It started around lap 12. He had the 12sec after doing 12laps on a moist track on slicks. That is what I am talking about: Stiff suspension plus low grip simply does not work. The drizzle here gives the perfect answer.Wouter wrote: ↑11 Jul 2024, 14:00.basti313 wrote: ↑11 Jul 2024, 13:32.
I can not see this...we had wet FPs and generally RedBull is not fast in FPs. Remember last year where they sometimes looked like Nr3 after FP2.
In Quali Max ruined the car early.
And as mentioned, in the first stint he was ahead of Lando until the rain started.
Sorry, there is no reference point for "struggles".
About your red sentence: HUH? Max was > 12 sec slower than Norris until the rain started.
https://en.mclarenf-1.com/2024/gp/s9253 ... s/842-821/
Maybe an issue (tire deg) but also a blessing. Last year, Mercedes had to turn down their PUs in Hungary because of the hot weather. It's possible that they made progress for this year, or not.
“All Formula 1 contracts have exit clauses, most of them related to performance – or let’s say for the top drivers,” he told Grandprix 247.
“As I mentioned before, we will have an evaluation during the summer break – and then we will make a decision.”
I really can’t see him making any progress quick enough. Bar a few races, Perez has had more bad races than poor. His form this season should be inverted, the 3 good races he has had, should have been his poorer races.Luscion wrote: ↑11 Jul 2024, 20:32Marko on Perez
“All Formula 1 contracts have exit clauses, most of them related to performance – or let’s say for the top drivers,” he told Grandprix 247.
“As I mentioned before, we will have an evaluation during the summer break – and then we will make a decision.”
https://lastwordonsports.com/motorsport ... mut-marko/
Max said even with more front wing angle and hard compound in final stint he still felt the front tyres degrading a lot. So clearly there's an issue there. Maybe RB shouldn't expect to be competitive at front limited circuits from hereAR3-GP wrote: ↑11 Jul 2024, 17:00I watched the onboards with Ver at the end of the race. On the hard tire, the slow corners were well balanced (in both FP1 and final stint of the race). When you compare it to Piastri's final stint, Verstappen wasn't losing any time in slow corners.
https://i.postimg.cc/fyrsLjhy/image.png
The car has a small window for being decent in slow corners.
The biggest issue in Hungary will be temperature. This looks like the hottest race of the year.
https://www.grandprix247.com/2024/07/09 ... ifference/“We struggling at the moment. We don’t have the fastest car at the moment. But we have Max and that makes a difference. but we have to catch up again. Since McLaren updated in Miami, it is now the most competitive car.
“The McLaren is fast everywhere, in all conditions and now Mercedes look like they have caught up. But we are bringing an update and hopefully, this update will be a success so we can run it again. We are used to controlling the top of the field.
“But at the moment we are I would say on the backfoot we have problems. With this setup, it takes too long to find the right balance. But still lucky enough we could extend the championship lead for Max and also in the Constructors,”