2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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johnny comelately
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Y'all gonna love this one, but has anyone noticed a correlation between pit personnel and team success: eg, the Merc are all very drilled and calm with no wasted movements; the Ferrari are a little chaotic, random: the McLaren are plain ad hoc with a non-engaged/focussed attitude...
Fire away :wink:

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organic
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Leclerc has 2 new mediums and 1 new hards, whilst Verstappen has 1 new mediums and 2 new hards right?

Given the heat, it will surely be a 2-stopper.
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Strap in everyone! It's gonna be a hot one 😉😉

GrizzleBoy
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Alonso waaaaat

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chrisc90
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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4seconds from max to Lewis after just 4 laps. Mega pace from the top 2

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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If these early parts of the race are anything to go by, Ferrari are going to struggle with tyre wear if the back end is already that twitchy and overheating the rears...

I'm surprised Max hasn't gotten past yet...

GrizzleBoy
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Both Red Bulls will just hang back and undercut unless there's a big opportunity.

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Ham has the pace of the front 2 at the moment

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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I wonder if Mercedes started the race with a bit of fuel saving compared to everyone else and now can start to focus on pushing on a bit... mind you, Lewis is lapping similar times now... will be interesting to see their tyre wear as this stint goes on.

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Looks like DRS might just be broken on this track.

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Max pitting now; I think Ferrari should respond too... if Max is ahead, I cannot see Charles getting past Max anywhere here with their top speed advantage.

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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... and, that is race over.

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chrisc90
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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Ohhh Charles

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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... AND an unsafe release for Sainz too. Another weekend of Ferrari brilliance.

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Re: 2022 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, July 22 - 24

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Ahhh.

Screw you, Ferrari.

Oh and Mercedes for good measure then.