F1 2024: Bahrain GP - Sakhir (Mar 2)

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by toxik

i just want teams that I personally like to put legitimate pressure on him, like McLaren.

Then they have to try harder, and really put their back into it.
Since the cost cap, pretty much every team has the same amount of money, the same resources.
In fact, McLaren has a brand new, state of the art wind tunnel (same goes for MERC, and AMR uses the MERC tunnel), whereas RB uses a wind tunnel that's over 70 years(!) old, built just after WWII
(RB is waiting endlessly on new permits of local government to build their new tunnel...)
So it really is the result of having a better team, a better driver and engineers that are smarter.
Not the result of having more money and better gadgets/resources. And it's not like Mclaren has an underpowered engine; the mercedes engine is one of the best (only the alpine engine is an underperformer, the rest ps pretty much equal)
And of course RB has less development time in both the wind tunnel as in cfd simulations because they won last year.
So taking all this into account, and that RB can win like they did....then they very well deserved it!

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

That's what NEO said in Matrix Reloaded and now MAX is now taking on the baddies

The live gap was a long wait...

As you can see => https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank...e_hope_max_no/

I had to check to make sure the video wasn't paused !?!?

[Fillip]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The live gap was a long wait...

As you can see => https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank...e_hope_max_no/

We see such gaps in Marathon races. In F1, everyone expect close competition at the top to make it more interesting and watchable.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The live gap was a long wait...

As you can see => https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank...e_hope_max_no/

I couldn't see it yesterday as it was blocked but today it is showing, with a gap like that..any talk of MAX going to Merc is complete madness my friend, Jos allegedly talking with Wolff about 'things', it's a joke right

[M5Rick]

Tactical Rab's report on the BGP and it's a fail for HAM with failing battery and LEC with one sided brakes which SAI apparently drove around.

There will be no investigation by FIA into the news story concerning RBR manager.

[Artemis]

During the final stages of the Bahrain race and especially during the cooldown lap after the chequered flag, Tsunoda managed to disqualify himself to ever get a Red Bull Racing, Mercedes-AMG or Ferrari F1 seat.

Years ago the chap entered F1 with anger management issues and, despite counseling sessions, never truly managed to get his demons out of his system or under control. He's fast but demonstrates with antics like these that he's unfit for the job.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...hlNKvVpFX.html

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The live gap was a long wait...

As you can see => https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank...e_hope_max_no/

I had to check to make sure the video wasn't paused !?!?

Someone was operating on a different level.

Originally Posted by Fillip

We see such gaps in Marathon races. In F1, everyone expect close competition at the top to make it more interesting and watchable.

Last year he was asked by his race engineer GPL to slow down during the Bahrain race and to "just bring it home".

His reply: "Uhm... I'm happy to go slower but then we (Checo and I) both go slower."

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ts9bgGjASLE

[HeelToeShift]

That was a very great race from Max. He pulled away with such a gap in the first ten laps and then just cruised. Watching the onboard, you could tell he was not pushing the car much at all with such a big lead. I imagine if he was on it the entire race, he'd have lapped the entire field rather than just half of it. Great race from Checo too - loved his new level of aggressiveness and hope he keeps it up.

[Autobacs]

So just found out no one from Ferrari went to parc ferme to congratulate Sainz after securing 3rd place. Really just another incident that validates how screwed up Ferrari is.

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

So it really is the result of having a better team, a better driver and engineers that are smarter.

Thank you. And Christian Horner deserve a lot of credit for his part.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Autobacs

So just found out no one from Ferrari went to parc ferme to congratulate Sainz after securing 3rd place. Really just another incident that validates how screwed up Ferrari is.

I'm not at all totally surprised and has reverberations from the 50's and 60's when it was prevalent at Ferrari with the one driver chosen by the commendatore who was expected to do well.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Autobacs

So just found out no one from Ferrari went to parc ferme to congratulate Sainz after securing 3rd place. Really just another incident that validates how screwed up Ferrari is.

Sainz refused all his collaboration in the further development of the SF24...
Because he will be replaced by LEW in 2025.

It's Charlie ...Charlie is God at Ferrari and in Italy !
Hopefully also (still)! in 2025...

#FerrariThings !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Sainz refused all his collaboration in the further development of the SF24...
Because he will be replaced by LEW in 2025.

It's Charlie ...Charlie is God at Ferrari and in Italy !
Hopefully also (still)! in 2025...

#FerrariThings !

If it's not the electrics (MagnettiMarelli) then it's the brembo brake set up that is lightened and modified to within an inch of its life that plays up

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Someone was operating on a different level.


Last year he was asked by his race engineer GPL to slow down during the Bahrain race and to "just bring it home".

His reply: "Uhm... I'm happy to go slower but then we (Checo and I) both go slower."

Of course my friend, MAX always delivers . That's why he's the triple World Champion with 55 wins and multiple F1 records .

On the other hand : Ferrari is dreaming about next weekend at Jeddah..
The source is the "very interesting" Dutch article => https://gp33.nl/f1-nieuws/ferrari-de...olgens-de-data

As you can read ....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

If it's not the electrics (MagnettiMarelli) then it's the brembo brake set up that is lightened and modified to within an inch of its life that plays up

Ohhh...I know about the Ferrari brakes my friend . It's all about weight saving .
But sometimes It's just tooooooo..... light !

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Of course my friend, MAX always delivers . That's why he's the triple World Champion with 55 wins and multiple F1 records .

On the other hand : Ferrari is dreaming about next weekend at Jeddah..
The source is the "very interesting" Dutch article => https://gp33.nl/f1-nieuws/ferrari-de...olgens-de-data

As you can read ....

Max just set a new record for most consecutive points scored as well at 1030.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

Max just set a new record for most consecutive points scored as well at 1030.

And it Isn't over yet ....

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Ohhh...I know about the Ferrari brakes my friend . It's all about weight saving .
But sometimes It's just tooooooo..... light !

Unconnected. I'll be changing my brake pad set up soon (when warmer) in my M as I'm sick and tired for years putting up with the standard ridiculously black dusty pads nearly worn down and after just one trip the wheels are covered in black soot !
They won't be Brembo though but TRW instead.

[dfox]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

That was a very great race from Max. He pulled away with such a gap in the first ten laps and then just cruised. Watching the onboard, you could tell he was not pushing the car much at all with such a big lead. I imagine if he was on it the entire race, he'd have lapped the entire field rather than just half of it. Great race from Checo too - loved his new level of aggressiveness and hope he keeps it up.

Checo looked great. He was always pretty aggressive, but it was usually poorly timed so he ended up with incidents. At least in this one race, he seemed to have better timing. Hoping to see that keep up for him.

Once he got to 2nd, he just put on cruise control. You could tell he was just watching Sainz' speed and matching it, making sure not to wear out his soft tires too soon, but also not let Sainz catch up.


Overall though, that was a pretty boring race, even in the mid-field. I still don't know how max fans get excited to watch races...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I couldn't see it yesterday as it was blocked but today it is showing, with a gap like that..any talk of MAX going to Merc is complete madness my friend, Jos allegedly talking with Wolff about 'things', it's a joke right

A joke ? Just a snapshot my friend ...

[///M Power-Belgium]

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

A joke ? Just a snapshot my friend ...

''You'll pay Max..ehh??''