It's definetly long enough to get swamped if you don't have a good get away. It's also narrow, so going through it two wide is a no go as well.
It's definetly long enough to get swamped if you don't have a good get away. It's also narrow, so going through it two wide is a no go as well.
I dont like hamilton, but if Rain falls there will be no max vs lewis fight. Lewis is just in a class of his own in wet. Alot was made out of max and that brazil 2016 race, but rarely did people notice that lewis led that race from front, never put a foot wring and always had best pace in field.TAG wrote:Boring race if it rains? It's the one thing that brings the best drivers to the front. Personally I'd love to see a wet race with Verstappen and Hamilton going at it for the win.
Given he’s on the US and the others are all on SS, he should have an advantage off the start - more likely to be fighting Bottas than Max, all things being equal.
You can think that but mr Hamilton has always had the best car on the grid, that still matters even in the rain.z.topoln wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 20:40I dont like hamilton, but if Rain falls there will be no max vs lewis fight. Lewis is just in a class of his own in wet. Alot was made out of max and that brazil 2016 race, but rarely did people notice that lewis led that race from front, never put a foot wring and always had best pace in field.TAG wrote:Boring race if it rains? It's the one thing that brings the best drivers to the front. Personally I'd love to see a wet race with Verstappen and Hamilton going at it for the win.
Max ia very good. But lewis is stand out wet weather driver of this field.
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Whatever the advantage is I'll take it. We had Ferrari with their custom ERS and Turbo oil for most of the season... see how that goes?epo wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:08You can think that but mr Hamilton has always had the best car on the grid, that still matters even in the rain.
Now here they have a brilliant new engine which I think passed the 1000pk line. So that engine and
their custom made Pirelli tyre is doing the trick here in France.
That Turbo oil is just an invention of Mercedes and a nice one, Ferrari just copied it but not just as good.TAG wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:13Whatever the advantage is I'll take it. We had Ferrari with their custom ERS and Turbo oil for most of the season... see how that goes?epo wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:08You can think that but mr Hamilton has always had the best car on the grid, that still matters even in the rain.
Now here they have a brilliant new engine which I think passed the 1000pk line. So that engine and
their custom made Pirelli tyre is doing the trick here in France.
False equivalence. The textbook definition.
Canada as well is a track Mercedes loves. The new PU didn't give Mercedes a gain of half a second.zibby43 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:26False equivalence. The textbook definition.
To answer your question: Mercedes has always been strong in Barcelona. They dominated there in testing, as well.
And at Paul Ricard, they brought a fresh, upgraded PU and are entering the section of the F1 calendar that the W09 is designed for: aerodynamic efficiency.
I think Ferrari are looking backwards as much as forwards. Step 1, stay infront of the Red bulls. Step 2 fight Mercedesatanatizante wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 20:40I don`t understand why Ferrari wanna start on US tyres? Unless they did know that they don`t have a chance for the pole and thus opting for a grippier tyre are trying to beat Merc out of the line at the start of the race …
But the downsides of this tactics are far greater:
1. According to Christian Horner, US tyre has more deg than SS tyre, so Ferrari is forced to do a 2 stop race, which is a slower strategy than a one stop …
2. Although both US and SS tyre are designed to have a low working range, only the SS tyre could work “especially” in cold weather, as Pirelli site says (https://www.pirelli.com/tires/en-us/mot ... omepage-f1). And according to weather for tomorrow we could face that one at the start of the race …
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Now back to the qualy here are the top speeds: Lewis, Vettel and Bottas did the same 330km/h in the speed trap, with Kimi doing 334km/h, Max did a 328km/h and Ricci 326km/h.
Merc was faster in S1 and S3 – particular Lewis – which are sectors with a mix of high and low-speed corners. And according to the top speeds, it seems that both Merc and Ferrari were setups with the same downforce levels, although I don`t see their AoA RW levels. But as Ricci implied on Sky interview, he and RB opted for a higher downforce setup than both Merc and Ferrari. And another proof is Ted Kravitz telling the same down the pitlane …
So, based on those above I don`t think Merc advantage is down to having a higher downforce setup than Ferrari, hence mark 2.1 Merc PU is more powerful than Ferrari one. And my money goes to the fact that the new Merc PU has more drivability and more torque at the lower RMP range, cuz on the Skypad we could see clearly that Lewis gets sooner out the corners due to better traction …
But I would like to see 2 pictures first having both Merc and Ferrari RW in order to see their AoA, hence downforce levels and maybe someone could help me with that …
Last race Lewis was off. If Lewis brought his A game he could have beaten Botas which will be almost identical to Vettels pole. In Canada, with a old engine Merc was equal to Ferrari which was sporting a new engine. Now, with a new engine Merc is faster.LM10 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:30Canada as well is a track Mercedes loves. The new PU didn't give Mercedes a gain of half a second.zibby43 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:26False equivalence. The textbook definition.
To answer your question: Mercedes has always been strong in Barcelona. They dominated there in testing, as well.
And at Paul Ricard, they brought a fresh, upgraded PU and are entering the section of the F1 calendar that the W09 is designed for: aerodynamic efficiency.
Being approximately 2.3 seconds behind Red Bull on the same engine is surely not the sort of exposure they desire. Its sad whats happened to the team.foxmulder_ms wrote: ↑23 Jun 2018, 21:48Though times Mclaren fans. They kept blaming Honda when it was obvious Honda was not the only issue. Now they cannot hide behind that scapegoat. Alonso will bail 100%.
You seem to have forgotten several key bits of information while coming to your conclusion.