2022 French Grand Prix grid

15 comments on “2022 French Grand Prix grid”

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   Jere (@jerejj)
   23rd July 2022, 16:06

   Good tactics by Ferrari.
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   petebaldwin (@)
   23rd July 2022, 16:07

   Really like that grid. There’s lots of interesting potential battles throughout and a few who have to work their way through the field with Max and Charles fighting out front. Hopefully we get a good race tomorrow!
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   A
   23rd July 2022, 16:13

   And Mercedes is in the figh for race win

   Sarcasm is heavily present here
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   Ajaxn
   23rd July 2022, 16:14

   Hopefully everyone gets a clean start and we don’t fr example see Russell crashing into Hamilton ahead of him.

   The real question is who had their car set for qualifying, and who had it setup for race pace?

   Any word on what tyres they’ll start on?
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      Captain Pie (@captainpie)
      23rd July 2022, 18:12

      As with any race, we won’t know starting tires until formation lap, it would expect medium to be the choice of the front runners, maybe some midfield going on hard, expect Sainz and Magnussen to be on hard.

      Big question on tires is, who will gamble on a soft!
      1. 

         Ajaxn
         23rd July 2022, 19:36

         I vote for Alonso on softs, for the glory of getting ahead of his former rivals.. ;^)
         or else he go to the other extreme and go hards, to try and run very long.
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            Leonard Smart
            23rd July 2022, 23:34

            I would bet my bottom dollar he will start on hards and try to finish on them, he does look after his tyres has proven before
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   Robbie (@robbie)
   23rd July 2022, 16:30

   Feels to me like Max has the upper hand for tomorrow, but then of course that’s why they run the races and not just hand out the trophies beforehand.
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      petebaldwin (@)
      23rd July 2022, 16:35

      @robbie – I think the same… Ferrari have gone with a lot more downforce than Red Bull which isn’t going to help them tomorrow. They’ll have to look after the tyres so won’t benefit from the extra downforce as much as they did today whereas Red Bull will still have all of the benefits they had today with their lower downforce setting – even more when they can combine their advantage with DRS….

      Sky just did a comparison of Max and Charles’ laps and despite the tow, Max was still gaining plenty of time down the straight. Add some DRS into the mix and it’ll be an extremely easy pass tomorrow if he can keep up for the first few laps. Once he’s ahead, he’ll be difficult to overtake and will probably have better tyre wear.
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         Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
         23rd July 2022, 17:30

         @petebaldwin
         The Ferrari concept is about producing more downforce while the RBR is all about aerodynamic efficiency, a lot of downforce while keeping their street line speed. Both teams have brought parts this season that are against their design philosophy to compensate for their shortfalls. Ferrari brought parts (wings, floor…) to increase its straight line speed and RBR brought parts to produce more downforce.

         Ferrari have gone with a lot more downforce than Red Bull which isn’t going to help them tomorrow

         More downforce means more load which normally prevents the car from sliding and gives it more grip which normally will result in less tyre degradation. It’s a balance, if a team will go too far in that direction it will certainly suffer from high tyre wear.

         Pace wise Ferrari seem to still have something in hand. Carlos Q2 lap was 31.0 enough to secure second place without the tow and he said after qualy that he could have gone quicker in Q3. Ferrari pace wise is the car to beat. Reliability, strategy and pitstops are the factors that can decide the race in favour of RBR in my opinion otherwise I can see Leclerc comfortably controlling the race from the front.
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         Kpcart
         23rd July 2022, 17:41

         Big ifs
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         Captain Pie (@captainpie)
         23rd July 2022, 18:14

         Ferrari have seemed better on tire wear though, so if Leclerc breaks DRS and maintains the lead, then it may be more of a challenge.

         Is the undercut or overcut stronger at Paul Ricard?
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   Cobray (@)
   23rd July 2022, 16:56

   Ferrari is having a similar deficit of top speed to Jeddah ~10 km. Unlike in Jeddah, they are getting out-accelerated out of corners and they are barely quicker in the slow sector. Max made 2 mistakes on his last lap otherwise he would be within a tenth and with around 2-3 tenths in pole to spare without Sainz’s help.

   Leclerc with Sainz tow was still ~3km of RB on the straight leading to Signes. I am very curious about tomorrow.
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      Cobray (@)
      23rd July 2022, 16:57

      *off
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         kpcart
         23rd July 2022, 17:44

         So what? The grid is at it is. And you can’t predict the future.

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