Providing redbull don't improve their car at all...Yep, have to wait for imola where they get updates. One of them alledegly a 0.3 improvement in laptime.
So they will only be 0.7-0.8 behind Redbull.
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Red Bull developing time should be limited, due last season budget breach. So they shouldn't have that much mid season improvements.
Missed qualifying, had family stuff to do.
Max coming from mid grid makes for an interesting race.
Max coming from mid grid makes for an interesting race.
Either everyone but RB (9teams) have been extremely crap or they (FIA) failed with their stated goal of making things closer (That's their entire reasoning for this charade of upgrade limitations, limiting replacements and the budget cap. The budget cap being absolutely firm until it's not is another thing...). It's not like these are the first 2 years it's like this either, it's been like that for the best part of a decade.
Credit where it's due though. RB have done well with these new regs and Max is doing the job, he can't do more than win races.
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The budget cap doesn’t solve everything, the big teams still hire the best talent like Newey and have better resources. And do you think AM don’t pay more for all the Mercedes parts on their car compared to Merc manufacturing it… That’s the difference between a McLaren running a whole team vs Haas/AT. Also AM use the Merc wind tunnel and have to use the time for recalibration as part of their time. It’s not an even playing field outside the big 3 or 4 teams just yet and it’s why AM are building their own facilities etc.
Merc and McLaren have got it horribly wrong. Ferrari came close but reliability has distracted them. Alpine have been poor for years. AM ‘copied’ RB early and have a solid engine. The rest aren’t in a place to win hence Audi buying AR and and Williams saying it will be a few years or rumours of Porsche/Andretti.
Anyway part of the budget cap was to make the sport sustainable, Williams family had to sell and McLaren have had to get Bahrain investment and sell their old cars etc to stay alive.
As long as we don't ignore the fact that the new regulations are perfectly geared towards the strength of one of the best designers/aerodynamicist/engineers in the paddock, Adrian Newey. And also aimed to reduce Mercedes dominance.
The budget cap does not solve anything. It's just one more rule to find an unfair advantage.
There's no god given right to be a F1 team. Frank Williams is dead and the team haven't done anything in forever. It wouldn't be the end of F1 if it went the way of Brabham, Benetton, Arrows, Minardi, Jordan, Sauber etc. etc.
Sustainability is marketing material. The reason for the budget cap is that they found out they can have a year round marketing campaign that actually pays them money.
Sounds like some positive news coming out of Mercedes new approach to the car. Hopefully before summer break we should a faster and much better car from them.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/m...teps-after-changing-f1-car-approach/10445756/
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/m...teps-after-changing-f1-car-approach/10445756/
I'll believe it when I see it. Been positive news coming out of the Merc camp for years (fastest concept in the sim, etc.) but it's still a shitbox.
available tyres for the race: everything more or less as expected
(1xH and 1XM at Aston Martin are just scrubbed in. Same for Norris' mediums)
Not having a new hard or soft could cost Aston.
(1xH and 1XM at Aston Martin are just scrubbed in. Same for Norris' mediums)
Not having a new hard or soft could cost Aston.
Max with 2 sets of Med and softs give him the advantage I think
It'll be a one stop race most likely with medium/hard being the preferred compound choices.
Soft might come into play in the first stints as some teams gamble on the likely safety car.
Soft might come into play in the first stints as some teams gamble on the likely safety car.
Max will still win it, won't he?
Depends if they tell Checo to let him pass or not. I wouldn't do it, would be very demoralising and not necessary in the grand scheme.
Most likely, he'll definitely be on the podium. The only driver he doesn't have a video game style speed advantage over is Checo, who if he's leading a one two he'll likely be told to switch positions
I think so, his pace on the Friday practices was ridiculous and the straight line speed of the RB will mean he's probably going to be in contention for the lead before the first pit stops.
That said, Alonso with his elbows out might prove a bigger challenge for Verstappen than Perez.
I think so, barring a repeat of his Q2 problem.
Will Smith is such a bitch.
The feck is this. Sounds like a group of 8 yr olds playing recorders in primary school
Wtf
Worst Anthem ever
Anyone decent interviewed on the gridwalk?
Lewis opting to start on the slower more durable hards.
Ferrari start on softs, bold choice.Top 6 on mediums.
Ferrari start on softs, bold choice.Top 6 on mediums.
No way Checo will be told to change positions in that case.
Alonso leading into turn 1
Some overtake by Stroll on Sainz on the outside of turn 13.
Alonso incorrect starting position.
Penalty coming up.
Penalty coming up.
5 second pen for Alonso
Ffs more Red Bull luck
Although Perez will breeze past on DRS
Although Perez will breeze past on DRS
Easy for Perez
Softs working well for Leclerc
Come on let's have some excitement not a procession
Surprised Max hasn't made more ground
Surprised Max hasn't made more ground
I don't think Verstappen is winning this, but the podium is certain. Perez will win it easily probably.
Safety car would mean a lot to him with softs.
Safety car would mean a lot to him with softs.
Was expecting Max to be top 10 by now, but doing OK.
Still think Max has a good chance of winning.
Lewis weaving on track, says Sky.
Lewis weaving on track, says Sky.
Cmon Charles
Black and White Flag for Lewis. Driving Standards warning.
Lewis says grip sucks on the hards
Surely RB won't tell Perez to get out the way for Max, he'll be too far ahead