Bingo. There is no privilege attached to pole position if all the "clean-air" advantage is going to be wiped off by making DRS available in the first flying lap (lap2). I am thinking it maybe more advantageous to qualify P2 rather than P1 with the new 'DRS from lap2 onwards' rule. What was wrong with waiting one more lap ?AR3-GP wrote: ↑04 May 2024, 18:51The new DRS rule is a problem. You take too much out of the tire trying to pull a 1 second gap in 1 lap.organic wrote: ↑04 May 2024, 18:49I think overheating. In the race it will be about bringing the tyres in gently at start of stints.. Which is difficult to do at the beginning of the raceSilent Storm wrote: ↑04 May 2024, 18:47Max complaining about lack of rear grip.
Is it because of overheating rear tyres or not able to get them into temperature?
Could be just aero balance too.
I think overall it wasn't particularly great. I was struggling with the balance of the car, and couldn't find the rear balance.
So, it wasn't particularly what I liked. We definitely need to make some changes to the car."
Hasn't Max being doing this for a while now? Even last year his race trim PU mode seemed very low. Although I guess it has more to do with Perez being in traffic as usual as opposed to Max who is happy to do his thing in free airorganic wrote: ↑04 May 2024, 19:35I think overall it wasn't particularly great. I was struggling with the balance of the car, and couldn't find the rear balance.
So, it wasn't particularly what I liked. We definitely need to make some changes to the car."
Looks like Max was running low PU modes compared to Perez though
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sport/formul ... -n9g0wrcs2Red Bull’s pitstop guru Jonathan Wheatley could be next to leave
McLaren chief warned of a Red Bull exodus after Adrian Newey’s departure – now the man behind their speedy pitstops has put feelers out to other teams
Red Bull’s sporting director is considering his future in a sign of increasing uncertainty at Formula 1’s best team.
Jonathan Wheatley, the man who has made Red Bull the fastest team at pitstops, could become the latest key member of staff to leave after the announcement this week that Adrian Newey, their chief technical officer, will quit at the end of the season.
The Times understands that Wheatley, 56, holds long-term ambitions to become a team principal and has been sounding out other teams on the grid. Red Bull have been approached for comment.
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Wheatley has been at Red Bull since 2006 and is part of the key senior team. Among his duties as sporting director is to oversee the pitstop crew who have consistently produced the quickest times in recent years, including an excellent double-stack stop, changing the tyres on Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s cars in just 3.95 seconds at the Chinese Grand Prix.