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Was it last year we had awful deg at PR ? Let's hope it's Red Bull's turn this year. Big race for Merc , are they back, or not? Anyway, Chuck for the win !
F1 | Ferrari: Sainz 4 engine more reliable and with the new hybrid? Even though the Spaniard has a still fresh 3 engine, the Scuderia intends to homologate the fourth power unit by paying the inevitable penalty. The intention is to deliberate a unit with some changes in the parts that have yielded, perhaps even introducing the evolved hybrid capable of giving a few more horses. In the meantime, the engineers are working on other interventions in favor of reliability that will have to be ready for the next replacement of the Leclerc engine. https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-ferrari-motore-4-di-sainz-piu-affidabile-e-col-nuovo-ibrido/10339796/
The Ferrari is front limited so it should suffer here. But Silverstone was also front limited and they did quite well, so who knows. I guess it's also very dependant on weather and track rubbering.
I'm enjoying the season, bring it on! Haas goes for their first ever three in a row of double-points.
Front limited or rear limited means nothing with the SF-75. Car is fast everywhere. Difference is all about track rubbering as you said.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/charles-leclerc-watch-thieves-identified/ hope, it brings back good-luck.
I won't be there this time... but I remember the first F1 GP I attended was at this place 40 (!) years ago. Access to the track location was already a pity, I went early on the Sunday so did not have much problem then but it took me more than 3 hours to go back to Marseilles after the race.
Good observation. It is easily the most enjoyable season in many years because of Ferrari's competitiveness from the get-go.
I understand many here dislike the blue paint but imagine the track without any paint it would be pretty bleak due to its unique nature...then consider that light blue is just about the most gentle color. I have tested several cars there for articles and the paint was not at all a distraction. The difficulty is the fact that as it is flat and featureless you lack reference points for where to brake and apex. They put cones but they soon get knocked out though I was alone almost every time. Yannick Dalmas, 4 time Le Mans winner ex F1 driver who lives minutes away and knows it better than anyone says there are lots of subtleties many top drivers miss. Finally consider that it is statistically the safest track with only a handful of fatalities ever, only Dijon has less. The price to pay for the the safety, for the huge runoffs is that, yes, it feels a bit like a desert plain.
It is dizzying on TV. Too bad. The French deserve a proper, historic circuit like Spa or Monza. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Bring back Charade !! That circuit used to be really challenging. It would need to be upgraded though. Maybe Marko would object to that ...
Dijon has never been completed to its original design, and was left with a circuit which is now considered too short for F1, apparently. Circuit Bugatti has good installations, but isn't favoured by F1.
