Motorsports Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Everything is basically just hype and marketing until they get on the same tracks on the same days

There have been seasons where an amazingly wonderful powerful conqueror of all things has turned up on the official test days and been seconds behind everything else
and even then they sometimes find a problem and fix it before the first race

so - we shall see!!

 

[Drago]

Well, so much for the rumours - likely started by Merdedes - thatnthe RB-Ford power plant will be lacking. Several drifers, including Sainz, reckon its a "clear step ahead". Even Toronto Walt has grudgingly admitted how competitive it appears to be.

 

[FishFright]

Well, so much for the rumours - likely started by Merdedes - thatnthe RB-Ford power plant will be lacking. Several drifers, including Perez, reckon its a "clear step ahead". Even Toronto Walt has grudgingly admitted how competitive it appears to be.

Plus Verstappen appears to the the only one who arrived prepared to run higher revs . lower gear in corners to charge the batteries.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I read a lot about how amazingly far ahead the Ferrari was

unless they are carrying a full fuel load and a set of bricks then that was rubbish!

 

[icowden]

I read a lot about how amazingly far ahead the Ferrari was
unless they are carrying a full fuel load and a set of bricks then that was rubbish!

Top of the leader board though for LeClerc. Benson's written a whole article based on the top speeds from day 2 of practice with only a small disclaimer that "speeds in testing are seldom representative". So stop reporting it like a race then!

Looks like Aston have got a cooling problem so can't go top speed.

 

[Drago]

Interesting that Cadillac aren't taking the bottom two testing times. Audi and Alpeen seem happy to be fighting for those slowest times.