2023 Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay, Sep 15 -17

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Think quali is due to be dry

[falonso81]

I know RB will solve some or all of its setup problems from yesterday and will turn the engines up for fp3 and qualy, but Ferrari does look mighty around here and I am guessing they were not going full beans on their engine either. Let's just hope that Ferrari does not have strategy plans!

[Juzh]

season long up & downshift gremlins on Verstappens car continue..

[Matt2725]

I think Ferrari could snatch pole here. And if the delta between soft and medium really is around 6 tenths, Merc could be close to Max at least in qualifying.

[Matt2725]

Ferrari look decent for quali. Charles is going to end up in the wall if he carries on the way he's going.

Perhaps a Merc and a McLaren ahead of Max?

[kediown]

Max just needs to pull a Monaco Sector 3 in whole lap and he'll be fine

[chrisc90]

I think they have found the balance issues with RB. Early on Max did a couple faster runs on the medium, before GP asked him if he wanted to change the run plan and go higher fuel. So its just the upshifts causing a bit of wheelspin thats the problem at the minute,

[AR3-GP]

Track should have more grip in the night session.

[Wouter]

I think they have found the balance issues with RB. Early on Max did a couple faster runs on the medium, before GP asked him if he wanted to change the run plan and go higher fuel. So its just the upshifts causing a bit of wheelspin thats the problem at the minute,

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The upshifts causing a lot of wheelspin thats the problem. ---> Then tires to cold ---> Loosing grip.

[LM10]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

[chrisc90]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

Balance issues or gear sync issues? Id go towards the latter. A lot of other cars looked a bit unsettled at the rear.

[LM10]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

Balance issues or gear sync issues? Id go towards the latter. A lot of other cars looked a bit unsettled at the rear.

On both cars?

[chrisc90]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

Balance issues or gear sync issues? Id go towards the latter. A lot of other cars looked a bit unsettled at the rear.

On both cars?

I followed Max onboard for FP3 and he definitely wasnt complaining about the balance. They even moved forwards their run plan to higher fuel which would indicate the were pretty happy with the balance.

For Perez, I dont know - didnt see much of him.

[AR3-GP]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

Verstappen's car seemed fine after FP3. He had his usual gap to Perez as well. I watched his onboards, and it's much better than yesterday. There's only 1 corner in S2 where they are still struggling (I think it's T13?)

He also said, rears were sliding in the 3rd sector. I suspect these small issues will go away in the night session. FP3 isn't really a representative session.

[AR3-GP]

The RB, being perfectly balanced out of the box in the majority of times, have balance issues even after FP3. That's a first.

Verstappen's car seemed fine after FP3. He had his usual gap to Perez as well. I watched his onboards, and it's much better than yesterday. There's only 1 corner in S2 where they are still struggling (I think it's T13?)

He also said, rears were sliding in the 3rd sector. I suspect these small issues will go away in the night session. FP3 isn't really a representative session.

Yes after reviewing f1-tempo, it's just T13 and T14 which seem to be the issue if any and due to long straight, losing a lot of time.