Unfortunatly they looks slowest but Honda must stay in F1.Sayeman wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 08:01I don't know man, Racepace doesnt look that good either. Are they slower than Sauber? What a rubbish start of the season. Can someone explain why Hartley was 40 sec behind Leclerc after the safety car restart?
Another engine blow up? Nice. who would have thought?
Just leave the sport Honda. Utterly incompetent, 4 years in, still nowhere.
are you sure that its not all down to an extremely draggy chassis?Fulcrum wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 08:30They are definitely the slowest team on the circuit, but this isn't entirely due to power deficiency.
The car looks to be heavy on tyres. They're pretty reasonable at the beginning of a stint, but they're falling off badly from the midpoint of the stint onward. Three factors are likely contributing to this:
- pure chassis related issues.
- inconsistent power/torque delivery.
- chassis-engine coupling not optimal relative to other teams.
Who knows which component is most prominent, but for sure, the third one will improve with each race.
zoroastar wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 08:48are you sure that its not all down to an extremely draggy chassis?Fulcrum wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 08:30They are definitely the slowest team on the circuit, but this isn't entirely due to power deficiency.
The car looks to be heavy on tyres. They're pretty reasonable at the beginning of a stint, but they're falling off badly from the midpoint of the stint onward. Three factors are likely contributing to this:
- pure chassis related issues.
- inconsistent power/torque delivery.
- chassis-engine coupling not optimal relative to other teams.
Who knows which component is most prominent, but for sure, the third one will improve with each race.
Probably exercising caution, till the know full details of Gasly's failure.Soichiro wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 08:54A race to forget. What was Hartley doing not closing up behind safety car? He wasn't pushing to catch the tail - at least that is what it looked like following the gap on F1 app. When race restarted he regained a bit ground until he had to let front runners past.
Curios what went wrong with Gasly's engine.
Curious to see what this turns out to be. TC maybe? Gasly managed to drive back after all.
Gasly was doing OK until the problem emerged. His pace was good in reference to Williams and FI considering the situation. If it wasn't for Hartley blocking him into the first corner he might have been even further up. So Gasly is showing some promise but Hartley has yet to show some pace.
He locked up at the first corner and flatspotted the tyres
If they have even a little of dignity, they should pull out. Even I am feeling embarrassed.McMika98 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2018, 09:14Deja vu. Wretched weekend after a promising pre season. Guess Mclaren decision has been vindicated.
Engine trouble in first race without even pushing it to the limits. Damm. So Wazari spec 4.0 is still unreliable and slow. They could not even keep up with the Saubers. Despite the massive inlet and space for cooling the engine does not fail to fail.
Honda will most likely pull out next year now.
That would mean giving up. They need to make it. Everything else will be seen as defeat. It is a hard time being Honda and a Honda fan, but it is the moments like this that truly separates the stronger from the weak.
