2024 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 21 - 23

[Xyz22]

My prediction looking on point, excellent.

[Marble]

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[AR3-GP]

Looks like hybrid systems problem for Mercedes, Russell's car in the garage with caches put in front of the box
Only 19 laps for the time being

No issue for customer teams though.

[organic]

Russell was unlucky with mileage last year too

[CaribouBread]

Something that has intrigued me since last season, nobody seems to have tried to replicate Red Bulls' front wing. Head on, the way it falls off towards the outboard section is quite unique on the grid. Reminds me of those beautiful wings Alfa Sauber ran pre-2022.

[FittingMechanics]

Now Mercedes saying it is just regular changes. Don't trust everything you read on Twitter.

[AR3-GP]

Russell is out on track.

[organic]

Max is doing a C3 stint that's steady at the 1.36.5s region

[Xyz22]

This is probably going to be another very long season for non RB and Verstappen fans

[CaribouBread]

That back to back comparison between Leclerc and Verstappen's laps!

[AR3-GP]

They are calling the Faenza team "R-B".

[bluechris]

You have 9 cars in a track that jumping and locking all over the place and 1 car that behaves like it has active suspension and is on rails... i dont know but this is really bad for everyone else except RB fans offcourse. Yes in some tracks that are smooth, the others will be near RB but its obvious that RB is again from another planet.
We expected that yes... but not at this level imo.

P.S. I dont care of the lap times in the test at all.. i just watch how its car behaves and how much the driver tries to drive them.

[Xyz22]

You have 9 cars in a track that jumping and locking all over the place and 1 car that behaves like it has active suspension and is on rails... i dont know but this is really bad for everyone else except RB fans offcourse. Yes in some tracks that are smooth, the others will be near RB but its obvious that RB is again from another planet.
We expected that yes... but not at this level imo.

Why? They had a car that with minimal update was miles faster than the competition at the end of 2023

[djones]

Mercedes with less than half the laps of some other teams. They are not really grasping this whole limited testing thing are they.

[bluechris]

You have 9 cars in a track that jumping and locking all over the place and 1 car that behaves like it has active suspension and is on rails... i dont know but this is really bad for everyone else except RB fans offcourse. Yes in some tracks that are smooth, the others will be near RB but its obvious that RB is again from another planet.
We expected that yes... but not at this level imo.

Why? They had a car that with minimal update was miles faster than the competition at the end of 2023

I personally hoped from the teams at least some progress in the suspensions.. we hear all the winder "we altered this , we did that in suspension" but this is not the case here. Its not the aero that does that.. maybe is solely the underground of RB that is super tuned.. i dont know .. what i know is that i dont like what i am seeing...