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Post by MartinT on May 23, 2021 20:31:11 GMT
Wow that's amazing.. in this video at 11:00 he said that each valve has its own exhaust tube feeding a turbo. If I understood. Yes, it's an inspired implementation of twin sequential turbos. Direct all of the exhaust to one set of valves and one turbo only to get it to spin up fast giving huge torque from 1700rpm. Then open up the other set of valves to the other turbo and bring in the big boost. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 5, 2021 19:01:28 GMT
Lots of crashes and red flags in qualy today, and a remarkable recovery by Mercedes who were looking not to make it into the top 10.
Qualifying timesheet
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:41.218
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.232s
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.345s
4 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 0.347s
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0.358s
6 Lando Norris McLaren 0.529s
7 Sergio Perez Red Bull 0.699s
8 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 0.993s
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1.109s
10 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1.441s
11 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:42.224
12 Esteban Ocon Alpine 0.049s
13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 0.334s
14 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 0.363s
15 George Russell Williams 0.534s
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:43.128
17 Mick Schumacher Haas 1.040s
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1.120s
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin NO TIME SET
20 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing NO TIME SET
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Post by MartinT on Jun 6, 2021 19:17:58 GMT
I didn't catch the full race today, only the highlights. There were quite a few incidents, including two high-speed blow-outs (Stroll & Verstappen). Perez, Vettel and Gasly did magnificently to come in the top three. Bottas had a 'mare all through and Hamilton had a 'mare right at the end when he had an easy 2nd in his pocket but for brake problems. Nice to see Vettel on the podium again.
Race classification
1 Sergio Perez Red Bull 2:13:36.410
2 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1.385s
3 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 2.762s
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 3.828s
5 Lando Norris McLaren 4.754s
6 Fernando Alonso Alpine 6.382s
7 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 6.624s
8 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 7.709s
9 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 8.874s
10 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 9.576s
11 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 10.254s
12 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 11.264s
13 Mick Schumacher Haas 14.241s
14 Nikita Mazepin Haas 14.315s
15 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 17.668s
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 42.379s
R George Russell Williams
R Max Verstappen Red Bull
R Lance Stroll Aston Martin
R Esteban Ocon Alpine
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Post by robbiegong on Jun 6, 2021 19:27:00 GMT
Watched the race from start to end. A mad crazy race, full of incident. A hard race and test for the drivers but the fans will have been happy with all the thrills, spills and unpredictability.
Unfortunate for Verstappen and even as a big LH fan, I think the way things ended up with neither championship contender gaining any advantage in points, since the last race, is the right result.
All re-set for the French Grand Prix, June 20, where the LH/MV, MB/RB battle will recommence.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 13, 2021 17:38:13 GMT
Man if you watch this video of the innovations in the Gemera some of it sounds like sci-fi. MikeMusicHoly Crap sounded/looked like you said their shop is just up the street from you! That place is like mad science testing lab. Need to investigate more next time I cycle round They have literally a shop in a parade of shops - but - around the corner is another exotic car showroom that might be tied in to them Will let you know... SuperVettura (not Koenigsegg) do have a bigger shop around the corner. Expensive motors always parked on the road It is their official address SuperVettura, London Road, Sunningdale Berkshire, SL5 0DQ Zooming the map up shows a car park between the 2 shops |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 19, 2021 14:33:48 GMT
Qualy today has been interesting. Despite switching tubs between Hamilton and Bottas cars, Hamilton beat him into 2nd place. Verstappen meanwhile benefits from the revised Honda engine. The outcome of this race, a more 'normal' circuit, is critical if Mercedes are going to claw back the points deficit. Superb to see Sainz as best of the rest, beating his more lauded teammate.
