2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku, June 10 - 12

[Ryar]

Perez is a decent driver, but this forum seems to have Checo fever at the moment.

Verstappen beats Perez comfortably under practically all normal circumstances, so a Perez win seems like an outside bet rather than a likelihood.

The pattern is quite obvious and you can see who is rooting for Checo and why.

[bosyber]

I really can't see Perez winning this race, let alone the championship as 'Verstappen had a issue', ie. the latter being Schumacher/Irvine 2000 scenario (except I'd expect Red Bull and Perez to do a bit better job at winning it, though IMO that scenario heavily favours Leclerc on pace then).

[chrisc90]

First run for the merc and it’s porpoising like crazy down the straight.

[Michelangelo]

Merc is jumping a lot.

[chrisc90]

Sainz complaining it’s a lot too. Looks about the same as Mercedes’

[organic]

Ferrari and Merc both experiencing problems down the back straight, most significantly just around the pit entry from what I saw in the onboards where there are a few bumps iirc. W13 looks higher frequency whereas Ferrari looks like higher amplitude.

[bosyber]

Yeah, I think what we saw with Hamilton looked a bit more doable. The amplitude we saw from the Ferrari currently looks painful, but we also saw they were able to dial it out a bit (but hopefully not at the expense of a lot of pace, bc. looks like they need it).

Interesting what Karun just mentioned from Pirelli, who said that the Red Bull not suffering much from porpoising might be a factor in it being better on the tyres, as they do feel the bouncing load through them, which might increase their wear for those that do suffer from it!

[Schippke]

If the Ferrari is bouncing that much over the whole weekend, they might even had to worry about finishing the race, let alone a shot for the win (well, podium)... either the car is going to shake itself to bits or the drivers' spins will disintegrate by Lap 20.

[TNTHead]

That DRS flap of the RB oscillates like crazy. Seems very fragile.

[chrisc90]

RB is absolutely planted.

[sunny1304r]

That DRS flap of the RB oscillates like crazy. Seems very fragile.

is that much oscillation allowed ?

[214270]

I really struggle with how poorly these cars look in vertical travel. Whether it be bumps, porpoising or going over kerbs, I hate the tv visual

[bosyber]

Yeah, apart from that DRS flutter (and the whole wing moving a bit of a questionable amount), that Red Bull looks as good as the times indicate.

[Big Tea]

Yeah, apart from that DRS flutter (and the whole wing moving a bit of a questionable amount), that Red Bull looks as good as the times indicate.

Would there be any gain from that 'fluttering' or would it be spoiling the 'wake'?

I was wondering if it is worth Ferrari complaining or if its better leave them 'suffer'?

[astracrazy]

Yeah, apart from that DRS flutter (and the whole wing moving a bit of a questionable amount), that Red Bull looks as good as the times indicate.

Would there be any gain from that 'fluttering' or would it be spoiling the 'wake'?

I was wondering if it is worth Ferrari complaining or if its better leave them 'suffer'?

I think it would be having a negative effect on the Red Bull to be honest. Like with many of these things, if there was a gain to be had doing it then others teams would have tried followed by a crack down by the FIA.