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Emilia-Romagna GP - Rear Wings 🟠 McLaren and 🔴 Ferrari have a different rear wing design philosophy: they use a spoon-shaped lower plane, which reduces aero load when the wing is least efficient (close to the endplates). 🔵 RBR's design is opposite: medium…
Rear wings in Miami, for comparison
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Red Bull's sidepod inlet update is substantial, and makes them yet another top team (after 🔴Ferrari and 🟠McLaren) to have a sidepod wing acting as overbite.
The aim should be drag reduction [@AeroTechVH], and RBR's drag was already very low!
[Photos by @RosarioGiuliana]
The aim should be drag reduction [@AeroTechVH], and RBR's drag was already very low!
[Photos by @RosarioGiuliana]
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Emilia-Romagna GP - Practice 2 Analyses
1) GAP TO IDEAL LAP:
💥If you thought that McLaren's 1-2 FP2 finish indicated dominance, then hear this: their ideal lap (the combination of the team's best 3 sectors) was OVER 6 tenths clear of anyone else! 🤯
Telemetry shows that PIA and NOR were running similar setups, so that lap (1:14.939, just 0.193s slower than last year's pole) was likely achievable!
1) GAP TO IDEAL LAP:
💥If you thought that McLaren's 1-2 FP2 finish indicated dominance, then hear this: their ideal lap (the combination of the team's best 3 sectors) was OVER 6 tenths clear of anyone else! 🤯
Telemetry shows that PIA and NOR were running similar setups, so that lap (1:14.939, just 0.193s slower than last year's pole) was likely achievable!
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Emilia-Romagna GP - Practice 2 Analyses 1) GAP TO IDEAL LAP: 💥If you thought that McLaren's 1-2 FP2 finish indicated dominance, then hear this: their ideal lap (the combination of the team's best 3 sectors) was OVER 6 tenths clear of anyone else! 🤯 Telemetry…
2) TOP SPEEDS:
The Alpine drivers deployed a lot of energy (ERS) on the main straight: GAS and PIA were matched at 317km/h, but then GAS gained 16km/h (PIA just 11km/h). This was worth 0.116s, so his performance was great anyway.
RBR is a low drag car, and their sidepod update was aimed at reducing drag; so far, their top speed has been excellent.
RUS had high drag and also weak ERS deployment on several straights (lower PU mode).
The Alpine drivers deployed a lot of energy (ERS) on the main straight: GAS and PIA were matched at 317km/h, but then GAS gained 16km/h (PIA just 11km/h). This was worth 0.116s, so his performance was great anyway.
RBR is a low drag car, and their sidepod update was aimed at reducing drag; so far, their top speed has been excellent.
RUS had high drag and also weak ERS deployment on several straights (lower PU mode).
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2) TOP SPEEDS: The Alpine drivers deployed a lot of energy (ERS) on the main straight: GAS and PIA were matched at 317km/h, but then GAS gained 16km/h (PIA just 11km/h). This was worth 0.116s, so his performance was great anyway. RBR is a low drag car, and…
3) HIGH-SPEED GRIP (Downforce):
Mercedes' cornering is excellent, yet McLaren still has the edge under braking.
Mercedes' cornering is excellent, yet McLaren still has the edge under braking.
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3) HIGH-SPEED GRIP (Downforce): Mercedes' cornering is excellent, yet McLaren still has the edge under braking.
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Imola GP - Quali and Race Preview
Imola is one of my two home GPs, and I decided to make my ‘Quali and Race Preview’ article free for everyone to celebrate! (Normally exclusive to subscribers.)
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IMOLA GP QUALI ANALYSIS 🏎
🟠 McLaren quickest overall, yet struggled on the main straight: they probably chose to deploy less energy there (8km/h deficit to RBR: huge!) as it was fine elsewhere.
🔵 RBR had a less loaded setup (excellent top speed, slow in the fastest corner). Yet VER could stay full-throttle more than others!
