Just a reminder that Max was quicker in his 2nd attempt before he aborted it, without a tow:
Just a reminder that Max was quicker in his 2nd attempt before he aborted it, without a tow:
He aborted this lap on the 3rd sector. Ok, first sector improved, but not the 2nd and we don't know about the 3rd.siskue2005 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 18:00https://i.imgur.com/eFMna8P.png?1Just a reminder that Max was quicker in his 2nd attempt before he aborted it, without a tow:
Hence what you said "Verstappen only got the edge because of an artificial advantage through the tow." is not true. He was faster either waySwifty wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 18:12He aborted this lap on the 3rd sector. Ok, first sector improved, but not the 2nd and we don't know about the 3rd.siskue2005 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 18:00https://i.imgur.com/eFMna8P.png?1Just a reminder that Max was quicker in his 2nd attempt before he aborted it, without a tow:
The tow is the straights in sector 2, not sector one.siskue2005 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 18:15Hence what you said "Verstappen only got the edge because of an artificial advantage through the tow." is not true. He was faster either way
He will be fine, everyone being over the top reallyrickybobbyf1 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021, 20:53The Medium is starting to look really bad for Ham. Everyone else is starting on softs. Feels like he is gonna get swamped.
Mercedes forced to drop power - Verstappen on pole!
Max Verstappen takes an unexpected Pole in Abu Dhabi - also thanks to an effective team strategy by Red Bull. According to the Free Practice simulations, nobody would have thought that the young title contender would be the fastest in Q3 today, but as always, results are only to be assessed at the end - and with data in hand.
According to what Formu1a.uno has learned, Mercedes in fact contradicts the initial predictions and decides to give priority to reliability; less horsepower than those promised to Lewis Hamilton, and old Power Unit for Valtteri Bottas after a problem found in FP3. Forced to drop power for the final appointment of the season, the Mercedes drivers lose the comparison in Qualifying - and will count on a different race strategy to grab the title.
The team from Brackley however was surprised - to the negative - by the balance of the car in Q3, a deficit highlighted by the lack of performance on the softer compound.
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Agreed, I think the engine benefits are mostly in race strats. Less clipping on a per lap basis?SiLo wrote: ↑12 Dec 2021, 01:54Red Bull went low downforce so I think it's skewed a bit. Plus the engine benefit really comes in the race, when the cars have DRS is nullified somewhat it seems.
I'm certain most teams would rather start on the medium tyre, its a better race tyre, but it was so close and the track kept getting faster that a lot of them couldnt afford the luxury. Really only Lewis and Bottas could, plus Max flat spotted his set (although I don't think it was much of a flatspot).