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#2889478 21-Mar-2022 10:52

Yep. I heard that blanket temps are down can't recall how many degrees, AND they are looking at removing blankets in favour of ambient temperature for the tyres. That moves it from an automated aid to a driver skill, that's a good thing

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#2889484 21-Mar-2022 11:04

I think rear tyre blankets are now set to 80 rather than 100 and yes planned to rmeove completely. The hard tyre on the merc showed that Pirelli has a signfiicant amout of work to do to ensure that the tyres switch on correctly otherwise teams are going to be on ice when they leave the pits and the racing won't be fun to watch ultimately as they'll ruin the tyres trying to get them warm in my opinion.

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#2889487 21-Mar-2022 11:08

Max's closing speed on Charles at the end of the main straight under DRS was impressive but I wonder if that was where he also played into Charles hands. by passing him under brakes in turn 1 he handed the DRS advantage back to Charles to use into turn 4. After the 2nd pass Charles was able to extend his lead to more 1 sec before the final corner to take away the DRS advantage. If Max had just held back on turn 1 and kept DRS into turn 4 it could have been a very different race.

It wasn't by luck, Charles knew that and didn't defend aggressively at turn 1 knowing he could overtake into turn 4. Great driving.

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#2889494 21-Mar-2022 11:25

Senecio:

Max's closing speed on Charles at the end of the main straight under DRS was impressive but I wonder if that was where he also played into Charles hands. by passing him under brakes in turn 1 he handed the DRS advantage back to Charles to use into turn 4. After the 2nd pass Charles was able to extend his lead to more 1 sec before the final corner to take away the DRS advantage. If Max had just held back on turn 1 and kept DRS into turn 4 it could have been a very different race.

It wasn't by luck, Charles knew that and didn't defend aggressively at turn 1 knowing he could overtake into turn 4. Great driving.

Charles indicated in his post race interview that the plan was to allow Max to get him in to turn 1 and then he would follow for the 2nd DRS stage and then get him in to 4 as he felt he had the speed to outpace them, especially with the RB suffering from brake temps following the car in front.

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#2889502 21-Mar-2022 11:29

Senecio:

Max's closing speed on Charles at the end of the main straight under DRS was impressive but I wonder if that was where he also played into Charles hands. by passing him under brakes in turn 1 he handed the DRS advantage back to Charles to use into turn 4. After the 2nd pass Charles was able to extend his lead to more 1 sec before the final corner to take away the DRS advantage. If Max had just held back on turn 1 and kept DRS into turn 4 it could have been a very different race.

It wasn't by luck, Charles knew that and didn't defend aggressively at turn 1 knowing he could overtake into turn 4. Great driving.

Yes, that's happened before. Two attempts and his tyres were a bit exposed. Try later. Need to manage battery to fend off Charles coming back, unless he used most of it keeping up and attacking. These skills are much better than a LARGE power advantage for years on end, and when you chew your tyres following, meaning 80% of the race is sorted in Q3

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#2891187 24-Mar-2022 10:14

you don't know how happy Haas is to have K Mag

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#2891190 24-Mar-2022 10:18

Be interesting to see how the teams progress this weekend

Ferrari seems pretty sorted

RBR can fix the issue that caused both DNF's I heard its the same cause

Mercedes will improve

All teams will have great data on the tyres, test sessions dont translate to race conditions

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#2891195 24-Mar-2022 10:29

Batman:
you don't know how happy Haas is to have K Mag

That's the risk teams take when bringing in young cheap or sponsored talent - They are basically still children who havn't yet grown up or mastered their trade. Couple that with enormous entitlement, self expectations, and huge pressure to perform and you get that.

Seen similar from Lando, George, Lance and Yuki too so it's not just him.

You can't really hide in F1, the mics are hot and media are all out looking for the slightest hint of drama to be amplified into clicks.

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#2891196 24-Mar-2022 10:29

Can RBR fix their fuel issues? The fuel pump is standard and I understood it hadn't actually failed but was instead caused by the evaporation of the E10 fuel within the fuel tank and therefore couldn't get enough fuel in to the engine? The E10 fuel cools the engine during combustion (but suffers from higher evaporation within the fuel tank as it gets hotter under pressure) and i wonder whether some of their issues come from their fuel tank design and how it baffles the fuel under low volume.

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#2891278 24-Mar-2022 11:13

They could insulate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvBt9Xc7v0

Or fuel

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#2891285 24-Mar-2022 11:27

Yeah thats one of the thoughts is that RBR didn't do low fuel runs at testing and so didn't find out about the evaporation of the fuel at low levels. Adding more fuel will stop there issues at greater weight and increased lap times... they really need to resolve the evaporation or running dry otherwise they're screwed.

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#2891292 24-Mar-2022 11:44

And if they patch it with insulation or whatever they would still have a inherent fault, that is patched, rather than a resolved fault

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#2891305 24-Mar-2022 12:07

Will insulating stop the evaporation as I read it was due to the pressure in the tank causing an increase in heat and therefore evaporation, be interesting as the RBR was well balanced and fast but this could be an issue especially as the fuel tanks require careful sizing to avoid packaging problems and I think require chassis testing again if they change it..

Merc is looking at bringing some improvements, looks to be not enough to make up the 0.7s or so they are behind but should cement their current position as 3rd fastest team.

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#2892662 27-Mar-2022 10:51

What a quali session.

Ferrari rock solid

RBR seem to have trouble getting the tyre internal temp up so need an extra prep lap

Perez who has never been good at quali, gets pole, and that was when down first sector to LeClerc, nailed the last two sectors.

Race will be different though. RBR be helped by tyres at temp on each lap. Max looked impressive in FP's as his times were old harder tyres (H vs M and M vs S) yet very competitive

Both cars are basically very even, but Ferrari seems more consistent

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#2892672 27-Mar-2022 11:31

It's looking like Ferrari's choice to write off the last two seasons to prepare for 2022 is paying off.

No one would have remembered them for coming 2nd or 3rd, and with Ferrari's additional F1 bonus funding they get over the other teams it makes sense to put all effort into trying to take top spot.

I just hope this is the confidence builder that Perez needed so that he can better play a part with team strategy. We basically have 6 drivers plus a few outside chances for a podium spot each week - it's so much better!

I do also wonder how many Merc supporters who vowed to never watch another grand prix after last season are feeling now. Must be tempting to tune in to see if both drivers make Q3.

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