When they went out from the box together, I was thinking the exact same thing, that it will be bad if Perez makes a mistake ahead of Max.
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When they went out from the box together, I was thinking the exact same thing, that it will be bad if Perez makes a mistake ahead of Max.
Yes, they should take an engine if they need it. Max has quicker cars in front of him, so it will be difficult to improve even just 1-2 places during the race. So he is due to score like 10 (+/-2) points. (without engine penalty)
could they get to the end with the freshest PU being the one of Spa ? 10 races without mounting a new PU ? I'll believe it when I see it
The regular season would have required 4 PUs. They lost 1 PU. They replaced it in Spa.
Bingo. Ever since Newey stopped working on the car, the performance has gone off a cliff...JordanMugen wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 17:17Is it possible that Red Bull are struggling without Newey's input into development direction at the factory and car setup at the track, or is it unrelated to that?
Or does Red Bull Racing already have a good plan to improve the car balance and revert ineffective upgrades in place of effective ones?
Personally I think the choice to develop an "old" RB19 engine cover package (and internals) just for high downforce races seemed kind of strange (almost like a sign of a team which is lost?). That Hungary/Zandvoort/Singapore package doesn't seem like an efficient use of resources (please correct me if I'm mistaken)?
The team starts to look exactly like Aston Martin in terms of development. Odd setups. Odd car configurations. Mixing and matching old specs. Nothing working.JordanMugen wrote: ↑31 Aug 2024, 17:17Is it possible that Red Bull are struggling without Newey's input into development direction at the factory and car setup at the track, or is it unrelated to that?
Or does Red Bull Racing already have a good plan to improve the car balance and revert ineffective upgrades in place of effective ones?
Personally I think the choice to develop an "old" RB19 engine cover package (and internals) just for high downforce races seemed kind of strange (almost like a sign of a team which is lost?). That Hungary/Zandvoort/Singapore package doesn't seem like an efficient use of resources (please correct me if I'm mistaken)?
Even if they can finish the season with the ones they have, it could be more comfortable to have 1 spare if they can get it with low relative costs. It it not just the ICE, they could have a spare for the electrical stuff as well etc.
they needed 2 PU to do 8 races until Canada, I know PU rotation and bla bla bla but I really cannot see how they can do 9 more races with the PUs they have (basically one from Spa and one from Montreal); many power limited tracks are left, Monza, Baku, Austin, Mexico, Vegas, Brazil....I will eat my hat if they don't fit a new PU somewhere
Christian Horner:
We did a 1:19.7 on scrubbed tyres and a 1:20.0 on new. The balance isn't there. Something fundamentally is happening that we don't understand. There is something missing, the others can all improve on new tyres. We tested a variety of specs and we had the same issues with handling characteristics. There is something that clearly isn't working on the car and we are trying to unravel that. Firstly we have to understand the problem, then we can address it.
It's very difficult to drive and find a balance. If you fix one issue then it shifts to another issue. In Q3 everything felt really bad again. I had a lot of understeer that I cannot explain. Struggling a lot with that for whatever reason which I don't understand at the moment. The problem is that our car is not balanced. We have to turn it around and become more competitive.
Is that the problem or just the symptom of the actual problem(s)?