I hope this is true.Although no further details have been forthcoming about what exactly went wrong inside the Red Bull fuel system, it is understood that the team is satisfied it has got to the bottom of the problem and has put in place fixes to prevent a repeat from this weekend’s Saudi Arabian GP.
Apparently there was a vacuum formed somewhere stopping the pump from getting fuel through, if true, that can't be a difficult fix, can it?Bill_Kar wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 13:40https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/red- ... m/9277226/
I hope this is true.Although no further details have been forthcoming about what exactly went wrong inside the Red Bull fuel system, it is understood that the team is satisfied it has got to the bottom of the problem and has put in place fixes to prevent a repeat from this weekend’s Saudi Arabian GP.
I find it frustrating that the premier Formula car series has to nurse its brakes like it’s the 1960s.dialtone wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:22
Brembo considers this track to be hard on the brakes due to the 7 high speed braking areas and the likely constant on/off to regulate speed. Any car with brake temp problems is going to suffer here. So McLaren is definitely in for some suffering if they haven't figured out their braking issues, and maybe even RB-18 could suffer depending on the reasons why they had to chill brakes so early in Bahrain.
It's a question of going to the limits and compromises, isn't it?Hoffman900 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:24I find it frustrating that the premier Formula car series has to nurse its brakes like it’s the 1960s.dialtone wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:22
Brembo considers this track to be hard on the brakes due to the 7 high speed braking areas and the likely constant on/off to regulate speed. Any car with brake temp problems is going to suffer here. So McLaren is definitely in for some suffering if they haven't figured out their braking issues, and maybe even RB-18 could suffer depending on the reasons why they had to chill brakes so early in Bahrain.
It is, but you can’t have better racing if drivers only get a few attempts at out braking a competitor. It seems like a classic not seeing the forest for the trees from the rules makers.LM10 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:37It's a question of going to the limits and compromises, isn't it?Hoffman900 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:24I find it frustrating that the premier Formula car series has to nurse its brakes like it’s the 1960s.dialtone wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:22
Brembo considers this track to be hard on the brakes due to the 7 high speed braking areas and the likely constant on/off to regulate speed. Any car with brake temp problems is going to suffer here. So McLaren is definitely in for some suffering if they haven't figured out their braking issues, and maybe even RB-18 could suffer depending on the reasons why they had to chill brakes so early in Bahrain.
I agree that overall they should be the favourite, but we also need to remember that Bahrain has traditionally been a good track for Ferrari, and it's also one where Leclerc can play out his strengths particularly well - which is not so much the case for a flowing track like Jeddah.
I see it more like some compromise made by the teams, and not a rules matter.Hoffman900 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:41It is, but you can’t have better racing if drivers only get a few attempts at out braking a competitor. It seems like a classic not seeing the forest for the trees from the rules makers.LM10 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:37It's a question of going to the limits and compromises, isn't it?Hoffman900 wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 17:24
I find it frustrating that the premier Formula car series has to nurse its brakes like it’s the 1960s.
Brakes haven't been the limiting factor in decades and they shouldn’t be in 2022.
Wouldn't be the first time a team messed up a fuel loading.wogx wrote: ↑24 Mar 2022, 16:14Do you really think that a multiple WDC & WCC team would made such a rookie mistake? If yes - why would they go for a double DNF, if they could instead at least try to drive in an "eco-mode" and finish 7th, 8th, 10th? At the end of season every point will count in both WDC & WCC classifications. I won't even mention the SC period here