2022 Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort, Sep 02 - 04

[cplchanb]

What is missing from RB theatrics today was Max calling his engineer telling him that the car is bad.
Reminds me MB in all the hybrid era.
I really hope i am wrong but in the life of me i cannot accept a car that is faster 1 sec from all the field in race pace in SPA, suddenly is bad.
I will wait the race, if they will loose or win by a tiny margin, this will support a bit my case.
Offcourse i can be wrong but i feel that RB holds back for specific reasons.

Yeah, I agree. This totally smells like a play out of the Mercedes playbook of old:

Friday - "The car is just rubbish, the competition is really on the ball. We'll have to work hard into the night to find pace".
Saturday - Team comes in and dominates the last few minutes of FP3 and Quali.

Well.... we saw what happened at Cota last year... ham 1 sec ahead of max after fp2... max goes on to win the race

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What is missing from RB theatrics today was Max calling his engineer telling him that the car is bad.
Reminds me MB in all the hybrid era.
I really hope i am wrong but in the life of me i cannot accept a car that is faster 1 sec from all the field in race pace in SPA, suddenly is bad.
I will wait the race, if they will loose or win by a tiny margin, this will support a bit my case.
Offcourse i can be wrong but i feel that RB holds back for specific reasons.

Yeah, I agree. This totally smells like a play out of the Mercedes playbook of old:

Friday - "The car is just rubbish, the competition is really on the ball. We'll have to work hard into the night to find pace".
Saturday - Team comes in and dominates the last few minutes of FP3 and Quali.

Well.... we saw what happened at Cota last year... ham 1 sec ahead of max after fp2... max goes on to win the race

that was pretty unusual. Merc run a high engine mode (for them) on friday and had to back off their ride height after friday due to the bumps. Most fps were fairly representative last year

[johnny comelately]

What a pleasant change to watch this non-typical (non-tilke) circuit.
Unique, maybe not perfect but unique

[Mogster]

What a pleasant change to watch this non-typical (non-tilke) circuit.
Unique, maybe not perfect but unique

Yes the cars look great here.

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Looks like battle for pole will be fun



RB will be hard to overtake

[Tvetovnato]

Max had a terrible S2 on his attempt with fresh tyres. With that kind of top speed advantage and still being on par with the fastest in S2 on a normal lap, it’s a certain Max pole again.

[chrisc90]

In my fantasy tea I’ve gone for Charles.

With a max, Charles Russell podium. But tempted to change it to a Max poke after looking at that speed trap data

[chrisc90]

Merc seemed to be running much more engine than both the Ferrari and red bull.

900rpm more for Russell to leclerc before the braking into turn 1.

Interestingly, despite a 3-400rpm lower, the red bull is much faster on speed.

[morefirejules08]

Merc seemed to be running much more engine than both the Ferrari and red bull.

900rpm more for Russell to leclerc before the braking into turn 1.

Interestingly, despite a 3-400rpm lower, the red bull is much faster on speed.

You’re assuming they’re running the same gear ratios.

[PlatinumZealot]

Max with hometown advantage. Mercedes clunkers only three tenths off! Track ramping up! Gonna be spicy!

[langedweil]

Track indeed ramps up fast ..
Any in de top 6 could snatch pole I guess

[PlatinumZealot]

So many dumb people among the fans throwing smoke bombs onto the track. Every country has dumb fans but it seems the dumb ones here a not put in check here!!

And these Dutch pigeons are probably braver than the New York ones!

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seems like the organizers didn't know that pigeons like grass seed a lot

[Gillian]

You can leave it up to Dutch fans to cause a Red Flag. Last time a fan caused a Red Flag I believe was in Singapore, 2012 or something? Absolutely ridiculous.

Real fans don't throw stuff on the track. Anyone who does that is a disgrace to the sport and totally unrepresentative for most of the people present right now.

[langedweil]

0.148 in hand with used tires is moving into last weeks differences ..