mwillems wrote: ↑22 Sep 2023, 19:11Well, it will take a few races to understand if we can see an impact as the data overcomes the ebb and flow of teams strengths and weaknesses at different tracksAR3-GP wrote: ↑22 Sep 2023, 18:38It was a serious question. There are teams who have been impacted by the TD but much of the legitimate discussion has been obfuscated by Singapore unfortunately. It's no surprise that most teams took advantage of Singapore to deflect attention towards RB but as we move back to a more traditional circuit, the teams who were affected will have to face reality.
See this report:
If in a few races RB have extended their winning margins then someone could reasonably hypothesise that others have been adversely impacted.
But not after Japan, its not enough data, which is why I thought you were being obtuse. Any kinds of variation and anomaly could skew that result.
A large portion of this thread is the anticipation of confirmation bias, which is worse than the bias itself, like warming up the arguments for the various outcomes that could occur and the single driver on 2 of the sides is the anticipation of impact or no impact on RB.
https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamil ... /10522957/"I would think that if they're not 30 seconds ahead like they have been in the past, then something's up," Hamilton said.
This may be part of why F1 followers think that Japan is a deterministic race weekend.