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![]() 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 ...
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So why didn’t they try this with Lawson instead of saying the car was too much for him and bringing up Yuki? |
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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.
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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.
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![]() 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...
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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..
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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 |
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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.
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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
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