[ 2020 ] Aston Martin RedBull Racing F1 Team - Honda

[dxpetrov]

[Pyrone89]

Still feel the Mercedes is way ahead

[Marti_EF3]

Still feel the Mercedes is way ahead

On the 1st sector (T1, T2 and T3) I feel the RB16 is better. The Balance throught that uphill turns is awesome, and the Honda PU have good power going uphill. Tomorrow I will see them on the S3 with all the slow speed turns, and I will update from there too.

[Pyrone89]

Still feel the Mercedes is way ahead

On the 1st sector (T1, T2 and T3) I feel the RB16 is better. The Balance throught that uphill turns is awesome, and the Honda PU have good power going uphill. Tomorrow I will see them on the S3 with all the slow speed turns, and I will update from there too.

Thanks, looking forward to it.

Especially the area where the RB16 in Max' hands keeps spinning.

[godlameroso]

Maybe the RB16 understeers more than the Mercedes in the slowest corners, but the RB16 now no longer loses out in the mid and high speed corners like last year. Plus the RB16 is better over bumps like chicanes etc than the Mercedes. So who knows maybe it is very circuit dependent.

[etusch]

Toyoharu Tanabe (Honda F1 Technical Director): "After last week's work here in Barcelona, we analysed all the data from both teams and so we started this second test reflecting what we learned from that. Over these three days, we are continuing with function checks, as well as working on optimising the settings. We are now in a phase of fine tuning, in preparation for the season opener in Melbourne. Both our cars had to spend a while in the garage this morning and in the afternoon we focused on recovering from that delay. Despite that, everything seems to be progressing smoothly on the PU front."

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[McMika98]

Surprised no one has brought up the fact that Max has lost the car badly every day of the three day that he has driven so far.
Don't see the reason for him to be over driving so early, he isn't hooked on to the car yet. Ironically Albon looked solid and although twitchy he has never lost the car. Would be very amusing if Albon gets better of Max, RedBull have given him little to no respect. Poor guy was not even allowed to drive the car on the launch day.

[Sieper]

not Surprised on your write-up though.

[Viruzpunk]

Surprised no one has brought up the fact that Max has lost the car badly every day of the three day that he has driven so far.
Don't see the reason for him to be over driving so early, he isn't hooked on to the car yet. Ironically Albon looked solid and although twitchy he has never lost the car. Would be very amusing if Albon gets better of Max, RedBull have given him little to no respect. Poor guy was not even allowed to drive the car on the launch day.

Who re the most surprised in your opinion.? You with usual s... talk or us you still can write your s... ?

[TNTHead]

Actually I think McMika brings up a neglected point so far...., although his style is still as undiplomatic as ever: if the RB16 is much more stable than the RB15, most probably the second driver will be much more close, which in my opinion is a very good thing. That means that Albpn will be a value to the team and Max. If Max has a below average day, Albon could be at a few tracks before him, like RIC did in his days at RedBull.

[etusch]

Actually I think McMika brings up a neglected point so far...., although his style is still as undiplomatic as ever: if the RB16 is much more stable than the RB15, most probably the second driver will be much more close, which in my opinion is a very good thing. That means that Albpn will be a value to the team and Max. If Max has a below average day, Albon could be at a few tracks before him, like RIC did in his days at RedBull.

Albon looks good and was looking good last year too. For me if he beats verstappen it's ok.
When we come to "spin" thing; I am sure that team don't want to live a second Gasly like test crash to leave them short on parts. So Albon should not force until he gets his own car.
The other part of claim of "98" is answered by verstappen. They are trying to learn every settings and what can they do with the car. So with some experimental settings and forcing to limit can end in that way. I don't see any bad thing there

[dxpetrov]

Surprised no one has brought up the fact that Max has lost the car badly every day of the three day that he has driven so far.
Don't see the reason for him to be over driving so early, he isn't hooked on to the car yet. Ironically Albon looked solid and although twitchy he has never lost the car. Would be very amusing if Albon gets better of Max, RedBull have given him little to no respect. Poor guy was not even allowed to drive the car on the launch day.

The car is not in its optimal high-DF configuration for the 3rd sector. That and plus the windy conditions in the afternoon that everybody complained about...

[Maplesoup]

Surprised no one has brought up the fact that Max has lost the car badly every day of the three day that he has driven so far.
Don't see the reason for him to be over driving so early, he isn't hooked on to the car yet. Ironically Albon looked solid and although twitchy he has never lost the car. Would be very amusing if Albon gets better of Max, RedBull have given him little to no respect. Poor guy was not even allowed to drive the car on the launch day.

When the team is trying to find the very limits of the car during testing do you hand that bit of driving to the guy who has been with the team for quite a few years, or do you give it to the guy who joined halfway through last season?

Max will be tasked with finding the limits in setup, Albion needs to build his confidence with the car so will be doing the simpler testing most likely.

[Marti_EF3]

Today we have wind again. On the S3 it comes from the right when taking the last 4 corners, so we may see some problems there. It's not much wind, but enough to create trouble because of some ocasionally gusts

[Marti_EF3]

Today I'm on the right spot