2019 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing - Honda F1 Team

[shingles]

I don’t think it has to be about less power but a different power delivery. You are right you don’t want too much fiddling into most turn ones though. The thing that I feel is pretty crappy about the state of F1 racing right now is that getting to the front at the start often dictates the win. The tile 4-6 cars rarely change positions after the start. So getting a good start can make or break the race.

Maplesoup - interesting point about the MGU-K.

[Wouter]

Horner on the Formula1 site:

"There were no issues with the previous engine that we have, so they'll be used on Fridays. We were always planning this year to take more than three engines [before incurring penalties for taking more units]. This is part of that for them to catch [Mercedes and Ferrari] they've got to push the boundaries, which is exactly what they're doing."

Red Bull have struggled to get the RB15 into the right operating window this year, but Horner reckons they "made progress" with their understanding of the car in Baku and have "closed the gap since the beginning of the year" to Mercedes and Ferrari.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... oA05E.html

[godlameroso]

The biggest issue with Red Bull is starting position. The car has improved, starts are still lacking.

Gasly had more pace than LeClerc at times but that pace is useless if you start 13 positions down. Especially when the performance is so close.

The race pace of the Bulls is getting better, but right now they can't defend a restart attack, and the race starts are comparatively sluggish. That is a clear disadvantage when the top 3 are so close.

Operationally they are up there, but Mercedes makes too few mistakes. Red Bull has to push harder which makes mistakes both more costly and inevitable.

[Maplesoup]

I don’t think it has to be about less power but a different power delivery. You are right you don’t want too much fiddling into most turn ones though. The thing that I feel is pretty crappy about the state of F1 racing right now is that getting to the front at the start often dictates the win. The tile 4-6 cars rarely change positions after the start. So getting a good start can make or break the race.

Maplesoup - interesting point about the MGU-K.

Cars will run as close to their party mode as possible on the first lap of the race. It is worth the engine wear to maintain or gain track position. The only difference will be the ERS setting as they can't burn all their energy like in a qualy run as they will suffer for the next few laps while they recharge (red bull, Baku, 2018).

So they'll only fiddle with mappings near the end of the first lap once they've got some breathing space.

[Wouter]

Congratulations to Max Verstappen. He has a new brother Jason Jaxx, born on April 30.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw-Ha_xDUPB/

[Capharol]

complete team radio of Max Verstappen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JffX7FnItI

[godlameroso]

Rapid recharge mode 9? Interesting.

[Alexf1]

Anyone any idea what "fail 10 fail" is? Its being said a lot to Max on the radio.

[etusch]

Anyone any idea what "fail 10 fail" is? Its being said a lot to Max on the radio.

Gasly failed

[hugobos]

No Gasly fail isn’t that multi 21 ?

[Maplesoup]

Anyone any idea what "fail 10 fail" is? Its being said a lot to Max on the radio.

Probably telling him to reset a certain sensor

[hugobos]

There is a fail button on the steering wheel -google- it is for putting systems into fail safe mode, also there’s a 10 button on the steeringwheel to select with 10 step increments. So multiple times fail 10 fail is multiple “ items” in fail safe mode,

[NL_Fer]

Fail-number-fail on the radia has been used in the past to reset or override an error in the ecu.

[HondaPOD]

interesting article about Verstappen/Redbull/honda : The impressive outsider in the 2019 Formula 1 title fight
https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/22610

...
Winning the title in Red Bull-Honda’s first year may be beyond Verstappen but the longer the Dutchman maximises results the longer he remains realistically in the hunt as and when the partnership can take the fight to Mercedes and Ferrari. He is ‘only’ 36 points behind the lead drivers in a season in which 1-2s have been on the menu for the Mercs. Verstappen has been unusually – and beneficially – quiet so far in 2019 but the outsider in the title fight is doing everything right. He is no longer the upstart cage-rattler in the top six in terms of experience now that Leclerc and Gasly have joined the party, even if, age wise, he is but two weeks older than Ferrari’s protégé and actually 18 months younger than his own team-mate. He is still brash, still rapid, but has added a maturity that was previously absent. “We have to keep on trying to collect points when we are still not quite quick enough in qualifying for example, as we started behind them, and at the moment that’s what we’re doing,” he said post-Azerbaijan. The long game is now in view. You can't win a title early doors but you can certainly lose it. Monaco – if he can keep it out of the wall – is surely a prime opportunity to deliver a win.
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[etusch]

Spain can be good base to compare where they were in winter and where they are now. Their q performance, race pace, Gasly's performance improvement etc.
If mercedes keep winning nobody has chance. But I am sure their job can not go so smooth for whole season. Some Ferrari win some Redbull win before second half can help Redbull. First win will be another motivation for Honda.
I expect mercedes vs Redbull in second half of the season