Not any more I thought they had 3 or 4 sets of Inters at every race, not 5yooogurt wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 12:18Are you sure about 2?
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Not any more I thought they had 3 or 4 sets of Inters at every race, not 5yooogurt wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 12:18Are you sure about 2?
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It wasn't 'really bad' unless you were expecting them to fight for top podium spots.
McLaren, alpine, mercedes, red bull were all faster than Ferrari. Leclerc's brilliant restart kept the car in good scoring positions but 5th fastest car in the wet was reality. A big weakness of the carSeanspeed wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 17:14It wasn't 'really bad' unless you were expecting them to fight for top podium spots.
Considering where they'd have been at if this was the car from earlier in the season, it's actually a big improvement. It was fine. Not amazing, but we knew this track layout in these kinds of conditions would be basically worst case scenario for the car. The fact that they still hung on and were up at least near the front was a good accomplishment.
Wasn't just the restart, Leclerc was running solidly in the first stint. Things fluctuated here and there, but he was also hanging onto the pace of the guys in front at the end as well(Max excluded). Far from 'really bad'. And yea, we know it's a weakness of the car, but if this was the same car from like Canada, we'd probably not have been running in the top 10. Still big improvements to balance and front end that helped keep Leclerc in the mix here.organic wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 19:43McLaren, alpine, mercedes, red bull were all faster than Ferrari. Leclerc's brilliant restart kept the car in good scoring positions but 5th fastest car in the wet was reality. A big weakness of the carSeanspeed wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 17:14It wasn't 'really bad' unless you were expecting them to fight for top podium spots.
Considering where they'd have been at if this was the car from earlier in the season, it's actually a big improvement. It was fine. Not amazing, but we knew this track layout in these kinds of conditions would be basically worst case scenario for the car. The fact that they still hung on and were up at least near the front was a good accomplishment.
that livery was soo perfect!!deadhead wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 19:41One of my favorite overtakes
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It's so sad that he barely even managed 2nd. He was easily on for a win in Vegas until he got screwed over by the safety car. It was a miracle he even managed to get back past Perez. He had something like a 10 lap tyre delta on Verstappen after the first round of pit stops and still came out ahead. Had the safety car not given Verstappen a cheap 2nd stop, Leclerc would probably have won by 10 seconds.deadhead wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 19:41One of my favorite overtakes
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Livery was amazing, race was amazing, overtake was amazing, driver was amazing, if only the result was amazing too... maybe this is the year.deadhead wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 19:41One of my favorite overtakes
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Not much. We're going into round 21, and it's been an issue since race 1. They've been working with the brake ducts as a way to heat the tyres, hence the increased lift n coast in the race to cool the brakes. It was obviously exaggerated by having 3 races, 2 at relatively high altitude and 1 that is heavy on brakes.
No extreme setup. The car has still gotten better in qualifying. It's still a weakness, but not quite as big as before. Just gotta rely on starting as far up as possible and then using any superior race pace to get ahead or take advantage of some luck/good strategy.