Harder tyres this weekend and pretty low track temp very much neutralize strong ways of that Aston.
edit: hard tyres worked pretty well for Fernando though. because of the lighter car or holding pace before? Weird race.
Here comes doomsday mongersPinkFloydPulse wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 15:17what's up with ALO? his pace is nowhere...
EDIT: I think that was it from AM rise this season...
Hopefully not, but let's be realistic here... Merc seems to be the faster car... And it's not always going to be super hot and sunny for AMs tire saving to work...NAPI10 wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 16:11Here comes doomsday mongersPinkFloydPulse wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 15:17what's up with ALO? his pace is nowhere...
EDIT: I think that was it from AM rise this season...
I will take this rather much positively. This race will give them good amount data where they gone wrong & areas to improve. This race will also push Technical team to get those upgrades faster.PinkFloydPulse wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 16:16Hopefully not, but let's be realistic here... Merc seems to be the faster car... And it's not always going to be super hot and sunny for AMs tire saving to work...NAPI10 wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 16:11Here comes doomsday mongersPinkFloydPulse wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 15:17what's up with ALO? his pace is nowhere...
EDIT: I think that was it from AM rise this season...
Both Krack and Fernando warned at the start of the season that there will be races where they finish p5 and p6 and that's okay, no need to be that depressive. You have to look at the positives, at least there will be more windtunnel time.
If you start as 2nd atleast finish as second , that requires staying ahead of competition in developing car. Extra Windtunnel time is not a positive what they achieve using it is. They are going backwards. I understand this year is foundational but this year should be used to develop winning habits. Fast pace development, good strategy calls, consistent pit stops. Winning in F1 is not easy and competition is tough and judging from today they are slipping behindKimiRai wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 16:41Both Krack and Fernando warned at the start of the season that there will be races where they finish p5 and p6 and that's okay, no need to be that depressive. You have to look at the positives, at least there will be more windtunnel time.
Despite Barcelona being a good test track that extrapolates performance well over the season (although that might not be so much the case now with less slow corners), De la Rosa said during the Spanish broadcast that the lack of pace here could be a one time thing. So unless I'm reading too much into it that means they expect to be better in Canada. You can't only support on the good days.