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Post by starchildhypocrethes on May 8, 2022 20:44:24 GMT
Some cracking pit strategy from Mercedes once again…
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Post by askew on May 8, 2022 20:44:24 GMT
They are quite poor at this aspect of it.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 20:47:50 GMT
When Red Bull were nowhere, they went balls to the wall on perfecting pit stops to maximise any opportunity that came their way.
These dopes dither worse than Man Utd in a transfer window during a SC and seem to basically be hoping the porpoising just stops with this philosophy one weekend like me ignoring my check engine light when I was a teenager.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 8, 2022 20:47:56 GMT
I don't think Merc did anything especially wrong there. The Russell strategy was the obvious one when starting out of position, they pulled the trigger for the VSC immediately. Plus, I don't think Hamilton had a chance to pit without losing several places. He would have had to stack behind George and the pack had already bunched up by the time he came around again so he'd have lost loads of places.
Ferrari should have got Sainz in before Perez. That might be the race.
Lewis needs to let George through immediately.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 20:55:46 GMT
Russell dying to get on with it there.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 8, 2022 20:55:54 GMT
Haha, classic Bottas unfortunately.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 8, 2022 20:56:37 GMT
Now that Bottas is out the way, let them race. Surely Hamilton can't hang on for long though.
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Post by askew on May 8, 2022 20:57:21 GMT
George and Lewis to crash each other out
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 21:01:24 GMT
Leclerc is great to watch. You've got to wonder if he's just destroying his tyres trying to get by here. Always worry he's going to bin it.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 21:04:58 GMT
Haha "WHAT FUCKER DID THAT? Oh, oh it was Mick? My poor baby, is he okay?"
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Post by Whizzo on May 8, 2022 21:10:49 GMT
Well that was certainly a Formula 1 race, I think I've had more interesting digestive biscuits.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 8, 2022 21:11:14 GMT
Quite a decent race. Needed the safety car but the Miami track has just enough about it to justify a place on the calendar.
The Red Bull straight line speed advantage looks like the trump card this year. Ferrari can't defend an RB in DRS Zones and can't overtake an RB in DRS Zones. Perez missing a chunk of power nearly had Carlos. Bit ominous.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on May 8, 2022 21:12:41 GMT
Albon’s looking a bit of a potential star this season.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 21:15:17 GMT
Russell lowkey did a brilliant job there. Kept the pace up over a long stint, fully called holding his stop for some potential SC action later on. Guy's doing decent work in a shitbox.
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Post by askew on May 8, 2022 21:16:24 GMT
Who's this fella?
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Post by damagedinc on May 8, 2022 21:28:09 GMT
Reckon if they adjust the DRS detection zones will help but think just one of those days..few interesting bits but red bull very fast on straights..merc looking like they've clawed something back.
Spain be interesting to see where everyone sits on a representative track
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 21:33:38 GMT
RB have clearly taken notes from the end of last season and decided they'd rather be on the other end of the gun.
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Post by Wizzard_Ook on May 8, 2022 21:34:16 GMT
Meant to be have been a pretty good racing driver in his day. Won a few championships but didn’t get a shot at F1 when he probably should have. Looking forward to the title fight between max and Charles. Looks like red bull, barring any reliability issues seem to have the better car right now. Ferrari have been in this position before but their seasons just seem to fizzle out. Hopefully they can keep up wit the red bulls. Great drives from George and Albon again. George putting himself into a position to capitalise on a safety car. Lewis must hate the site of them right now. Must have been 3/4 on the trot now he been done out of. As for Mercs, don’t think they really gained anything here. They were Fighting Bottas before hand and they were again with the same time differences to the red bulls and Ferraris. Track just seemed to suit them a bit better. Hopefully they have clawed something back though.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 8, 2022 22:18:14 GMT
Great to see Albon and Russell doing well again.
Albon was too green for that Red Bull chance and it's great to see him get another opportunity in a less Marko'ey environment.
Much as I rate Russell, without the safety car this wouldn't have been a particularly strong weekend for him. His race pace was decent but not a match for Hamilton.
Russell's certainly been a match for Hamilton on Saturdays (which is hugely impressive in itself) but on Sundays Hamilton has been the quicker more often than not. As you'd expect given their relative levels of experience. I'm sure Russell will ultimately prevail, it's the nature of F1, but the evidence suggests it hasn't happened just yet.
