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@ben-n I don’t think Hamilton was confused at all. He’s smart enough to figure it out. Putting on an act after the race of course, as he always does.

Other than that I fully agree. Very disappointing to see thi […]

Checked the live timing to compare secor times which confirms it:

S1: Checo .04s slower
S2: Checo .05s slower
S3: Checo .11s slower

Fine margins though which is really good to see. Great job by Checo.

Max just did a better lap when it really mattered. Checo was 7 seconds behind Max, arguably an advantage since Max got through the wet patches first.

Checo is always looking for things outside of his own […]

McLaren was stronger. Norris was slower in q3 on the softs then in q2 on the mediums. He overheated his tyres. He should have been ahead of the Ferrari’s.

@hahostolze vibrations is what Max stated so it skipped a gear.

With the banking, I assume the aim is that 2 cars can take it side by side. Effectively, it would extend the straight. And with the DRS zone preceding it, it would slingshot the cars through there. I’m sure […]

Surely seems there’s a good chunk of performance in that, looking at the speeds in sector 2

My thoughts exactly. There will be no engine equality. And in the 2022 regulations there is much less room to compensate for it aerodynamically. This means that Mercedes dominance is ensured for the next few years at least.

Lawrence star indeed. Quote from the wikipedia article mentioned by @g-funk

The Verge published a follow-up investigation of Cognizant’s Tampa, Florida, office in June 2019.[137][138] … In the Tampa office, […]

Good overview, thanks for adding some context to the discussion. They’re very similar in their on-track conduct, but Max has received a lot more criticisim because of his hard-headedness. Charles is perceived as a […]

Yes, he’s driving very opportunistic and it stays a bit under the radar. Not that dissimilar to Max’ first few years at RB.

@gufdamm Agreed. Hamilton managed to stay close in the high speed last sector for many laps. He had a large pace advantage.

@tifoso1989 that’s some good info and analysis, interesting, thanks!

Did all three teams lose the time on the straights? Last year Alfa Romeo and Haas were slow already, and was clearly attributed to poor aerodynamics, not the PU. As mentioned, Ferrari knows they have massive drag […]

They didn’t laser-scan tracks, up to this year. The new Zandvoort track is based on a laser scan and they used lidar data as well (Jimmy Broadbent mentioned this on his initial review).

It looks like they h […]

@keithcollantine I really enjoy this feature, especially because you’ve added a lot of context in the article which made me really want to watch it (and I did). This deserves more exposure somehow! Maybe a d […]

@kalie good point. Many ‘rookies’ race against more experienced, solid drivers.

I’d say Vettel vs Leclerc could be close as well if Ferrari delivers a car that suits Vette.

@peartree And the picture to go with that (reverse caption competition).

@passingisoverrated

Fully agree. Apparently it’s all fair game. The old-timers surely have developed some dirty racing tactics which help them to muscle their way through the field, and surprise the rookies. […]

It is unfortunate that Racefans chooses not to link or embed the actual video. I’d like to know the reasoning behind this.

For convenience, here is the link to Binotto’s q&a video, published today: htt […]