Having initially dropped down to third place, Lewis Hamilton fought his way back up to first to win the Portuguese Grand Prix. Verstappen and Bottas were close throughout the race and completed the podium.
Yup they had Red Bull ahead in both the opening races, don't know why the usual suspects are trying to change the narrative againzibby43 wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 01:31The Race actually had Red Bull ahead in both Italy and Bahrain.godlameroso wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 00:45They had Merc slightly ahead in Italy and Bahrain and we all know how that turned out.
Stroll is Aston Martin's lead driver after all. Why would the second driver get the new parts? That would be unusual.El Scorchio wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 13:05Stroll gets the AM upgrades over Vettel! Guess we know the team’s priorities....
FP1 laps:Hoffman900 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 17:40The powertrains have to make 9 races, plus some qualifying races. I’m surprised some of these teams run as much as they do at all in practice. They most certainly are not going all in power wise.El Scorchio wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 17:33If they were sandbagging at all they’d make sure they were only doing it enough to still win- as Lowe also said. Topping practice is meaningless and Hamilton only had a pole last time because Verstappen messed up his Q3 lap.Zynerji wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 17:22After Paddy Lowe's interview and sandbagging stories on The Grid podcast, I have ZERO faith in the sob-story news that comes out of Mercedes.
Once again, their PR mouthpieces/fans have people believing they are NOT the fastest, even when they top the timesheets/pole positions/points...
Let’s wait until qualifying is over. RB does seem faster over a lap, and their race pace looked very good in FP2.
Paul di Resta said in FP3 that Merc`s ICE has a little better traction due to shorter lower gears, hence their better tyre life ... and IMHO that`s why they couldn`t heat up their tyres faster than RB ...PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 20:15Observations
Honda has long 3rd gear and short 7th gear.
Max doing more left foot braking so i guess he has more confidence in rotating his car. Consistently braking later than HAM.
Mercedes seems to tuned the ERS for better accelartion more than top speed. Seems their gearing is more all rounded but Honda has it shorter up top probably to defend better or pass better.
I believe Max had problems with the car (brake by wire etc) which meant that he had to take unscheduled time in the pits fixing things.atanatizante wrote: ↑01 May 2021, 15:22FP1 laps:Hoffman900 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 17:40The powertrains have to make 9 races, plus some qualifying races. I’m surprised some of these teams run as much as they do at all in practice. They most certainly are not going all in power wise.El Scorchio wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 17:33
If they were sandbagging at all they’d make sure they were only doing it enough to still win- as Lowe also said. Topping practice is meaningless and Hamilton only had a pole last time because Verstappen messed up his Q3 lap.
HAM 32, BOT 31, Total 63
VER 26, PER 22, Total 48
FP2 laps:
HAM 33, BOT 28, Total 61
VER 26, PER 28, Total 54
FP3 laps:
HAM 21, BOT 19, Total 40
VER 21, PER 25, Total 46
MERC 164 laps
RBR 148 laps (-10%)
Are RBR more confident on their simulations back at home, thus less running on the track or they just playing conservative regarding their ICE/PU milage?
