re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

DRS is too powerful in my opinion. Overtakes were so easy.

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DRS is too powerful in my opinion. Overtakes were so easy.

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I understand your point, but I also understand that F1 wants to create greater fan excitement and interest, and it's obviously working, in that regard. DRS and how a driver utilizes it, becomes a strategic part of the race. Too soon, and a driver can lose his advantage. Too late, and a driver can't overcome in time before the finish line. Personally, I like the intrigue and drama it creates.

Magnussen explained that while he had not completed a sprint race distance on the soft tyre, the degradation both he and Haas had seen in practice made them wary to use it.

“We did like 13 laps and it took a step around there of degradation, and I judged that it would continue,” he said.

“But looking at everyone else at lap 13, it was kind of the same. It took a little step but then stayed there and they had the same pace as me.

“So the soft tyre was the right tyre, I got that wrong, but we live to fight another day.” https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/magnussen-rues-wrong-tyre-call-for-imola-f1-sprint-race/10152307/

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I’m with Crofty. I could go for another 10 laps, making it 30.

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So you mean you want a race.

Yes. Yes. That is what we all want.

Brawn shits on Russell's opinion and calls Merc a backmarker team.

Asked about Russell’s opinion to the contrary, Brawn said: “Whenever my driver’s had a bad car, he’s complained about the race! So I think George’s opinion or the opinion of anyone at the back of the grid is not the opinion that we really listen to.

“The opinions we listen to are the guys who are really competitive, they’re racing in the middle, racing at the front. https://the-race.com/formula-1/brawn-doubts-validity-of-russells-f1-sprint-race-criticism/

*Yeah, I used some hyperbole. Don't care.

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“I think we were very fortunate with the tyre today,” said a delighted Ross Brawn after overseeing the first of the revised-format sprint events. “Racing drivers are racing drivers and any thoughts they would take it easy would always be wrong. The tyres were perfect for the sprint as they began to degrade. At that point in a normal race the driver would pit and it would all come down to strategy. But this way it was down to the drivers. Interestingly it’s probably given Ferrari a good insight into the race for tomorrow.”

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I didn't notice this during the race. Interesting;

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For a succinct demonstration of this variation in tyre performance, we need to look no further than the McLaren drivers. Lando Norris took fifth after initially running third but running out of tyre. Daniel Ricciardo ran sixth throughout but was much quicker at the end and suffered no tyre issues.

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Data for the sprint not available yet on F1 tempo but I want to check that out. As I recall Ric was pulling away from Mags on his mediums at the end.

https://the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hughes-what-decided-latest-verstappen-leclerc-duel/

Lando said his tires were gone and Ric was gaining on him.

Tire management made the softs last 21 laps.

The McLaren engineer speculates that the faster cars back in the pack were actually easier on their tires as they were not pushing the entire lap, but rather only where they could pass. Basically just cruising behind a dude then passing with DRS on the main straight. No need to push the rest of the lap.

I was just amazed Mag wasn't able to make any headway, was in fact losing, in the last few laps while on the mediums.

I think they are the same compound that was the medium at the last race and they weren't great there either.

If it's a dry race tomorrow tire choices may be interesting. I haven't noticed anyone even test the hard.

I'm hoping for wet.

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I'm hoping for wet.

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Same. KMag is a top 5 driver in this car on this track in the rain.