Saw the Mclaren’s and Red Bull deg and I am slightly at ease. Seems to me that running the bigger beam wing was the right call.SB15 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 17:29Tyre deg looks to be better than FP1 since they were struggling to get the tyres up to temperature in Sprint Quali.OverheatedTurbo wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 15:17Worried about the tyre deg. Even tho we’re running a hefty beam wing.
Merc most likely had their engines turned up during the runs on the medium tires in FP1, they were unusually quicker than Ferrari on the straightsTeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 18:34What happened, Nobody could come close to George in FP1 on mediums. But it was a totally different car on the softs
It’s not surprising because they were running a skinner rear wing vs Ferrari. However everything that translates to top-speed is not based on just aero, you have to take in account with the Camber and Toe settings each team uses during any given weekend. Engine modes does have indeed make a difference but, it’s not conclusive to what the team was running.Luscion wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 19:28Merc most likely had their engines turned up during the runs on the medium tires in FP1, they were unusually quicker than Ferrari on the straightsTeamKoolGreen wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 18:34What happened, Nobody could come close to George in FP1 on mediums. But it was a totally different car on the softs
Antonelli is in his 2nd quali ever... Give him time, after his AUS race to me he's by far the best rookie of the bunch and it's not going to be particularly close, let him develop.nitrotech wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 16:54Antonelli is so far out from George in qualifying. It has always been George's forte, but I wasn't expecting the gap to be that large, regardless of the tire warmups. Anyway, on the upside, he doesn't have anything to lose at this stage and should go aggressively at the start to gain some places and he would get another shot at qualifying tomorrow.
Kimi was within 1 tenth of George on the runs in SQ1 and SQ2. He's never raced at this circuit. He's never done the 1 shot soft tire runs with this car that is new to him. He made a mistake in T1 on his single run in SQ3. That's it.nitrotech wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 16:54Antonelli is so far out from George in qualifying. It has always been George's forte, but I wasn't expecting the gap to be that large, regardless of the tire warmups. Anyway, on the upside, he doesn't have anything to lose at this stage and should go aggressively at the start to gain some places and he would get another shot at qualifying tomorrow.
To me, there appeared some "loose" correlation last year with this in W15 car. It just seemed to be better with increased pressures, particularly rear, that's in advance of the effect that had on other chassis.
