F1 2022: Australian GP - Melbourne (Apr 10)

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Hopefully . But currently MAX's HONDA PU is a puzzle in 'JAPAN ...
Everything is taken apart because there can be damage from the fire .

It'll be best to sort out the one in Japan, if the new replacement in waiting is the same configuration as the one used in Melbourne then more so.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Word is Gene Haas has never been all in. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he sold. Especially if they don't live up to expectations this year.

The offer could yet be forthcoming from audi who appear to be chasing clouds wanting to own McLaren on apparently a sudden whim.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

TECH TUESDAY: Why gearbox layout could be key to solving the porpoising puzzle

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...XsoXdlwQE.html

The problem is not the porpoising or gearbox location, it's the new FIA regs.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

The problem is not the porpoising or gearbox location, it's the new FIA regs.

Lol I agree. The FIA took away so many tools the teams could have used to fix this issue - like the hydraulic suspension system for instance. They should have allowed the teams to keep that.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by F87source

Lol I agree. The FIA took away so many tools the teams could have used to fix this issue - like the hydraulic suspension system for instance. They should have allowed the teams to keep that.

For sure some teams left in a quandary while championship starved Ferrari have been chasing shadows all this time and struck lucky now, at least with LEC car for the time being.

[M5Rick]

The Fia seems to have grabbed the wrong end of the stick when they replied to Max's comment that the AM road car used as a pace car was a 'turtle' not allowing teams to warm the hards enough by going too slowly and indeed is likely the indirect cause of Sainz going off the track with too cold tyres and getting trapped in the sand.
The Vantage road car is clearly is too slow and it's simply not good enough the Fia saying it's not the intended purpose for a pace car to go as quick as teams expect.
It is them after all that okay'd these new P tyres to be used and about time the creaking floors of Paris hq wised up to put themselves in the drivers shoes more and what they have to deal with as well as the plethora of new rules the new Fia leader has put in.
Why, for instance can't a Ferrari FXX-K be used.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Why, for instance can't a Ferrari FXX-K be used.

Because it sounds better than a F1 car?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Because it sounds better than a F1 car?

Now that's what I call a pace car, la mia prima scelta.

[PittsDriver]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Why, for instance can't a Ferrari FXX-K be used.

Because Ferrari doesn't need the marketing and would never donate one for that use. They think they're way above such pedestrian shows of the brand.

[br438]

Question is... will an Audi RS6 be big enough in the back seat... and faster than an AM around the track?


That AM has body roll like a GT car in the corners... you can tell how hard the safety drivers are sending it... hahaa... I bet they either hate that car... or love it.

[TTM0TION]

They should use a Valhalla next year.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by PittsDriver

Because Ferrari doesn't need the marketing and would never donate one for that use. They think they're way above such pedestrian shows of the brand.

At the end of the day it's a car however it looks and as they have the most wins and championships so would be appropriate for F1 if they did use one not necessarily an FXX whether they want to or not.

[///M Power-Belgium]

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

That's no reason not to have a 'greyhound' pace car like an FXX or similar w.h.y that keeps everyone and the tyres happy with a separate quick medic car like an RS6 on standby. Any debris or cars blocking the track would of course incur a yellow or red flag depending on the severity of incident.

[ruslanharanin]

Finally Ferrari wins. Lecler is just a magician. A great race in his performance