Tvetovnato wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 09:48
It’s hard to draw conclusions from this weekend altogether. If there is no major drop in pace by any top team, it’s almost impossible to say if any small changes in pace are due to the TD, normal setup variations/difficulties to get the balance right, cars suiting some tracks better, ”normal” updates to the cars, or a combination of those things (and more). What is clear though is that the ones who predicted the TD would have an impact will somehow find that they were right, and the ones who thought the opposite will find that they were right, and no one will be able to prove their point in the end with conclusive evidence.
I think it's especially hard to read since some teams really brought changes to other parts of the car. In that sense, any negative effects is likely to have been fully negated through development unless the teams don't care about the cars of this year anymore and have already moved onto 2026.
For what it's worth, as @venkyhere keeps posting, the real impact would have only been seen if it was enforced in place immediately, not after 33 percent of the season.
Call a spade, a spade.
