Top Speed per Lap:

Verstappen seemingly said in an interview that they had to turn the engine down due to an issue.

He had the lowest top speed in the race ('just' 345km/h), which seems to confirm that.

Some positive stats about Ferrari!🏎🏇
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- Ferrari has already outscored their 2023 season (407 vs 406 points) with 6 races less (and a fiercer competition).
- Same for LEC (217 vs 206); SAI is just 16 points behind his '23 season.
The last time Ferrari won both Monza and Monaco was in 1979 (and won the noscript)... yes, not even Schumacher did that!

McL looks favourite for the WCC, but we might be in for a 3-way fight if Red Bull solves their issues and Ferrari's strong form continues!

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The ItalianGP was less than 1km/h slower than the fastest F1 race of all time! 🤯

2003: 247.585km/h (Record)
2024: 246.680km/h

Leclerc completed the 53 laps in just 21.3s more than Schumacher.
The '24 cars were way quicker in qualifying, and less so in the race (due to the refueling). MSC could hammer very low laptimes for longer, however, achieving a better average pace.

LEC was 2.44s/lap quicker ON AVERAGE than last year on the same M-H strategy (thanks to the resurfacing). Had he been 0.4s/lap quicker than that, he would have beat the record!

QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE
(Sessions in which Intermediate/Wet tyres were used are excluded)

🟠 McLaren did the fastest lap in qualifying once again, but they didn't dominate as in Zandvoort: their margin over Mercedes and Ferrari was minimal.

🔴Ferrari's qualifying performance has been terrible since Canada: Baku will tell whether Monza was an outlier or the start of a new dawn.

🟢Aston Martin's performance is slowly getting worse after a decent start.

MONZA QUALI IMPROVEMENT (2024 vs 2023)

📈Gained the most: Alpine (very slow in '23), McL, Haas.

📉Gained the least: Ferrari (pole in '23), RedBull, Williams (ALB was P6 in '23 quali).

Ferrari greatly improved their race pace, however!

1.082s average improvement (resurfacing helped; race pace improved even more!).

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Did you know that by using less loaded wings teams can save almost 300hp (of drag) at 300km/h at Monza compared to Zandvoort? 🤯

In Ferrari’s case: Less loaded 🟣rear wings and 🔵beam wings ➡️ +20km/h terminal speed with DRS, and +30km/h without!

Drag (no DRS): -25%

Drag power saved:
~270hp at 300km/h,
~400hp at the top speed (more than the power of an F3 car!)

As expected, the difference is higher when DRS is not being used, as DRS partially negates the drag difference between the two wings.

[Drawing by ohad_bark]

How is it possible that Charles Leclerc reached the highest top speed of the 2020 season with the least powerful engine and a draggy car? 🤔

Answer: the race top speed is a terrible predictor of engine power ❌

🛠My approach for fellow performance engineers:

1) Estimate engine power: check how quickly the car increases its speed (longitudinal acceleration) for any given speed. Use the lowest gear which allows full-throttle ➡️ Traction and drag are not factors

2) Estimate drag: Once power is estimated, use the car's top speed in free air to compute its drag coefficient

That's why you cannot use the top speed in the race to evaluate that: LEC had a very strong tow and was running a tiny rear wing ➡️ drag was reduced massively, which hid his lack of power!

Two proofs of that:
- Ferrari lost 14km/h to '19, even though the '20 #F1 car was more draggy and much less powerful!
- The highest top speed was reached in Spa and not in Monza, even though even less loaded wings are used there.

I hope you've learnt something today! 😁
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Despite the post-Imola hit in performance, Red Bull remains the fastest car in qualifying over the season - yet McL has been quicker since then!

Ferrari, compared to last year:
-Slightly worse in qualifying;
-Much better race pace!

Mercedes has been only slightly slower than Ferrari on average; their advantage over the next-best car (Aston) is massive.

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Piastri has completed all the racing laps so far: 970/970 👌(No one matched him!)

🟠McLaren has covered more laps than anyone else📈
The top team which completed the fewest was... 🔵RedBull! Even VER did fewer laps than both McL and Mercedes drivers.📉

GAS did 145 laps less than PIA: more than two races!

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BAKU PREVIEW

🛠It requires an EXTREME aerodynamic compromise:
- 'Monaco-like' Sectors 1 and 2 ➡️ Maximum downforce needed.
- Sector 3 consists of the longest full-throttle section on the calendar ➡️ Minimal drag required.

Consequently, medium- and low-load wings can both work. 👌

Ferrari won both Monaco and Monza: I expect them to perform well in Baku, which is a combination of both!

What's YOUR prediction? 🤔

📸: @pirellisport221

An example of how wildly different rear wings can be in Baku! 🤯 (2019 - Renaults vs Williams)

Cars like Alpine (which generates excessive drag compared to the relatively modest power of its engine) will have to sacrifice either grip or straight-line speed.

Azerbaijan GP - Wing Thrusday!

McLaren is running the most loaded rear wing.

RedBull, Ferrari, Aston are sacrificing a bit of downforce to gain straight line speed on Baku’s super-long main straight.

Mercedes, Williams, Racing Bulls did it too, but to a higher degree.

Alpine’s wing is non-existent… the same as in Monza! 😳

Honestly I cannot see how they can use it in Baku, I expect them to switch to a more loaded one throughout the weekend.

📸: @AlbertFabrega

TOP SPEEDS - FP1
(Considering each team's quickest lap)

Aston 345km/h
Williams 343
...
Sauber 340
Red Bull 339
McL/Ferrari/Mercedes/RacingBulls/Alpine 337
...
Haas 334

Aston's top speed is 3km/h higher than their top speed in Monza FP1!
The DRS zone has been extended this year 🚀

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