[gohawks23]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Usually yes. but there are always drivers that excel and drivers who don't, so it's not only best car, but also best car by how much. And what other mistakes will be made.

Look at last year, McLaren also had by far the fastest car for the majority of the season (roughly 21 out of the 26 races) and still Max Verstappen got the title....
McLaren made so many mistakes that year and Max drove brilliantly at the times it mattered.

Max has been driving his car for so long tho so he knows 100 about it...McLaren drivers then learning a new to them ultra competitive car?

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LAP 39 Ferrari : Swap positions (!)

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

F1 75 is showing RUS is on mediums an MAX on hards...

The Ferrari war just started at this moment (!)

[M5Rick]

Chas must be seething..

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MAX vs RUS is coming up (!)

[G MONEY]

Watch paint dry today or the Miami race? Decisions decisions

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The Ferrari war just started at this moment (!)

MAX closing on RUS.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX closing on RUS.

MAX will nail RUS .

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX will nail RUS .

Hopefully, he has a few laps to do it.

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LAP 46/57 : Piastri's gap is 34 sec. to MAX ?!?!

[M5Rick]

Will Chas get LEW back?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

LAP 46/57 : Piastri's gap is 34 sec. to MAX ?!?!

Another pap 1-2 then...

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Will Chas get LEW back?

C'mon Sainz just nail your Red EX's ...

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by gohawks23

Max has been driving his car for so long tho so he knows 100 about it...McLaren drivers then learning a new to them ultra competitive car?

The car's performance changes consantly due to new updates brought.
And basically every year it's a new car. For sure they build on last year tech, but differences between cars (and also differences between drivers) are compared to what normal humans experience and can imagine very small.
But these small differences in the end give 'a big advantage'

But if we (as in we in F1) see big differences and on that situation judge that a car or a driver is way better/superior, those differences (like 15 sec after a 2 hour race) are still way smaller than differences in marathon runners or sprinters or whatever, those 15sec extrapolated to the timeframe they have their match.

With McLaren they started last year with them mentioning that their car still wasn't completely finished at the beginning of the race and that they would come with a big update in Miami. And from that point foreward their car was clearly superior.
So a year can be a real gamble. A seemingly superior team/car can loose it's advantage over the winter developing period.
Regarding engines it's a different story. Engines have a development freeze. At the beginning of a new ruleset (like every 5 years or so), the basic design development takes place. After that, it's not allowed to gain performance gains through development, only reliability gains or safety gains through development.
This is why cars are nowadays way more reliable than say in the 90's

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7 laps to go...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

7 laps to go...

Last lap lunge for MAX?

[GuidoK]

I don't understand. Hammy said he would be way faster than LEC, but the difference is still 0,8sec and he's not really gaining on ANT.
Or are his orders to keep LEC in DRS range giving hin a toe to prevent SAI gaining on LEC?

Because that's also not really working, SAI is still roughly 1,5sec behind, just as he was before LEC had to let HAM pass

edit: LEC is questioning it too and says he's now overheating. Go figure in that dirty air...

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Will Chas get LEW back?

Ferrari : Swap positions AGAIN ..What a clown show !!!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Ferrari : Swap positions AGAIN ..What a clown show !!!

War horses !

[GuidoK]

At Ferrari they're now swapping again.
So the net result of this was 0


And LEC not happy and Hammy not happy....

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Last lap lunge for MAX?

With just 4 laps to go , the gap is still 1.5 sec. to RUS .

MAX won't see the Miami podium . Too bad ...

McLaren wins this race with the tyre cooling advantage (!)

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

At Ferrari they're now swapping again.
So the net result of this was 0


And LEC not happy and Hammy not happy....

#FerrariThings (!)