Yup. Ask Fernando Alonso
He was fairly robust in his defence and some drivers were a bit wary of him, Michael didn't give a s*** and just closed the door on him.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 15:21Cor, Petrov was just fast enough to be annoying wasn't he?
Some nice moves by Michael. Good awareness by most of the drivers, too.
Yes, a race like that would be a good thing, wouldn't it.
I was reading along until that...godlameroso wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 16:19
Did I? I just point out Verstappen will be fast there, I didn't say how exactly, and just because it's a trick doesn't automatically mean everyone else can do it.
The chicane requires very heavy braking, you're going slightly uphill, but on the first apex the road begins leveling, in essence launching the car in the air, and the exit of the second one has a slight curve to the right and is slightly off camber. Also on corner exit there's a small dip ~2mm, everything that could exist to unstable the car through the chicane is there, so it takes an incredible amount of precision to nail it.
He should have quoted the ambient temperature to make it more credible. Those 2 mm might be 3mm on a hot day!PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 23:48I was reading along until that...godlameroso wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 16:19
Did I? I just point out Verstappen will be fast there, I didn't say how exactly, and just because it's a trick doesn't automatically mean everyone else can do it.
The chicane requires very heavy braking, you're going slightly uphill, but on the first apex the road begins leveling, in essence launching the car in the air, and the exit of the second one has a slight curve to the right and is slightly off camber. Also on corner exit there's a small dip ~2mm, everything that could exist to unstable the car through the chicane is there, so it takes an incredible amount of precision to nail it.
That's some powerful stuff duuuuude!
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See its that angle man its tricky again I must insist yes its only 2mm but it hits like 5 so you gotta drive it right.
‘’It’s all about a trick. It’s a dip, It’s a 2mm dip’’ and nobody knows about it.SiLo wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 11:56Can you explain what you mean by this dip? I honestly can't see one driver being 4 tenths faster than everyone else through 40 metres of track simply because they know some track clickbait.godlameroso wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 01:31Others know the track, and the details of that corner, but the trick is intuitive, and we've seen that the RB16 rides the bumps better than other cars. These two factors combined will see Verstappen nail that chicane. It's not enough to minimize tire slip on exit, there's a certain way to straight line it but it requires riding the kerbs in a certain way. Verstappen is the only one I've seen ride the kerbs in the 'correct' way consistently this year. Watch his Sochi Q3 onboard.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑05 Oct 2020, 23:31
Is Max the only one who knows this trick? Others have raced at the circuit so maybe others also know how to maximise the time available.
This one little trick saved me almost half a second, I couldn't believe it!
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