2021 Red Bull Racing F1 Team

[loekf2]

2022 car concept with Redbull Honda livery

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The Alpha Tauri white hubcaps and front wheel deflector (can we call it the fender yet?) are my absolute favorite!

Yeah, that one looks good. I really hope the Red Bull do something interesting with their real nose, or reduce the amount of yellow by a lot, because that nose looks like a very big sausage kerb like this!

Alonso doesn't seem to believe it. Regulations are so tight. F1 is becomes a kind of F2+. All cars will look the same, no aero tricks.

[bosyber]

Yeah, but the-race had heard from a few technical people that said theirs looked different enough to notice (though, yes, they probably look at details that we cannot always appreciate), even if Pat Fry in that Alpine interview that also had Alonso echoes much of what Alonso said.

[cheeRS]

Wow, Verstappen almost 8 tenths ahead of Norris and Hamilton. We'll see what happens during Qualifying in a couple hours but it's looking extremely like a one horse race, like last time around.

THat RBR is looking untouchable.

[TNTHead]

Wow, Verstappen almost 8 tenths ahead of Norris and Hamilton. We'll see what happens during Qualifying in a couple hours but it's looking extremely like a one horse race, like last time around.

THat RBR is looking untouchable.

From the onboards it seems that the RB16B is on rails, or even not on the edge. Perez is more than a second off though, so I'll keep it that especially the RB16B/Max combo is in the sweet spot.

[PhillipM]

Norris didn't do a soft tyre run though either.

[cheeRS]

Wow, Verstappen almost 8 tenths ahead of Norris and Hamilton. We'll see what happens during Qualifying in a couple hours but it's looking extremely like a one horse race, like last time around.

THat RBR is looking untouchable.

From the onboards it seems that the RB16B is on rails, or even not on the edge. Perez is more than a second off though, so I'll keep it that especially the RB16B/Max combo is in the sweet spot.

Exactly, Max has found the way to extract the maximum. He's got the skill and experience of 5-6 seasons in a newey/RedBull to really take it right to the limit and get every single 100th. Even with Perez experience in F1, he just doesnt have the miles under him in a RBR.

[godlameroso]

I imagine neither Verstappen or Hamilton got the cleanest of laps.

I'm glad it's this close. Hamilton was a second faster than Verstappen last year. It less than a tenth this year.

Everything to play for tomorrow and Sunday.

[Sieper]

It’s 2 on one even in the sprint race where you have no tactical options. I am not very confident. A dangerous situation to be in. This whole new concept, little points to lose making the stakes less.

[godlameroso]

I wonder if teams used asymmetrical setups. Front right grains a lot so maybe putting extra downforce on the front right will help with the understeer on left hand turns.

[aMessageToCharlie]

Wow, Verstappen almost 8 tenths ahead of Norris and Hamilton. We'll see what happens during Qualifying in a couple hours but it's looking extremely like a one horse race, like last time around.

THat RBR is looking untouchable.

From the onboards it seems that the RB16B is on rails, or even not on the edge. Perez is more than a second off though, so I'll keep it that especially the RB16B/Max combo is in the sweet spot.

Exactly, Max has found the way to extract the maximum. He's got the skill and experience of 5-6 seasons in a newey/RedBull to really take it right to the limit and get every single 100th. Even with Perez experience in F1, he just doesnt have the miles under him in a RBR.

Wow, this conversation really didnt age well. "On rails", "untouchable". P2. And that is in spite of Hamilton not even improving from q2 and losing the rear on his final q3 run. The gap could have been much bigger for Merc and Ham.

[yener]

Considering Mercedes only did race trims in FP1 and RBR was on low fuel optimizing for qualifying makes me concern even more.

[godlameroso]

Still concerned?

[godlameroso]

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

Everything gained on the straights, either Mercedes got a power bump or they took some drag off the car. Perhaps it's a bit of both, Verstappen was faster in the slow corners, but Hamilton had more front axle left at the end of the lap. Verstappen lost it in corner entry to club.

[ME4ME]

At this point Perez is of no help to Verstappen nor to himself and his own championship aspirations. He's got to do better.

[Wouter]

POLE POSITION!