re: 2024 Formula 1 season Thread

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Which USA race would you consider going to?

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Montreal. Seriously

HAAS was a whole second slower than 16th place

gonna get ugly

For everyone's reference, Max's 2023 pole time was 1:29:708. Everyone n Q3 was sub 1:31:00

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Montreal. Seriously

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Great experience. Fun town, cool track location on the island and a subway stop goes right out to it. Hard to beat a trip to Montreal for a race.

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Eh...while not ideal, if you have engineers, that is definitely within their job responsibilities. Make the best of the resources you have. Engineer a better way with what you have.

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Sure, but from the outside we can only go by the stuff we read, which may or may not be high quality information. And I keep reading stuff like this:

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Haas finished in a disappointing P10 last year, ultimately triggering the decision to fire team principal Guenther Steiner.

Ayao Komatsu will lead Haas this year, beginning a new chapter for the US squad. Unfortunately for the Japanese engineer, the limitations that have limited the team since 2016 still remain.

Haas F1 still spend less money than rivals, employs the fewest personnel and has the worst infrastructure.

Gene Haas described last year’s finishing result as “embarrassing”, although he simultaneously downplayed the importance of increasing funding. As outlined in previous interviews, he believes the team is underachieving.

Ayao Komatsu :“But considering the team’s current position, we don’t have what we need. If we are a small team and have a smaller budget than others, and if we don’t have a good structure as a team, there’s no way we can compete… I think the car we’ll take to Bahrain is still at the bottom."

Gene Haas is obviously unhappy with the team’s position, which is not an issue in itself. The problem at Haas is that, regardless of their targets, they are simply outgunned. Rivals are simply better equipped in every department, which is very difficult to overcome.

Perhaps their development for this year, which has been delayed after a single 2023 update in COTA, is the most brutal indictment of where Haas is.

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Something to remember when looking at the numbers; Max is two seconds behind his Q time at Bahrain last year.

They are testing. Not going for hero laps. Comparing lap times at this point is a fools errand.

Check out Haas in this graph. Does anyone really think they added so much drag to the car they are suddenly 10kph slower than the Ferrari after being even with them last year? (No, they didn't)

Amazing how much cars have advanced:


Ayrton Senna steers his MP4/8 on the Hockenheimring racetrack during the 1993 German Grand Prix

Giuliano Duchessa
@GiulyDuchessa
Ferrari, la prima giornata della SF-24 è stata più consistente di molti mesi con la 23. Telemetria mostra potenza ridotta e carichi elevati, nessun lavoro sulla prestazione, tuttavia il miglioramento sul degrado é ritenuto significativo

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Ferrari, the first day of the SF-24 was more consistent than many months with the 23. Telemetry shows reduced power and high loads, no work on performance, however the improvement on degradation is considered significant

Ferrari loves to tease me.