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Post by Solid-SCB- on May 8, 2022 22:56:48 GMT
There's literally no fair comparison that can be made there with such wildly different strategies on a track with a bizarre surface. All you can say is it was a maximum result for George. Again.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 20, 2022 13:08:18 GMT
Being outpaced by De Vries on two different tyre compounds in FP1 is not a good look for Latifi. Fe's always been a pay driver but this season it has been pretty stark how much performance Williams are giving up by having him in that seat (without even considering the crash damage).
The Mercs not porpoising as much in that session but also not that fast. Still possibly a step in the right direction.
Aston's suspiciously Red Bull-esque B-spec doesn't seem much faster, but I guess they may just need time to understand it.
Bit early to say if the Ferrari upgrades have had the desired effect as Max's best lap was hindered by traffic.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 20, 2022 15:58:14 GMT
Aston Martin are a hard team to like, which is quite something as the name Aston Martin and the British Racing Green livery should engender a lot of goodwill plus they've got Vettel doing his level best to be a good human being in one of the cars.
The team are asking us to believe that AM designed two totally different cars over the winter in complete isolation and it's simply a huge coincidence that their 'other' car happens to look identical to the Red Bull down to quite small details.
I don't mind copying, it's all in the game (actual reverse engineering at least, not IP theft) but don't treat everyone like idiots and then act affronted when you get called out on it.
EDIT: It seems the reason AM are taking this line is because everyone accepts that there hasn't been enough time to legitimately copy the RB since it was first seen. So basically either it is a genuinely tremendous coincidence or Red Bull designs could have moved with ex-Red Bull personnel to AM last year. Unless the new AM is slower, this argument could run on for weeks.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 21, 2022 15:19:50 GMT
Hmm. Merc closer but not close enough. Good lap from George and nice recovery from Charles. Very harsh on Lando, hard to believe running that wide actually helped him but I guess the FIA sensors told the story. Had the pace for P8 maybe P7.
FP2 long-runs apparently suggest RBs have half a second a lap on the Ferraris and Mercs whilst preserving the tyres better. Suspect Max will breeze past on the straight once DRS is enabled and Perez should come through to P3 at least. The Mercs might have an outside chance of beating Sainz if he remains a few tenths off Leclerc though. I just hope all of the front six remain in the leading cars pit window to keep the strategy vaguely interesting and not permit them a free pit stop.
Real test of the new regs tomorrow. Barcelona is usually an absolutely dire spectacle. The final turn was basically kryptonite for the old cars and destroyed the racing. It has needed a huge tyre offset or to mug someone out of the pits to make a pass for the past decade. If the new cars can follow closely through the final sector and attack into T1, the FIA will deserve huge credit.
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Post by A46Matt on May 21, 2022 17:24:23 GMT
Good to see that Merc seem to have at least found the right direction to go in. A genuine 3 team battle at the front would be great.
As for Barcelona, I wish they’d ditch the chicane and go back to the old last corner layout that Moto GP run. With these cars they should be able to follow closely enough through that turn to promote overtakes into T1. As it is it’ll probably be the usual procession.
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Post by damagedinc on May 21, 2022 21:24:46 GMT
Good to see that Merc seem to have at least found the right direction to go in. A genuine 3 team battle at the front would be great. As for Barcelona, I wish they’d ditch the chicane and go back to the old last corner layout that Moto GP run. With these cars they should be able to follow closely enough through that turn to promote overtakes into T1. As it is it’ll probably be the usual procession. Think I've heard that will be done next year. I actually really like Spain as a track. Decent on the sim. Just doesn't make for great racing. Bit like imola.
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Post by muddyfunster on May 22, 2022 10:34:04 GMT
The F2 cars needed to be within about 0.5s to make a DRS pass and you'd think F1 might be similar. We've certainly seen cars able to follow that close this year.
I'm hopeful it'll be ok, but there's definitely potential for a slow car with great top speed to head a DRS train that kills the race. Bit like the one that formed in the midfield at Imola.
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Post by Red_Bool on May 22, 2022 12:51:51 GMT
This made me chuckle
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2022 13:06:26 GMT
Oh Magnusson you fool!
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on May 22, 2022 13:14:33 GMT
Calamity Sainz rolls on.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on May 22, 2022 13:16:14 GMT
I like the bumper cam.
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