Next year is one of those years that anyone can win.
Right now with that HUGE damage to Max's RBR, the CAP, the cost of the repairs; you got to think that RBR are gonna be on the back foot going into next year.
Next year is one of those years that anyone can win.
It’s been happening since Bahrain it’s just we don’t get to hear it unless it’s a radio call that gets played, the PR team hides all those problems related to engine. It’s mainly in hotter conditions that they suffer with getting more electrical energy. Something I’m sure they want to correct for 2022.Juzh wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 13:37I watched norris' onboard when he was battling alonso in sprint race. Amount of time alonso lost on straights is unreal. His rear lights were flashing constantly indicating empty battery. Like not even half way down the straight, it started already after 1/3 of any straight. After that norris gained literally bus lengths on him. They really need to sort out energy recovery on that car.
Here is their full battle starting just after alonso overtakes norris in copse, keep an eye on timing of red lights:
https://streamable.com/jhmp21
A lap after overtake Alonso starts harvesting already at DRS line on wellington straight . At that point straight has barely even begun. I though, ok, he'll recharge and then it's back to normal again, but no, It remains that way till the end, always with battery at zero charge.
Any team who wants to be challenging can’t be lacking in power/packaging/installation/cooling/center of gravity/weight and mechanical performance. Everything will need to be working like clockwork with the limited aero rules to give a team a good chance. The teams who can take advantage of having a packaging advantage as well as obviously whatever aero tricks are still left will be up there. There’s a lot they need to get right.
This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
Plus we have more tunnel time than any of the other top teams!Andres125sx wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 14:41This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
But we know Alonso, he would have never joined Renault/Alpine if he does not think there will be a chance to fight for titles next season
I would love to ride your optimism boat but so far alpine has not shown something to be more optimistic about next year. They have gone backwards this year and i am not sure how confident engineering team will feel going into next year.Andres125sx wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 14:41This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
But we know Alonso, he would have never joined Renault/Alpine if he does not think there will be a chance to fight for titles next season
Maybe but there is no correlation on how well they're gonna do this year with how well they'll do next year. You're basing Alpine's next year sucess on this year's track performance but you don't know how much budget they allocate to the 2021 car or how much of that they held back for the 2022 car. Maybe they took 50% of the 2021 car's budget and put it toward 2022?max_speed wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 17:49I would love to ride your optimism boat but so far alpine has not shown something to be more optimistic about next year. They have gone backwards this year and i am not sure how confident engineering team will feel going into next year.Andres125sx wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 14:41This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
But we know Alonso, he would have never joined Renault/Alpine if he does not think there will be a chance to fight for titles next season
It doesn’t really make sense to judge next year based on this year because there running 2019 chassis and engine at the moment.max_speed wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 17:49I would love to ride your optimism boat but so far alpine has not shown something to be more optimistic about next year. They have gone backwards this year and i am not sure how confident engineering team will feel going into next year.Andres125sx wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 14:41This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
But we know Alonso, he would have never joined Renault/Alpine if he does not think there will be a chance to fight for titles next season
RedNEO wrote: ↑21 Jul 2021, 07:45It doesn’t really make sense to judge next year based on this year because there running 2019 chassis and engine at the moment.max_speed wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 17:49I would love to ride your optimism boat but so far alpine has not shown something to be more optimistic about next year. They have gone backwards this year and i am not sure how confident engineering team will feel going into next year.Andres125sx wrote: ↑20 Jul 2021, 14:41
This would be true with same ruleset, but next season it´s all new so none can know what will be next season perfomance for any team
But we know Alonso, he would have never joined Renault/Alpine if he does not think there will be a chance to fight for titles next season
They are only 8 points from 5th place and have had significantly less changed on there car compared to AT and AM so if they can focus on making the current package faster without updates it will benefit them. They don’t have the luxury of being supported by there A-teams so this next step is going to be the most anticipated, difficult and most valued going into 2022.
It's just one of the things I like about F1, looking for car updates and the excitement of thier possible improvements.RedNEO wrote: ↑22 Jul 2021, 13:35They are only 8 points from 5th place and have had significantly less changed on there car compared to AT and AM so if they can focus on making the current package faster without updates it will benefit them. They don’t have the luxury of being supported by there A-teams so this next step is going to be the most anticipated, difficult and most valued going into 2022.
It’s time to get excited about going into the unknown again, sure the same top teams will still be there unlike 2009 but this time it’s not unrealistic to say other teams can’t get involved with the right people and knowhow/tools with budgets converging.