skipper_G wrote: » I think people don't appreciate how good Russell is because he's been in a terrible car, he's been very far ahead of Kubica. Latifi will almost certainly be an improvement on Kubica but how much of an improvement is an unknown. The bigger unknown is if Williams can remember how to build a racing car again.
pjohnson wrote: » Russell has been very badly underappreciated this year.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Depends. If he's within half a second of Russell, he'll be both a step up bit could still be a complete failure. Kubica is without doubt one of the furthest off the pace of the last decade. There were some Exclusively pay drivers who were bad. But kubica is a pay driver now too.
pjohnson wrote: » Vettel has just had his third child and is skipping the press conferences today, Bottas has to take a grid penalty due to his Brazil engine expiring. Bottas has also announced on twitter he is getting a divorce.
ELM327 wrote: » It's unfortunate because before the accident he had a lot of potential (even mooted with a move to ferrari). He's done well to get back to the grid but I agree he's off the pace and even in a nothing car like the williams this year, which is often statistically worse than the hrt/marussias etc were, it's not good enough.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » Ah I'm sorry to hear that about Bottas. Seems like a private guy so I imagine he won't enjoy being asked about that by journalists, 20 times a day. Now that you've told me I'll be sure not to click on any stories about it.
PopePalpatine wrote: » Well, I guess I'll be waiting for C4's highlights this weekend.
H3llR4iser wrote: » oooh, this might start shedding a bit of light about why Ferrari suddenly started facing accusations of various sorts lately:https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-unhappy-with-ferrari-for-not-blocking-2021-rules/?utm_source=vuukle&utm_medium=talk_of_town
AMKC wrote: » Oh that's very interesting alright. I actually laughed with delight when I seen the headline.
H3llR4iser wrote: » If they were effectively "making the rules", this wouldn't really happen; Actually, the current rules were pretty much tailor-made to bring Mercedes into the utter dominance we've been seeing. Either Ferrari don't use their veto powers as much as people think they do, or they're so clueless they can't even figure out the rules they wanted.
muckwarrior wrote: » I notice that Kubica often matches or even beats Russell in FP1, but then Russell pulls ahead as the weekend goes on. I wonder is this a sign that Kubica's driving instincts are still superior but it's just his phyiscal disability that stops him reaching the limit. I.e. he can get straight in the car and go fast, or get the setup right very quickly, but then as more strength is required to get the last few percent out of the car he just doesn't have it?
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » So he is about as good as a rookie at setting up the car and it's Al downhill from there. Sometimes the harder people try to make something sound good, the more obvious it becomes that you have to try really hard to make it look good. Right now Russell is just shy of half a second ahead of kubica which would be about normal for quali and the race. We'll see how fp1 finishes. Update: Russell put in a fast lap to go 1.2s ahead of kubica. Kubica improves to 0.9 slower than Russell They were both on soft until now. Half an hour to go and Russell switching to hards, kubica to mediums so that's likely it. I'm not seeing the legendary setup ability or the "hop in the car and go fast straight away" ability either. But only looking at the reality so prompt seeing what others are seeing.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » That's a really interesting history of the Ferrari veto. But the last paragraph ignores the fact that ferrari are probably the worst value for money team on the grid. Saying they don't win so they obviously don't make the rules is like saying they don't always win so they must not have the biggest budget. Ferrari are without doubt the best team at ballsing up the sweet little deals they get. I mean, the Ferrari Road cars are synonymous with bring unreliable and expensive to maintain. They still manage to carry on even though they make a poor product and have an incredible reputation so it balances out. A bit like the F1 outfit. They have all the advantages of biggest fan Base, biggest revenue and more influence on the rules than any other team. But still they're not the best.
mickdw wrote: » In the races, a lot of the time kubica appears to be ahead to about half distance and then the gap closes up, Russell overtakes and finishes half a lap ahead. Not much info on the tv feed and I don't use timing apps or anything like that but that is what it seems like. I'd like to know more detail.
muckwarrior wrote: » That's FP2. Kubica finished a half second ahead of Russell in FP1.
pjohnson wrote: » Kubica has said before that the car acts differently between sessions. Russell has also said the car is prone to sudden changes in behaviour between sessions and even during races between laps. The Williams car is a total disaster in itself but also appears to have Haas like issues regarding tyres and heating them. In 2020 news - Williams have also announced that they will be running an Israeli test driver in the Abu Dhabi test. No its not actually Chanoch himself buying another F1 seat but rather his son Roy Nissany is joining them. Will he be as legendary as his father?
