So apparently Nugnes from Motorsport was right this time.
Let's see if they find something with the comparative work during FP sessions.
Maybe the old spec would work better with the new TD? Who knows at this point.
I do agree that the FIA SHOULD have no interest in one team dominating. But its a fact that F1 is highly political. I suggest you to read Ross Brawns book that will show you that its part of F1 to get rules changed in your favor. I suggest you to read Max Mosleys Biography and also Bernie Ecclestones Biography. Both will show you that the history of F1 is full of rule changes where rule changes were made to help one team or damage one team. Sometimes it was done to change the pecking order, sometimes there were other reasons(political). You will also see that F1 is very "british". Anyway - if you know F1, you know that the word "conspiracy-theory" does not exist in F1.paulo_f1 wrote: ↑08 Sep 2022, 17:21Some weird comments here, they seem to be trying to fit circumstances to some underlaying narrative, some bordering on conspiracy theories!
1. The Ferrari has porpoised all season long, the Red Bull has not. TD39 hasn't changed either cars behaviour here. Mercedes largely got on top of bouncing and porpoising after changes made at the Spanish GP.
2. Ferrari has been falling behind pace wise as the year has gone on. Hungary, like Monaco a circuit that should have suited their cars traits did not, they had OK one lap pace, but rubbish race pace and degradation. This race was prior to TD39.
3. If this was all about showbiz, why would the FIA/F1 Group write the TD39 rules to spoil the show? A Red Bull v Ferrari battle is much more showbiz than one team dominating. As per 2021, an exciting battle to the end of the year is the what the owners and FIA want.
Unfortunately, this was probably Ferraris best chance of a title, Red Bull are far more on top of performance development and race strategy.
Sainz will be out for a stint with the pre-France spec floor
Nope. Both back with the new one.
Ferrari main issue in Zandvoort was that the car became slower relative to MB and RB througth the race as fuel decreased more and more. We don't know, from this session, if that particular issue won't appear here as well. Moreover, Sainz was around 0.4s slower than Max on mediums which is quite significant.
Not expecting either car to beat Max, just that they aren't nearly as far as they were in Spa where even Perez was miles away.Xyz22 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2022, 19:23Ferrari main issue in Zandvoort was that the car became slower relative to MB and RB througth the race as fuel decreased more and more. We don't know, from this session, if that particular issue won't appear here as well. Moreover, Sainz was around 0.4s slower than Max on mediums which is quite significant.
This is very confusing considering all the lock ups and loss of rear end into chicanes that each driver experienced. Both drivers struggled for consistency on their race runs.JPower wrote: ↑09 Sep 2022, 19:43Not expecting either car to beat Max, just that they aren't nearly as far as they were in Spa where even Perez was miles away.Xyz22 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2022, 19:23Ferrari main issue in Zandvoort was that the car became slower relative to MB and RB througth the race as fuel decreased more and more. We don't know, from this session, if that particular issue won't appear here as well. Moreover, Sainz was around 0.4s slower than Max on mediums which is quite significant.
Either way, sounds like the drivers are happy.