Bill wrote: ↑27 Jul 2024, 19:54
Big Gun wrote: ↑27 Jul 2024, 19:35
Just a gut feeling, but I think Ricciardo is now finally getting on top of Yuki, especially if you look at last 6 races
that what they said in mexico last year dream on yuki has nothing to fight for he is starting 60 place back.if you look at canada yuki was ahead but a safety car brought dan into the race and yuki just made a slight error but still better on pace. in barcelona yuki was giving a damaged floor so we dont know who was ahead .austria dan was ahead .silverstone and austria yuki scored point dan had zero.so over the last 5 races daniel have been better than yuki only once.daniel has no contract and if they keep prez he could be out of f1 so being better than yuki is the least of his problems.
This is such a poor and biased take in Yuki's favour. These are the actual facts in regards to the last 5 races.
Canada Race beats Yuki: Despite Dan having a clutch issue at the start and getting a 5 sec penalty. They also pitted him early on lap 27 while he was 11.3 seconds ahead of Yuki (Dan in P7 vs Yuki in P10) leaving Yuki out. BS about the SC later in the race Dan had to make an extra stop and had already pulled back the gap on Yuki before that SC. Yuki spins out later in the race through driver error when Dan was within DRS of Yuki and likely to pass on fresher tyres. Dan finishes 8th and Yuki 14th
Spain Race beats Yuki: Even though Yuki pitted first he was not quick and complained of handling issues in the race. Dan was clearly faster and finished ahead in 15th vs yuki 19th.
Austria Race beats Yuki: Dan finishes in 9th 23.3 seconds ahead of Yuki in 15th.
Britain Race Yuki beats Dan and finishes 10th 22.4 secs ahead of Dan in 13th.
Hungary Race Yuki beats Dan: Dan was leading Yuki before he was given a bad strategy call pitting on lap 8 and put back out into traffic behind the fastest car in Kmag. He also had to yield for blue flags multiple times and was given an extra pitstop. He was very likely to beat Yuki given he was clearly faster in the race and removing this very poor pit strategy.
As for here at Spa, Dan has been the quicker driver in all sessions and its only due to a botched last run in Q2 that he missed out on a Q3 spot given how quick he was all qualli and also putting the car P6 before pitting with 2 mins to go while most others set another lap in improving conditions.
Yuki was also supposed to help Dan in qualli get has high a grid slot as possible so I don't buy this he wasn't trying due to the penalties. He was ideally supposed to try and make Q3 with Dan so he could try and give him a slipstream there.
Tsunoda Set to Help Ricciardo in Belgian GP Qualifying
Speaking to Will Buxton (quotes via PlanetF1) Tsunoda said: “Normally we perform well in the rain. For now, I prefer rain, but any condition, I’ll just focus on what I can help for Daniel — slipstreaming or whatever.”
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2024 ... ualifying/
So really it should have been 4 out of the last 5 given the clear Hungary pit debacle for Dan in the race.
Given Dan has been ahead of Yuki in all sessions here at Spa including qualli where Yuki was supposed to try as normal to make Q3 its not unreasonable at all to suggest Dan has been the better driver at Spa and a chance to make it 5 out of the last 6 races wins vs Yuki.