Red Bull performing poorly here was entirely predictable. I think they just decided to live with the fact that their car rides bumps poorly, since that is only an issue at some tracks, whereas the benefits they gain from that suspension setup has been deemed a worthwhile tradeoff over the season. That car is absolutely disgustingly fast on smooth tracks and even if they struggle compared to Ferrari and McLaren at 1/3 of the tracks on the calendar, the huge advantage at the other 2/3 of tracks is deemed worth it.ringo wrote: ↑25 May 2024, 19:45At some point we have to accept the car is not to blame for everytime there is an undrrperformance. Other cars out there on the track have their quirks and the drivers have to live with them and get the best out of it.
Max had consistently the fastest or second fastest car since FP3. In the qualy sessions RB20 could have snatched pole if Leclerc didnt wake up. It's okay to accept that Max bottled it. Most drivers do atleast once. Also Monaco is not Max's best track. He has messed up his qualifying here at least 3 or 4 years in his career and the car was not to blame for any of them.
It's life, there's always the next race for him to be on pole. He still leads the championship by dozens of points.
Now Ferrari and McLaren can close in on thr constructors.
I've said it before, Vanja can deny it as much as he wants, but Ferrari has the best ride quality and is exceptional at bumpy tracks. That isn't a championship winning characteristic if they can't reach the load levels of Red Bull due to the compromises the ride quality entails. Only if they can reach Red Bull levels of outright performance on like half of the non-bumpy tracks is it a viable concept. Or if McLaren and Red Bull start trading wins on normal tracks and Ferrari dominates the bumpy ones.