⚫️ Mercedes was efficient (high top speed, yet good high-speed cornering performance) and has sustainable deployment (was 6km/h quicker at lap end than at the beginning).
🟢 ALO got a brilliant P5; a better placement was impossible due to the car's terrible low-speed cornering performance (13km/h deficit to McL).
🟠 McLaren quickest overall, yet struggled on the main straight: they probably chose to deploy less energy there (8km/h deficit to RBR: huge!) as it was fine elsewhere.
🔵 RBR had a less loaded setup (excellent top speed, slow in the fastest corner). Yet VER could stay full-throttle more than others!
⚫️ Mercedes was efficient (high top speed, yet good high-speed cornering performance) and has sustainable deployment (was 6km/h quicker at lap end than at the beginning).
🟢 ALO got a brilliant P5; a better placement was impossible due to the car's terrible low-speed cornering performance (13km/h deficit to McL).
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Notes on Imola Race
🔵 FLAWLESS drive by VER, who won against most odds through a brilliant T1 overtake!
🔴 Ferrari recovered 13 places! LEC could be penalised, though. Ferrari is quick… under specific conditions
Should they have asked HAM to give DRS to LEC to defend from ALB?
🔵 Heavy points for Williams (14).
🟢 Aston didn’t capitalise.
YOUR take? 🤔
🔵 FLAWLESS drive by VER, who won against most odds through a brilliant T1 overtake!
🔴 Ferrari recovered 13 places! LEC could be penalised, though. Ferrari is quick… under specific conditions
Should they have asked HAM to give DRS to LEC to defend from ALB?
🔵 Heavy points for Williams (14).
🟢 Aston didn’t capitalise.
YOUR take? 🤔
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IMOLA GP - RACE PACE Main strategy: 1 set of mediums, 2 of hards. Gap (s/lap): 1) 🔵 RBR (VER) 2) 🟠 McL (NOR) +0.18 3) 🔴 Ferrari (LEC) +0.58 4) 🟢 Merc (RUS) +0.87 5) 🔵 Williams (ALB) +0.95 6) 🟡 RBs (HAD) +1.25 7) 🟣 Alpine (GAS) +1.29 8) ⚪️ Haas (BEA) 1.32…
Last year's race was much closer in pace: 3 teams within one tenth!
Surprisingly, RBR GAINED vs McL, while Ferrari and Mercedes experienced a big setback in pace.
Surprisingly, RBR GAINED vs McL, while Ferrari and Mercedes experienced a big setback in pace.
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IMOLA GP - TIME TO REACH 200 KM/H
Verstappen's launch was terrible: this makes his turn 1 overtake even crazier! 🤯
- ⚪️ BEA and 🔴 HAM were quickest to reach 200km/h;
- 🟠 PIA needed 0.4s more, and 🔵 VER 0.5s more;
- RUS overtook VER as he needed 0.3s less than him to reach 200km/h, but was then blocked by PIA.
The Hards were slightly QUICKER (-0.065s) than the Mediums on average.
Made via @JMP_software
Verstappen's launch was terrible: this makes his turn 1 overtake even crazier! 🤯
- ⚪️ BEA and 🔴 HAM were quickest to reach 200km/h;
- 🟠 PIA needed 0.4s more, and 🔵 VER 0.5s more;
- RUS overtook VER as he needed 0.3s less than him to reach 200km/h, but was then blocked by PIA.
The Hards were slightly QUICKER (-0.065s) than the Mediums on average.
Made via @JMP_software
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MONACO GP - PREVIEW:
A track made of extremes:
- 2 mandatory pits (!);
- Softest compounds (C4-C6);
- Traction is crucial. Cornering? Not so much.
- Max downforce: Teams will run very loaded wings to extract all the downforce they can, as the resulting drag penalty is tiny.
Ferrari is expected to run the same wing used last year, to save money and design time.
