GP on his relationship with Max
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If car can survive baku it can survive singapore with a lower ride height. Think the bigger issue will be tyre temps and wear.euv2 wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 01:44Yup, as I said previously Max was comfortably faster in sector 2 during the race like 0.2-3s faster than George and Sainz (who had quickest S2 all week in q3).AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 00:11https://www.gptoday.net/nl/nieuws/f1/29 ... uggevondenPositive things
Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies sees positive things. After Verstappen's triumph in Baku, Mekies spoke out to the international media: "We feel that some of the positive things we saw in Monza, we found again in Baku."
"Especially when it comes to the slow corners. It's only slow corners here, and despite the low downforce, that worked very well for us. That's a different comparison than in Monza."
In Q1 and Q2 when both MCL got in good laps, Max was still on avg a tenth faster in sector 2.
That's why I think the RB21 will be fine in the slow corners in Singapore, the bigger issues will be ride height due to bumps and kerb riding.
It's Singapore. If car is on pole it will win. You can't pass around Singapore without a massive pace advantage.Ashwinv16 wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 08:59If car can survive baku it can survive singapore with a lower ride height. Think the bigger issue will be tyre temps and wear.euv2 wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 01:44Yup, as I said previously Max was comfortably faster in sector 2 during the race like 0.2-3s faster than George and Sainz (who had quickest S2 all week in q3).
In Q1 and Q2 when both MCL got in good laps, Max was still on avg a tenth faster in sector 2.
That's why I think the RB21 will be fine in the slow corners in Singapore, the bigger issues will be ride height due to bumps and kerb riding.
.Exklusiv: Verstappen vor GT3-Renndebüt auf der Nordschleife.
Wie F1-Insider.com exklusiv erfuhr, wird der viermalige Weltmeister beim kommenden NLS-Event (Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie)
am Samstag (27. September) an den Start gehen, aller Voraussicht nach in einem Ferrari 296 GT3.
Singapore is a night race so track temp will not be that high.
What happened in that one corner towards the end? Max is very very good around this track.
I don't think that is definitive yet. They set good pace during GP, but messed up Quali and didn't have the straight line speed to overtake in the race.pantherxxx wrote: ↑24 Sep 2025, 16:30Honestly based on Baku actually Mclaren is now worse at kerbs and bumpy tracks than Red Bull.
It's still a hot race though, even though humidity is the biggest factor for drivers.
The air temperature is important for choosing the cooling configuration but I think the tire behaviour is more sensitive to the track temperature. Singapore doesn't experience very high track temps because it's a night race. Sunlight is the reason that the track becomes much warmer than the air temp. Without the sunlight, there's very little difference between the track and air temps.WardenOfTheNorth wrote: ↑25 Sep 2025, 18:14It's still a hot race though, even though humidity is the biggest factor for drivers.
Does humidity effect car performance??
