective that's hugely unsatisfying. And you've actually gotten even fewer genuine overtakings that require skill and risk-taking because there's simply no point when you can just as well wait until the next DRS straight. It was a good idea in theory but it's not working at all in terms of entertainment.
Leclerc comes in on mediums before Russel does on softs 
The car in front does not have because he is in front, it was brought in to promote more overtakes and exciting racing, up to a point it does.
It's so much better to watch races at genuine overtaking tracks. Take Perez for example, he'd be really interesting to use the ride on board option if it was a harder fight for him being out of position, as you could watch him fight through the pack, but watching people just move aside as if he's about to lap them is ridiculous and makes a mockery of it. Yes he's way faster, but at least hold the inside line, making him go round the outside, don't just get out his way and give him the prime line. Same to some extent for Max pass on Lando - obviously these points would be huge for McLaren but he just leaves the inside line clear for Max.
That's the reasoning yeah. The previous generation of cars prior to last year were really bad at creating "dirty air" which made it difficult for the cars to follow and overtake. DRS was a way around that, but with this generation of cars following isn't so bad. DRS makes overtaking too easy now in my opinion and you rarely get overtakes outside of using DRS on the straights.
Both Mercs doing OK, not fantastic but better than qualifying pointed too.
I imagine the trailing car just waits for drs to be the faster car instead of trying to overtake with good driving on corners and such like?
I think I'd risk the softs. George has them looking good. And you'll be on lighter fuel load too..
Russel really long stint on mediums, but he is not that quick, so I am not sure if there's much point even staying that long?
Mind boggling from Ferrari, if it's their strategy then it's bad, but if their tires were gone already then it's even worse from the car perspective. Sainz pitting too.
Leclerc comes in on mediums before Russel does on softs
Mind boggling from Ferrari, if it's their strategy then it's bad, but if their tires were gone already then it's even worse from the car perspective. Sainz pitting too.
That’s exactly what I was thinking, looks like Ferrari have shit the bed by going on hards, if they got a bit more out of the mediums they could easily jumped on the softs.
Mercedes are so shit at pit stops
They never used to be.
Boring race tbf.
What a move George
Nice by Russell
Exactly , yes. the speed advantage makes it a no-brainer for the driver to go for the overtakes at the end of the straights rather than riskier ones on corners.
Hards are trash
Yup. I'm actually falling asleep watching it
SC coming out for sure.
Oo great for Lewis, and sadly for Max
To the untrained eye, it would seem they've made it more "boring" than exciting. I used to love the overtaking on corners, getting close to contact, the great driving being the reason for overtakes when I watched years ago.
KMags car in fire
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Has to be a full safety, there's a car on track on fire, ffs!
Edit: Alright, that's better.
Edit: Alright, that's better.
Surely red flag?
That'll be pouring toot onto the track
That'll be pouring toot onto the track
Leclerc's race has come undone
I won't be surprised if this becomes a full safety car. If so those who haven't pitted yet may get an advantage.