[F87source]

Originally Posted by NYG

1) It's a failure that can't compete with Ferrari and Redbull currently. I'm the President of the United States of America, I just haven't been elected yet.

2) The results are right there.

3) It's impressive but it's not as impressive as you're making it seem relative to era

4) I've done research and worked alongside some of the most famous structural guys on the planet. To assume that they're competent because of a doctorate which anyone can get with enough perseverance is the dumbest thing on earth. I wouldn't let them design a 2 story warehouse and they've been on some of the tallest buildings ever built. Certs are an atrocious qualifier. It's why most offices have high school drop outs and not engineering graduates. Because they're mostly idiots. This isn't a shot at kyle, I'm just saying he has other qualifications that are important.

1) Not disputing it is a problematic car right now.

2) Not the CFD results, that is the only thing that can determine if a design is truly crap. Otherwise it could be a correlation issue that is fixable, a design flaw is not fixable. That is what determines if the the design is truly crap - the nature of its inability to be fixed.

3) It's my point to show that mercedes know what they're doing.


4) A doctorate isn't a guarantee you're competent but it is a very good filter. You don't get a PHD on perservernece alone, you will eventually learn and adapt and get better and be able to answer the critical why and how questions - trial and error and memorization doesn't work for that. A PHD isn't remotely the same as a BSC or a typical 4 year degree, if you go to a competent school you will be extensively tested to get one. Well unless you go to those online schools or buy a degree. Also most PHD's graduate and do a post doc that builds alot of experience and that's before they enter the field. Also some common trends you will notice are the ones leading the forefront of research and development all have PHDS because the qualification matters, you won't see some high school drop out no matter how long they work in a lab doing assistant work be leading research projects despite the experience garnered. They simply don't have the development in critcal thinking and knowledge base to get to where they need to go. This is the difference between what and why, base level certifications know the answer to what - it comes naturally with years of experience. Like what does this color change mean. But cannot answer the why, whereas PHD's are trained to be able to tackle the why aspect via meaningful experimentation that is focused on the why (and not just throwing every test possible until something sticks) and undestand the small chemical reactions down to the way nucleophillic attack works and the reaction products that occur explaining the color change. And thats the hardest challenge. There's alot of smart people out there who just have alot of interest in physics that can answer simple questions about the subject, and answer the superficial what questions about a black hole like what light does - and that is it cannot escape because space is falling inwards faster than light. But it takes a PHD to answer the why phenomenon to extreme detail by speaking about the possible futures of all paths within a black hole only point towards the singularity as represented by its light cone, and the only way out is to exceed the light cone and that means faster than light travel.

Sure some PHD's are straight up incompetent, but the vast majority are not, and a per capita basis there should be no doubt competency is higher in the PHD crowd that's why school exists and it's not all about experience, school teaches the knowledge base and gives you a starter on experience. Again research isn't done by people with experience alone, and neither is medicine, certifications matter.


I'm also not saying that someone with a lower qualification can't be as competent, I've seen some pretty smart people in my field with just a BSc and they're brilliant. But I'm saying a PhD in general is a damn good marker of competency.

[irunalot]

🤔 the Merc set a purple sector 2/3rds into P3…. Still a massive handful but getting quicker.

[TheBingoBalls]

I give Mercedes 2-3 races before they can write off the season and begin looking forward to next season. They would just be too behind the development race while still trying to match Red Bull and Ferrari.

I mean all things eventually come to an end. There was a time where Ferrari was winning with Schumacher. Then we had the Red Bull/Vettel era and then the Mercedes/Hamilton era. Looks like we might be going back to Ferrari?

[F87source]

Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls

I give Mercedes 2-3 races before they can write off the season and begin looking forward to next season. They would just be too behind the development race while still trying to match Red Bull and Ferrari.

I mean all things eventually come to an end. There was a time where Ferrari was winning with Schumacher. Then we had the Red Bull/Vettel era and then the Mercedes/Hamilton era. Looks like we might be going back to Ferrari?

Yeah I give it the same time frame too. Later than that they might be able to win again, but will be too far behind to win any championships. The recent images on the merc floor are extremely concerning to say the least if you are a merc fan.

And exactly, all things come to an end, nothing lasts forever. It might be a cycle, ferrari - redbull - merc because these are the 3 big teams. However, with the budget cap this might change.


Audi and Porsche are entering too, but depending on their capacity of enterance I don't know how well they can do. If they take over Mclaren completely then they probably still will not find success unless they make huge change. If they partner with redbull power trains I don't think they will be anything more than a partner or title sponsor, because there is zero chance redbull will give up a single percent of Honda's engine patents for fear of another exodous leaving them without an engine. So likely redbull will be making the engines in house and audi or porsche will slap their name on it for a fee, and maybe offer minor "expertice".

[F87source]

Well Lando went fastest in FP3, good news for Mclaren. Not a bad look for the mercedes powered cars in FP3 as well.


