2021 Spanish Grand Prix - Catalunya, May 07 - 09

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zibby43 wrote:
10 May 2021, 02:05
Does anyone have the best sector times from the race today?

Thanks in advance.
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dans79 wrote:
10 May 2021, 02:26
zibby43 wrote:
10 May 2021, 02:05
Does anyone have the best sector times from the race today?

Thanks in advance.
This is what you are looking for.
https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... es_v01.pdf
Perfect! Thank you.

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Aesop wrote:
09 May 2021, 23:40
ringo wrote:
09 May 2021, 23:24
We are not looking at a superior car in the W12.
Yes we are. If you can follow the leading car that close for so long and still have more life in your tyres...
Mercedes and Hamilton fooled us all, maybe in Bahrain they still suffered from balance issues but now that they sorted that out the season is over. Sorry for Lewis cause he's obviously a great driver but its never been a level playing field past years and it isnt now. Sky can hype what they want but we wont get to see the dogfight, cause it isnt neccessary for Lewis. So let's enjoy Max' elbows when he's able to use them and root for 22.
Max is just slower. :|
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Midi wrote:
09 May 2021, 23:27

If anything the second stint showed how mature Max drove because he let Lewis close up to around 1,5s and then up his pace just enough that lewis could not overtake on the straight with similar aged tires.
Merc going for the successful opposite strategy in my opinion shows they didn’t think Lewis would have passed on equal strategies.
But wait.. So Max was controlling the race, you say? So the RedBull gas had stronger race pace after all!
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Scorpaguy wrote:
09 May 2021, 23:33
Today's race again showed what we all know...

1. Merc has the better car
2. Merc makes the better strategy calls
3. Bot continues to prove he is NO WHERE near Ham or Max
4. Checo will do good just to outpace Bot

What this world needs is for Ham and Max to be on the same Team and for Bot and Checo to be on the same team...that would make for loads of great racing.
Why? Why does the world need them on the same team? What sort of problem needs to answered by doing this? Very curious. :?:
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NathanOlder wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:03
dans79 wrote:
09 May 2021, 23:50
I don't know what's more entertaining, the race or the race thread!
The race. The race thread is now suggesting the Mercedes is a much much faster car than the RedBull :lol:
I wish the Mercedes was faster. I want it to dominate again. Today i thought it would be a good step on the way, but I was disappointed. I couldnt really tell if it was truly faster. Max was too close. He was in front in fact and we couldn't overtake him after many attempts. Valterri was also too far back, so far there wasnt even a one-two finish. You know how long its been before Mercedes had a one-two?! Man i miss those days! I was glad that the strategy and the ability of HAM to make it work brought the win though. Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
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MKlaus wrote:
10 May 2021, 01:47
dans79 wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:09
NathanOlder wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:03


The race. The race thread is now suggesting the Mercedes is a much much faster car than the RedBull :lol:
If it is, it only seems to be in that hands of Lewis. Bottas couldn't get past charles, and then even after he jumped him during the pit stops and had clear air, he didn't make much headway into Max.
please stop using bottas as a reference. he is as sloppy as mazepin. he doesn't even show desire to fight on track and is content for a walk in the park. lewis repeated what he did in hungary 2019, which clearly suggest w12 is as fast as it's predecessors. no need to make it a point as if one driver is driving beyond what a car can do. same applies to red bull. both teams have below par second drivers. i always maintained that mercedes is the better car and winter testing was as misleading as it it can get due to mercedes not having found the sweet spot of set up. now thry and w12 shows it's every bit reincarnation of w11.
Lol. I think Bottas may go to redbull in 2022. He seems fed-up with Mercedes.
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ringo wrote:
10 May 2021, 04:00
Lol. I think Bottas may go to redbull in 2022. He seems fed-up with Mercedes.
Why would Red Bull bother with Bottas? He’s an average driver, no better than Perez (probably worse in fact).

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Kingshark wrote:
10 May 2021, 04:28
ringo wrote:
10 May 2021, 04:00
Lol. I think Bottas may go to redbull in 2022. He seems fed-up with Mercedes.
Why would Red Bull bother with Bottas? He’s an average driver, no better than Perez (probably worse in fact).
If memory serves he prefers and oversteer/twitchy car. I have a vague recollections of him complaining about understeer last year, and understeer is what Lewis prefers.

Based on what I've seen this year while it's better than last year the rb16b still looks like an oversteer car.
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PlatinumZealot wrote:
10 May 2021, 03:53
Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
That’s the thing though, he wouldn’t have had to if the W12 wasn’t able to stay tucked in his gearbox and keep the tires in better shape despite being in dirty air.

The amount of progress that car has made since testing is impressive. Equally impressive has been Hamilton’s ability to just massage those tires with blistering pace to boot.

Lewis would’ve kept the lead into T1 if he hadn’t of helped Bottas try to get a tow on Max. We could’ve seen how much the W12 could’ve broken out in clean air.

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Max vs Lewis : telemetry and corner by corner comparison thread during quali

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zibby43 wrote:
10 May 2021, 04:42
PlatinumZealot wrote:
10 May 2021, 03:53
Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
he hadn’t of helped Bottas
Zibby this hurt my eyes.

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PlatinumZealot wrote:
10 May 2021, 03:53
NathanOlder wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:03
The race. The race thread is now suggesting the Mercedes is a much much faster car than the RedBull :lol:
I wish the Mercedes was faster. I want it to dominate again. Today i thought it would be a good step on the way, but I was disappointed.
Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
The Redbull us equally as quick as Merc. Compare the second drivers and we get an idea of the true pace.
Max lost it again. Leclerc would have won the race in the same car.

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McMika98 wrote:
10 May 2021, 06:52
PlatinumZealot wrote:
10 May 2021, 03:53
NathanOlder wrote:
10 May 2021, 00:03
The race. The race thread is now suggesting the Mercedes is a much much faster car than the RedBull :lol:
I wish the Mercedes was faster. I want it to dominate again. Today i thought it would be a good step on the way, but I was disappointed.
Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
The Redbull us equally as quick as Merc. Compare the second drivers and we get an idea of the true pace.
Max lost it again. Leclerc would have won the race in the same car.
Uh oh, better delete your post. MV fans are going to be triggered.

There’s no way max can ever lose in an equal car.
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b2bL44 wrote:
10 May 2021, 06:17
zibby43 wrote:
10 May 2021, 04:42
PlatinumZealot wrote:
10 May 2021, 03:53
Max could have won if he didn't burn out his tyres in the opening laps.
he hadn’t of helped Bottas
Zibby this hurt my eyes.
You should not have read it then. Be more careful next time. :mrgreen:

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