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Will wait for P3......

 

True but RedBull look well sorted at all points slow and fast. Its a balanced appearance yes?

 

Yes, would be nice to see Perez come good here as long as Max finishes ahead of Ham.

 

Actually I was surprised Checo managed to grab top spot. The in-car from his previous lap looked horrendous, he was struggling everywhere, not even near a decent time let alone best of the session. Personally believe there’s a bag of time certain teams chose to keep under wraps.

Not buying from the men of constant sorrow....

 

No sorrow. We have F1. If they like bags of sand thats ok. Max appeared well sorted. Very balanced car. I do sense a RedBull win!

 

RedBull needs to maximize this and do a 1-2. Ferrari may not be as fast, but they should aim for P3/P4, wary of the McLarens.
The Mercs, I'm not sure they are sandbagging. P16 for Bottas, what is that?

Also noticed, Alonso P6... Is he starting to get the grips of his Alpine? I like that.

 

Nope., that's how really good driver know where the limit is, they try untill it crashes..than they know the limit....as long as he keeps it in one piece in the race all is fine.

 

They know he's much faster than their beloved crapilton, and their asses still ache from mONZA...2019!!!

 

cRAPILTON CRASHED EVERY SINGLE RACE FOR A COUPLE OF RACES WHEN HE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEST CAR, SO THEY CAN EAT CROW FOR SOME TIME BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN SPEAK ABOUT A DRIVER OF cHARLES CALIBER...

 

I suppose the experts to be you and who else? your dog?, the cat?

 

I smell MB sandbagging to keep the illusion of competition...probably with FIA urging and involvement. Certainly budget cuts hurt, but not to the degree they really would if there was actual policing of expenditures. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mercedes go for second and fifth in the race, then come roaring back with a heroes story when they get to France and dominate for the rest of the season. Very Hollywood. Gives Lewis another chance to thank the team for all their hard work, and even shed a tear over having to put in "the drive of his life" to claim his eighth title.

 

Maybe Merc fearing a front flexi wing protest had to stiffen it and now the car doesn't work?

 

Let’s hope. Also they may have had to alter their rear wing as well.

 

Remenber guys, we all saw Mclaren dominating for years, williams, Ferrari, Merc, it all ends one day, doesn't mean they really lost it, but it will happen one day, maybe it's for real...

 

IMO it's a sandbag. ''Look FIA how fast the rest are with their ultra flex wings! Do something! Make us be at the front again!"

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William, you are completely correct on all fronts. Thank you for educating.

 

Too much downforce, and spring+shocks too hard.
Will be fixed by tomorrow morning with any luck.

 

I've heard RB's new engine department/company (?) is exempt from the new budget cap.

So that might be a prelimenary answer to what F1 teams will do next; making sure part(s) of their businesses are exempt by putting some of their investments in seperate legal entity's and/or making sure parts are "bought" from "external" suppliers which are funded seperately from their main activities.

 

I say none of the above, not even the cat. Said experts can’t be too “expert” if they’re calling the front wing movements “flutter” and disregarding the gross flexing of the wing.

 

I hope Charles’ radio message about his tires going off after 6 laps on the long runs was like the usual fake HAM tire crises messages—that Merc use to try to fool the opposition—and the car behaves well in the race. Or maybe the low downforce set-up was too optimistic and they’ll start with what Carlos was running.

For sure a win is off the table but would be nice to see the reds in contention for a podium.

 

Great Insight.Qualy will be very exciting and the prospects for the race are great.

 

We're about to see the sandbags removed . . . .