what a tremendous final lap by Max
1.3s from Max to checo that is rather large. Massive push at the end
press conference“It was a very tricky qualifying starting with very slippery conditions. And, keeping out of trouble. Then we went on slicks and there was one dry line and you had to take big risks out there”
“The pressure is always there to perform, but when you can pull it off, it's great”
"It was easy to make mistakes, especially on the new asphalt of the 1st and 3rd sector. Initially I didn't think it would be dry enough for the slicks, but I was wrong. With the red flags the track dried again and the dry trajectory has widened."
"On my last lap I braked a little late in turn 1. But for the rest of the lap I felt at ease with the car."
Hmm, did RB change something with the downforce setting for Saturday?organic wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 17:10It's not ideal as some have been knocked out and so different conditions / drs was enabled but it has representative comparison between top 10KimiRai wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 17:07Do you have top speeds?organic wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 17:00This was another weekend with conditions that don't favour the car. Dry conditions would be better. And the race pace will likely be better than quali; Albon should fall back and Alonso may be able to fight for p3 maybe even p2. Depends on how quick Perez/Piastri are behind
https://i.imgur.com/QHR5UJa.png
Williams/Albon are not a rocketship on the straights this weekend
Yea it's gotta be. Their high downforce setup has been pretty bad in terms of drag since beginning of 2022.AR3-GP wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 17:37Upon further investigation, this is remarkable:
https://i.postimg.cc/L5PLZhPT/image.png
Organic do you think it's beam wings? I'll be honest, I'm not good with those
Right but compare their high dwf straightline speed with others since the beginning of the year in qualifying, and RB have made a significant step forward this weekend. RB have never before had such a top speed advantage whilst running high DWF. At mexico they achieved it by running a single beamwing with high DWF wing. At Zandvoort last year they used the max DWF beamwing with the medium RW.
https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/f1-r ... 4pyzkIDSX/Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was asked what he made of such a big gap between two drivers in the same car, and he called it “odd” and “bizarre.”
“Checo’s not an idiot,” Wolff added. “We have seen in all these years Checo is a grand prix winner, multiple grand prix winner, and he was at Racing Point, so I cannot comprehend (it).
“We’ve seen that Max has destroyed every single teammate that was with him, whether it’s his ability to create a car around himself, that is just very tricky to control but fast if you can, and that creates those gaps.
“The 1.3, but I haven’t heard any obvious explanations. But yeah. Odd.”
Toto should worry about his own team-mates short-comings first rather than worry about others first.organic wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 19:29some comments from Toto today
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was asked what he made of such a big gap between two drivers in the same car, and he called it “odd” and “bizarre.”
“Checo’s not an idiot,” Wolff added. “We have seen in all these years Checo is a grand prix winner, multiple grand prix winner, and he was at Racing Point, so I cannot comprehend (it).
“We’ve seen that Max has destroyed every single teammate that was with him, whether it’s his ability to create a car around himself, that is just very tricky to control but fast if you can, and that creates those gaps.
“The 1.3, but I haven’t heard any obvious explanations. But yeah. Odd.”
He must've been asked about itchrisc90 wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 19:32Toto should worry about his own team-mates short-comings first rather than worry about others first.organic wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 19:29some comments from Toto today
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was asked what he made of such a big gap between two drivers in the same car, and he called it “odd” and “bizarre.”
“Checo’s not an idiot,” Wolff added. “We have seen in all these years Checo is a grand prix winner, multiple grand prix winner, and he was at Racing Point, so I cannot comprehend (it).
“We’ve seen that Max has destroyed every single teammate that was with him, whether it’s his ability to create a car around himself, that is just very tricky to control but fast if you can, and that creates those gaps.
“The 1.3, but I haven’t heard any obvious explanations. But yeah. Odd.”