2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku, June 04 - 06

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El Scorchio wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:00
OK, so we've had Mazespin so far this season. He seems to have fixed that to an extent now and well played to him, so is Yuki SPINODA our new superstar?
Haha great one. Spinoda
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atanatizante wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:01
NathanOlder wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 10:50
And the first look from the rear facing camera looked like the RedBull rear wing was moving a lot less that it was in spain.
I`ve heard that in FP1 they will check the new RW design for France which is obviously the right thing to do, don`t you think?
Yeah makes sense, surely they just need to pass the new test with it, although it appears they are losing a chunk of time on that final straight so maybe it will hurt them more than expected.
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NathanOlder wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 10:58
El Scorchio wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 10:56
Di Resta bloody loves Verstappen doesn't he!
I think its probably more of disliking Lewis.
I'm not sure he seems a fan of any of the British drivers TBH. Bit of jealousy from having his career in F1 cut short? (Which to be fair I have sympathy with him about.)

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PER 326km/h and VER just 313Km/h, so I think they are doing the same tests with the RW downforce levels like Merc are doing ...
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atanatizante wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:21
PER 326km/h and VER just 313Km/h, so I think they are doing the same tests with the RW downforce levels like Merc are doing ...
Was that on their hot laps just now? Don't forget Perez got a tow from Verstappen, who didn't.

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Merc is spending the last 10-15min. at the end of the FP1 to do some short race simulation laps ... are they other teams that are doing this? Macca and Aston Martin it seems ...
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El Scorchio wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:26
atanatizante wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:21
PER 326km/h and VER just 313Km/h, so I think they are doing the same tests with the RW downforce levels like Merc are doing ...
Was that on their hot laps just now? Don't forget Perez got a tow from Verstappen, who didn't.
PER didn`t have that ...
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Did mercedes just use 1 set of red tires? I think so? Or?

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Best sector times, Max's best final sector was 0.5 slower than Mclarens! 1 corner and the straight. Max's best final sector he had a tow and used DRS so I can't see how he can lose half a second!
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NathanOlder wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:34
Best sector times, Max's best final sector was 0.5 slower than Mclarens! 1 corner and the straight. Max's best final sector he had a tow and used DRS so I can't see how he can lose half a second!
Still working on tuning the ERS strategy? did you notice if they had run out of deployment?

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atanatizante wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:29
El Scorchio wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:26
atanatizante wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:21
PER 326km/h and VER just 313Km/h, so I think they are doing the same tests with the RW downforce levels like Merc are doing ...
Was that on their hot laps just now? Don't forget Perez got a tow from Verstappen, who didn't.
PER didn`t have that ...
Are you sure? He was there or thereabouts behind him on track and the commentators also said he had the benefit of tow.

Not that it needs to be a debate of course, but it does explain the speed differential. Again on the assumption you are talking about their hot laps just now, rather than for the session as a whole.

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Sieper wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:33
Did mercedes just use 1 set of red tires? I think so? Or?
Merc used 2x softs.

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Wasn't Norris 0.9xx sec ahead of Ricciardo in Sector 2 before he spun? I think McLaren is looking good here again.

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Thanks, when I saw Ham for his second stint they already seemed “flat” instead of shiny.

Do you still need to give back one set to Pirelli like with the 90mins trainings?

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Joker wrote:
04 Jun 2021, 11:48
Wasn't Norris 0.9xx sec ahead of Ricciardo in Sector 2 before he spun? I think McLaren is looking good here again.
Yeah, 9 tenths up on the final corner. so if he matched Ricciardo in the final sector he would have ended up around 4 tenths up on Maxs time .
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