FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2022....QUALIFYING.. ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Max P1?

 

Red Bulls looking good, followed by the Merc's...Ferrari way off. Maybe turning up the engine works for Ferrari but their race pace is godawful, so even if they get a pole the chance of winning is as good as zero.

 

As long as RedBull have tire wear in the correct window, this will be a Max win/RedBull win.

 

Ferrari looking GOOD to take 4th in the constructors.... This is like 2021. I few more races and Mclaren would be ahead of them...WTF

 

here we go!

sjd

 

Max's head has gotten so big it broke the headrest

 

Is there not a minimum speed required on the outlap? I'm not a fan of more regulation but that was some pretty extreme speed differentials

 

To be on the cusp of being overtaken by Mercedes in the WCC in the final race is an absolute disaster of a season for Ferrari. Anybody calling that a success and an improvement is totally clueless.

To say that merely winning some races is some great accomplishment is pitiful. Ferrari are the most successful team in F1. To be fighting for grand prix wins is a bare minimum expectation for Ferrari.

 

not really. it's my understanding that you can go slow, just not on line.

I'm fairly surprised there hasn't been a huge crash since they started this outlap to get set, hotlap, slow cool down...

sjd

 

Pretty meh quali, the big news is the queue at the end of q1

 

Vettel, whwre have you been the last 3 years?

 

GO Carlos!

 

Oh wow, if that sticks that's a quick one from max

 

Mercedes not in this at all. Its Max or some other RedBull or Ferrari

 

Max on another planet.

 

RB lock out, nice . Ferrari back on better form so far

 

All Max. No surprise.

 

I would love to know by how much our PU is really detuned during quali..

 

They're ahead of MB, I think that's all that matters at this point but ferrari def looked way better in quali compared to the 2 previous GP's

 

Their first front row lock out of the season!

 

5 kph down on the RB, but Ferrari is running their high downforce package, Red Bull medium.

So the engine is not down tuned at all, in fact it's turned for quali. Race they'll turn it down again.

Biggest worry is the tyre deg for Ferrari.

That said, I'd rather Merc beats them in WCC as it gives Ferrari more hours in the wind tunnel next year
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Yes, please go and take Rueda and santander with you!

 

It's funny because yestarday i was thinking: Charles is at least 3 tenths quicker than checo, so if the Ferrari is only 3 tents a lap sllower, he'll be fine.....it was close, but not enough!

 

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Very nice of Seb to attend Binotto's goodbye party.

 

LOL