2024 Mercedes-AMG | Petronas F1 Team

[Hoffman900]

OK, there is nothing wrong with the building and physical parts of the wind tunnel. Fine. Data collection, calibration, interpretation and (sure, modelable) scale and wall artifacts are, for most people, part of the wind tunnel. Let's not be argumentative for the sake of being argumentative.

Exactly, thanks Hollus.

[Venturiation]

Slower than a haas

[j_ste]

Qualifying is going to be so important, if they start in the pack, its going to be a diasaster first stint.

Straight line speed of a gp3 team

[214270]

Qualifying is going to be so important, if they start in the pack, its going to be a diasaster first stint.

Straight line speed of a gp3 team

They’re screwed, no point holding out hope.

Best is 9 & 10 if STR is on song, that’s simply where the car is. Frankly, there’s every chance it’s worse because VCARB or Haas might steal a place too.

[mkay]

Toto told Ted Kravitz that the pace wasn't that bad in the Sprint. HAM finished nearly 30 seconds behind VER in 19 laps. Probably lost 5 seconds in traffic, but also had 3 laps behind SC, so all-in-all 30 seconds in 19 laps is probably close to being representative.

[Luscion]

Toto just said they're changing the setup of the car before quali, maybe a different wing? they were quick in S1, lost so much time in S2 and then just werent quick enough to overtake in S3

[Luscion]

Also Magnesseun admitting to doing what he did to do to Lewis on purpose is crazy to me, saying he was vulnerable with Lewis behind him after Hulkenberg broke the DRS and so he had to use the tactics to protect Hulkenberg, similar to Jeddah imo

[Cs98]

Toto told Ted Kravitz that the pace wasn't that bad in the Sprint. HAM finished nearly 30 seconds behind VER in 19 laps. Probably lost 5 seconds in traffic, but also had 3 laps behind SC, so all-in-all 30 seconds in 19 laps is probably close to being representative.

5 seconds in traffic? Probably more like 15-20 seconds. Merc also started on 6 lap old tyres. Absolutely no way of judging their true pace here.

[ringo]

The car did look like it has god pace on the mediums. But sadly that pace is only good enough to hound a Haas.
How do they trust themselves to make the right setup changes when there is so much variability with the track temperature?
It can get much worse than how it is now.
They need to take off some wing, but not soo much to upset what weems like an okay balance for Lewis and George.

[venkyhere]

Toto just said they're changing the setup of the car before quali, maybe a different wing? they were quick in S1, lost so much time in S2 and then just werent quick enough to overtake in S3

In other words, "russian roulette"

[Venturiation]

[j_ste]

Toto told Ted Kravitz that the pace wasn't that bad in the Sprint. HAM finished nearly 30 seconds behind VER in 19 laps. Probably lost 5 seconds in traffic, but also had 3 laps behind SC, so all-in-all 30 seconds in 19 laps is probably close to being representative.

He he was ahead of Mag early enough, he probably gets past Hulk at some point too. They are slow but not 30 seconds slow

[DGP123]

doesn’t give a flying **** about this season

[j_ste]

The car is crap but the benefit of it being crap is that youre constantly around cars to battle with. Kinda fun is a terrible way

[PlatinumZealot]

He did a good job of taking out three rival cars too!