I wont say that. They took a gamble to save tires for q2/q3. Fernando made it works, barely, Lance could not.
Sky reported his first attempt was on used tires, which was the lap that gave him P2 and was only .300 tenths from pole. His second attempt was going to be on news but we know what happen. If Sky was right the pace on this track and full potential wasn’t shown. So it means that they are much better than some are stating
Maybe it does, but the Mercedes engine at the back of it is no match for the HondaCaribouBread wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:22I saw a tweet from Duchessa claiming that the new rear wing is giving Red Bull-esque DRS advantage, has anyone checked the numbers on that?
RBR tend to run a big flap. So when they open it....CaribouBread wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:37I do not care for the top speed, just interested if the DRS on/off delta has changed.
The official FIA document says they only brought new cooling louvers to the race. Where is this new Rear Wing talk coming from. I mean I Saw them running flowviz but if its a new RW, why does FIA document not reflect that?CaribouBread wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:22I saw a tweet from Duchessa claiming that the new rear wing is giving Red Bull-esque DRS advantage, has anyone checked the numbers on that?
Engine power differences have been negligible for at least 2 years. Red Bull's dvantage comes from elsewhere.FW17 wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:31Maybe it does, but the Mercedes engine at the back of it is no match for the HondaCaribouBread wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:22I saw a tweet from Duchessa claiming that the new rear wing is giving Red Bull-esque DRS advantage, has anyone checked the numbers on that?
There's also the case that some of the fastest laps were set on used softs. Max's time in Q2 was on used softs. Even in practice sessions, some the personal bests were on used softs. Including Fernando who set one of his practice personal bests on the 8th lap of used softs.Redragon wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 02:57Sky reported his first attempt was on used tires, which was the lap that gave him P2 and was only .300 tenths from pole. His second attempt was going to be on news but we know what happen. If Sky was right the pace on this track and full potential wasn’t shown. So it means that they are much better than some are stating
They mean Baku's rear wing.
It was the team's mistake, not him. You could blame him for not being at Fernando's level but that's it. The team should've seen that he needed a second set of softs but they were too greedy and he was knocked out, not really his fault.
makecry wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 06:01The official FIA document says they only brought new cooling louvers to the race. Where is this new Rear Wing talk coming from. I mean I Saw them running flowviz but if its a new RW, why does FIA document not reflect that?CaribouBread wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 05:22I saw a tweet from Duchessa claiming that the new rear wing is giving Red Bull-esque DRS advantage, has anyone checked the numbers on that?
I think how good they were with hards on Friday. It is a one stop and with a bit of luck could be Alonso win. Overtaking is going to be difficult but a couple of SCs if on right time and obviously if race goods are with Alo, might be the 33th this weekendKimiRai wrote: ↑07 May 2023, 06:51They mean Baku's rear wing.
It was the team's mistake, not him. You could blame him for not being at Fernando's level but that's it. The team should've seen that he needed a second set of softs but they were too greedy and he was knocked out, not really his fault.
Andy Stevenson said Fernando was improving two tenths in the first sector before the red flag so he was likely going to improve. Something Ive seen is that Fernando has always been very fast in turn 17 after the long back straight, for some reason the Aston works well there in traction.
We need to be careful though, as Fernando starts in the dirty side in one of the dirtiest tracks outside of the racing line in the whole calendar. But maybe we are lucky because apparently it has been raining in the circuit so it could even the things a bit. Regardless the objective for me is more to not lose the position against Sainz, Fernando is not fighting for P1/P2 but for P3.