ispano6 wrote: ↑09 Feb 2022, 03:56
siskue2005 wrote: ↑08 Feb 2022, 23:34
What this season shows is that Lewis was very well going to win the championship with a car which was slower/equal in performance: according to redbull's own cheif designer. And if we apply ur logic here then this season also shows that Max even with a faster car cant win the championship without the help of FIA changes rules on the fly to make him win...
Just imagine if Masi did everything according to rule? That would have killed Max's career!
No this season showed that Lewis was very close to being lucky to win the championship after his team destroyed Max's car twice and once by Pirelli for a total of 26+18+16 points.
Well, it’s down to opinion who was responsible for wrecking his car on one of those occasions. And Max destroyed a Mercedes in Monza as well.
What this season actually showed was Max was more lucky than Lewis where it really counts: you need a car that works great, not just a fast one, and a more dependable engine.
The regs changed the floors significantly last season, and They landed Max’s way completely. For Lewis on the other hand, it destroyed his car and gave the Mercedes team the same headaches Red bull had with their car in 2020, except the red bull team just made a poor car that year. ‘21? the regs destroyed what was a great car in the Mercedes. That was very lucky to be in that position.
Max had a title winning engine also, Hamilton was unlucky to be in a weaker position with the engine being a liability that year costing him grid penalties where it didn’t for verstappen, costing him performance when no longer fresh.
The RB was so effective under these new regs, they had enough floor downforce and balance in hand to run less wing but still have plenty downforce left to be competitive in cornering. The Mercedes’ needed Monaco wings to balance their rear aero.
It’s not like Max had no luck in all the other variables that go your way for a good weekend outcome. His car adapted better to weather variables almost every time. When he really needed some luck in Russia, he got it. When he was vulnerable to losing ground to lewis in Turkey, the weather and a grid penalty went against lewis completely and Max actually finished ahead in a weekend where the Mercedes’ was easily favourite to win. Spa was another example where weather hampered the Mercedes weekend as we know it struggles with tyre temperature in tricky conditions especially. Max got the pole, and a free win behind a safety car
before again being given a championship deciding race win behind another safety car because of illegitimate race authoring by a wholly incompetent race director.
??? Where did you read that? I never read that and it isn't true.
