An utterly spectacular Brazilian Grand Prix ended with Max Verstappen taking victory after a controlled race from pole position. Behind him, Pierre Gasly made it to the podium in a crazy end of the race that involved two safety cars.
Depending on whether Ferrari manage to salvage Charles' spec3 engine (or if it was salvageable in the first place) he might take a new one for that race, his 1st engine probably has already been used in most friday practices, his 2nd was already very old in the USA and maybe not worth the risk.
So any predictions with Leclerc in the top4 for quali and on the podium in the race might already be off.
If he takes a new engine then he's a shoe-in to win Abu Dhabi.
Depending on whether Ferrari manage to salvage Charles' spec3 engine (or if it was salvageable in the first place) he might take a new one for that race, his 1st engine probably has already been used in most friday practices, his 2nd was already very old in the USA and maybe not worth the risk.
So any predictions with Leclerc in the top4 for quali and on the podium in the race might already be off.
If he takes a new engine then he's a shoe-in to win Abu Dhabi.
Depending on whether Ferrari manage to salvage Charles' spec3 engine (or if it was salvageable in the first place) he might take a new one for that race, his 1st engine probably has already been used in most friday practices, his 2nd was already very old in the USA and maybe not worth the risk.
So any predictions with Leclerc in the top4 for quali and on the podium in the race might already be off.
If he takes a new engine then he's a shoe-in to win Abu Dhabi.
I don't think so. Why are we talking about Abu Dhabi?
Depending on whether Ferrari manage to salvage Charles' spec3 engine (or if it was salvageable in the first place) he might take a new one for that race, his 1st engine probably has already been used in most friday practices, his 2nd was already very old in the USA and maybe not worth the risk.
So any predictions with Leclerc in the top4 for quali and on the podium in the race might already be off.
If he takes a new engine then he's a shoe-in to win Abu Dhabi.
I don't think so. Why are we talking about Abu Dhabi?
Because if he takes a new one that's tested for a lifespan of 7 races in Brazil, he can then push the extra power of 6 races in just one race: Abu Dhabi ... i.e. 6x (although not linear of course) more peak-power. It may explode directly after finishing ...
If he takes a new engine then he's a shoe-in to win Abu Dhabi.
I don't think so. Why are we talking about Abu Dhabi?
Because if he takes a new one that's tested for a lifespan of 7 races in Brazil, he can then push the extra power of 6 races in just one race: Abu Dhabi ... i.e. 6x (although not linear of course) more peak-power. It may explode directly after finishing ...
I think we're overrating the power advantage of a fresh spec. It's definitely a tangible advantage, and probably worth at least 10 horsepower in qualifying. In the race, fresh PUs can be run in higher power modes for longer because the mileage constraint is less of a concern.
Back to the race, there's corners in Brazil as well and Ferrari was quite competitive last year. I think they may be there or thereabouts, certainly in qualifying. Depends how ahead they are on the straights. The corners will be difficult for them because they're very long corners, Paul Ricard showed how good Mercedes is on long corners. However that was before Red Bull got on top of their aero, and now they are very good in slow speed corners. In USA, Verstappen had the fastest 3rd sector, which is the slowest corners in the lap. In Hungary Verstappen snatched pole because of sector 3, which is a long slow speed corner followed by a long medium speed corner. Brazil's corners are very much like this, so could be good for them. I'm also excited to see McLaren vs Renault these last two races.
I don't think so. Why are we talking about Abu Dhabi?
Because if he takes a new one that's tested for a lifespan of 7 races in Brazil, he can then push the extra power of 6 races in just one race: Abu Dhabi ... i.e. 6x (although not linear of course) more peak-power. It may explode directly after finishing ...
I think we're overrating the power advantage of a fresh spec. It's definitely a tangible advantage, and probably worth at least 10 horsepower in qualifying. In the race, fresh PUs can be run in higher power modes for longer because the mileage constraint is less of a concern.
But, Abu Dhabi also has corners.
True that, but it also has some highspeed straights/combo's. Bit more like the not-so-very-old days, obliterate a PU over 1 weekend .. used to be great fun.
But anywayz, first Brazil !
The championships are over. If I was Ferrari I'd pop the new engine in Leclerc's car. Nothing to lose and everything to gain. Especially some valuable data in a live situation.
Unless he learns simple lessons like this, he will never be champion. What would Hamilton or Vettel or Alonso done in that situation? Let him past. Give him a wide berth. Don't put yourself under any undue risk.
this is it. And in the last 2 races he's STILL had 5 contacts and lost possibly 2 wins! So Max's motivation won't be revenge, if he has any sense at all, it'll be staying clean this time. He doesn't need more motivation, he actually needs a bit less if anything, to calm it down. He's so fast, it's a waste, this 'hard racing' attitude. it's not clever. The others just race harder too and then what
And another looooong set of posts is, poooof!, no longer there. (I mean it, 15 posts, one whole page, 13 of them consecutive!).
Did anything interesting happen involving Max Verstapen and Esteban Ocon in last years Brazilian GP? Rings a bell, I guess because it was discussed to death in this other thread: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27712&start=870, largely by the same people?
Did anyone convince anyone else back then? Probably not. Are you going to succeed this time? Let me guess...
Ocon is not going to take part of this weekend's race, so the chances of an encounter between those two on track this weekend is about nil. ´nuff said!
