@Cpayne32 wrote:Who is ready for another round of “Guess who is on pole?” … just me lol okay. Link below:
https://strawpoll.com/polls/e7ZJGYq3Yy3
Went for uncle Lewis this time round, in the hope of Imola's force package.)
@Blackbird90Well if it rains he may have a chance, rain does a good job of leveling the field. But I think it'll be exploratory for the first few races with the package. Would love to see the underfloor and how it differs to the complex Red Bull and even the Astons. I wonder what Fallows has taken from Newey🤓
As we were talking about size and weight of the F1 cars, there's hope from 2026 they can start bringing the weight down; https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/why-are-f1-cars-so-big/
@Meza994 wrote:
It increases the mistake rate so flawless drivers can get the maximum out
Moreover, the rain exposes the car's weak spots as the downforce becomes a greater decisive factor in the rain. The teams like Williams are going to cry a river.
I personally would like the qualy to stay dry but sprinkles of rain in the race I welcome.
Probably the rain is the only chance to stop RB this season. If we would have rain at every race it would be a very entertaining season 🙂 If we don't have big and very good upgrades from AM, Mercedes and Ferrari, the rain is the only thing that can save us 🙂
@Blackbird90 wrote:
@Meza994 wrote:
It increases the mistake rate so flawless drivers can get the maximum outMoreover, the rain exposes the car's weak spots as the downforce becomes a greater decisive factor in the rain. The teams like Williams are going to cry a river.
I personally would like the qualy to stay dry but sprinkles of rain in the race I welcome.
While this is true its not the whole story.. Mechanical grip is at least equally important in the rain which RB are missing a little + when the weather forcast is not 100% clear lower downforce/backmarker teams might go for more downforce resulting in unexpected results like WIlliams did in 2021 Spa qualifying, they can risk more so if its not clear cut with the weather.. Buut i dont think RB will struggle no matter what way around... And Merc were never the strongest around Imola so dont know if bringing their upgrade there might lead to wrong conclusions..
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Didn't expect the piece to get so opinionated at the end, but quite liked it. Wished they had gone even deeper though. Mention his chafing with Prost, for starters. Or how his appointment as CEO was controversial for some.
@mariohomohHaha, it was quite opinionated! I think it was ok to share that opinion for a source that is normally quite impartial and mostly raises good talking points.
It was definitely and interesting route of action from the CEO. If it was a rallying call, then it was really poor. I'm always dismayed with how some people get to lead teams and be so far off the mark in motivation and constructive criticism.
Interesting news coming out of Alpha Tauri regarding De Vries and being under pressure. If he carries on the poor form he'll likely be replaced by Liam Lawson, not Danny Ricc as everyone seems to be suggesting. In terms of De Vries, I think many had high hopes for him after hisdebut last year. But maybe it was overlooked that the Williams would always likely to go well at Monza, so maybe his performance was overinflated. I think I even bought into it. But I remember in the off season, one of a quests on a podcast I listen to mentioned that they got on a flight with De Vries after the race and he said that he was essentially really lucky in the race as he kept his position due to the safety car. If the race wasn't neutralised as it was, he was on course for a brake failure. I hope he improves although the car looks fairly poor. I'm pleased that Tsunoda has stepped up, got high hopes for him
@TotosHeadphones wrote:Interesting news coming out of Alpha Tauri regarding De Vries and being under pressure. If he carries on the poor form he'll likely be replaced by Liam Lawson, not Danny Ricc as everyone seems to be suggesting. In terms of De Vries, I think many had high hopes for him after hisdebut last year. But maybe it was overlooked that the Williams would always likely to go well at Monza, so maybe his performance was overinflated. I think I even bought into it. But I remember in the off season, one of a quests on a podcast I listen to mentioned that they got on a flight with De Vries after the race and he said that he was essentially really lucky in the race as he kept his position due to the safety car. If the race wasn't neutralised as it was, he was on course for a brake failure. I hope he improves although the car looks fairly poor. I'm pleased that Tsunoda has stepped up, got high hopes for him
I was thinking about "what is going on with De Vries?!" yesterday on São Paulo's infinite rush hour traffic. And I agree with Williams better performance on tracks where the straights are more important - they did good in Spa last year too.
But Monza isn't the hardest track to master so maybe these 2 factor summed to his highlighted performance there, right? I remember the same (Monza not being hard to master) being said about Ricciardo once he had won there but still hadn't got any other relevant result in McLaren
