Lances Pace waa good before he crashed. He was keeping up with VET.
Lances Pace waa good before he crashed. He was keeping up with VET.
Maybe, but you're making my point. The 2 go hand in hand.MadMax wrote: βWed Oct 26, 2022 9:43 pmIn fairness, Lawrence had an interest in motorsport and F1 in particular for a long time. I think his support of Junior is really him living his own F1 dreams vicariously.diffuser wrote: βWed Oct 26, 2022 9:01 pmLike I said, the only reason why Lawrence is in F1 is cause of Lance. My guess would be, no Lance no Lawrence unless Lance is ready to move on. As long as Lance wants a drive, he will have one.AR3-GP wrote: βWed Oct 26, 2022 6:11 pm
Alonso was a free agent for 2023. Sainz, Hamilton, Verstappen are not free agents. They have contracts.
As for what Stroll's "contract" situation is...well...Lawrence probably has full say on whether Stroll drives or not which is why a Vettel-Alonso pairing would have been realistic. Unlike the drivers you mentioned who have contracts with other teams.
There has recently been a run of as bunch of races where higher downforce packages are useful - Suzuka being wet amplified this. Abu Dhabi will once again reveal this car's weakness which has been straightline performance.continuum16 wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 3:41 pmIf the season started now and there were 20 races between now and the "end" of the season, I think AM could probably put up a good fight with Alpine and McLaren. Maybe on pure pace the other two are faster, but McLaren only has one driver and Alpine's car is not exactly reliable. Either way this is a massive step from the first few races when the team were debatably behind Williams.
I expect that Seb probably regrets his decision, to some degree at least. But when he made the decision they were nowhere so it was understandable. Now Fernando on the other hand, will be licking his chops seeing the progress the team have made. I think that Fernando would not be remarkably far off his current level if he was in the Aston instead of the Alpine, such is the gap they've closed. I will admit I did not think they would do it, at least this year.
Lance just needs better depth perception and/or situational awareness, because (to Seb at least) there is not a glaring deficit in speed in most conditions. But there is a suspicious pattern of people crashing into the rear wheels or sidepods of car no. 18...
Here is what I can't piece together:organic wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 3:48 pmThere has recently been a run of as bunch of races where higher downforce packages are useful - Suzuka being wet amplified this. Abu Dhabi will once again reveal this car's weakness which has been straightline performance.continuum16 wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 3:41 pmIf the season started now and there were 20 races between now and the "end" of the season, I think AM could probably put up a good fight with Alpine and McLaren. Maybe on pure pace the other two are faster, but McLaren only has one driver and Alpine's car is not exactly reliable. Either way this is a massive step from the first few races when the team were debatably behind Williams.
I expect that Seb probably regrets his decision, to some degree at least. But when he made the decision they were nowhere so it was understandable. Now Fernando on the other hand, will be licking his chops seeing the progress the team have made. I think that Fernando would not be remarkably far off his current level if he was in the Aston instead of the Alpine, such is the gap they've closed. I will admit I did not think they would do it, at least this year.
Lance just needs better depth perception and/or situational awareness, because (to Seb at least) there is not a glaring deficit in speed in most conditions. But there is a suspicious pattern of people crashing into the rear wheels or sidepods of car no. 18...
Because the amount of power needed to overcome drag goes up exponentially the faster you're traveling, it's almost never the PU. 20Hp more power will be much more apparent below 300KPH than above. I think they're so bad in a straight line cause they're not generating alot of DF from the floor. This results in them running more rear wing and BEAm wing to get aroundthe corners...AR3-GP wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 4:06 pmHere is what I can't piece together:organic wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 3:48 pmThere has recently been a run of as bunch of races where higher downforce packages are useful - Suzuka being wet amplified this. Abu Dhabi will once again reveal this car's weakness which has been straightline performance.continuum16 wrote: βThu Oct 27, 2022 3:41 pmIf the season started now and there were 20 races between now and the "end" of the season, I think AM could probably put up a good fight with Alpine and McLaren. Maybe on pure pace the other two are faster, but McLaren only has one driver and Alpine's car is not exactly reliable. Either way this is a massive step from the first few races when the team were debatably behind Williams.
I expect that Seb probably regrets his decision, to some degree at least. But when he made the decision they were nowhere so it was understandable. Now Fernando on the other hand, will be licking his chops seeing the progress the team have made. I think that Fernando would not be remarkably far off his current level if he was in the Aston instead of the Alpine, such is the gap they've closed. I will admit I did not think they would do it, at least this year.
Lance just needs better depth perception and/or situational awareness, because (to Seb at least) there is not a glaring deficit in speed in most conditions. But there is a suspicious pattern of people crashing into the rear wheels or sidepods of car no. 18...
AMR22 -> Looks like a Red Bull, but slow on straights.
What is it about the AM that is making them slow on the straights?
I'm not too sure it's the PU (well atleast not the bulk of the issue), because AT have Honda and they aren't setting any records down the straights either.
You would put them above Mclaren and Alpine?
search wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 5:40 pmthe car gets lower with speed
https://www.planetf1.com/news/ted-kravi ... not-trick/
Yeah people are making it out to be more simple than it really is. Just like the Merc's of old. It's not one singular thing making them quick. It's the entire package in harmony.diffuser wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 6:01 pmsearch wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 5:40 pmthe car gets lower with speed
https://www.planetf1.com/news/ted-kravi ... not-trick/
Isn't that the normal tendency of a car, for the rear end to squat with speed(increase DF on the rear+Beam wing and under accelleration from the twisting of the rear axle?
There is also a min height they can go. I presume for this to work, they get max DF from the floor at a higher ride height(than the min) and the floor stalls at the min ride hieght? or is the decreased in drag just coming from the change in the angle of the rear + beam wings?
Think the suspension might be the easy part. Generating more DF at heigher ride height is the real trick.
I also have my doudts that it is even possible(the aero part) in this short a time into this new set of regs. To have the wherewithal to not go for max DF. Instead, to try and acheive max DF at a higher height, when typically a lower height is were you're gonna generate more DF, would be something. Oh and I forgot the then try and stall the floor at the lower level. The Beam/Rear wing angle change is MUCH easier.AR3-GP wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 6:22 pmYeah people are making it out to be more simple than it really is. Just like the Merc's of old. It's not one singular thing making them quick. It's the entire package in harmony.diffuser wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 6:01 pmsearch wrote: βFri Oct 28, 2022 5:40 pm
the car gets lower with speed
https://www.planetf1.com/news/ted-kravi ... not-trick/
Isn't that the normal tendency of a car, for the rear end to squat with speed(increase DF on the rear+Beam wing and under accelleration from the twisting of the rear axle?
There is also a min height they can go. I presume for this to work, they get max DF from the floor at a higher ride height(than the min) and the floor stalls at the min ride hieght? or is the decreased in drag just coming from the change in the angle of the rear + beam wings?
Think the suspension might be the easy part. Generating more DF at heigher ride height is the real trick.