Qualifying timesheet
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:29.990
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.258s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.386s
4 Sergio Perez Red Bull 0.455s
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0.850s
6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 0.878s
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 0.997s
8 Lando Norris McLaren 1.262s
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1.350s
10 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1.392s
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:31.736
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 0.031s
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 0.077s
14 George Russell Williams 0.329s
15 Mick Schumacher Haas NO TIME SET
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:33.062
17 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 0.292
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 0.492
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin NO TIME SET
20 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri NO TIME SET
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Post by ant on Jun 19, 2021 18:56:27 GMT
Steve liddle, aerodynamicist for aston martin f1 team is in son no 1s school giving a talk this wednesday, as part of the f1 in schools program they are running with the stem schools. pretty cool thing for him to be having, ill have to get him to ask if last years car really was a copy and paste merc :-)
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Post by MartinT on Jun 19, 2021 19:48:27 GMT
When I worked at NEC we were sponsors of the Williams team. I had a tour of the Williams factory and the level and quality of fabrication was seriously impressive. The pinnacle of the tour was hearing and seeing an F1 engine on test at full chat with the exhaust manifold glowing red hot.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2021 16:54:37 GMT
That was a fascinating race, watching two masters at work although it was Verstappen who made an error at the start of the race. Both teams tried hard to out-strategise the other but it was Mercedes who allowed the undercut to work and from then on Verstappen was in control - until his tyres started fading. I felt sure that Hamilton would be brought in to shadow him, too. But they tried to go the distance and, almost inevitably, Verstappen caught him. Bottas and Perez are simply a rung down from that level. The two McLarens did well and the two Ferraris dropped off the pace and out of the points. Nice to see Alonso and Vettel get some points.
Race classification
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:27:25.770s
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2.904s
3 Sergio Perez Red Bull 8.811s
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 14.618s
5 Lando Norris McLaren 64.032s
6 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 75.857s
7 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 76.596s
8 Fernando Alonso Alpine 77.695s
9 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 79.666s
10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 91.946s
11 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 99.337s
12 George Russell Williams 1 LAP
13 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1 LAP
14 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1 LAP
15 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP
16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1 LAP
17 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1 LAP
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1 LAP
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1 LAP
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Post by ant on Jun 20, 2021 19:03:35 GMT
I get the feeling that merc are not going to win the championship this year unless they develop the car abit more
The tyre warm up advantage of the rb14b paid dividends again, verstappens out lap was phenomenal, the merc simply cant do that
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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2021 20:00:19 GMT
I wouldn't abandon Mercedes just yet. It's early days and very close indeed.
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Post by pre65 on Jun 20, 2021 20:24:16 GMT
I see that the hole Bottas is digging for himself got a tad deeper today.  |
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Post by ant on Jun 20, 2021 20:52:33 GMT
Yep martin, 2017 springs to mind, but the budget cap is causing issues with concurrent 21 and 22 car development for everyone.
It depends if merc have some bits up their sleeve to try to address the tyre warm up issues, some more rear downforce from the floor or maybe a t wing (dunno if the merc has one) wouldnt go amiss
The merc rear end instability at the beginning of the season has had a knock on effect on the front, they seem to have to take abit of downforce off the front (wing angle ect) to balance it up and stop it being so tail happy which means it can also tend towards understeer at times too. Get the front right and the rear is wrong and vice versa
It seems to be a right pig to balance. On top of that, getting the tyres into the performance window seems to take a lap too long. Up to speed, the merc seems to be on par with the rb14b, maybe a little bit kinder on its tyres, but the rb seems to be much better on outlaps from pitstops, and on qualifying runs. Took lewis 2 runs in both q2 and q3 to get the times, max did it on the first run and then went faster again on the second run to take pole this weekend
Its fascinating that working the tyres is the differentiator this year. Rb have built a cracking car this year, merc have ended up with another diva that can either be brilliant when they manage to balance it, or a shed when they cant
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Post by MartinT on Jun 29, 2021 19:38:09 GMT
I didn't write about Austria as I was quite unwell over the weekend. However, Verstappen's lead must now put him firm favourite to win the championship. It's a bit less certain for the constructors' championship at the moment, but you would have to bet on more points scored for Perez over Bottas.
Everything hinges on whether Mercedes bring any more upgrades to the car. Wolff says 'no' whereas Allison says 'yes'. Otherwise, the performance advantage of the Red Bull will win through regardless of the circuit.
The Ferraris did well while Ricciardo had a shocker with loss of power for a lap. Russell came so very close to points but his car failed him with a pneumatic pressure issue.
