Tyson Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 4/2/2022 at 8:12 AM, Swampy442 said: The way commentators talk about it, they've never seen bike racing, draughting and planning the best point to overtake is part of the game, its called race craft. Im happy with DRS, both as an attacking and defensive tool without it we wouldn't have had the Verstappen - Leclerc battle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I thought the whole point of the new cars was so they could follow another car closely and be able to slip stream it, then do a standard send it up the inside out braking maneuver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 4 DRS zones at the OZ GP ? with 2 detection points Is this really true racing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Thats going to be interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 5 hours ago, Dnk said: 4 DRS zones at the OZ GP ? with 2 detection points Is this really true racing ? That should lead to overtaking, and re-overtaking, could be interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 From memory, Albert Park isn't too long when it comes to straights so I'd be willing to bet that even these 4 DRS zones don't add up to the same distance as 2 DRS zones in some of the other tracks (espscially those with long ass straights like Baku). It's basically 2 standard DRS zones with each one split up by a chicane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 This is getting stupid, might as well just make the whole track a DRS zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Why don't we see what happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/4/2022 at 1:54 PM, Dnk said: I thought the whole point of the new cars was so they could follow another car closely and be able to slip stream it, then do a standard send it up the inside out braking maneuver Following is one thing, overtaking is another. It's removing the straight line speed advantage of the more powerful cars to even out the field. The proof as they say will be in the pudding, so lets see what happens on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugello Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Charles takes an early Championship lead. Going to be interesting to see what upgrades Mercedes bring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabella Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 At least Mercs finish the race! God knows what's happening to RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Nobody would ever have said Mercedes would be leading the constructors at this point! Great race, especially in the mid pack. I was quite alarmed how much porpoising the Ferrari and Mercedes have versus the Red Bull. The head on shots were brilliant. Lots of work still to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Annabella said: At least Mercs finish the race! God knows what's happening to RB. Who cares 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 It seems as though Mercedes are happy as long as they outperform Red Bull. Ferrari are likley going to run away with it eventually. It's almost as if Lewis is starting to relax into a bit more of a Seb personality now as well. Just out there to enjoy it a little more than usual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugello Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Not an ideal start to the weekend for Mercedes - Will be interesting to see how the sprint race goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycm Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Kind of hard to watch Hamilton having no option but to concede his cars shite and that every weeks ‘rescue’ week. To go from total domination to lucky if he’s in the top 10 must hurt. Not looking forward to numerous Grand Prix races must suck for a driver, is it all simply down to this hopping/not getting the power down or is something else a foot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Im stunned nobody has got to the bottom of the bouncing yet, I thought at least one team would have got something. The Mercedes looked a total pig on the straights. The Ferrari too but they seem to have got the stability on the brakes. Toto said they just cant get heat in the tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycm Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 They used to be the best in the wet, but according to Toto they’ve said they’ve zero grip. Imagine a car hopping along and bad weather to deal with lethal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Interesting result in the FP session 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugello Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Interesting race! Charles dropping the ball was totally unexpected, as was Russell recovering to P4, but Norris in P3 is always good to see. Can't help but feel for Carlos Sainz too. It seems that Mercedes are in a worse position than they even thought, the bouncing is a lot worse than Ferrari as it starts at a lower speed, meaning they are not only losing down the straights but also through the mid-high speed corners. Lifting the ride height helps Mercedes compromise, but that too is costing a lot of time as the car was simply not designed to be run that high, at that angle. It must be difficult to even find the issue as their wind tunnel time is lowest of any team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Just shows it's a long championship and anything can and will happen. Great result for Red Bull Norris and Russell, my question is if Russell can make it work to a point why can't Hamilton LeClerc very luck to not break more than just the front wing Roll on Miami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Dnk said: Just shows it's a long championship and anything can and will happen. Great result for Red Bull Norris and Russell, my question is if Russell can make it work to a point why can't Hamilton LeClerc very luck to not break more than just the front wing Roll on Miami The DRS train only compounded the issues with the car for Hamilton. Poor strategy call, should have brought him in a lap earlier for the undercut, they had nothing to lose by giving it a go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycm Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 7:17 PM, Tyson said: The DRS train only compounded the issues with the car for Hamilton. Poor strategy call, should have brought him in a lap earlier for the undercut, they had nothing to lose by giving it a go. Agreed it was a missed opportunity and as you say they’d nothing to lose. Happy for Norris/Russell always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Annabella Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Can you imagine the porpoising down the two > 1KM straights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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