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[PlatinumZealot]

Was expecting Hamilton to beat Russell once the car was more driveable/more confidence inspiring. Still good progress but hopefully he can get his mojo back and then fight a bit further up.

Same thoughts. It’s getting hard to justify his slump. I hope he recovers…

This is the first race weekend where the car is actually driveable and Lewis is only trailing George by 1 tenth.

The wide shots show George clearly living with the car better especially on exits. Lewis just doesn't like it. Interestingly Driver61 on yotube says other than Imola Lewis has been faster in the races. So it could also be a race setup preference.

[mvfad]

Mercedes difference to the p1 in the previous qualifyings:

Bahrain +0.7s
Jeddah +0.9s
Australia +1.0s
Miami +0.9s
Spain +0.6s

Considering that they said that the big problem with the car was the porpoising and that they were finally able to lower the ride height the way they would like in Barcelona and considering that there was an improvement in the engine, I think 0.6s for p1 was still a long way off. Also, in this race they didn't seem to have problems warming up the tires because of the high temperature of the track, with the lower temperature and the difficulty of the car to warm up the tires for hotlap, does this difference tend to increase (as in the previous races)?

[mstar]

Seems lewis was mentioning he was struggling with the rear all day today. I wonder if he is going for more race set-up to protect the rears / fronts more? His car through sector 3, particularly the last corners looks very unstable at the rear

[dialtone]

Seems lewis was mentioning he was struggling with the rear all day today. I wonder if he is going for more race set-up to protect the rears / fronts more? His car through sector 3, particularly the last corners looks very unstable at the rear

If his setup was about protecting the rears then they failed, he was sliding everywhere in s3.


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[mstar]

Seems lewis was mentioning he was struggling with the rear all day today. I wonder if he is going for more race set-up to protect the rears / fronts more? His car through sector 3, particularly the last corners looks very unstable at the rear

If his setup was about protecting the rears then they failed, he was sliding everywhere in s3.


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Sorry i meant he wanted to protect the rear more, but found the set-up went opposite and made it more unstable as the front became more dominant. On-board he seemed to have the unstable rear through qualy. I don't know if russell had the same but probably not as he was good in S3.

[Mchamilton]

Seems lewis was mentioning he was struggling with the rear all day today. I wonder if he is going for more race set-up to protect the rears / fronts more? His car through sector 3, particularly the last corners looks very unstable at the rear

If his setup was about protecting the rears then they failed, he was sliding everywhere in s3.


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Sorry i meant he wanted to protect the rear more, but found the set-up went opposite and made it more unstable as the front became more dominant. On-board he seemed to have the unstable rear through qualy. I don't know if russell had the same but probably not as he was good in S3.

Russell commented that they didny have the rear tyres in the window in qualy

[Dee]

Just a quick question

Lewis was 337 on the speed trap, Russell was 324

How is that possible, are they running different setups? Was that speed clocked for Lewis under DRS?

[theblackangus]

Just a quick question

Lewis was 337 on the speed trap, Russell was 324

How is that possible, are they running different setups? Was that speed clocked for Lewis under DRS?

Better exit onto the straight, I suppose.

[wogx]

According to Ted Kravitz, Mercedes has solved their bouncing problems by... stiffening the floor. Looks like they were looking too deep and the solution was right under their nose - successfully applied to other teams before. #F1pl #EchaPadoku

[organic]

That seems pretty silly for them to have overlooked so much if true, but does strengthen (excuse the pun) the theory that they've increased the added floor height to fit internal stays

[PlatinumZealot]

According to Ted Kravitz, Mercedes has solved their bouncing problems by... stiffening the floor. Looks like they were looking too deep and the solution was right under their nose - successfully applied to other teams before. #F1pl #EchaPadoku

Makes sense. This was one of the solutions being discussed in the threads.

[Hammerfist]

Just a quick question

Lewis was 337 on the speed trap, Russell was 324

How is that possible, are they running different setups? Was that speed clocked for Lewis under DRS?

Better exit onto the straight, I suppose.

That would not account for a 13kph difference. That is just way too high imo.
I did notice lewis was sub par in sector 3 as well all weekend and such an advantage in top speed leads me to believe he was in fact running less downforce.

[theblackangus]

Just a quick question

Lewis was 337 on the speed trap, Russell was 324

How is that possible, are they running different setups? Was that speed clocked for Lewis under DRS?

Better exit onto the straight, I suppose.

That would not account for a 13kph difference. That is just way too high imo.
I did notice lewis was sub par in sector 3 as well all weekend and such an advantage in top speed leads me to believe he was in fact running less downforce.

Doh!!!!
I read 334 vs 337...
Yeah I would agree that there is likely a bit of wing difference.

[JordanFiveOh]

Hamilton hit 320kph on his fastest lap. Where are you seeing 337?

[AA_2019]

Source link?

Where are the official top speeds published by the FIA?