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      08-16-2022, 04:55 AM   #45
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Of course no relaxing for Max as there is still a job to do with the coming race at Spa where hopefully the weather will hold and be a sell out for the Orange Army.
My orange polo is ready and waiting for that weekend
Spa and Zandvoort are going to be huge !

I hear that the Mercs catched up some serious speed !
The Merc corruption is going on
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Spa and Zandvoort are going to be huge !

I hear that the Mercs catched up some serious speed !
The Merc corruption is going on
This plank/floor movement measuring device is a joke but I'm sure RB are on to it however powerful Merc are trying to wangle it their way.
Still that Ferrari veto can be used against raising the rear ride height by 10mm as it's hardly a safety issue any more.
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Of course no relaxing for Max as there is still a job to do with the coming race at Spa where hopefully the weather will hold and be a sell out for the Orange Army.
My orange polo is ready and waiting for that weekend
Spa and Zandvoort are going to be huge !

I hear that the Mercs catched up some serious speed !
The Merc corruption is going on
Mercedes getting faster doesn't really mean much, at least not this year. The car is wildly inconsistent from a performance standpoint - on one track the W13 looks improved and looks like it's catching up with Ferrari and Red Bull but on another in completely falls flat.

Mercedes is said to have one more significant upgrade (but not as big as their first) and we have yet to see Red Bull and Ferrari bring any huge upgrades which is stated to be coming after the summer break.
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I'm still pretty confident Merc will be off race pace from Red Bull and Ferrari on the big boy tracks. So much top end/low drag required at Spa (From Source through Kemmel, Pouhon, Frere/Blanchimont) - should be well suited for RB and we can potentially see some nice finishes from Haas and Williams.
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I'm still pretty confident Merc will be off race pace from Red Bull and Ferrari on the big boy tracks. So much top end/low drag required at Spa (From Source through Kemmel, Pouhon, Frere/Blanchimont) - should be well suited for RB and we can potentially see some nice finishes from Haas and Williams.
I agree. Mercedes will be "in it" just strictly off reliability and consistency but Spa is suited for Red Bull and Ferrari. Unless some development miracle happens, Mercedes will finish on the podium if something happens to RB or Ferrari.
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      08-16-2022, 06:06 PM   #53
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This plank/floor movement measuring device is a joke but I'm sure RB are on to it however powerful Merc are trying to wangle it their way.
Still that Ferrari veto can be used against raising the rear ride height by 10mm as it's hardly a safety issue any more.
It isn't the floor , it is the Wolf who wants to slow down Red Bull and Ferrari .
The Wolf should look first at his flexible front wing.The thing bends at least 5 cm.

I'm pretty sure the FIA and Ben are playing games to benifit Mercedes .
Plan A With Shaila-Ann Rao - Tipped off Mercedes - Worked really well .
Plan B Medical reasons because HAM's back was broken .
Plan C Try to slow down the faster teams .

No one ever tested if DAS was safe , But Mercedes got a whole season advantage with the thing ...
What a F@cking joke ! The man is the living corruption !
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It isn't the floor , it is the Wolf who wants to slow down Red Bull and Ferrari .
The Wolf should look first at his flexible front wing.The thing bends at least 5 cm.

I'm pretty sure the FIA and Ben are playing games to benifit Mercedes .
Plan A With Shaila-Ann Rao - Tipped off Mercedes - Worked really well .
Plan B Medical reasons because HAM's back was broken .
Plan C Try to slow down the faster teams .

No one ever tested if DAS was safe , But Mercedes got a whole season advantage with the thing ...
What a F@cking joke ! The man is the living corruption !
It's easy as ABC as you say my friend to see what TW is playing at, Ferrari RB and the others sorted their cars to not bounce. Merc dived in headlong with the 13 lacking the technical knowledge of seing the bigger picture and being in the brown stuff he's simply turned to his mates in higher places to get him out of his self inflicted mire, frankly I can't believe Ben is allowing himself to be played along with this puppet show and ignoring their ridiculously bendy front wing is further proof that Ben is the wrong man for the job.
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Mercedes will finish on the podium if something happens to RB or Ferrari.
Sounds like the "self-demoted to the best of the rest" summary of the 2022 F1 season for Mercedes-AMG.

I expect Toto Wolff to admit someday in a throwback documentary to be aired years from now, that the 2022 F1 season was a disaster for his team. The Wolff king has lost his crown, and it hurts badly.

More in general, the whole porpoising issue was humbling for car manufacturers involved in F1: designs looked good on paper, in wind tunnels and during a zillion simulations ...until these were tested in the real world on a racetrack. Unlike other F1 teams, Mercedes-AMG failed to properly address the issue by tinkering with the car. As their armada of engineers apparently concluded that the issue is too hard to remedy on their design within acceptable limits for the driver and performance, they try to tinker with the rules to avoid being 'left behind' from competing at the front of the pack.
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Felipe Massa has joined in adding that Binotto is a good person but Ferrari 'need to make changes' if they want to stay ahead of Merc to maintain their second place ahead of them.
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I will be attending Spa for the F1 race this year. Gold 6 "chicane".

Any pointers from members who have been before? We are there all 3 days. I definitely want to check out multiple spots on fri/sat, but getting around this long track must be difficult?
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10 more days boys.

What have you all been doing??
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I will be attending Spa for the F1 race this year. Gold 6 "chicane".

Any pointers from members who have been before? We are there all 3 days. I definitely want to check out multiple spots on fri/sat, but getting around this long track must be difficult?
Yes .It isn't easy because of the length of 7,004 KM ( 4.349 miles )
And the Francorchamps circuit is located in a forest area .
The weather forecast is good for the qualifying and race . Sunny and 25-27°C.
But that can change very quickly in the Belgian Ardennes ..

Welcome to Belgium and at the greatest track on earth !
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Yes .It isn't easy because of the length of 7,004 KM ( 4.349 miles )
And the Francorchamps circuit is located in a forest area .
The weather forecast is good for the qualifying and race . Sunny and 25-27°C.
But that can change very quickly in the Belgian Ardennes ..

Welcome to Belgium and at the greatest track on earth !
Never been to Spa but ''you know who'' came close to Spa and to Max's birthplace in Hasselt on their way to Poland

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