Formula Paddock

 We saw that the Ferrari had the fastest race pace of all, but in some points as the first sector lost compared to the McLaren and Red Bull. The T1 consists of a series of fast curves, in which the downforce demand is very high, also because of the very fast changes of direction that occur from one curve to another. But too high a load can create problems with the next sector, where aerodynamic efficiency is very important. So you could opt for a very rigid suspension setup, to get the full potential of the floor, the idea would not be bad if there was the third sector, where instead you need a less rigid setup to exploit the potential of the rear. So let’s see how the top 4 teams faced the T1 snake: TURN 2 ANALYSIS: We start to observe the on-board (I tried as much as possible to take the same point), in T2 it would seem that the furthest from the kreb is the car n°1 of Max Verstappen, to follow the W15 of George Russell, Lando Norris’s McL38 and finally the one who seems to be mo...

  CONDITION: Track temperature: 39,5 °C in Q1 ---> 36,5°C in Q3 Air temperature: about 28,8°C Humidity: 39% Wind: 16,5 km/h in Q2 --> 10 km/h S Qualifying for tomorrow’s grid is over, and not in the best way for Mercedes, with Russell losing control of his W15 on turn 19, forcing him to go into the wall, and finish qualifying before the other drivers could finish their last stint. Thanks to Lando Norris, who finishes on pole, while in second place there is his main rival Max Verstappen. Let’s go to the fastest lap of the WDC contenders. LAP ANALYSIS: We start immediately with the first turn. Verstappen stops slightly earlier than Norris, but manages to bring in a little more speed than Lando Norris, the driver of the Red Bull manages to create an advantage that is immediately reduced in the exit phase. In which it would seem that the driver of the McLaren has the better, in fact observing the gears, manages to pass to the next before the rival. We arrive at the "snake" ...

 Qualifying for the sprint race grid ended with a pole by Verstappen, followed by Russell’s Mercedes and then Leclerc’s Ferrari, while Norris finished only in fourth place. This is a very important Grand Prix, both for the world ranking, but also because it was the stage of many updates brought by teams, especially McLaren and Mercedes (among the top teams). So it will be very important to observe the behavior of the car and its performance. Let’s look at it together. TELEMETRY IN T1: Let’s start by saying that the performance of Ferrari are to be reviewed in qualifying, because Leclerc in the fast curves that characterize the first sector has lost control of the car, losing a lot of speed, as you can see from the telemetry. So let’s go to observe the other drivers: we note that Max Verstappen with his RB20 manages to bring greater speed in the entrance of the T6, but he is forced to brake in the entry phase, but then maintain a higher speed both in the travel phase and in the exit...

 Lando Norris dominated the Singapore Grand Prix, even rounding the Gran Chelem, snatched away from now ex-formula 1 driver, Daniel Ricciardo. It seems to be a perfect weekend but more than one occasion he made mistakes that could have cost him the victory. Let’s see in detail one in particular: TURN 14 MISTAKE: Lando Norris on lap 29 makes the first mistake (the most serious one) that could have cost him the victory or even the whole race, in fact the driver of the McLaren two laps before making the pit stop tries to make a lap faster than the previous one. Using the telemetry provided by f1-tempo.com we can see how in lap 29 Lando Norris tries to optimize his lap, the first point where we can notice it is in turn 7, where he delays the step up of the foot from the accelerator, but brakes in a similar way to the previous one, obtaining an advantage of about 0.25s compared to the 28th lap. This seems to have made the British driver confused, in fact we can see simply from the delta...

  RACE PACE ANALYSIS: The fastest was race winner Lando Norris, with a 0.32s/lap advantage over his main WDC rival, Max Verstappen. One thing we can notice immediately, is that unlike the previous races there are no similar steps, for example Piastri loses 0.33 s/ lap compared to the Dutch, and in turn Leclerc loses 0.32 compared to the Australian. The most consistent was Norris, and this points to having a clear track ahead being very important in Singapore (so qualifying is very important). Just look at Leclerc, as the spread of lap times is very inconsistent and higher than driver #4, in fact the Monegasque driver in the first stint lost a lot of time behind Alonso. Carlos Sainz is the second last of the top teams to have had a worse race pace, caused by a bad start, but also by an early pit (not being able to give the maximum at the end of the race). But he allowed him to make a fantastic undercut from 12th position to 6th ( and then leave it to his teammate.). Perez had a bad ...