The F1 Thread

[The Bear]

Aaahhahahahahahahahahahah.

What an absolute crying shame!!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Is mercs slowness fixable?

Yeah. Will probably take two to three races to iron the issue out, and then I expect them to be the quickest.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Nice to see the field shaken up a bit by the regs changes I guess.

Seemed to be a bit more flexibility strategy wise too and not quite the all or nothing undercut pit strategy, that down to the new tyres?

Hopefully the new aero stuff has still got more to give though as teams continue to develop. Still seemed to be precious little wheel to wheel racing outside of the couple of laps where Leclerc and Verstappen tussled through the first sector, and even then it was all falsified DRS overtaking still.

 

[PuntsWolf]

I think because there is a clear gulf between the teams (and drivers within them) at the moment that it limits the potential for racing. I think everyone is expecting (hoping) that closes throughout the season

 

[t3ch]

Speaking of pit strategy, gonna be really curious to see what the under/over strats start looking like with the lower heat blankets. Max obviously had his tantrum about having to do a slow warmup after his 2nd stop, someone else had to pit sooner due to pushing tires too hard before coming up to temp (was that max again?). Cars generally looking pretty unhappy the first lap or two after a pit.

The commentators (forget who) also mentioned that F1 was wanting to move to an ambient-temp tire-replacement at some point, so will only worsen that side of things. Don’t remember hearing that previously, but I also have the memory of a goldfish so.

 

[The Bear]

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Sweariest man on the grid. Unsurprisingly I can relate to him!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Very different rear wing for the Merc for this weekend. Obviously you want to run a smaller wing at the Jeddah circuit but the whole design is radically different.

 

[Nando]

Already two big hits in the F2 practice. Not a fan of this track at all.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It’s going to be carnage.

 

[The Bear]

They have released new overtaking guidelines too in the last week.

Formula 1 drivers given new driving standards ahead of season start

Formula 1 drivers are given new driving standards guidelines before the 2022 season.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Mercs a bit better but still off the pace. I'm not sure this race meet should continue. That is a massive fire from the attack on the Aramco depot.

 

[Nando]

Fair fucking play to all the drivers here. Absolutely absurd that they're expected to carry on as normal in the circumstances.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Two laps into the F2 sprint race and we already have a safety car.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And the safety car pulls in and immediately another crash.

 

[jlo]

What a mess, more than half the race under the safety car, assuming there isn't another one still to come. I've switched off, feel for Hauger personally too

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Race Director has completely done him over. Seems to be a theme there.

 

[The Bear]

Looks like he's since been "withdrawn" from the event, but still. What an absolute cunt.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507664032265904129

https://twitter.com/x/status/1507666327732985863

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Judging by FP3 the Mercedes engine is an absolute dog.

 

[The Bear]

Judging by FP3 the Mercedes engine is an absolute dog.

All the Merc runners at the bottom of the time sheets and it said during FP3 that they're losing 1.4s just on the straights. Nightmare.

What happened to all the engine development and upgrade tokens that they used to use. Are they still in the regs?