Ultimate lap time:
Charles: 1:29.084
Verstappen: 1:29.152
Feeling 2022 again but i hope we won't be dissapointed , anyway let's cheers
Look like a dream team is coming
Ok, I have a theory for our relatively slow S1 time. I think the SF24 switches on the tyres more slowly but keeps the tyres healthy for the rest of the lap.
That's one of the reason why it is such a good race car.
I have a feeling that the SF-24 is somewhat similar to the early F138 in 2013 season: competitive in qualifying, strong race page, maybe not outright fastest and the deg is still worse than Red Bull, but can pick up wins if we get the strategy right
Disagree. The SF24 is genuinely competitive and has the downforce to work the tyres, especially the harder ones. The F138 never had any meaningful downforce, it only looked good in those extremely soft Pirelli rubbers. The Red Bull and the Merc had much more downforce than the F138
No I meant the pre Monoco F138, that car was a legit title contender back then, it had very strong race pace and decent qualifying pace, in the first 5-7 races Alonso usually qualified in the top 5 and the race pace was much better, in the first 5 races we had the pace to win all of 5 , which the SF24 is look like now (not the car characteristics, but more in terms of performance on track), still early to tell tho
I'd say being on the front row is good enough.
In the end, it comes down to our race pace, which we have to wait and see tomorrow. Its not like it will be difficult to pass at this track, so I dont think qualifying result is that important here.
Its a new car, anything is still possible at this point. Looking forward to the race tomorrow
The F138 was only competitive on those extremely soft Pirelli rubbers that didn't last 10 laps. As soon as Pirelli introduced more hardened rubber, the F138 lost all the performance. Simply cause it didn't have the downforce to keep them under operating window.
Both RB and Merc had to shred downforce from their cars in order to survive.
Well that'S... bittersweet. Good to know that we are not slow but disappointing that Charles went 3 tenths slower in Q3 than he did in Q2. The car was good enough for pole it seems.
"If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it." - John Surtees
Still too early to tell, but the constructors might not be a lock this year for RB...
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
Well the car was made to work with the tyres of that season. Due to lack of power Ferrari didn't stand against changing the tyres which were basically tailor made for Red Bull. Suddenly Vettel was unstoppable and Ferrari was nowhere. The same thing in 2011. We had a terrible blown diffuser and FIA decided to ban it mid season. In Silverstone cars had to run without the engine maps making the blown diffuser work and Alonso won by 20 seconds. Then other teams went rampage and FIA reverted their decission and unbanned it. Ferrari could have blocked that decission, but what was our answer? "For the good of the sport"... We lost several championship due to our lack of political power.
"If he can't do it with Ferrari, well, he can't do it." - John Surtees
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