Considering RedBull’s clear decline in form starting from Monaco, Ferrari could have been probably on par with them by now, had their upgrades been more successful.

In the past few years, the team didn’t strike me like lazy at all (they’ve introduced many revolutionary cars, like the SF70 and F1-75, and brought countless updates), but they seem not to have a clear and effective development plan most of the time.

🔵 Red Bull looked unbeatable up to Monaco but has scored fewer points than McLaren and Mercedes afterwards! 📉

34.5 pts/GP up to Monaco (roughly P1 + P3 + FastestLap, Sprints excluded).

22 pts/GP after that (Analogous to P4 +P5) [McL: 30.3pts/GP, Mercedes: 28.3pts/GP].

Their advantage over McL in the WCC is just 42 points now, less than the points awarded for a 1-2 finish (43).

🟠McLaren is just 42 points behind RedBull in the WCC, and its performance has been improving since the season start 📈

23.0 pts/GP up to Monaco

30.3 pts/GP after that: more than any other team and double the points scored by Ferrari! (Gaining 8.3pts/GP vs RedBull)

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⚫️Mercedes’ start of the season was terrible: their best finishing position up to Monaco was P5!

The improvement after that was massive: there has always been a Mercedes driver on the podium in the last 6 races, and they won 3 of the past 4 events. 📈

12.0 pts/GP up to Monaco

28.3 pts/GP after that

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Will Hamilton’s ‘fastest lap ever’ record ever be broken?

The 2020 Mercedes W11 is undoubtedly the fastest f1 car ever made, holding record laptimes at most tracks - Monza included: HAM’s pole had an AVERAGE speed of 264km/h!

It is unlikely we’ll go back to that performance before the ‘26 rules overhaul: will we ever see this kind of performance from F1 cars again?

Also notice:
- Laptimes and top speeds getting worse in 2021 due to the reduction in floor area (Mercedes had to run a more loaded rear wing to compensate, producing more drag and losing performance).
- The increase in top speed and laptimes in 2022 (cars got more aero-efficient but also heavier).
- The further top speed increase in 2023 (Ferrari went for a less draggy, albeit less successful concept).

In Miami, the rules have been re-worded to forbid ‘any system producing asymmetric braking’: could RedBull have been using such a system?🤔
Here is how it would work!👀

On corner entry, the centrifugal inertial force shifts the load to the outer tyres➡️These experience much more grip than the inner ones 🛞

A ‘T-valve’ would, under the effect of the centrifugal force, direct more braking pressure towards the outer tyre than to the inner one, in a way similar to a limited-slip differential! 🛠

This produces two main benefits:
-Improved tyre wear (the inner tyre locks up less)✅
-Better braking (fully exploiting the grip of the outer tyre)✅

Per @PeterDWindsor, this ban would explain Verstappen’s rear-right brake drama in Melbourne and his turn-in struggles since China. @ScarbsTech also agrees.

While we cannot know for sure whether this is the main cause of RedBull’s abrupt change in form, you now know how such a system would work! (Which is now forbidden 🚫.)

What’s your opinion? Will RedBull go back to his season-start form? 🤔

Such a system could also work in the opposite way, redirecting the pressure towards the INNER tyre: it would aid the turn-in (generating a yawing moment towards the corner), albeit reducing (instead of maximizing) the overall rear grip.

Both options would give a specific advantage if properly tuned, and are indeed fascinating!

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DutchGP PREVIEW! 🛠

- Many consecutive, banked corners ➡️ extremely demanding on the tyres ➡️ Pirelli is bringing the hardest compounds (C1-C3).

Expect medium-high load wings:
- High downforce ➡️ Improved braking, cornering and traction✅
- Still, excessive drag will hurt on the main straight❌

The few, short straights will make McLaren’s relatively high drag (and Alpine’s low engine power) matter less. In turn, Haas’ low drag will be less of a factor

What’s YOUR prediction? 👀

📸: @pirellisport

F1 is back! 🤩
Which rear wing type did each team choose for the grip-demanding Dutch GP? 👀

🟠McL doubles down on the car's high downforce (and drag) by employing the most loaded wing ⚫️Mercedes is not far off

🔴Ferrari and🔵Redbull going for a more middle-ground solution

Zandvoort's consecutive and banked corners require excellent grip, but will greatly stress the tyres
A more loaded wing:
-Might mitigate tyre wear, but only if the driver doesn't fully exploit the additional grip provided by the downforce!
-Will certainly induce more drag➡️Worse straight-line performance, harder to attack/defend, and will make the car drain its battery quicker (more energy spent on the straight, and less energy recovered under braking)

📸: @AlbertFabrega

I reverse-engineered Brembo’s ‘braking power’ calculation! 🤩

F1 brakes do indeed generate well over 2000kW of power… over 3000hp! 😳


Power = Force*Speed

The peak power is generated at the beginning of the braking phase, when speed AND deceleration (due to downforce) are highest. 🔥

4.5g of deceleration, but ‘only’ 3.5g of that due to the brakes: drag (and engine brake) alone account for 1g!
Yes: lifting the throttle off an F1 car can produce a deceleration stronger than the one you’d experience smashing the brake pedal of your car! 😳

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(The specific power value obtained depends on the data used: Brembo’s stated value is slightly lower probably because they used a lower speed value).

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