Also drivers are no longer allowed to go side by side during safety car restarts, so no more tricks from max trying to get a better line or pressure the lead driver:

https://www.racefans.net/2022/04/09/...-car-restarts/

[Blindside_137]

Oh latifi

[Humdizzle]

brundle is trying very hard not to say "this is what happens when you have two guys whose families bought their seat"

[Bubbles]

Stroll is an example of not working for an F1 seat and no concern for losing the seat. Whoever says he is good in the rain should appreciate he doesn't care about binning it. Complete lack of awareness....again. Unless it was deliberate.


FIA please conduct a peripheral vision check on Mr. Raw Talent Stroll.

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by Humdizzle

brundle is trying very hard not to say "this is what happens when you have two guys whose families bought their seat"

Listen to the f1tv commentary, significantly less filter.

[Bubbles]

Leclerc shows why he is the #1 Ferrari driver. He is rapid.


Max has some work to do. Perez is doing great.

Alonso deserved more, PU seemed to lock up in the braking zone in the final sector.

Sainz is just Sainz.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by Bubbles

Leclerc shows why he is the #1 Ferrari driver. He is rapid.


Max has some work to do. Perez is doing great.

Alonso deserved more, PU seemed to lock up in the braking zone in the final sector.

Sainz is just Sainz.

Yeah very interesting results this time around:

1) Leclerc is the number 1 ferrari driver - like many have said before leclerc is on the level of hamilton and verstappen, sainz is just a supporting driver now. He might even get replaced by Mick in the future - p9 and 1.540 seconds off the pace in a ferrari is embarassing. It's pretty bad for charles because it's literally him alone fending off 2 red bulls. Ferrari and Charles fans are probably fricken going nuts right now lol! I really like the way their car looks and their race suits are growing on me now.

2) The redbulls are almost 3 tenths off of the ferrari, redbull is probably in really big trouble if ferrari really does have more to give with their engine.

3) Max really didn't look too good during quali, Perez out did him until the final lap.

4) Mclaren got p4 and p7, looking really good for them. Guess their new parts are really helping out! So it wasn't the merc engine after all, it was their horrific braking, cooling and aero to blame.

5) Mercedes p5 and p6 should have been p4 and p5, but what can you do without any upgrades and a pretty crap car. Atleast George and Lewis are always right next to each other and it's not a bottas scenario where he falls away to the back. So merc finally have 2 really good drivers instead of just 1.


Overall if I had some spare cash laying around I'd like to buy: A mercedes w11 scale model, a redbull rb9 scale model, and a ferrari sf-75 scale model. 3 cars that are the pinnacle of their time (well so far for the ferrari).

[GuidoK]

What a qualifying session.

What a disappointing result for Sainz. I had him predicted as 2nd tomorrow, thats probably not gonna happen

Max and RB is fast but the car doesn't seem consistent.

LEC in the Ferrari was super.
I think RB is faster in sector 2, and Ferrari is faster in sec 1&3
IT's gonna be a close race tomorrow I think.

Again the gap between RB/Ferrari and the rest is huge.
The gap between LEC and HAM is already 1 sec.

Nice to see that McLaren has made improvements since last time.
Alonso's crash was such bad luck.
He was very strong all weekend. He could have qualified on p4

[M5Rick]

Max and Checo 2nd and 3rd so this is what I was expecting showing from the data but Sainz 9th was not.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Max and Checo 2nd and 3rd so this is what I was expecting showing from the data but Sainz 9th was not.

I don't think anyone expected Sainz in 9th over 1 second off the pace.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by F87source

I don't think anyone expected Sainz in 9th over 1 second off the pace.

It just comes down that LEC has been longer in the reds and knows the ropes more and how to get it, that said I expect a yellow or two near the end

[Humdizzle]

VER complaining about the car. He was driving it to the ragged edge on his qualifier. And still the ferrari is 0.3 ahead.

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by F87source

So merc finally have 2 really good drivers instead of just 1.

I remember this one

Cheers
Robin

[F87source]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

I remember this one

Cheers
Robin

Oh I remember that. I also remember this:

[F87source]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

It just comes down that LEC has been longer in the reds and knows the ropes more and how to get it, that said I expect a yellow or two near the end

I don't buy that, sainz has 1 season to adapt which is more than enough for any elite driver and did very very well last season. Then 2022 is a reset button with the new regs pretty much putting everyone on equal footing so there's no excuse for sainz, Charles is just that much better.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by F87source

I don't buy that, sainz has 1 season to adapt which is more than enough for any elite driver and did very very well last season. Then 2022 is a reset button with the new regs pretty much putting everyone on equal footing so there's no excuse for sainz, Charles is just that much better.

There's also the relationship with Ferrari and you can bet your bottom dollar that LEC knows and gets what he wants while Sainz still wonders there.

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by F87source

Oh I remember that. I also remember this:

Haha, two totally different incidents off course....Russell's just being plain stupid imho.


Cheers
Robin

[irunalot]

Charles is fast, if you watched him in GP2 he would just walk away from the entire field and cruise home to wins.