jarrowdiamond
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Perez loses his 10th place finish as expected
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MadMackem10
Winger
So the speeding is a bit of a weird one.
Seems like all drivers were sticking to the speed limiter however speeding is measured by an average across the entire pit lane. It seems like they have been cutting/ straight lining a corner in the pitlane and by doing this reduces the distance of the pitlane slightly bringing their average above the limit
Seems like all drivers were sticking to the speed limiter however speeding is measured by an average across the entire pit lane. It seems like they have been cutting/ straight lining a corner in the pitlane and by doing this reduces the distance of the pitlane slightly bringing their average above the limit
jarrowdiamond
Striker
It's just weird how it hasn't been flagged in qualifying or practice
MadMackem10
Winger
Only difference is during qualy and practice is they very rarely do live pitstops and go all the way through the pitlane from entry to exit. If they have made an error in the measurement of the pitlane it potentially won’t have been flagged until the race.
There are videos of alpine measuring the pitlane, I’m assuming that is their basis of the appeal
NodsNeph
Winger
That just smacks of pettiness, no doubt every driver has been making the most of cutting corners to the nth degree but ffs if they are at the right speed along the pit lane then this is some f***ing bell endery to prove a point imho
errant
Striker
Zak seemed to fess up on the sky coverage that the telemetry mclaren had themselves off Oscar's car confirmed he was speeding on pitlane entry.
PoolsMackem123
Goalkeeper
Charles to move from Brembo brakes to Carbon Industries for Spain onwards - same move Lewis made at Japan
PTR
Striker
Yup.
in case people aren't following, this is the F1 Knee-Jerk thread.
If that's the case, then its bullshit. Its a speed limit, not a route planner.
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MadMackem10
Winger
They all technically did speed in the context of the length of a pitlane. The issue is if you took into account their actual distance travelled they didn’t speed but when compared to the standard length of the pitlane they did it too quickly.
Alpine’s review won’t change the results but I think it may change how this rule is policed. The fact you can get a speeding penalty despite not going over the limit is crazy
Toronado
Winger
Love seeing Kimi show George, Max and everyone what a true generational talent looks like
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Backed up by this !!
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errant
Striker
i guess that is the sort of change to a car where you need to be a multiple world champion.Love seeing Kimi show George, Max and everyone what a true generational talent looks like
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Backed up by this !!
Beau Peep
Striker
Or his teammate. It's like Hamilton went in as a consultant to make them better and account for Leclerc's lack of completeness, kicking and screaming.
Roundly slamming dodgy brakes by Charles was a weird one. Brakes don't have odd failure modes like that. And he didn't know at the time he'd just run over a load of gravel exactly where Stroll had.
errant
Striker
it was peculiar how stroll was adamant it was a car problem that he had all weekend that caused his problem, and charles was the same - neither seemed to think the track was a factor in their identical crashes.
PTR
Striker
Very un-F1-Driver like
The Situation
Striker
He knew Lewis had changed his so went straight for the only thing that was materially different between the two as the excuse.
errant
Striker
PoolsMackem123
Goalkeeper
Charles didn’t even make any sense - he said 3 brakes failed completely yet locked up both axles, which wouldn’t be possible in a complete brake failure. He’s very negative about a lot of things and it doesn’t help him.
Lewis was a strong reason why Mercedes went with the Carbon Industry brakes back in 2014 too, moving from Brembo then also, and it’s stuck for 12 years now.
It’s all he’s whinged about all weekend. They don’t make that much of a difference, and if they did I’d question why he hasn’t changed them in 8 seasons at Ferrari until now
PTR
Striker
Is this the point he made "only a multi time champion can get certain changes made" ?
I assume Ferrari and Brembo have deep ties, so wasn't an easy conversation
PoolsMackem123
Goalkeeper
Problem is that the speed gun approach they previously used isn’t 100% accurate. Certainly not to the 0.1kmph they want. And neither is the wheel rotation metric McLaren and other teams use, as obviously this changes based on tyre diameter (which is impacted by wear levels).
Current method is mathematically the most accurate and it’s fine in straight pit lanes like every single other one on the calendar. Problem is adding the 11th pit box this year at Monaco.
Surely not. Any competitive team would surely be testing all options periodically and if there was a major performance differential like Charles suggests it would be impossible to ignore. Unless the differential isn’t actually as significant as stated.
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PTR
Striker
But this is Ferrari!
