2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina, Nov 18 - 20

[chrisc90]

I wonder how much time Hamilton lost with that snap coming out of turn 14, not ideal at all.

Probably very little. Tenth or 2 at the most. Where he placed is relative to the cars performance.

He was 3 tenths up according to Bonnington. So Sainz was possible.

Shall see when the telemetry comes out I see.

[InsaneX_Badger]

Not going to lie, there's a lot of mentioning of 'teamwork' and making checo get P2. Does feel forced and I wonder why.

[harty71]

Hamilton beats Russell

Try and twist that, Harty71

Ham had a small moment in the final sector too.

There is no doubt who the faster driver is at Merc. Anyone denying this is just a troll.

So mercs drag issues are a slam dunk fact. Does anyone still believe they were lying about that?

Rbr to dominate tomorrow. As expected. Ham can still finish on the podium but Charles might make it difficult.

Did you see any of Russell's laps, how do you know his runs were error free?

Anyway, 3 thousands faster, yep, he's on another planet isn't he?

They are as closely matched as you can get, Russell will fill the role as lead driver just fine.

[harty71]

I wonder how much time Hamilton lost with that snap coming out of turn 14, not ideal at all.

Probably very little. Tenth or 2 at the most. Where he placed is relative to the cars performance.

He was 3 tenths up according to Bonnington. So Sainz was possible.

Really, damnit!

[matt_b]

Interesting how Red Bull are fast now they're given 3 sessions but give them 1 session and they struggle with tyre wear and end up not winning the race (Austria and Brazil).

That’s why we do that 6 times next year.

Lewis had a really scrappy two Q3 laps, the rear end was all over, car a handfull.

Definitely adds variability for sure I am not a fan of sprint races but having a single 1 hour practice session is what makes the weekend unpredictable.

[AR3-GP]

I wonder how much time Hamilton lost with that snap coming out of turn 14, not ideal at all.

Probably very little. Tenth or 2 at the most. Where he placed is relative to the cars performance.

He was 3 tenths up according to Bonnington. So Sainz was possible.

If you use the tire too much in the first two sectors, it can hurt you in the final sector. Maybe if he didn't go as quickly before S3, he wouldn't have lost the car in S3. Rear tires get too hot in the last sector if you push too hard in S1/S2.

Max only went purple in the final sector on his pole lap. You have to save the tire for S3.

[Sieper]

Interesting how Red Bull are fast now they're given 3 sessions but give them 1 session and they struggle with tyre wear and end up not winning the race (Austria and Brazil).

That’s why we do that 6 times next year.

Lewis had a really scrappy two Q3 laps, the rear end was all over, car a handfull.

Definitely adds variability for sure I am not a fan of sprint races but having a single 1 hour practice session is what makes the weekend unpredictable.

Just heared they will also allow to open DRS earlier in those sprint races. So you won’t have 3 laps to pull a gap. So either you can’t shake them or you have to spent much tire and potentially run out of them at the end of the race. All will help to shake up the order. Which is the direction F1 is going.

[cplchanb]

I still fully expect ham to pass at least 1 car into turn 1. He's always been mega here

[DDopey]

Not going to lie, there's a lot of mentioning of 'teamwork' and making checo get P2. Does feel forced and I wonder why.

Well at F1TV it got not mentioned at all while it was happening through the whole Q session. So probably they are thinking if nobody else does it we need to do our own promotion.

It's also weird with the reporting, sometimes there is such a big fuzz around teammates towing, how great it is. Now nothing....

[AR3-GP]

Did Carlos give Charles a slipstream?

[Shal_Leg16]

Did Carlos give Charles a slipstream?

Nope.

[AR3-GP]

Did Carlos give Charles a slipstream?

Nope.

Red Bull seem focused on getting Checo in front of Charles for the last two race weekends. Ferrari don't seem to give a hoot about Charles.

[Sieper]

Not going to lie, there's a lot of mentioning of 'teamwork' and making checo get P2. Does feel forced and I wonder why.

Well at F1TV it got not mentioned at all while it was happening through the whole Q session. So probably they are thinking if nobody else does it we need to do our own promotion.

It's also weird with the reporting, sometimes there is such a big fuzz around teammates towing, how great it is. Now nothing....

This is the whole problem of the media. Let alone social media.

[search]

tyre sets left for the race:



Alpha Tauri the only team without three sets of M/H. Sainz could have saved a set of softs in Q2 (his time on used ones was quick enough), but I guess they'd be unlikely to use it anyway.

Will be interesting to see if keeping 2xH or 2xM turns out to be the better choice.

[Shal_Leg16]

Did Carlos give Charles a slipstream?

Nope.

Red Bull seem focused on getting Checo in front of Charles for the last two race weekends. Ferrari don't seem to give a hoot about Charles.

Ferrari are mess.
even last race they outright refused Charles proposal, its one thing that Sainz refusing the swap which is understandable considering he was loosing the podium but ffs they didn't even informed him considering request as unworthy, im fine with that approach if Ferrari were consistent with it but then i go back to Silverstone where it was ok for them to compromise leclerc's win for ( supposedly ) maximizing team result.
there is some strong politics going on there.