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New Ferrari Red Bull sidepods revealed... 🙂
https://twitter.com/AlbertFabrega/status/1664585738766221312?cxt=HHwWgIC8lZ_65ZkuAAAA
They say it’s being done to reduce emissions
thats the funniest idea I’ve heard today. I’m sue those tyre warmers made a big impact on the emissions of you average F1 race
Every little helps!...
I can't believe Max Verstappen has more wins at Red Bull than Sebastian Vettel. Bonkers!
I hope Mercedes are doing a lot of testing during this session! 😳
Waaaaay off the pace.
I can’t believe Max Verstappen has more wins at Red Bull than Sebastian Vettel. Bonkers!
19 of those wins have come since the start of 2022 though during the Red Bull catering years. 🙂
Talking of which - when do we find how who bought the most cucumber sandwiches and cup-cakes last season!?
the-muffin-man
I hope Mercedes are doing a lot of testing during this session! 😳
Waaaaay off the pace.
Not entirely sure, but weren't they running the hard tyres for Pirelli testing? If so, then the times aren't particularly representative.
If so, then the times aren’t particularly representative.
De Vries being 4th seems to suggest that practice times don't mean very much.
Any bets on when RB will stop developing this years car and shift focus to next years? Going on current form I reckon they could give the RB19 the chop after about Italy or so and still comfortably win both titles* 🤔
The damned thing just seems to be in a completely different league to the others!
*probably first and second in the drivers one at that
Any bets on when RB will stop developing this years car and shift focus to next years?
I was wondering the same. Red Bull have a lot less windtunnel time available so I think they will probably finish off any updates they already have in the pipeline, then just focus on next year's car.
Actually, I suspect Merc are already doing that. Their big update is compromised by having to work around the limitations of the current car. I suspect they will be wanting to use it to see if windtunnel gains are replicated on track in order to help with next year's car more than in the expectation that they can catch Red Bull this year.
Leclerc out in Q1, Perez & Russell out in Q2 as well as Hamilton & Russell hitting each other! What will happen in Q3?
It’s better than the race will be!! 🤣🤣
How basic is the underside of that Williams? 😆
Does anybody actually like Red Bull?
I did drink it once when I was doing a solo 24hr race. I got handed a can by the promo person and foolishly drank it. I spent the next two laps trying not to throw up. Never again.
Does anybody actually like Red Bull?
No, vile stuff.
trying not to throw up
This!
Excellent - some proper racing on a proper circuit - amazing how that happens!
So, 8 min YouTube highlights all I need then?
Apart from Max disappearing I thought it was a good race, the Mercs were strong and the Ferraris were awful!
I thought it was worth watching. Seen worse.
Some surprising form/lack of form, caused by the track temperature I think.
Lovely to see the Mercedes upgrade working so well there! It'll be interesting to see how it works out for the rest of the season. I'm guessing it will be back and forth with Aston Martin and possibly even Ferrari, if they do well by mistake
Sounded like the Mercs were having a much better time with the tyres than everyone else; it’ll be interesting to see whether that carries across to other circuits. That Red Bull is still 20 seconds up the road, though… eek. But at least now they’ve done Barcelona they’ll have a solid understanding of what the upgrades are doing.
Many commentators have pointed out that Mercedes were pretty good in Spain last year, and thought they'd taken a big leap forward.....then went to Canada and were shit
Leclerc thinks that Ferrari are doing something wrong.
Ferrari are being Ferrari!! Nothing new. 🙂
Seems they tried (but not quite hard enough) to drag Newey away from Red Bull last year too.
<p>its. That Red Bull is still 20 seconds up the road, though… eek.<br /><br /></p>
<p>At least everyone knows what their trick floor looks like so can adopt it</p>
knows what their trick floor looks like
indeed, I wonder how much difference that might make next year
knows what their trick floor looks like
Problem is, that's just one part of the puzzle. It seems that getting the suspension sorted so that it provides a stable platform is also very important. Just sticking a Red Bull floor on the McLaren probably wouldn't help much because the rest of the car would have to be redesigned around that floor.
Seems they tried (but not quite hard enough) to drag Newey away from Red Bull last year too.
“It took me a whole night to convince Horner to stay at Red Bull,” Marko told Blick.
“And that cost us extra millions!”
Sounds like that will going on the catering budget then.
Ferrari 1995-1996 all over again then (sort of, and if it had worked), I wonder if they would've tried to get Max to move as part of the deal just like back then too?
Will McLaren even bother making him take gardening leave to ensure he doesn't take any design secrets with him?
https://twitter.com/alanbaldwinf1/status/1666432075107270660
Yeah, maybe it’s a neat flip of spygate and they quietly leak loads of IP for a lemon of a car.
He left almost 6 months ago, didn't he?
Will McLaren even bother making him take gardening leave to ensure he doesn’t take any design secrets with him?
He was sacked so I don't believe they can enforce gardening leave.
Clarkson's a throbber but this still raised a smile
https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1668234221440102401
https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1668234219779248128
https://twitter.com/AlpineF1Team/status/1668233785291284481
If the tech analysts are right with their gueseses it looks like Aston are going to zero sidepods!! 😳😳
https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/status/1669412815554134043?s=12&t=EQoHg-RGok071Fjc15ZHKw
If they make the concept work . . .
… using the Mercedes wind tunnel... 🙂
That would be very funny. It's not zero pods though.
If the tech analysts are right with their gueseses it looks like Aston are going to zero sidepods!!
Bloody hell. Given the woes from Mercedes with this concept, that's a bold mid-season statement.
<edit> That would be very funny. It’s not zero pods though.
Bah. As you all were.
Booo - boring!!! 🙂
Another F1 shit show - the more money that rolls in the less they care about fans. Marshalls have eyes, they’re rather good at spotting on-track issues.
Might be good for the fans in the long run though - now the teams need to think on their feet rather than go through the preplanned schedule. Sadly it'll probably affect Williams & Aston more than the others as they'd probably have wanted to spend fp1 calibrating their upgrades against the wind tunnel/cfd models.
LeClerc won't be happy about his team making him set a time on inters when he wanted slicks!
Good work Williams & Albon in Q2 🙂