2024 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 21 - 23

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Sainz losing the rear end in his push lap

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Ricciardo just set a purple sector 3 in the VCARB

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organic wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 15:58
Ricciardo just set a purple sector 3 in the VCARB
Monza win confirmed.

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Verstappen just snapped back us to reality

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The RB just looks so steady and calm

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These RBR boys don't have the best poker faces.

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The RB 20 is literally on rails. Even Karthikeyan would be able to compete with that car

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Cs98 wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:06
These RBR boys don't have the best poker faces.
It is like the end of 2022 Bahrain testing

Wouldn't say on rails though: it had some moments where the rear end stepped out. Time to find in S3

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Time for Sauber to repeat 2023 Day 2 and steal the show :mrgreen:
And they call it a stall. A STALL!

#DwarvesAreNaturalSprinters
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No one seems to have mastered the smooth/stable ride more than Red Bull- looks bolted for most of the lap. Ominous, but let’s see what happens when all wicks are turned up.

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organic wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:08
Cs98 wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:06
These RBR boys don't have the best poker faces.
It is like the end of 2022 Bahrain testing

Wouldn't say on rails though: it had some moments where the rear end stepped out. Time to find in S3
I know, it's the same every year. Still, this is the first day and GP can't contain himself :lol:

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organic wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:08
Cs98 wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:06
These RBR boys don't have the best poker faces.
It is like the end of 2022 Bahrain testing

Wouldn't say on rails though: it had some moments where the rear end stepped out. Time to find in S3
Tiny bit of understeer in the penultimate corner which led to a small snap of oversteer on exit. Max took the corner too quickly probably.

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Xyz22 wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:12
organic wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:08
Cs98 wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:06
These RBR boys don't have the best poker faces.
It is like the end of 2022 Bahrain testing

Wouldn't say on rails though: it had some moments where the rear end stepped out. Time to find in S3
Tiny bit of understeer in the penultimate corner which led to a small snap of oversteer on exit. Max took the corner too quickly probably.
He also left a ton of margin at final corner

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Sargeant scheduled bin

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organic wrote:
21 Feb 2024, 16:13
He also left a ton of margin at final corner
Margins relate to confidence. It doesn't really matter how fast a car can go, if the driver doesn't have confidence in it. It will cause them to either slow down or overdrive it and breach track limits (or spin, worse case scenario).

We saw that with Lec in the first session. He looked on point to take the best time (at that moment), but had to abandon his lap after a slip and then a rear lockup.
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