2024 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Feb 29 - Mar 02

[dia6olo]

Having only 3 PUs for the year instead of 4 may be a factor as well. Mercedes used to be the most reliable engine over the past couple of years, so I guess it would make sense that their teams run them a bit harder, while others are very cautious in practice.

It's 4 PUs not 3.

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Having only 3 PUs for the year instead of 4 may be a factor as well. Mercedes used to be the most reliable engine over the past couple of years, so I guess it would make sense that their teams run them a bit harder, while others are very cautious in practice.

It's 4 PUs not 3.

ah, thanks, I somehow thought they went back to three, as originally planed last year already. But the rules indeed say 4.

[FW17]

2020

[stonehenge]

Results last year, on average the gaps per lap were:

Red Bull (Verstappen) +/-0
Red Bull (Perez) +.210
Aston Martin (Alonso) +.677
Ferrari (Sainz) +.843
Mercedes (Hamilton) +.894
Aston Martin (Stroll) +.956
Mercedes (Russell) +.980

Important to keep this in mind when assessing the results this year.

[codetower]

Having only 3 PUs for the year instead of 4 may be a factor as well. Mercedes used to be the most reliable engine over the past couple of years, so I guess it would make sense that their teams run them a bit harder, while others are very cautious in practice.

It's 4 PUs not 3.

ah, thanks, I somehow thought they went back to three, as originally planed last year already. But the rules indeed say 4.

My understanding is, it’s been dropped down to three again.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... Tua6i.html

[AR3-GP]

Having only 3 PUs for the year instead of 4 may be a factor as well. Mercedes used to be the most reliable engine over the past couple of years, so I guess it would make sense that their teams run them a bit harder, while others are very cautious in practice.

It's 4 PUs not 3.

ah, thanks, I somehow thought they went back to three, as originally planed last year already. But the rules indeed say 4.

They did go back to 3 officially and that was the plan only until about a month ago when they flipped again to 4.

[codetower]

It's 4 PUs not 3.

ah, thanks, I somehow thought they went back to three, as originally planed last year already. But the rules indeed say 4.

They did go back to 3 officially and that was the plan only until about a month ago when they flipped again to 4.

Ah, thank you. I hadn’t noticed they reverted back to four. Makes much more sense with the longer season.

[AR3-GP]

Mclaren was very fast on that soft tire.

[stonehenge]

Mclaren was very fast on that soft tire.

If these are indeed the gaps the field is a lot closer than at the start of last year. Everyone take a deep breath .

[Seanspeed]

Christian Horner thread needs to be reopened

I dunno, it was just devolving into pointing out how much women are liars. Not sure that's the level of discussion that's particularly something that needs to be reopened.

[Cassius]

Mclaren was very fast on that soft tire.

No Piastri started too fast and had a lot of deg. That was his issue last year as well.

[AR3-GP]

Mclaren was very fast on that soft tire.

No Piastri started too fast and had a lot of deg. That was his issue last year as well.

His average compared to Verstappen is still very effective. Assuming he takes a bit off the front of the stint, he will gain more back at the end but it's still a high level. I was watching the sector times near the end. Piastri was within 1 tenth of Verstappen in S1 and S2 even near the end of his stint before pitting.

[AMG.Tzan]

Sam Collins right at the end of FP2 showed a chart with the expected race pace!

Max was ahead by about 0,2 from Hamilton and then it was Pérez in 3rd! BUT…he said something quite interesting! Honda engineers have not allowed any of the drivers to use a high power mode! Thus explaining Red Bull’s loss of pace in the last sector which is basically one and a half straights…

[Luscion]

Russell doesn't seem to understand where all this pace from the Merc is coming from, says Max is still ahead but the difference isn't huge, only transcript I could get so far

[adekf193]

https://x.com/tonisokolov1011/status/17 ... 60578?s=20