Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix of 2021, making most of the opportunity after the pole sitter and Bottas, his closest challenger, retired from the race. Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris completed a very young podium at the principality.
Driving style related?Marty_Y wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 18:42Did anyone hear Max on the radio complaining about "engine braking", I assume he was talking about the energy recovery?
From memory it's not the first time I heard him complaining about it, last race weekend he was saying the same.
Why is it something they can't resolve for him?
They pretty surely have more pace in hand. The question is which team has more. Traditions say Mercedes, but how much more will be clear come Saturday.
Ferrari may come in out of nowhere and spoil Red Bull's day if they cannot get on top of the setup issues that Max was suffering.zibby43 wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 21:26From AMuS:
“The GPS analyzes suggest that Ferrari and Red Bull were on the road with a little more power than Mercedes, but even if you deduct that, Ferrari is a real candidate for victory. Between Red Bull and Mercedes it's all about hundredths and thousandths again. The vehicle set-up set the tone. While the Red Bull drivers and Valtteri Bottas complained about excessive understeer, Lewis Hamilton was halfway satisfied with his car.”
They tune the Power unit for each track. Honda had a very different engine two years ago so they have much more tuning to do.Marty_Y wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 18:42Did anyone hear Max on the radio complaining about "engine braking", I assume he was talking about the energy recovery?
From memory it's not the first time I heard him complaining about it, last race weekend he was saying the same.
Why is it something they can't resolve for him?
He has been saying that for the... what.. last 4 years now?Marty_Y wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 18:42Did anyone hear Max on the radio complaining about "engine braking", I assume he was talking about the energy recovery?
From memory it's not the first time I heard him complaining about it, last race weekend he was saying the same.
Why is it something they can't resolve for him?
Hamilton will have a shot at pole, and he may be in that shootout with LEC.b2bL44 wrote: ↑21 May 2021, 02:38Ferrari may come in out of nowhere and spoil Red Bull's day if they cannot get on top of the setup issues that Max was suffering.zibby43 wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 21:26From AMuS:
“The GPS analyzes suggest that Ferrari and Red Bull were on the road with a little more power than Mercedes, but even if you deduct that, Ferrari is a real candidate for victory. Between Red Bull and Mercedes it's all about hundredths and thousandths again. The vehicle set-up set the tone. While the Red Bull drivers and Valtteri Bottas complained about excessive understeer, Lewis Hamilton was halfway satisfied with his car.”
We have to wait a whole extra day to find out.
what exactly is a good analysis anyway? look at what happened to the collective understanding of the world about the impact of 2021 floor changes to low rake and high rake cars.
same exact car from 1st race, with some minor tweaks, is continuing to lead the field in these races so far. toto says, they are not going to bring any upgrades, except minor optimizations and i am willing to bet, they will win majority of the races for the rest of the year, with "minor optimizations", while red bull can pile on upgrades. that's how good w12 is.Schuttelberg wrote: ↑21 May 2021, 09:05It is amazing how people repeatedly get deceived with the Mercedes BS of "oh we are slower!"
Lower temps should work even more in Ferrari and RB's hands. Merc always seems a bit off pace-wise in qualy compared to race trim, which points to that. Same goes with their lower rear deg.dans79 wrote: ↑20 May 2021, 16:52No need to risk the car, as the sim guys back at home base will be going non stop for the next 40 hours or so. Also for Saturday, the temperature is going to drop 5°C, and cloud cover will be almost 100% dropping the track temperature significantly.
Edit: Max did look on the ragged edge a few times, but that was mostly down to the balance issue he had.
