2022 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, April 08 - 10

[Mogster]

Pirelli provide tyres for many of the SRO GT series. British GT uses Pirelli I think. It’s not as if GT series all use Michelin.

[Marble]

Some details about RedBull setup woes during the Australian GP weekend :



https://blog.autoplus.fr/moncet/2022/04 ... australie/

Translation :

https://blog-autoplus-fr.translate.goog ... x_tr_hl=en

[mzso]

Alonso tried to go for fastest lap at the end of the race, pitted for new mediums but couldn't beat the last lap from LEC on 34 lap old Hards.

Leclerc had DRS and some slipstream in all 3 zones on his last lap, so that helped.

I wonder if Leclerc was tipped-off that Alonso is going for fastest lap. Or was he Alonso right in front or behind of him?

[mzso]

Main free areas seem to be beam wing, floor shape, and front sidepod shape, but these will never get much more complex than they already are because of minimum radius rules and limits for profile/edge shapes and holes. I think we'll grow tired of seeing engine cover bulges as the main differentiator.

I struggle to agree that something like the below is better!

https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-co ... daaero.jpg

Nor did Indycar for that matter... They got rid of those monstrosities and thank goodness for that.

So the F1 bodywork rules mandate relatively clean, simplistic lines: good!!

I wish they went back to the simplicity of the early nineties.

[CMSMJ1]

This is the 2022 thread. Am locking it to prevent the current posting in the wrong place