I did not understand the point of today's testing from Red Bull. Perez barely ran in the first half and then did a unrepresentative race sim and didn't do a decent job on quali runs either. If the program was to simply learn the thermal effect on tyres in the middle of a day with a new car, may be they have got some data.
Perez said the morning was to test aero and the evening was to understand the tires.mendis wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 18:48I did not understand the point of today's testing from Red Bull. Perez barely ran in the first half and then did a unrepresentative race sim and didn't do a decent job on quali runs either. If the program was to simply learn the thermal effect on tyres in the middle of a day with a new car, may be they have got some data.
I know that's not what it says but I initially read this as Williams is 0.5s off Red Bull and Mercedes 1s off which would be the most insane turn of events.
That would have further cemented Hamilton leaving...continuum16 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 19:23I know that's not what it says but I initially read this as Williams is 0.5s off Red Bull and Mercedes 1s off which would be the most insane turn of events.
I can't comment on the others but RB's DRS system looks to be as good as last year at minimum. Promising for them considering the changes to the shape of their car.
Unrepresentative for what? They will have to run in hot daylight temperatures later in the year. To understand the stint I think it's better to compare it to his morning race sim last year. This year he was around 37 flat getting faster towards the end of the stint, meaning he probably had more pace. Last year he was a high 37 with noticeable deg issues towards the end of the stint. I'd say RB20 has at least a full second on RB19 from one year ago.mendis wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 18:48I did not understand the point of today's testing from Red Bull. Perez barely ran in the first half and then did a unrepresentative race sim and didn't do a decent job on quali runs either. If the program was to simply learn the thermal effect on tyres in the middle of a day with a new car, may be they have got some data.
Meh. You don't really know yet.
I agree that it may take until European leg to find out who the leader is of the chasing pack.Zynerji wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 19:47Meh. You don't really know yet.
You only know what we've been shown.
No one is fully dialed in yet.
No one is turned all the way up yet.
No one is driving in anger yet.
No team has admitted that we have even seen the race spec yet.
You can speculate all you like, but you KNOW nothing until Q3 next week. And even then, the European season is where it really settles the pecking order of teams.
Understandable, did you miss the hysteria here? F1 was doomed, etc. Their dominance will be considerably camouflaged from now on.