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[CjC]

A racer he wants in his team

[SB15]

A racer he wants in his team

Keep believing that

[venkyhere]

The Race
- 'Petty, small, embarrassing' - Failed Red Bull protest angers Wolff

“Because I'm 100% sure it’s not Max. He's a racer. He would never go for a protest on such a trivial thing.”

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is he actually begging for the signature ?

[Lasssept]

Simone Resta: "We’ve got also new parts coming into the car in those races that they will always help, let’s say, in improving the performance. So let's see what we can get in Austria."

[SB15]

Simone Resta: "We’ve got also new parts coming into the car in those races that they will always help, let’s say, in improving the performance. So let's see what we can get in Austria."

If they’re targeting and bringing changes to the area’s exactly where I said they should focus on…

I’m going to say anything. I’m going to wait till Austria and kinda after Silverstone to make my conclusion.

[Lasssept]

[Quantum]

is he actually begging for the signature ?

Nope, it's creating maximum disruption to Red Bull, who have got themselves on a sticky wicket of their own doing.

I wouldn't be surprised if George has already signed a multi year deal on the quiet. No announcement will create speculation that has direct implications to Red Bull. It's clear they are unstable with all the big names staff exits the last couple years along with the frivolous whinging and protesting, each passing day Merc don't announce George will only further destabilise.
And for Merc it's a win win scenario having either Max or George.
Though I will guess that Max goes to Aston Martin because of Newey/Honda and Stroll's billions, but also their driver line up consists of a 44 year old Alonso and a rich kid that seems unbothered about it all.

[r85]

Simone Resta: "We’ve got also new parts coming into the car in those races that they will always help, let’s say, in improving the performance. So let's see what we can get in Austria."

If they’re targeting and bringing changes to the area’s exactly where I said they should focus on…

I’m going to say anything. I’m going to wait till Austria and kinda after Silverstone to make my conclusion.

I think Austria and Hungary will be really good tracks to see how much they really improved. They'll be great in Silverstone and Belgium anyway.

[venkyhere]

If they’re targeting and bringing changes to the area’s exactly where I said they should focus on…

I’m going to say anything. I’m going to wait till Austria and kinda after Silverstone to make my conclusion.

I think Austria and Hungary will be really good tracks to see how much they really improved. They'll be great in Silverstone and Belgium anyway.

My conjecture with this new 'more anti squat' suspension is the exact opposite :

On tracks where the 'grain' of tarmac is coarse and grippy (less sliding, encouraging overlap of throttle/brake with steering applied and thus more 'flex' on tyres) and if the track has long corners (more duration under 'duress' for the tyres), the Mercedes will experience thermal deg more than the likes of McLaren & RedBull (both of whom experienced graining, rather than deg, on the fine 'too-smooth' less grippy tarmac in Canada, because they were restricted into 'not overlap' steering with throttle/brake, and were not able to use their 'less tyre deg' advantage in the long corners because there weren't any in the canadian GP).

That said, this theory will hold water only if Mercedes' brake/caketin/caliper/wheelrim cooling hasn't become 'as good as' the McLaren (or atleast Redbull) with their latest update.

[r85]

If they’re targeting and bringing changes to the area’s exactly where I said they should focus on…

I’m going to say anything. I’m going to wait till Austria and kinda after Silverstone to make my conclusion.

I think Austria and Hungary will be really good tracks to see how much they really improved. They'll be great in Silverstone and Belgium anyway.

My conjecture with this new 'more anti squat' suspension is the exact opposite :

On tracks where the 'grain' of tarmac is coarse and grippy (less sliding, encouraging overlap of throttle/brake with steering applied and thus more 'flex' on tyres) and if the track has long corners (more duration under 'duress' for the tyres), the Mercedes will experience thermal deg more than the likes of McLaren & RedBull (both of whom experienced graining, rather than deg, on the fine 'too-smooth' less grippy tarmac in Canada, because they were restricted into 'not overlap' steering with throttle/brake, and were not able to use their 'less tyre deg' advantage in the long corners because there weren't any in the canadian GP).

That said, this theory will hold water only if Mercedes' brake/caketin/caliper/wheelrim cooling hasn't become 'as good as' the McLaren (or atleast Redbull) with their latest update.

Fair point. Belgium is actually a good example when Lewis destroyed his rears (in clean air) way before he caught up to George who was heavily managing his tyres. He had no traction out of T20 and T1. Do you know what they did "correctly" with the W13? That car was really good in high speed corners and was amazing on its tyres. Surely it couldn't have only been the higher wing level right?