What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
The advantage was also in their top speed which is not useful here.Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
Sure, a non-RB might take pole tomorrow, they might even win the race. But you have to understand the whole F1 apparatus is continuously selling the idea that other teams will compete because the championship was finished in Bahrain, and also RB likely exaggerates their issues to avoid appearing too dominating (that's what Marc Gené has said)Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
The high top speed is the result of the floor so close to the ground giving so much downforce. They can take out wing which is a much draggier solution to getting downforce.AR3-GP wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:57The advantage was also in their top speed which is not useful here.Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
Leclerc should take pole in an uninterrupted session. It could be a Ferrari lock out.
the real time i saw redbull run car real low was in saudi arabia since then they havent really done it.KimiRai wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 16:11Sure, a non-RB might take pole tomorrow, they might even win the race. But you have to understand the whole F1 apparatus is continuously selling the idea that other teams will compete because the championship was finished in Bahrain, and also RB likely exaggerates their issues to avoid appearing too dominating (that's what Marc Gené has said)Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
Might be true, but the idea on you not being sold on RB having actual trouble with set up in FP1 here is imho off the bat, I find it very thinkable they can perhaps not get their car so close to the ground as they wanted on this very bumpy street track. Let’s see how FP2 goes. They will have had time to rise the ride height a bit now.KimiRai wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 16:11Sure, a non-RB might take pole tomorrow, they might even win the race. But you have to understand the whole F1 apparatus is continuously selling the idea that other teams will compete because the championship was finished in Bahrain, and also RB likely exaggerates their issues to avoid appearing too dominating (that's what Marc Gené has said)Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
I don't think OP is saying they weren't having trouble in FP1. OP just thinks RB have a track record of digging themselves out of ugly Fridays (or rather things not truly being what they seem due to testing) so one should not read too much into it.Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 16:38Might be true, but the idea on you not being sold on RB having actual trouble with set up in FP1 here is imho off the bat, I find it very thinkable they can perhaps not get their car so close to the ground as they wanted on this very bumpy street track. Let’s see how FP2 goes. They will have had time to rise the ride height a bit now.KimiRai wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 16:11Sure, a non-RB might take pole tomorrow, they might even win the race. But you have to understand the whole F1 apparatus is continuously selling the idea that other teams will compete because the championship was finished in Bahrain, and also RB likely exaggerates their issues to avoid appearing too dominating (that's what Marc Gené has said)Sieper wrote: ↑26 May 2023, 15:46
What don’t you buy? Redbull main advantage the whole season is that they can run their car lower, that is where the diffuser working so well is coming from. Here they couldn’t, or at least, Max’ car was set up too low on the first outing. They will adjust and hopefully be closer. But you can write my Leclerc pole prediction down.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/207794/v ... -that.html''The second free practice was much better than the first. The car was much more competitive. Compared to Ferrari, we still lack a bit in terms of how the car behaves on kerbstones and bumps. That's something we need to work on for tomorrow because you can see they are very close. The Aston Martins are also close. We need something more to stay ahead of them,'' said Verstappen, according to Verstappen.com.
Verstappen was happy with the development during the day, though. During the second free practice, according to Verstappen, the car felt much better and he was able to push more. ' 'It was a difficult start, but a good end,'' the Dutchman concluded. The weekend continues on Saturday with a third free practice and qualifying.
