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The Canadian Grand Prix was a spectacular affair with drizzle at the start, tense fighting across the fields and a series on unpredictably retirements, but in the end it was again Kimi Antonelli who drew the longest straw to win again. Hamilton and Verstappen were happy to join him on the podium after securing season best results.
How is it impossible? I'm guessing the animals come from the parts of the island with vegetation, just make temporary fences to the track areas?
they already try to capture as many of these little fellows beforehand I have read.Rikhart wrote: ↑22 May 2026, 21:26How is it impossible? I'm guessing the animals come from the parts of the island with vegetation, just make temporary fences to the track areas?
SQ2 starting when qualy should have been over.
ahh, that is the best part of it. : )
The superclipping might be minimal but it's still not nice to look at. The cars just stop accelerating at one point. Like towards the hairpin they reached 290kph or sth and then they just sat there until the braking point. We know they can accelerate past that as visible on the last straight. The sound just irritates me
In my mind, it's a simple reason : except the T1-T2 and the double apex T10, there are no 'actual corners', there are just chicanes => this is going to be a power track, and the effect is amplified by these "fake-environmentalist-big-con" regulations. And the fact that anyone who attempts to 'bite some extra time' from a corner will suffer in the straights, with these AI algorithms, means it's pretty nailed on, that the competitive order is purely going to be defined by the PU.AR3-GP wrote: ↑22 May 2026, 23:50This track produces a "noah's ark" effect. Albon and Lawson did not take part but would likely have lined up next to their teammates.
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Fully agreed Sir! Extremely well summarized!AR3-GP wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 00:03I'm sure Mercedes is ahead of everyone but I'm not convinced that the gap is this small. Ferrari was too close with their PU deficit. Merc had 1 session to dial in a new car. The other teams are running in their Miami spec. So the gap could be larger tomorrow. Toto and Antonelli both seemed to imply this in their interviews.
I think the other teams will also improve for tomorrow's qualifying after tweaks (but maybe not as much as Mercedes).
Isn't that their peak power is lower, but they have better acceleration in early phase (just like with starts) due to smaller turbo? The stop-and-go nature of the track might explain their relative good performance.AR3-GP wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 00:03I'm sure Mercedes is ahead of everyone but I'm not convinced that the gap is this small. Ferrari was too close with their PU deficit. Merc had 1 session to dial in a new car. The other teams are running in their Miami spec. So the gap could be larger tomorrow. Toto and Antonelli both seemed to imply this in their interviews.
I think the other teams will also improve for tomorrow's qualifying after tweaks (but maybe not as much as Mercedes).
I think it doesn't make a difference outside of the starts. Teams use the MGU-K to back fill any torque lag but the turbo is always spinning fast in the corners due to the need for harvesting.Paa wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 02:17Isn't that their peak power is lower, but they have better acceleration in early phase (just like with starts) due to smaller turbo? The stop-and-go nature of the track might explain their relative good performance.
But I'm just speculating here. I did not see any telemetry to back up my theory.
Really? You might be right, but then I don't really get Ferrari.AR3-GP wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 03:12I think it doesn't make a difference outside of the starts. Teams use the MGU-K to back fill any torque lag but the turbo is always spinning fast in the corners due to the need for harvesting.Paa wrote: ↑23 May 2026, 02:17Isn't that their peak power is lower, but they have better acceleration in early phase (just like with starts) due to smaller turbo? The stop-and-go nature of the track might explain their relative good performance.
But I'm just speculating here. I did not see any telemetry to back up my theory.
On the other hand I think the 6MJ recovery limit (lowest of the year) might have actually benefitted Ferrari. They tend to lose out more when the recovery limit is higher because then more harvesting is required outside of braking.