[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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Insane braking from MAX, 25 metres later than LAN at the last corner sunk NOR

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

YUKI is big in Japan

日本で大きな

Running gag op NL fora: Yuki zal nooit een grote rijder worden.

Go MAX!

Cheers
Robin

[Killed by Death]

VER

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Running gag op NL fora: Yuki zal nooit een grote rijder worden.

Go MAX!

Cheers
Robin

Kan best zijn, maar dat is eigenlijk niet de bedoeling als je de 2de rijder bent in het team . Maar YUKI doet het wel al veel beter dan Lawson in de RB21 .
Geduld is de boodschap Robin. Dit was YUKI's eerste kwalificatie in de RB21.
YUKI maakte 2 kleine foutjes in zijn laatste rondje anders had hij wel in de top-10 gestaan.
Laat ons morgen maar de race in de regen zien , ik denk dat een top-10 voor ons Japannerke best wel haalbaar is .
Punten scoren in het WCC is zijn opdracht en MAX helpen indien mogelijk.
Nautuurlijk en hopelijk ook zonder kleerscheuren (!)

MAX dacht tijdens zijn pole lap , minstens 5 keer te crashen .
Zo schandalig slecht is die RB21 Frankenstein auto , enkel de MAX-Factor kan zoiets uitzonderlijk haalbaar maken (!)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

VER

And LEW is beaten again by your boy . That matters my friend

My eyes are like spotlights for LEW vs Hadjar at the 4th row .

The Algerian rookie will take LEW down (!)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Insane braking from MAX, 25 metres later than LAN at the last corner sunk NOR

JAPAN (!)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Sainz got a 3P grid penalty for his incident with LEW..

The updated Suzuka grid (!)

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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What struck me when watching this comparo was the difference in head/helmet shaking.

Look again focusing on the helmets only, and you'll notice Norris's head encountering slightly more 'wobble' or 'jarring/jolting' than Verstappen. An indication of a slightly stiffer setup of the McLaren.

[Artemis]

Verstappen: "The car was definitely a bit better than Friday, but at the same time we really still got to work on the balance in the corners. With low fuel you can still mask something in one lap. But I still don't enter fully confident. We must keep improving. It's not that everything is suddenly perfect again because I'm on pole position. We have problems that need to be solved. Some tracks will work better, some less. But this whole weekend we experimented until the qualies to find that balance that can make me push just a little bit more."

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Kan best zijn, maar dat is eigenlijk niet de bedoeling als je de 2de rijder bent in het team . Maar YUKI doet het wel al veel beter dan Lawson in de RB21 .

Het was het geintje als in grote rijder omdat hij zo klein is.

Cheers
Robin

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Artemis

What struck me when watching this comparo was the difference in head/helmet shaking.

Look again focusing on the helmets only, and you'll notice Norris's head encountering slightly more 'wobble' or 'jarring/jolting' than Verstappen. An indication of a slightly stiffer setup of the McLaren.

Yeah . I had already noticed that too . MAX looks more relaxed in the car.
As you say : It can be a slightly stiffer Papaya setup but also from more vibrations of the Mercedes PU .

One thing is for sure : We will never know .

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Het was het geintje als in grote rijder omdat hij zo klein is.

Cheers
Robin

Inderdaad . In beide situaties is dit mogelijk betreffende YUKI

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

VER

For sure . I already know that from 15 years ago here in Belgium.

[G30M]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

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Norris was faster everywhere but he gave Max a huge headstart.

In the corner before the lap begin Max drove around the outside. This means he had a lot more distance to accelerate and he started his lap faster than Norris. Norris didn't drive around the outside and he started his lap very slowly, but made everything up due to the fast car until chicane at the end.

Classic qualifying trick and people don't always know. Looks like the McLarens didn't teach Norris that.

[Mr Pete]

Unreal. Putting that car on pole. Max just knows how to extract every last bit out of a car. I can’t imagine the points damage he would do if he drove a McLaren or Mercedes this year. I think on very technical tracks that don’t have huge long straight sections, Max can do well this year.

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by Mr Pete

Unreal. Putting that car on pole. Max just knows how to extract every last bit out of a car. I can’t imagine the points damage he would do if he drove a McLaren or Mercedes this year. I think on very technical tracks that don’t have huge long straight sections, Max can do well this year.

He’s simple unreal. No one else would come close to what he’s doing in the same car. Looks like Tsu cared about the same as Law. If Max was driving any of the other top cars it would be season over. He’s just able to adapt to whatever the car provides and extract 100% or more as you said. Again, no one else could do that in a car this difficult to drive and why no one else would have won in his car in 2021 through 2024.

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Max is going to get destroyed by Yuki. Max is only good against mediocre drivers and rookies.

That's why they didn't hire bottas. They know he would steal wins off Max. People forget that Bottas, prior to Mercedes, was 4th in the WDC ahead of some Ferrari legends/

How’s Yuki doing? Looks like not much better than Lawson. Queueing up your excuse because once again, you were/are wrong. Tsu got absolutely gobsmacked. You boy Ham didn’t fare too well either get out qualified by a rookie in like the 6th fastest car and Ant in a slower car.

[Mr. Jonathan]

What was the old record? Did NOR better it as well? Only a few hundreds seperate the top three.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Mr. Jonathan

What was the old record? Did NOR better it as well? Only a few hundreds seperate the top three.

Sub 1:28:

[Artemis]

Reminds of the incredible 2021 Jeddah Q3 lap, but this time, at Suzuka, Verstappen nailed it.

90% lap - 2021 Jeddah Q3:

Alonso's reaction (2021):
https://youtube.com/shorts/SJgofGN3i54

Mercedes race engineer Bono + Hamilton reaction (2021):
Bono to Hamilton: "Uh, well, that's just about the most hectic Q3 we've had in a long time. (...) Yeah, well, Verstappen was on for a good one, mate. He really was on a flier".

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX is not from this world !!!!

If anyone ever created the perfect racer robot - they tailor it after Max but would certainly not be as good as Max.

[///M Power-Belgium]

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