Styrian Grand Prix classification
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:22:18.925 1 stop
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +35.743s 2 stops
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +46.907s 1 stop
4 Sergio Perez Red Bull +48.984s 2 stops
5 Lando Norris McLaren 1 LAP 1 stop
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1 LAP 1 stop
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1 LAP 2 stops
8 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1 LAP 1 stop
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1 LAP 1 stop
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1 LAP 1 stop
11 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP 1 stop
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1 LAP 1 stop
13 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1 LAP 1 stop
14 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1 LAP 1 stop
15 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP 1 stop
16 Mick Schumacher Haas 2 LAPS 1 stop
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 3 LAPS 2 stops
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 3 LAPS 1 stop
R George Russell Williams
R Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri
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Post by ant on Jul 4, 2021 15:17:46 GMT
Another verstappen walkover
We are back to boring forgone conclusion races, roll on next year
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Post by John on Jul 4, 2021 15:23:31 GMT
I agree with Mercedes focusing on next year car otherwise it will be Red Bull to lose for next 4 years
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Post by MartinT on Jul 16, 2021 20:07:57 GMT
Well, that was a pleasant surprise. Hamilton gets non-pole position for tomorrow's sprint race (which determines pole position for the main race).
The roar from the crowd for George Russell's epic P8 was really heartwarming, he pushed that Williams way beyond any expectation. His team-mate Latifi was in P18.
Times
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.134
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.172s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.414s
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1.009s
5 Lando Norris McLaren 0.763s
6 Sergio Perez Red Bull 0.710s
7 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 0.765s
8 George Russell Williams 0.837s
9 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0.873s
10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1.045s
11 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:27.245
12 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:27.273
13 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:27.340
14 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1:27.617
15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:27.665
16 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:28.043
17 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1:28.062
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:28.254
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:28.738
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:29.051
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Post by MartinT on Jul 17, 2021 18:37:03 GMT
Sprint result and qualy for tomorrow's race.
Result
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:30.795
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1.430s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 7.468s
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 11.278s
5 Lando Norris McLaren 24.050s
6 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 30.959s
7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 43.527s
8 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 44.408s
9 George Russell Williams 46.652s
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 47.395s
11 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 47.023s
12 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 48.217s
13 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 50.677s
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 52.179s
15 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 53.225s
16 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 53.567s
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 55.162s
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 68.213s
19 Nikita Mazepin Haas 77.400s
Did not finish
20 Sergio Perez Red Bull
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Post by MartinT on Jul 18, 2021 16:41:34 GMT
Damn, that was a fine race, marred at the start by a racing incident that had Verstappen going off in a high impact accident. I'm afraid I cannot agree with the stewards' penalty as Hamilton was alongside Verstappen, who pinched him into the corner. What happened to the stewards being more lenient for the first lap? Their actions seem ever more about anti-racing.
Wonderful to see Hamilton catch and pass Leclerc at the end, despite the 10s penalty, to please the 340,000 crowd. That levels things up a bit although I still feel that Verstappen will win the championship. Good also to see the two McLarens come 4th and 5th and Sainz 6th.
Result
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4.517s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 11.125s
4 Lando Norris McLaren 28.573s
5 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 42.624s
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 43.454s
7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 72.093s
8 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 74.289s
9 Esteban Ocon Alpine 76.162s
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 82.065s
11 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 85.327s
12 George Russell Williams 90.245s
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP
14 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1 LAP
15 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1 LAP
16 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1 LAP
17 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1 LAP
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 1 LAP
Did not finish
Vettel Aston Martin
Verstappen Red Bull
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Post by ant on Jul 18, 2021 18:07:08 GMT
Ive watched the replays quite a few times of that incident. max's car disappears backwards from shot on lewis onboard as lewis starts to turn in, then appears again coming across rapidly for the apex. Lewis starts to back out and maxs rear right his lewis front left.
I cant quite figure out what lewis was supposed to do, he doesnt open the steering, he had the inside. i dont think max knew exactly where he was, and expected he would have backed out earlier. I think lewis thought max would back out and run wider.
It was a six of one half a dozen of the other incident at worst for me.
There will be alot of media fallout from this, neither driver will think they were in the wrong.
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