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Ferrari will bring new floor for Bahrain, I expect most teams will prepare with some updates latest by Miami so it will be increasingly difficult for Red Bull (Max) to stay afloat before Imola. Then we need to pray that Imola package actually works. Remember how difficult was for them to make the Bahrain Day3 new floor work. It took them like a full day of testing to find a setup with it.r85 wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 09:21I agree with most of the points, but won't the field be at its closest for a while in Bahrain? Teams have had 3 days of running on the track, none of the cars have had major upgrades and there's the benefit of 3 race weekends of car understanding they'll be bringing to Bahrain. The pecking order might not change, but if the field is close then I can see Verstappen winning the race through strategy like Hamilton in 2021.
I want to be positive for once
If a 3 race delay is useful to make it work / improve it, I'll take it. If with upgrade they can manage to put the car whereabout McLaren is (know this is a bit delusional but it's the only hope), a little delay won't damage Max too much on the long term, vice versa if it does change nothing, then bringing it now or in Imola it's the same.Better late and working than early and rushed. Max has already "stalled" the WDC with his performance in the first three rounds. So long as he keeps maximizing and Lando and Oscar juggle the ball between themselves the lead should not expand too much between now and Imola.
You all know I am not in Max's camp, but I do not see Norris or Oscar beating Max over a season. They have the speed, but they falter once in a while. Max has more passion for racing. That guy eats and sleeps racing. I think he is going to be mentally at 100% 100% of the time this year. Just seeing How Norris got desperate and tried to exit the pitlane side by side and ending up in the grass.. It was embarrassing. He's already lost the championship mentally.Watto wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 08:28I still heavily favor Lando or Oscar to win the WDX.
But I think a lot depends if and how well RBR update(s) work i'm very skeptical they are will got on top of their issues. If they had a stable base but needed to add speed I might get i tbut they have thus far still had a somewhat difficult car to drive.
If though the updates work well and its somewhere around the McLaren pace with Oscar and Lando taking points off each other plus perhaps the some wins by Ferrari or Mercedes and I think the Max factor as being very interesting.
If however RBR updates still don't make a big difference than well....
I think all things considered RBR/Max would take being 1 point off the WDC from pre season testing/early form.
Allow me to also play devil's advocate for a second.ringo wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 17:11You all know I am not in Max's camp, but I do not see Norris or Oscar beating Max over a season. They have the speed, but they falter once in a while. Max has more passion for racing. That guy eats and sleeps racing. I think he is going to be mentally at 100% 100% of the time this year. Just seeing How Norris got desperate and tried to exit the pitlane side by side and ending up in the grass.. It was embarrassing. He's already lost the championship mentally.Watto wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 08:28I still heavily favor Lando or Oscar to win the WDX.
But I think a lot depends if and how well RBR update(s) work i'm very skeptical they are will got on top of their issues. If they had a stable base but needed to add speed I might get i tbut they have thus far still had a somewhat difficult car to drive.
If though the updates work well and its somewhere around the McLaren pace with Oscar and Lando taking points off each other plus perhaps the some wins by Ferrari or Mercedes and I think the Max factor as being very interesting.
If however RBR updates still don't make a big difference than well....
I think all things considered RBR/Max would take being 1 point off the WDC from pre season testing/early form.
Mclaren need to be 3 tenths per lap faster to win. Not because these guys have less talent or speed, but they need that buffer not to be on the same piece of track as Max.
https://racingnews365.com/red-bull-pinp ... b21-f1-car"How twitchy your car is, or how nervous your car is, perhaps you will say it is relative. I bet there are 18 other cars in this pit lane that all of us would find really quite difficult to drive.
"So you are trying to get your car as balanced as you can and we're what, one, two-tenths off the quickest car in the pit lane.
"Last year's [car] had some flaws, and we've addressed those quite significantly without giving away much, in my opinion. Now we've got to try and get this one to be a little better.
"If we're two-tenths off on a five-and-a-half kilometre circuit with 20-something corners, if we find a few hundredths in each corner, all of a sudden, we're on the pace of the current lead car.
"But they're all quite difficult. Now we've just got to try and get a little bit more speed out of this one, try and improve its stability to the point that the drivers find it easier to drive.
"If we can do that, and put some lap time into it, all will be well and good. We'll be in the hunt."
lio007 wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 18:35A realistic assessment from Paul Monaghan:https://racingnews365.com/red-bull-pinp ... b21-f1-car"How twitchy your car is, or how nervous your car is, perhaps you will say it is relative. I bet there are 18 other cars in this pit lane that all of us would find really quite difficult to drive.
"So you are trying to get your car as balanced as you can and we're what, one, two-tenths off the quickest car in the pit lane.
"Last year's [car] had some flaws, and we've addressed those quite significantly without giving away much, in my opinion. Now we've got to try and get this one to be a little better.
"If we're two-tenths off on a five-and-a-half kilometre circuit with 20-something corners, if we find a few hundredths in each corner, all of a sudden, we're on the pace of the current lead car.
"But they're all quite difficult. Now we've just got to try and get a little bit more speed out of this one, try and improve its stability to the point that the drivers find it easier to drive.
"If we can do that, and put some lap time into it, all will be well and good. We'll be in the hunt."
No, it wasn't him.AR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 19:24lio007 wrote: ↑07 Apr 2025, 18:35A realistic assessment from Paul Monaghan:https://racingnews365.com/red-bull-pinp ... b21-f1-car"How twitchy your car is, or how nervous your car is, perhaps you will say it is relative. I bet there are 18 other cars in this pit lane that all of us would find really quite difficult to drive.
"So you are trying to get your car as balanced as you can and we're what, one, two-tenths off the quickest car in the pit lane.
"Last year's [car] had some flaws, and we've addressed those quite significantly without giving away much, in my opinion. Now we've got to try and get this one to be a little better.
"If we're two-tenths off on a five-and-a-half kilometre circuit with 20-something corners, if we find a few hundredths in each corner, all of a sudden, we're on the pace of the current lead car.
"But they're all quite difficult. Now we've just got to try and get a little bit more speed out of this one, try and improve its stability to the point that the drivers find it easier to drive.
"If we can do that, and put some lap time into it, all will be well and good. We'll be in the hunt."
Is Monaghan the one you were referring to cryptically some weeks ago? He is the last of the big names I would think?
