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#2888736 19-Mar-2022 15:49

Yeah Hass is the biggest turnaround from previous year. They wrote off their 2021 season for this so good to see some progress there. McLaren nowhere to be seen yet unfortunately.
Good to see Ferrari back up there.

Red Bull looking amazing.

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#2888749 19-Mar-2022 17:23

Jaxson:

Yeah Hass is the biggest turnaround from previous year. They wrote off their 2021 season for this so good to see some progress there. McLaren nowhere to be seen yet unfortunately.
Good to see Ferrari back up there.

Red Bull looking amazing.

Yep. If nothing else, its a 3 team go. Hopefully McLaren can get up there. The midfield fight might be quite awesome

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#2888876 20-Mar-2022 07:22

Just watched FP3, its all happening. And FP3 usually has the last 20 minutes as quali runs, but pretty much all FP3 was a quali trial

Mercedes have resolved most of their porpoising issues, leaving RBR, Ferrari and Mercedes as the big three

The teams with the best sector times, as above, are NOT in the top speed trap ratings.

Now, Crofty, again says he was worried about a boring season if Red Bull was dominant..... Really? So 2014 to 2021 was ok???

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#2888880 20-Mar-2022 07:39

About to watch quali but here is my take on this season, albeit a very early read

1. Horsepower wont dominate the grid. Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are quite even

2. While all cars are very different, they all use ground effect as the chief form of downforce, and all need to run stiff suspension and the same stiff tyres

So, IMO, the drivers will provide much more in Quali and the race, so expect more second tier cars getting higher up on the grid, and should any tier 1 cars, not qualify well, that will be harder to quickly get back to the pointy end in a race. Understeer in slower corners is now the norm, so dont expect one stop races. More jeopardy and more options for a tier 2 team to do well.

One thing I wasnt aware is is that the white line is the edge of the track on ALL turns, not just some tyres as has been the case. Crofty did state that its up to the teams to sort that out, but thats cant be right. Stewards will need to step in, in the race.

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#2888892 20-Mar-2022 09:24

Well that was a turn up for the books!

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#2888894 20-Mar-2022 09:30

Yep, although it shows how close the top two are. Max was running best in Q3 but missed out the last sector each time. Interested to hear why.

George was poor first sector, Mercedes will be on party mode, and still not there. Perez a bit closer than normal. Haas, Alfa and Alpine up there. Surprised Gasly wasnt.

Its a driver day and can you nail one lap day

Now to see what pitstop strategy will be, and what tyres will be used.

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#2888966 20-Mar-2022 14:33

McLaren are in serious sh
Way to go Ferrari, that’s awesome.
Red Bull look solid.
Mercedes aren’t that far behind, but aren’t great.
Some of the smaller teams are up there.

Much better vibes about this season already.

Survive to Drive season 4 does fill the gap nicely.
Needs less racing episodes and more behind the scenes.
Haas episode was funny as.
Happy to see their decisions to flag 2021 developments in favour of 2022 car paying off.
Glad to see the Russian pay driver out of the sport too.

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#2889277 20-Mar-2022 18:45

Agree. Im a Red Bull fan, and Max. But what I am liking is its a real competition. Not dominated by 2 seconds per lap faster (when 3/10 is huge) Ferrari is huge. Mercedes will catch up. Its a 4 driver race soon to be 6 when Merc catch up. I start at 7 at work (been on A/L this week) From what I gather 4am is tee off time? Ill watch at 4-30

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#2889323 20-Mar-2022 21:40

Interesting to see how poorly in general the Merc powered cars were. Inversely the Ferrari powered ones were crazy fast.

Almost as if they brought back their spicy engine from 2019 ;)

This year is hopefully going to be a cracker - thanks Ross Brawn!

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#2889358 21-Mar-2022 05:51

Wow! Great race Leclerc…

But such poor sportsmanship by the “world champion”…losing cool and eventually lost the car…guess no Masi no win then…

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#2889367 21-Mar-2022 07:06

Great race. Not the ending I was looking for, but a proper F1 race for a change. Passing without a slam dunk DRS, following close, pit strategy, and jeopardy, just like the old days

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#2889368 21-Mar-2022 07:07

Jvipers2: Wow! Great race Leclerc…

But such poor sportsmanship by the “world champion”…losing cool and eventually lost the car…guess no Masi no win then…

Talking of poor sportsmanship...

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#2889371 21-Mar-2022 07:36

wth everybody pits like 10 times

that;s the reason ferrari won, coz ferrari did not pit CLC when VSC and SC was first in place

well done LeClerc

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#2889372 21-Mar-2022 08:05

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wth everybody pits like 10 times

that;s the reason ferrari won, coz ferrari did not pit CLC when VSC and SC was first in place

well done LeClerc

It's called strategy

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#2889457 21-Mar-2022 10:13

Quite a bit to unpack there.

Cars were nearly all a bit rough.
Larger wheels/tyres were heavier to move so slower pitstops, and blanket temps are down (Did I hear that right?) so they took much longer to come up to grip temp when rejoining.
Mercedes Engines all look way down on power, did not see that coming?!
McLaren ran as a race pace testing session, but man they are screwed, like a shocking fall from grace there. Complete sh really.
Aston Martin are also a mess, Hass did well to bring their design to fruition.

Red Bull and Ferrari are on it (save the last couple of laps) and Mercedes look ragged but are close really. Would not write them off at this stage, but they were off the pace.

Cars can follow closely, DRS is almost too much in places, overall was an improvement on the processional nature of past design regs.

After first race, well done to Ferrari, frankly it's well deserved. They've designed well, tested and refined well and turned up to play.

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