For sure, it's going to be two stopper tomorrow, which offers a lot of opportunities. His car can be rebuilt entirely with all the tire data they have, which isn't the case for anyone else on the grid and that is a big advantage to to make a short work of the bottom half of the field. Like always, if he elongates his first two stints along with a quick chop of the midfield and move within top 10, then a lot is possible. Max has to fight and if he retains P1 after turn 3, then the second Merc would become insignificant in the scheme of things. It would still be a fight between Max and Lewis.
My opinion is; he was trying to have better exit to overtake driver who front of him. Maybe he open throttle earlier than he used to...
He's shafted Max tomorrow I fear. But even if he managed to stay in the top 5 he wouldn't have the pace to worry Lewis across full race distance
Max has the pace to win, ultimately that's the most important thing, i'd recommend ignoring Bottas he won't be in the winning strategy, keeping track position to Hamilton is what counts.
I think tyre degredation will be a very important or the decisive factor in the race.
But in my opinion that doesn’t righteous the big gap to Max. .3 or maybe even .4 is still understandable but .7?ME4ME wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 21:30Well no, I disagree on that.
I think RBR has done all in its power to help Perez get on the pace so far this season. He's got a solid engineering team around him that he seems happy with. The (previous) car's instability has been fixed. The only thing you can realistically point to is Verstappen getting the updates first.
But honestly, I think it ultimately comes down to talent. Perez is out-classed by the drivers he's racing: Verstappen, Hamilton, Norris, Leclerc.
Serveral poor races go by. Pressure builds. Desperate setups and on-track mistakes follow. Confidence collapses.
The same happened to Vandoorne against Alonso at Mclaren.
Bottas should be credited for being pretty tough mentally.
I think Red Bull will have to find a more naturally gifted yet sufficienty experienced driver.
True.
Russel at 50% probability already? Or just 40%?
Make that the fourth. In the last season Ric was also .2/0.3 seconds per lap slower. His saving grace was that the midfield was farther away, so he still could produce good finishes.darkpino wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 21:14I think RBR needs to look in the mirror also. This will be the 3th 2nd driver who won’t succeed if this keeps going on. And Perez is no slouch, he’s experienced and pretty quick also as he shown in the past. It can’t be true that it’s all down to the drivers and RBR has nothing to do with it imo