Nah, RedBull will steal Oscar after he demolishes Lando at McLaren.
Why is the concept of nationalism so overwhelming? I know you are an Aussie and support the drivers who are Australians. I have seen another spanish poster here who is a hard core supporter of Spanish drivers. Is that the only reason to support a driver and denounce his team/mate or competitor? What happens if Oscar gets destroyed by Lando? I don't wish so for a young driver, but sometimes it's difficult to read stuff like that. Lando did better than Ric and exposed his weakness. Fair game and deserves to be respected. If Oscar is better than Lando, that's great. But for now, he is just a rookie, yet to put a lap in F1 competition and up against one of the best young drivers on the grid, in the same team.
Seriously mate, the comments were made in jest, don’t be so damn serious!mendis wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 09:48Why is the concept of nationalism so overwhelming? I know you are an Aussie and support the drivers who are Australians. I have seen another spanish poster here who is a hard core supporter of Spanish drivers. Is that the only reason to support a driver and denounce his team/mate or competitor? What happens if Oscar gets destroyed by Lando? I don't wish so for a young driver, but sometimes it's difficult to read stuff like that. Lando did better than Ric and exposed his weakness. Fair game and deserves to be respected. If Oscar is better than Lando, that's great. But for now, he is just a rookie, yet to put a lap in F1 competition and up against one of the best young drivers on the grid, in the same team.
It doesn't matter if a car is dominant or not. A brand new set of regulations for a second year in the running offers great deal of development potential. They don't necessarily have to change the concept to make big gains. First year, everyone has worked in dark to build the car and for second, they know what is working and what is not and where things can improve. They have also looked at the competition to get some ideas. So there is so much on the offer. It applies to all teams.
They didn’t show the real car at NYchrisc90 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 15:45I reckon we will see a very slightly tweaked RB18. Its already been proven the car works well.
Realistically, unless they have seen a loophole in the rules regarding bodywork (which is risky within itself to pursue such as the AMR armchair rear wing or the Merc outwashing front wing) then why change something that works.
Every other team on the grid will be running more bodywork CFD analysis, where RB can focus more on the floor area given their bodywork setup 'works'
They never do. It happens every year, that doesn’t mean they’re hiding a completely new conceptVenturiation wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 16:09They didn’t show the real car at NYchrisc90 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 15:45I reckon we will see a very slightly tweaked RB18. Its already been proven the car works well.
Realistically, unless they have seen a loophole in the rules regarding bodywork (which is risky within itself to pursue such as the AMR armchair rear wing or the Merc outwashing front wing) then why change something that works.
Every other team on the grid will be running more bodywork CFD analysis, where RB can focus more on the floor area given their bodywork setup 'works'
So i think they found a big loophole or new design direction that we won’t see until race 1 or last day of testing
Remember the 2023 rules changes could have opened a new loophole for Redbull and they are already ahead of everyone thanks to the budget
It wasn't the netflix "brigade" complaining.DGP123 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 16:46They never do. It happens every year, that doesn’t mean they’re hiding a completely new conceptVenturiation wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 16:09They didn’t show the real car at NYchrisc90 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2023, 15:45I reckon we will see a very slightly tweaked RB18. Its already been proven the car works well.
Realistically, unless they have seen a loophole in the rules regarding bodywork (which is risky within itself to pursue such as the AMR armchair rear wing or the Merc outwashing front wing) then why change something that works.
Every other team on the grid will be running more bodywork CFD analysis, where RB can focus more on the floor area given their bodywork setup 'works'
So i think they found a big loophole or new design direction that we won’t see until race 1 or last day of testing
Remember the 2023 rules changes could have opened a new loophole for Redbull and they are already ahead of everyone thanks to the budget
It was quite amusing seeing the new netflix brigade complaining at the launch, somewhat surprised that the car looked exactly the same. They will learn.