Xyz22 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2023, 21:16
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2023, 21:13
Xyz22 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2023, 21:02
Highly unlikely that this performance is related to the new tyres.
The car has the same
performance issues of the first few races.
Exactly. The car was like it was in Barcelona. Then they had the test were they tried a different setup direction and it worked for 2 races. And now the tyre construction is changed so that setup philosophy is 99.9% out the window. The fact remains they don't seem to be able to adapt the tyre treatment to different conditions.
I think Austria and Canada are outliers, Vanja. They are very "unique" tracks where cars that had huge issues DWF wise often performed quite well (look at the SF 90 for instance which was strong in Bahrain, Canada and Austria. Coincidence?).
You could see already in Austria how Lando was quicker in the third sector (where you have a few "standard" corners) despite the dirty air
With the upgrades, they made the car more stable in race trim. They don't have insane deg and huge balance shifts even across the same corner, but they didn't make huge improvement on raw performance.
While I agree on the fact that Canada and Austria are somewhat different, there is just too much going on in performance differences since Silverstone.
No team understood how the soft tyre could suddenly last for half a race distance at Silverstone and likewise the hard tyre wasn't so much slower than predicted compared to the soft.
Red Bull nailed today's race again but when was the last time Verstappen was beaten by a Mercedes in qualifying?
How did an Alfa suddenly out perform both Ferrari on raw pace in qualifying. And while I think McLaren did a great update, they now suddenly are a competitor for Red Bull on certain circuits and on others they still seem to be best of the rest. Ferrari on the other hand seems to be getting worse every time.