Official 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**
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Did Newey pull his secret lever on the car on his way out of the garage? the RB seems all over the place balance wise.
Max getting cross with Lewis fair enough (even tho it was far from the worst block) but I am not sure the swerving about to make his point helps much, more stress in the garage and team having an effect?
Max getting cross with Lewis fair enough (even tho it was far from the worst block) but I am not sure the swerving about to make his point helps much, more stress in the garage and team having an effect?
Aids0G said:
Did Newey pull his secret lever on the car on his way out of the garage? the RB seems all over the place balance wise.
I'm not sure they have a particular problem at such. When you have half a second in hand it's easy to get the balance "right enough" and no-one will know it's not perfect; when your competition start to get close, minor misjudgments in setup (or anything else) become far more obvious. I still think Redbull probably have the fastest car overall, but it's far closer than it was two races ago and that's putting them under pressure.
kambites said:
Aids0G said:
Did Newey pull his secret lever on the car on his way out of the garage? the RB seems all over the place balance wise.
I'm not sure they have a particular problem at such. When you have half a second in hand it's easy to get the balance "right enough" and no-one will know it's not perfect; when your competition start to get close, minor misjudgments in setup (or anything else) become far more obvious. I still think Redbull probably have the fastest car overall, but it's far closer than it was two races ago and that's putting them under pressure.
It’ll be awesome if there’s a proper race to be had on Sunday, with several different cars in contention for the win.
Sandpit Steve said:
Well Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes, and even Tsunoda in the B Team, have done better this afternoon. It’ll be awesome if there’s a proper race to be had on Sunday.
They have and I think there is, but to my mind the telling thing is that there's nothing between Perez and Verstappen. If Verstappen had his usual gap over Perez he'd be at, or at least near, the front. I suspect come the race, Verstappen will be up there with the Mclarens and Ferraris. I think Mercedes are perhaps still a bit in no-mans-land between the top three and the rest. Edited by kambites on Friday 17th May 16:59
Aids0G said:
Did Newey pull his secret lever on the car on his way out of the garage? the RB seems all over the place balance wise.
Max getting cross with Lewis fair enough (even tho it was far from the worst block) but I am not sure the swerving about to make his point helps much, more stress in the garage and team having an effect?
I too hadn't expected Red Bull's move to the midfield to be quite so quick after Newey's departure.Max getting cross with Lewis fair enough (even tho it was far from the worst block) but I am not sure the swerving about to make his point helps much, more stress in the garage and team having an effect?
(I expect they'll get their s
t together overnight and claim pole tomorrow)Great job by Ferrari, and RB look like they’re going to have up their game without the experience of Newey. So much for a forgone conclusion from all the doom mongers if F1 
Good yo see gravel traps returning and big kerbs throwing the cars around when drivers get sloppy. It’s a shame the kink was added as it used to be a brilliant high speed turn way back when.
Good yo see gravel traps returning and big kerbs throwing the cars around when drivers get sloppy. It’s a shame the kink was added as it used to be a brilliant high speed turn way back when. As soon as the sky et al proclaimed "goat" isn't 2 seconds faster than every other car or not 30 seconds up the road he reverts to type.
Should get two penalty points for chopping infront of lewis and braking.
I really hope Karun is right and he takes 26 off because if anyone actually gets close to him he will go back to his usual tactics of forcing drivers wide or you move or we crash.
Should get two penalty points for chopping infront of lewis and braking.
I really hope Karun is right and he takes 26 off because if anyone actually gets close to him he will go back to his usual tactics of forcing drivers wide or you move or we crash.
SmoothCriminal said:
As soon as the sky et all proclaimed "goat" isn't 2 seconds faster than every other car or not 30 seconds up the road he reverts to type.
Should get two penalty points for chopping infront of lewis and braking.
I really hope Karun is right and he takes 25 off because if anyone actually gets close to him he will go back to his usual tactics of forcing drivers wide or you move or we crash.
Hamilton was clearly at fault. Max was having a bad day. Nothing to see here. Should get two penalty points for chopping infront of lewis and braking.
I really hope Karun is right and he takes 25 off because if anyone actually gets close to him he will go back to his usual tactics of forcing drivers wide or you move or we crash.
carlo996 said:
Hamilton was clearly at fault. Max was having a bad day. Nothing to see here.
Hamilton made a small misjudgement and immediately apologised for it. Verstappen was having a difficult day and maybe slightly overreacted... it's not like he side-swiped Hamilton a la Vettel whenever it was. It's a complete non-issue on all sides. M1K3 said:
PiP drop me an email, how much is your flights? Maybe we can sort race day.
My main takeaway is we hear next to nothing on TV vs what is on the team radio, Ferrari champagne is very palatable.
I can't believe nobody has yet made a firm plan to accept your spare tickets!!My main takeaway is we hear next to nothing on TV vs what is on the team radio, Ferrari champagne is very palatable.
As for team radio, a lot of us now watch on F1TV and you can hear everything
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