The new technical guideline turned out to be less bad for Verstappen than Mercedes had predicted.
The first race after the summer break is always a quick scan. Especially with a few technical changes. Who brought which upgrades? Who suddenly has the setup done? And of course: who can make a leap forward?
In principle, of course, that had to be Mercedes. They had shown a clear upward trend in the past few races compared to Red Bull and Ferrari. And with the new rules on porpoising, Mercedes could benefit even more. In fact, it could well bring them closer to Red Bull. That didn’t work out (at all) in qualifying.
Technical guideline for Verstappen turned out well
Verstappen reacts – with a big wink – against Racingnews365 on it as follows:
Yeah, that technical guideline really turned out really, really bad for us
Max Verstappen, always up for a joke.
Hahahahaha, Verstappen 1, the critics 0. There was a consensus beforehand that the new ‘technical directive’ would be very bad for Red Bull. From the Mercedes camp in particular, there were various sounds that they were neatly adhering to the rules, but that at Red Bull they were pushing the limits of what is permissible.
George Russell
Yes, this is what George Russell said two weeks ago, who thought Mercedes would be up front.
II think Ferrari and Red Bull pushed the regulations to the maximum. We have respected and complied with the rules as intended. There’s no guarantee it’s going to get us closer to them. But it would slow us down. Every car is slightly different, but it certainly won’t help them, that’s for sure.
Goerge Russel, does not make long-term statements.
OK, so he said ‘there’s no guarantee’ and it shows. Mercedes was quite far behind an unleashed Max Verstappen. The ‘it won’t help them’ part is hilarious. In fact, the difference has become even greater.
Finally, there is Ferrari. That team seemed to be faster than Red Bull in the races before the summer break, but always had bad luck. That speed was also much less present yesterday. Charles Leclerc had to push his car way too hard to stay close, which didn’t really work. So it looks like Red Bull in particular has found something to the problem.
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