Correct, but AT have started using less and less of RB's parts and making more of their own.
With that, lower performance has come
Yeah so in theory the customer can make their own parts which will be almost as good as RB's and save a bit of money, but clearly this money saved isn't worth the loss in performance.
I think it's because the FIA increased the cost of bought parts.
Buy the components and hire more aero guys instead of suspension designers etcHenk_v wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 19:23If as a team you have an in-house competence, you cant just go and buy that stuff. You have hired people with specific skillsets, invested in tools and laboratory equipment. No qualified person will sit out a year hoping next year he/she may design something. Your engineers will walk and you lose the competence.
The tire difference was very small for Verstappen through practice. He even beat the field on hards. I think they were exactly trying to avoida LEC situation; a too short stint on softs and having to pit before a SC would come in.AR3-GP wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 06:00In hindsight, I think RB made a mistake with Max's strategy if they wanted him to win the race.
They should have started on the soft tire. Look at what Leclerc did. Leclerc had good pace.
Ultimately, it came down to not making enough progress before the SC (which meant he still had 2 cars ahead of him on the SC restart). Max spent too much time behind the two Haas at the beginning. Struggling with the dirty air and oversteer. A softer compound would have stuck the car to the road a bit better.
They used this strategy in Spa. I'm not sure why they didn't try it here.
And then this https://racingnews365.com/rosberg-criti ... ood-to-seeHenk_v wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 10:52The tire difference was very small for Verstappen through practice. He even beat the field on hards. I think they were exactly trying to avoida LEC situation; a too short stint on softs and having to pit before a SC would come in.AR3-GP wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 06:00In hindsight, I think RB made a mistake with Max's strategy if they wanted him to win the race.
They should have started on the soft tire. Look at what Leclerc did. Leclerc had good pace.
Ultimately, it came down to not making enough progress before the SC (which meant he still had 2 cars ahead of him on the SC restart). Max spent too much time behind the two Haas at the beginning. Struggling with the dirty air and oversteer. A softer compound would have stuck the car to the road a bit better.
They used this strategy in Spa. I'm not sure why they didn't try it here.
If they were gambling people, they could have pitted him on softs under the SC. That would have given him a shot in getting Perez. He could have maybe gotten out of the DRS and go into management. If the tires would give way in the final 5 laps or so, he would have forced the team in a gnarly position, forcing team orders against him and could have betted they'd let him lead.
.toraabe wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 11:54
And then this https://racingnews365.com/rosberg-criti ... ood-to-see
Like his father. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formu ... P-win.html
With that childhood, I am not surprised..
I don't understand, in hindsight I conclude Red Bull made the perfect call. I see Leclerc losing out because of the softer tire. Yes he made good progress in the first stint, but that stint was short which made him pit before the SC. And Verstappen made better progress, he was on Leclerc's tail before Leclerc pitted while starting further back.AR3-GP wrote: ↑21 Mar 2023, 06:00In hindsight, I think RB made a mistake with Max's strategy if they wanted him to win the race.
They should have started on the soft tire. Look at what Leclerc did. Leclerc had good pace.
Ultimately, it came down to not making enough progress before the SC (which meant he still had 2 cars ahead of him on the SC restart). Max spent too much time behind the two Haas at the beginning. Struggling with the dirty air and oversteer. A softer compound would have stuck the car to the road a bit better.
They used this strategy in Spa. I'm not sure why they didn't try it here.