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On the back of Max Verstappen's hectic end to the Spanish Grand Prix, Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko conceded that he does not "know what kind of misjudgment or thought process was going on inside him."
pantherxxx wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:16Well, it's pretty clear by now that the new TD actually helps McLaren. It's a shame for the whole FIA for doing this — it's like they're intentionally working against having a close and interesting championship. Why favor a team that already had the best car? It makes no sense at all.
Stop the nonsense. They had the best car before and they still do, the TD didn't change a thing.Exact opposite teams lobbied against the flexi wings thinking it would put a stop to McLaren if anything it’s the teams complaining it’s backfired onpantherxxx wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:16Well, it's pretty clear by now that the new TD actually helps McLaren. It's a shame for the whole FIA for doing this — it's like they're intentionally working against having a close and interesting championship. Why favor a team that already had the best car? It makes no sense at all.
Much cooler last year. Track temp was 42C on final runs today. Last year was around 35C towards end of Q3.
How high was this temp compared to the other races this year?AR3-GP wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:19Much cooler last year. Track temp was 42C on final runs today. Last year was around 35C towards end of Q3.
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42C is warm. It's slightly warmer than Melbourne qualy this year.Dee wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:20How high was this temp compared to the other races this year?AR3-GP wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:19Much cooler last year. Track temp was 42C on final runs today. Last year was around 35C towards end of Q3.
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2017: In Barcelona and Monaco Daniel was 0.5s off Max, although not in Q1 but in Q3 which is not exactly the same. In Spa Daniel was 0.6s off Max in Q1 just like Tsunoda today, but could proceed into Q3 to qualify P6 again 0.5s off Max but still just behind him on P5.cliffgamerz wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 16:46Maybe you are talking about 2018, the season when Ricciardo decided he no longer wants to continue where Max was being favoured, look at 2016 and 2017.avantman wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 16:40Daniel was 0.5s or more off Max in quali in multiple occasions. Back then he would be right behind him on the grid, like p4 or p6. Today that means you are out of Q1.cliffgamerz wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 16:28
Ricardo did well when he was with Max before, but maybe back then the car wasn't entirely built around Max, but one of the reasons for Ricardo leaving the first time was he was feeling that RedBulls were favoring Max, so your guess is good as mine, but people just don't want to believe that for now, someday when Max leaves the team and some other driver drives then we might see almost similar pace between two teammates.
Seriously?pantherxxx wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:16Well, it's pretty clear by now that the new TD actually helps McLaren. It's a shame for the whole FIA for doing this — it's like they're intentionally working against having a close and interesting championship. Why favor a team that already had the best car? It makes no sense at all.
yes, of course. and I hope we all can now finally put the idea that the only advantage Mclaren car has is its ability to protect its tires from overheating to bed, after Max set purple third sector during the hottest qualifier of the year on the most demanding track.