Rewatched Monza 2022 (it was on Sky) and the RB18 was an insane car.
Completely in another league compared to the others.
This just tells me that the car is going backwards. It will be a miracle if Max goes on the podium in Monza.
Hungary is debatable for him dropping points, but generally I agree.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑30 Aug 2024, 10:33A lot of doom and gloom here. Making a car more predicatble doesn't necessarily make it slower. The driver needs to be comfortable with the car. Also, Max is in no danger for the championship battle. He hasn't made a single mistake this year except for Miami. He won't be dropping unnecessary points.
Was similar in Spa through sector 2. More wing level than other (presumably to protect the tyre deg?) but didn’t help on the DRS zone after eau rouge.Paa wrote: ↑30 Aug 2024, 11:55I think straight line speed/drs advantage is gone. They are best equal with some other teams.
The only slight advantage they have is in the fast sweeping corners (as long as track is smooth). So they will be probably good in parabolica. But generally there is much more time can be gained/lost in the chicanes.
Think quali will be competitive. Big question mark is race pace compared to McL which also looks very fast in the straights.
I think Max has enough of a points advantage to win the world title if only by a few points. Going to back to a predictable configuration isn't a bad idea for Redbull. Especially as they'll be wanting to discover how they went wrong with the car design so they can see if they've made similar mistakes with the RB21 that will be in development.
You can't pin poor performance on just one element of a package. The RB20 hasn't been performing as Max has wanted for a long while now. If anything Max has extracted everything out of the car, whereas Perez hasn't.