Yeah if Ferrari can keep up development this could give the title to Hamilton (If he has no issues).
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Yeah if Ferrari can keep up development this could give the title to Hamilton (If he has no issues).
They should just do what Hamilton did at Spa last year and take all the penalties in one race
The four engines for 21 races is ridiculous though in the first place
They changed the rules after everyone cried about Hamilton, Alonso and Button doing it and getting all the pens in one race. Now some are carried over.
Nah it was changed so that only the engine you finished the race with can be used again in other races. Any other engines will not be usable.
brotkasten
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I assume that's when we stop the avatar bets? ;D
Whenever it turns into the usual Mercedes procession yeah.
Psychotext
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Probably something that can be repaired then, which is encouraging as it also likely means they know what's happening (unlike Honda).
Wax Free Vanilla
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Hasegawa confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Alonso's Bahrain PU.
Bahrain race MGU-Hs not damaged, can be used in free practice.
The Stoff's MGU-H issues were caused by bearing failures. Had no issues on dyno, units have been beefed up, don't know if it's enough until real track running.
The Mercedes helping them talk is a load of rubbish.
Bahrain race MGU-Hs not damaged, can be used in free practice.
The Stoff's MGU-H issues were caused by bearing failures. Had no issues on dyno, units have been beefed up, don't know if it's enough until real track running.
The Mercedes helping them talk is a load of rubbish.
Seriously, they should give some consolation points to Stoffel for this feat.
I believe the official word was "we have literally no clue why it didn't break down today."
One step forward, two steps back
Mohonky
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I laugh everytime I see a Honda ad on TV and then the McLarens race paat and they have that Power of Dreams slogan.
How could they handle it better then?
Psychotext
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Cars seem mighty quick here.
I think the idea is correct but 4 engines for 20 races seems like a bit small imo.
Should have gone with 6.
Mercedes struggling a bit with ultras?
Blue Flag.
Material = data.
Wew lad Red Bull. They are so far behind here. Hopefully their upgrades for Barcelona in 2 weeks do something for them to get them closer. I mean the Ferrari & Mercedes fight is better than the Mercedes domination from the last years but since I both like Verstappen and especially Ric I would love to see them join the fight too.
The official F1 YouTube channel has already uploaded FP1 highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqpBhrQGQYs
This channel is really good. Thank god for Liberty Media, and screw you, Bernie.
This channel is really good. Thank god for Liberty Media, and screw you, Bernie.
It seems like Red Bull has spent the last few years in the dark land of not having enough power -> so they compensate with less drag (see top speeds this year) -> so their aero is significantly worse than it could be as well
I can't wait for them to sort out the rights with channels and do a subscription with streaming like all the major US sports have.
F1 All Access for like 199 would be baller. Maybe even put up an archive with classic races and stuff.
Aren't Renault supposed to deliver a new eingine with higher top speeds soon? I mean the Renault works team is also shockingly slow here. Maybe things will look up then. I just don't want to believe that Newey fucked up.
Surely Liberty can't be happy that an exciting Hamilton-Vettel battle could potentially be skewed by a ton of grid penalties.
I don't know, a small $5K fine for every defective MGU-H / turbo?
Yeah, I'd definitely pay for it, especially if they'd provide Sky UK commentary, like they do in their race recaps. Sky in Germany sucks. Their apps suck and their commentators suck.
Don't hate on Marc Surer.
Could be worse. You could watch on RTL with Heiko Wasser and Christian Danner 🤔
Newey and/or the RB design team did fuck up to some extent, regardless. At least that's the impression I'm getting. The FIA just "analyzed" it, as planned, and assumes that everyone but Honda is within 0.3 (which Red Bull is doubting, for obvious reasons)
But yeah, they're expecting a good 0.2-0.3 from the engine update... which doesn't sound like much, but if further aero development can be less compromised, it's probably worth 0.5 in reality, more or less depending on the track. Which would put Red Bull in actual striking distance.
Lol. That's such chump change that everyone would bring in qualifying components and per-race engines.
I can't stand Croft. Ben Edwards is fucking great, though. I always watch the C4 coverage over SS wherever possible.
What was the step forward?
He did 80laps during testing.
Ferrari looks pretty dominant on one lap and long runs. Wonder what's wrong at Mercedes
PdotMichael
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I hope Brotkasten prepared another nice Maldonado avatar for him for the next two weeks.
brotkasten
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I already offered you to join the bet. Since you're so sure about it, it shouldn't be a problem right?
If you join and I lose, I'll add another week to it.
PdotMichael
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The bet is skewed in your favour. I can only win if Ferrari wins while for you every other result ends with a victory.
Vettel has won 66% of the races this year. Do it.
Good stuff, the top teams will blow through 5 units every weekend and the small teams will have to fire their entire hospitality staff to be able to afford the new units with terrible reliability.
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