Asking as I’ve heard mixed things about this, and Charles said the car actually felt okay to drive - what suggests the Ferrari is hard to drive? Peter Windsor said the same thing in his round up, and I think possibly Brundle said the same. I can’t watch the on track footage unfortunately as F1tv (and sky) are not available in Australia.zibby43 wrote: ↑13 Mar 2021, 05:26Hamilton had to sign a 1-year deal because they ran out of time to negotiate. Toto signed an extension, so he’s not contemplating anything. And one component of the car broke on the best possible day for any breakage to occur during a season: day 1 of testing.foxmulder_ms wrote: ↑13 Mar 2021, 00:30The worst ever start for Merc in last 8 years??
First crack on the armor of the mighty!!
I don't like the recent developments in Merc. Hamilton signing for only one year just before the season starts, toto is contemplating leaving and now a broken car for the testing?
But that’s how dominant Mercedes has been. If they have a bad 8 hours in a 365-day year, it’s shocking.
Let’s see where they are Sunday. Mercedes aside, Red Bull looked good relative to the midfield teams, but a sorted-out Merc is still the benchmark.
I was rooting for Ferrari to have a big bounce-back year, but the car looked hard to drive. Then again, so did the Merc, but they’re never on anything less than 140 lbs of fuel in the car.
As to the sliding of the Merc - when the lap times are seconds off the pace and the car is sliding, it’s the telltale sign of the tires not being in the window. That’s worth multiple seconds, as Istanbul demonstrated last year so clearly.
Cheers!