📸: @pirellisport
A track made of extremes:
- 2 mandatory pits (!);
- Softest compounds (C4-C6);
- Traction is crucial. Cornering? Not so much.
- Max downforce: Teams will run very loaded wings to extract all the downforce they can, as the resulting drag penalty is tiny.
Ferrari is expected to run the same wing used last year, to save money and design time.
📸: @pirellisport
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MONACO GP - PREVIEW: A track made of extremes: - 2 mandatory pits (!); - Softest compounds (C4-C6); - Traction is crucial. Cornering? Not so much. - Max downforce: Teams will run very loaded wings to extract all the downforce they can, as the resulting drag…
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MONACO GP - WING THURSDAY!
Ferrari is running last year's wing in Monaco: @Corriere anticipated this, and the images seem to confirm it! 🧐
This will save them design and production costs for an item that will only be used at a handful of high-downforce tracks (Monaco, Singapore, etc).
All teams will run maximum downforce wings:
- Very cambered planes;
- No spoon wings;
- Frequent gurney flaps;
- Double, loaded beam wings.
📸 @AlbertFabrega
Ferrari is running last year's wing in Monaco: @Corriere anticipated this, and the images seem to confirm it! 🧐
This will save them design and production costs for an item that will only be used at a handful of high-downforce tracks (Monaco, Singapore, etc).
All teams will run maximum downforce wings:
- Very cambered planes;
- No spoon wings;
- Frequent gurney flaps;
- Double, loaded beam wings.
📸 @AlbertFabrega
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And that was Day 1 ✅
Leclerc is looking good, and Alonso’s performance in the updated quali might not be just a Imola one-off! 👌
Analyses coming later in the evening once I get to my room! 📊🏎
And that was Day 1 ✅
Leclerc is looking good, and Alonso’s performance in the updated quali might not be just a Imola one-off! 👌
Analyses coming later in the evening once I get to my room! 📊🏎
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MONACO GP FP2 ANALYSIS 🏎📊
1) MINIMUM SPEEDS:
Will any team stay above FIFTY km/h in F1's slowest corner? 😛
🟠 PIA had the highest minimum speed (48), 🔴 LEC the lowest (43), as he tried to prioritise the exit. He still lost to PIA there, though.
2) BEST SECTORS:
🔴 Ferrari was quickest in Sectors 1 (LEC) and 3 (HAM)
🟠 McL in S2 (PIA)
Ferrari seems to have a complete package: Sector 1 requires good traction out of Saint-devote and good front-end and driver confidence for the turn-in at Massenet. Sector 3 requires good downforce and stability/agility in changes of direction
3) GAP VISUALISED:
It was a back-and-forth between 🔴 LEC and 🟠 PIA: LEC gained up to the T6 hairpin, but PIA gained there. PIA was almost 3 tenth in front at the chicane after the tunnel! LEC recovered and got in front in T17.
Qualifying will be tight and race-deciding! 😬
What's your prediction? 👀
1) MINIMUM SPEEDS:
Will any team stay above FIFTY km/h in F1's slowest corner? 😛
🟠 PIA had the highest minimum speed (48), 🔴 LEC the lowest (43), as he tried to prioritise the exit. He still lost to PIA there, though.
2) BEST SECTORS:
🔴 Ferrari was quickest in Sectors 1 (LEC) and 3 (HAM)
🟠 McL in S2 (PIA)
Ferrari seems to have a complete package: Sector 1 requires good traction out of Saint-devote and good front-end and driver confidence for the turn-in at Massenet. Sector 3 requires good downforce and stability/agility in changes of direction
3) GAP VISUALISED:
It was a back-and-forth between 🔴 LEC and 🟠 PIA: LEC gained up to the T6 hairpin, but PIA gained there. PIA was almost 3 tenth in front at the chicane after the tunnel! LEC recovered and got in front in T17.
Qualifying will be tight and race-deciding! 😬
What's your prediction? 👀
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