2024 Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[Juzh]

I still think Norris and possibly ferrari will be a big threat on sunday or even in sprint. Mercedes is a bit unknown at this stage still.

[Vaexa]

I think it's especially worth noting that the ride thing has been there since, what, last year? No understeer dramas, no angry radios about the car refusing to turn in. There's some progress in there yet.

[FNTC]

Max in the interview:
"Yeah, we had a good Friday".

Checo:

[avantman]

Max seems to be very conservative in the last few corners, staying well away from any potential track limits, doing well though given it’s not on the edge

conservative compared to who exactly?

[Paa]

I think this was down to Max and the sprint format.
I mean in this sprint format it is difficult for drivers to switch from medium to soft without any preparation. Max has this ability to be able to be on the limit very fast so I think this helped him here. Probably he wouldn't have been in pole if drivers were doing 2nd laps.

So probably it will be difficult to replicate tomorrow in proper qualy.

[chrisc90]

Anyone notice the absolute awful ride the McLaren has?

What a way to shut people up so far, onto the races and quali

Yes I noticed.. very unusual for McLaren

New suspension apparently. unless its just the fairings for the airflow.

Onto the team. Really do hope this upgrade worked and does the trick. Ferrari made a nice turn around when they addressed the issues with a upgrade, so hopefully RBR have done the same.

[chrisc90]

I think this was down to Max and the sprint format.
I mean in this sprint format it is difficult for drivers to switch from medium to soft without any preparation. Max has this ability to be able to be on the limit very fast so I think this helped him here. Probably he wouldn't have been in pole if drivers were doing 2nd laps.

So probably it will be difficult to replicate tomorrow in proper qualy.

Maybe got lucky with the setup, or a LOT of sim work prior to the weekend, but could have been tough with no correlation to test against the actual car.

Historically, we have struggled on sprint weekends, and setting the car up in general on some weekends, so to come out running here is a BIG bonus, as a lot of us had a few doubts given a sprint weekend and a upgraded car.

[avantman]

the only question I have right now is, was red bull 3rd or 4th fastest car today?

[Paa]

The bigger question for tomorrow is race pace and tyre wear. They were far from the best in that regard and that is what matters really.
I hope the better balance will help with that, too.

[avantman]

I think this was down to Max and the sprint format.
I mean in this sprint format it is difficult for drivers to switch from medium to soft without any preparation. Max has this ability to be able to be on the limit very fast so I think this helped him here. Probably he wouldn't have been in pole if drivers were doing 2nd laps.

So probably it will be difficult to replicate tomorrow in proper qualy.

Maybe got lucky with the setup, or a LOT of sim work prior to the weekend, but could have been tough with no correlation to test against the actual car.

Historically, we have struggled on sprint weekends, and setting the car up in general on some weekends, so to come out running here is a BIG bonus, as a lot of us had a few doubts given a sprint weekend and a upgraded car.

Historically, Ver is the most successful driver by far on Sprint weekends and has been ever since the format was introduced. And it's not even close.
Marko was totally right by the way about Lando....but in this car, being as shockingly bad as he was again, he will likely win easily again on Sunday.

[FNTC]

the only question I have right now is, was red bull 3rd or 4th fastest car today?

Perez is over a second behind Hulkenberg so who knows...

[avantman]

The bigger question for tomorrow is race pace and tyre wear. They were far from the best in that regard and that is what matters really.
I hope the better balance will help with that, too.

well, very possible tomorrow will be Max final chance to win a race, well...sort of...this year.

[chrisc90]

I think this was down to Max and the sprint format.
I mean in this sprint format it is difficult for drivers to switch from medium to soft without any preparation. Max has this ability to be able to be on the limit very fast so I think this helped him here. Probably he wouldn't have been in pole if drivers were doing 2nd laps.

So probably it will be difficult to replicate tomorrow in proper qualy.

Maybe got lucky with the setup, or a LOT of sim work prior to the weekend, but could have been tough with no correlation to test against the actual car.

Historically, we have struggled on sprint weekends, and setting the car up in general on some weekends, so to come out running here is a BIG bonus, as a lot of us had a few doubts given a sprint weekend and a upgraded car.

Historically, Ver is the most successful driver by far on Sprint weekends and has been ever since the format was introduced. And it's not even close.
Marko was totally right by the way about Lando....but in this car, being as shockingly bad as he was again, he will likely win easily again on Sunday.

Tough to say given there was very few long runs done on the hard tyre in FP1. How the medium works will be a big factor - we will see that tomorrow.

[organic]

The bigger question for tomorrow is race pace and tyre wear. They were far from the best in that regard and that is what matters really.
I hope the better balance will help with that, too.

well, very possible tomorrow will be Max final chance to win a race, well...sort of...this year.

Probably haha. I'm optimistic that he could steal at least one proper win out of the remaining 6 races

[avantman]

the only question I have right now is, was red bull 3rd or 4th fastest car today?

Perez is over a second behind Hulkenberg so who knows...

I never answer such questions looking at the slower driver pace. I only analyze fastest drivers laps/sectors/corners.
Mercedes was clearly faster (HAM 0.4s faster than RUS on S1), Mclaren was faster as well. Not quite sure yet about Ferrari, but I feel like their car was faster...their SQ3 laps and lap times looked least impressive compared to their own set in SQ2 and Free Practice.