organic wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 11:27 am
f1isgood wrote: ↑Sun May 11, 2025 11:16 am
RB19 has to be studied. The car has better race trim performance through S2 of Miami (comparable to the Maccas of 25) than the RB21.
Tyres are softer now and they water pressure treated the Miami track surface in 2024 to reduce much of the grip. The pole time ie track record of Miami only improved by 7 tenths through 2 years of car development
and a step softer tyres. There are other factors at work
Thanks for bringing this up for more consistency. I thought about all of this as well before posting. It doesn't change the fact that after 2 year's worth development and track nerfing and tire differences, gains are obvious in some parts of the track and losses are obvious in others).
For what it's worth, I looked at the behavior on new hards this year (C3) versus 30 lap old hards (C2). I think it's still a pretty useful reference and imo gives a lot of credibility to Silent Storm's theory.
Call a spade, a spade.