[Mr. Jonathan]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

No Sir . You said : Max Verstapen is seen delivering a suitcase of money to RB advisors in appreciation for suggesting his teammates car is de-tuned.

And that is BS and actually too funny to be true .

BTW : MAX said today , the RB21 is still unpredictable (!)
The SIM setup shows a 0.3 sec. faster car but at the track the car is 0.3 sec. slower..
That really s@cks for YUKI and MAX .
What YUKI said about the RB21 => https://www.m3post.com/forums/showpost.php?p=31985300&postcount=347

#FrankensteinCar (!)

Well maybe the anonymous source(s) mistook Lawson for Vestrappen.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

Basically, what we know. Unless you're Max, you'd be at the back of the grid in this car or in the wall. I'd love to see Sai, Ham or others struggling to get past Doohan while driving the RB21. And that's the cold, hard truth. They'd have no pace in a car that overwhelmingly exceeds their abilities.

Honestly , I couldn't agree more

RB has (still)! work to do to give the RB21 a predictable driving behavior.
If you seek the limits in this car ,you can crash at any moment .
As you say ,It's a true miracle that MAX can handle this Frankenstein car .

I can't say 'one good word about the Frenchman Pierre Waché ...

[3798j]

Long runs in FP1

Norris 1m33.36s (7 laps)
Piastri 1m33.44s (7 laps)
Russell 1m33.49s (10 laps)
Leclerc 1m33.57s (8 laps)
Hamilton 1m33.77s (6 laps)
Antonelli 1m34.43s (9 laps)
Verstappen 1m34.432s (8 laps)
Tsunoda 1m35.09s (5 laps)
All drivers on medium tyre apart from Verstappen and Tsunoda (softs)

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/m...eat-at-suzuka/

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Glad he stuck the landing and didn't blow out an ACL

Killed by Death

[Rono63]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

LOL Do you know what detuning means (or the difference between that and the word adjusting) or you're just that ignorant? They are adapting the setup so the car provides Yuki more confidence to drive it. He, nor anyone on the grid could handle Max's driving preferences. Otherwise, Yuki would be no better off in terms of pace than Liam was.

So why didn’t they try this with Lawson instead of saying the car was too much for him and bringing up Yuki?

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by Rono63

So why didn’t they try this with Lawson instead of saying the car was too much for him and bringing up Yuki?

I have no idea but I am sure they did to a degree and it still didnt work for him. I do think Yuki is better than Lawson and deserved the seat over him. That being said, the long run pace, Yuki was half a second slower than Max. He's not going to fare all that much better than anyone else has against Max in the same car.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

#RookieMess (!)

Now we know more as to why DOO crashed, he thought a foot tap on the brake pedal would suffice in closing the DRS flap when just a tap of the forefinger would close it for sure. Car was totalled and Alpine had one spare tub in the box to rebuild Pinkie.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'm relaxing myself in the sun watching them writing elementary questions to each other

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

YUKI : The RB21 is tricky (!)

''it's a bit different to the sim'' is an understatement''

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

What a BS ....

I could do with a suitcase of money for my new house rebuild heheh

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Now we know more as to why DOO crashed, he thought a foot tap on the brake pedal would suffice in closing the DRS flap when just a tap of the forefinger would close it for sure. Car was totalled and Alpine had one spare tub in the box to rebuild Pinkie.

I don't want to be this night in the Alpine box

Same situation in the Red Bull box to kill the Frankenstein car curse...
The RB21 got 3 Suzuka upgrades to make the car more drivable and controllable .
And the car (still)! s@cks ...(as usual)!

I can't stand the French idiot Pierre Waché anymore (!)
That guy belongs in a Napoleon Bonaparte comedy movie .
What a mess...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

''it's a bit different to the sim'' is an understatement''

YUKI can't say what he really feels and thinks of the RB21 .
What he says is a sort of filtering ..

We'll see it soon enough , tomorrow morning in the qualifying.
But so far in the practice , it looks better with YUKI than what Slowson did with the car ..
This time the choice was right , but think the HULK (Nico Hulkenberg) would be good as well..

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Mr. Jonathan

Well maybe the anonymous source(s) mistook Lawson for Vestrappen.

Quite a few sources are mentioned anytime here but I take them with a pinch of salt myself

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

YUKI can't say what he really feels and thinks of the RB21 .
What he says is a sort of filtering ..

We'll see it soon enough , tomorrow morning in the qualifying.
But so far in the practice , it looks better with YUKI than what Slowson did with the car ..
This time the choice was right , but think the HULK (Nico Hulkenberg) would be good as well..

HULK could have been brought in but Honda money for Yuki in a Honda was the final arm twister.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Quite a few sources are mentioned anytime here but I take them with a pinch of salt myself

I'll take his comment with a 50KG salt bag

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I'll take his comment with a 50KG salt bag

That's a trifle more than a pinch of salt over the shoulder

[Fillip]

Norris looked in the zone. He will be hard to beat this weekend.

[E86Z4MC]

Really amazing how quickly the rb car went to crap once Newey stopped putting his fairy dust on the vehicle. Crap car that happens to suit max, but also now slow relative to the competition. Doesn't Honda have the strongest engine on the grid now, too? (definitely isn't Mercedes with this engine freeze). Which makes this even more alarming.

Really shows the importance of aero expertise to succeed. A dominant car trending towards midfield within one year, despite having a top 3 driver on the grid and the best engine within the same regs.

Honestly no other excuse /way to look at it

[GuidoK]

I wouldn't say it suits Max, Max can 'cope' with it and handle it with his talent.

Max has been very vocal about it's flaws in the media and the need to improve those flaws instead of swapping out drivers....and that the car won't be a WDC winning car.

I don't think the front end bias is the problem, it's the unpredictable nature of the chassis, the very narrow operating window and it's bad performance handling bumps/curbs that are the problem. For all drivers, not just Max.

General consensus is that Mercedes have (and always had) the strongest and most reliable engine on the grid. But Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda are really close.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I wouldn't say it suits Max, Max can 'cope' with it and handle it with his talent.

Max has been very vocal about it's flaws in the media and the need to improve those flaws instead of swapping out drivers....and that the car won't be a WDC winning car.

I don't think the front end bias is the problem, it's the unpredictable nature of the chassis, the very narrow operating window and it's bad performance handling bumps/curbs that are the problem. For all drivers, not just Max.

The RB21 got 3 new Suzuka upgrades

1- A new lower wishbone of the rear suspension
2- A new exit duct
3- A new PU cover

There's a new Suzuka (panic)! weather update

Very interesting . Source is the Dutch GP33 article => https://gp33.nl/f1-nieuws/het-weerbe...iek-in-paddock

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I wouldn't say it suits Max, Max can 'cope' with it and handle it with his talent.

Max has been very vocal about it's flaws in the media and the need to improve those flaws instead of swapping out drivers....and that the car won't be a WDC winning car.

I don't think the front end bias is the problem, it's the unpredictable nature of the chassis, the very narrow operating window and it's bad performance handling bumps/curbs that are the problem. For all drivers, not just Max.

General consensus is that Mercedes have (and always had) the strongest and most reliable engine on the grid. But Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda are really close.

Yes, the car understeers then oversteers mid corner. Remember last year in Qatar I believe where Max had the biggest sudden, snap oversteer just before the end of the lap in quali? Anyone else on the grid, literally anyone else would have been in the wall with a totaled car but Max saved it quite well.
MB have the strongest power unit. Honda is said to have the best energy deployment but certainly don't have the most powerful ICE unit.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Good morning to all .