The 2021 F1 season

[Kevan]

Before I call this statement idiotic, Can you explain what you meant?

If you keep up with what happens in F1 you'd know what I was talking about in my other post #753

[Kevan]

My take was he is referring to the fact Red Bull are winning more now not so much because they have improved, but because the new rules hampered Mercedes.

Data, especially from the early races, does seem to bear this out.

[MT Tam I am]

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[NicoRosberg.]

Winning more races while playing by the rules is a huge improvement,.

No, it isn't.

The rules were changed in such a way Merc were stuck with their low-rake concept, if you remember because of the pandemic teams were not allowed to produce all-new cars for 2021. So MB ended up having to try and adapt a car not suited to the new rules.

Had the 2021 aero changes just been scrapped, on the basis the 2022 formula is coming soon, this year would be much like 2020 was in terms of ''results''.

Red Bull did not improve, Merc were slowed.

Racing is about data, completely.

[Kevan]

The rules were changed in such a way Merc were stuck with their low-rake concept, if you remember because of the pandemic teams were not allowed to produce all-new cars for 2021. So MB ended up having to try and adapt a car not suited to the new rules.

When you boil it down to facts this looks like a deliberate ploy to stop MB winning this year, how can it be right that the teams were forced to change aero but weren't allowed to compensate their car designs to suit.

Luck is nearly always close at hand for F1 champions...the jury is still out on which of the two who will win this years WDC has been the luckiest.

[Kevan]

If I was RB I'd be tempted to take another engine penalty for MV that would give Max two engines with one that has only just done one slow race and would negate the possible 10 place penalty later in the season.

[NicoRosberg.]

[NicoRosberg.]

[Wet Coast Racer]

You know, a Bottas/Verstappen/Alonso finish is entirely possible.

[bov]

Not sure how the Sky F1 Commentary Team would take to that.....

[NicoRosberg.]

Since their bias is in your head, I suspect how they 'take' it will depend on the action that takes place (or not) to get that result.

They are big fans of Max and Alonso, perhaps less so for Bottas, but on the other hand they seem to give him an easy ride when he has poor races - more so than the pundits on the same channel at least.

[Kevan]

The Mercedes Strategyometer 2000 they mentioned during the race is a quarter of a century out of date...designed by Ferrari...in 1994...

[NicoRosberg.]

What????

[Kevan]

Ted mentioned it (SkyF1)

[NicoRosberg.]

I missed that, but then he isn't a guy I rate.

Hamilton was the one out on track, granted, but Merc had data and could look at what others did. It was a tough call, but Hamilton contributed to the situation.

Ocon was the first person to finish a race without pitting for 24 years. That should tell you something.