2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit, 29 - 1 November/December

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Ferrari fined €50,000 for the fuel discrepancy (which was 4.88kg) but Leclerc keeps third place #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/stat ... 1342146560

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djones wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 12:26
This is missing the point completely.

The Ferrari design has been low downforce and high top speed from day one of the season.

The engine trick that now seems to have gone since the clarifications allowed them to run more downforce but still be fast on the straights. Now they do not have that we will again see slow cornering and higher tyre wear.

Expect to see the closest Ferrari at minimum 30 seconds behind the leader come the flag.
Normally this sort of predictions tend not to age very well. Not this time

Good call sir.

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turbof1 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:15
Wass85 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:12
Listen Hamilton has driven very well but it's not a given he's been the best driver this season.

Max has a reasonable shout at that and so does Leclerc considering the circumstances.

On one hand you have to give it to Lewis because of his consistency on a Sunday but for the most part he's had the best race car.

Does that top Max's relentless speed with a few errors which are down to overdriving?

What about Leclerc getting 7 poles and beating a 4x world champion in his first season in the team?
Since we are going down that way, how about Sainz and/or Norris? Didn't they showed excellent things given the lesser car?

Doesn't always have to be a top 3 team driver :P .
I think my top 4 would be Max, Lewis, Carlos, Charles in no particular order. They have all been excellent. Perhaps Max and Lewis slightly ahead of Carlos, and Charles slightly behind him.
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Re: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit, 29 - 1 November/December

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f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:17
Ferrari fined €50,000 for the fuel discrepancy (which was 4.88kg) but Leclerc keeps third place #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/stat ... 1342146560
I'll be honest, this does not sit well with me. To my intuition this is a breach of the technical regulations. If I am wrong, please someone correct me. But if not, this is a meaningless punishment.
#AeroFrodo

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I'm not good with weights, is 4.88kg a lot?

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siskue2005 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:16
Ferrari fined. Leclerc P3.
its a 50k fine lmao
I think for once this hurt them more. The P3 does nothing for the championships and they already had the TV fame of being on the podium. Think they would rather have kept the 50k and hand over the trophy.
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turbof1 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:15
Wass85 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:12
Listen Hamilton has driven very well but it's not a given he's been the best driver this season.

Max has a reasonable shout at that and so does Leclerc considering the circumstances.

On one hand you have to give it to Lewis because of his consistency on a Sunday but for the most part he's had the best race car.

Does that top Max's relentless speed with a few errors which are down to overdriving?

What about Leclerc getting 7 poles and beating a 4x world champion in his first season in the team?
Since we are going down that way, how about Sainz and/or Norris? Didn't they showed excellent things given the lesser car?

Doesn't always have to be a top 3 team driver :P .
No not really because they have been quite close to each other even though the points say otherwise.

Max as far as I can remember was never once slower than his teammate, he's wiped the floor with them both.

Lewis hasn't dominated his teammate in that fashion but has made less mistakes, that may of course be because he's had the best race car and is in a title fight.

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f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:20
I'm not good with weights, is 4.88kg a lot?
More than 4% of total weight. That is not just a simple mistake. Although we are talking about a team where a mechanic forgot to put his gloves on in a DOUBLE pit stop when handling 100 degrees celcius rubber (check the footage of the long Vettel stop :lol: )
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turbof1 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:19
f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:17
Ferrari fined €50,000 for the fuel discrepancy (which was 4.88kg) but Leclerc keeps third place #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/stat ... 1342146560
I'll be honest, this does not sit well with me. To my intuition this is a breach of the technical regulations. If I am wrong, please someone correct me. But if not, this is a meaningless punishment.
Yup it is indeed a breach...but as usual the F1 stewards are incompetent, they needed 6 hours to come to THIS decision. If it was any other team, it would have been a disqualification.

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Pyrone89 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:21
f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:20
I'm not good with weights, is 4.88kg a lot?
More than 4% of total weight
Thats a bit more then, oops slipped in a few extra pennies when filling up...

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f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:17
Ferrari fined €50,000 for the fuel discrepancy (which was 4.88kg) but Leclerc keeps third place #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/stat ... 1342146560
If there has been a case like this in the past and that team got a disqualification or something like that, this one the Ferrari got is way too harmless.

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siskue2005 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:22
turbof1 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:19
f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:17
Ferrari fined €50,000 for the fuel discrepancy (which was 4.88kg) but Leclerc keeps third place #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

https://twitter.com/ChrisMedlandF1/stat ... 1342146560
I'll be honest, this does not sit well with me. To my intuition this is a breach of the technical regulations. If I am wrong, please someone correct me. But if not, this is a meaningless punishment.
Yup it is indeed a breach...but as usual the F1 stewards are incompetent, they needed 6 hours to come to THIS decision. If it was any other team, it would have been a disqualification.
They don't like to make a fuss

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Wass85 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:12
Listen Hamilton has driven very well but it's not a given he's been the best driver this season.

Max has a reasonable shout at that and so does Leclerc considering the circumstances.

On one hand you have to give it to Lewis because of his consistency on a Sunday but for the most part he's had the best race car.

Does that top Max's relentless speed with a few errors which are down to overdriving?

What about Leclerc getting 7 poles and beating a 4x world champion in his first season in the team?
I guess it depends on what metrics you want to use. I absolutely agree that Leclerc and Verstappen had an excellent season with only a few mistakes blighting their performance, especially Leclerc in his first season in the Ferrari, second season in F1, under the huge microscope of the Italian press and up against a well-established WDC. In the context of such a young, inexperienced driver, that's probably the greatest achievement this year. I can't wait to see how quickly he develops and I wouldn't be surprised to see him lifting the WDC next year.

Looking down the grid there are other names that also jump out. But, if you aren't going to award best driver to the driver who turns in the best consistent performance at the sharp end then it's not a universal metric and the whole thing becomes entirely subjective (not necessarily a bad thing, but something that should be acknowledged).

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f1jcw wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:23
siskue2005 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:22
turbof1 wrote:
01 Dec 2019, 20:19

I'll be honest, this does not sit well with me. To my intuition this is a breach of the technical regulations. If I am wrong, please someone correct me. But if not, this is a meaningless punishment.
Yup it is indeed a breach...but as usual the F1 stewards are incompetent, they needed 6 hours to come to THIS decision. If it was any other team, it would have been a disqualification.
They don't like to make a fuss
Especially Ferrari team, after Canada

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That means several things ... that they believed whatever excuse Ferrari came up with... that the total fuel used must've matched whatever the fuel flow meter said and that they just saw it as a handicap, really, since Leclerc kept p3 ... right?

I agree with Turbo ... not penalizing VERY clear breaches of technical regulations is plain wrong.

4.88kg is 4.4% of what they can theoretically carry, realistically it's probably around 5% (?)
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