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Post by ChrisM on Aug 21, 2020 20:12:47 GMT
Can anyone stop the Hamilton steamroller?
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Post by Alex on Aug 28, 2020 13:02:16 GMT
Spa is all about power so I'm guessing the only answer to that question is Bottas. Racing Point should have a good weekend too unless Max can really pull something out the bag.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 18:43:48 GMT
The pink Mercedes are fairly quick so far.
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Post by Big Blue on Aug 30, 2020 17:54:15 GMT
Well I said a couple of years ago when LeClerc took the Ferrari seat at the expense of Kimi that Kimi would beat LeClerc in one race at least. I was just a couple of seasons out
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 20:59:40 GMT
I would really like to know how Ferrari were cheating and what was done to correct it, they were blinding last year and this year they are just nowhere. Being passed by the Alfa'a must make the old geezer turn in his grave.
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Post by Sav on Aug 30, 2020 22:54:26 GMT
How Ferrari cheated is that the FIA’s sensor for measuring the maximum fuel flow permitted was being manipulated. When the second sensor was introduced at the end of 2019, Ferrari lost their straight-line speed advantage. Red Bull fell afoul of this at the 2014 Australian GP, at the time Red Bull insisted that the FIA sensor was inaccurate, but that argument got thrown out.
With Ferrari, they have a double-whammy. They have a powertrain which massively lacks power, with a car with poor balance and not enough downforce. The cornering speeds are now so fast because the downforce is so vast, most teams can afford to trim downforce to help minimise the drag they now have. Therefore more tracks are becoming lower-downforce in set-up. I think this harms Ferrari, because they have to run a certain downforce level, they can’t afford to trim downforce because they lack it.
Watching today’s race only illustrated further how laptimes need to get slower and cornering speeds need to reduce. The drivers are on rails, they pick up the throttle well before corner exit now. It looks spectacular on Saturday, but it really harms Sunday. Drivers struggle to stay close, and the DRS was the only saving grace for cars being in close proximity. Today’s cars are an engineer’s dream, but they are not producing what we need for great racing.
I was watching todays Formula 2 race, and it only reinforced my view that these tarmac run-off areas are dangerous. You had a car off-track at Les Combe which rejoined dangerously, the car exiting the corner had to hesitate, only to be rammed from behind because he didn't see what was happening. The FIA also keep talking about track limits, but the gravel and grass keeps being eroded for asphalt run-off.
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