I said it bec I think you had said in the past, that Alo can't nail a Q3 lap nowdays probably bec of his age.diffuser wrote: ↑16 Sep 2023, 19:42I'm a long time Alonso fan despite being a Canadian Italian. So not sure why you're surprised?
Maybe cause I'm not a fan boy and try to be realistic?
Farnborough wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 07:30Something else looks to have moved it too...in comparison to last year and first half of this season...tyre change appears to have moved this chassis and AMR backwards in regard to single lap hot pace, both those two being the most gentle on their tyres in race pace for first part of season.
That shift seems to assist MB McL and FER in race tyre longevity as all relatively appear to benefit in tyre life at fast race pace.
That's consistent with what you'd expect from those changes, more durable under duress, but likely to be more difficult to pull into immediate action for those that were ok on previous iteration. Fairly subtle, but there all the same and has benefited the races overall.
Farnborough wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 08:22Yes, the obvious "technical" qualifier (not qualifying as in F1) for me is that there's no point changing it in the first place if it didn't do anything at all
Conventionally, a shift to a more durable carcass involves incorporating less flex into it, effectively load range index. That will then support more load at same flex, or same load at reduced flex. The aim being to prevent the carcass going over temp and causing likely structural failure. Thats just conventional tyre engineering.
Anyone loading less in the extreme wouldn't heat the tyre so readily, with anyone up against the lifing limits then likely to see more clear safety margin if that load rating is raised / changed.
The upshot being a chassis that previously wore it's tyres quickly would likely see an extension of the lifing from this change.
Where as a a light user may then have difficulty in simply bringing that tyre to its optimum, hence a prolonged warming cycle.
well we already get use to Alonso racing alone, so ......... nothing newF1doc wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 09:45https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... 0kPtx.html
Service as usual: AM racing with only one car.
IMO the team need to be making this very decision for every weekend and instead put someone deserving into the seat.
I don’t think that would be allowed on such short notice and even if it was, that reserve driver would never score points so it wouldn’t be worth it.
Would not scoring points be any different to usual? The experience gained with a race start would be worthwhile for any reserve.
Nope, you have mixed me up with someone else.alonsofan wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 01:53I said it bec I think you had said in the past, that Alo can't nail a Q3 lap nowdays probably bec of his age.
Sorry then, I must have mixed up, but somebody did say it.diffuser wrote: ↑17 Sep 2023, 12:52Nope, you have mixed me up with someone else.
I don't think we, as a fan base community, have the data available to be able to say with evidence that he is slower today that he was 10 years ago. Yes he is older. The only evidence we have is just how really good he still is in the rain. Alot of how good you are in the rain comes how good the car is. We've see him be successful in the rain when AMR was one of the best cars, when it was not as competitive and last year with Alpine (with a car that didn't have great mechanical grip). Although, that just show's he's still got it, not that he's better or worse than his younger self.
