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Will certainly help generate interest in the sale prospects for williams
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Was great to see both Williams in q2, and on merit, not because of heavy rain or some other force majeur. Would love to see them regularly at least in the mid field.
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It would appear that both Haas and Alfa Romeo have manged to build cars even worse than the Williams, i can see the end for both of these teams.
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19 Jul 2020, 10:23 (Ref:3989420) | #1607 | |
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Big boost for Williams, they are really mixing it with the midfield. This circuit really suits the car and they have the right engine too
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19 Jul 2020, 12:20 (Ref:3989461) | #1608 | |
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George did a similar job last year. A good driver can really hustle the time out of the car round Hungaroring.
The fact that Latifi got into Q2 as well was amazing, track evolution or not. |
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Notwithstanding George's previous pace in 2019 where he was 16th, if Latifi can hustle the car into Q2 then it suggests the car is vastly improved from last year. Unless of course poor old Robert Q was really useless last year.
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19 Jul 2020, 13:48 (Ref:3989499) | #1610 | |
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There you go, poor racecraft taking them backwards again?
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Latifi has a bit of a nightmare day but he was shafted badly with the pit-release early on.
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It was like they decided not to use the 2020 car for the actual race and got the 2019 one out. Big step backwards
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Maybe they are nailing qualifying, but still inherently have a pants car?
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“Just as in Styria, Russell absolutely starred in qualifying and then made a key error early in the race.“ Although sending Latifi out into the side of the McLaren was a major boo-boo from the team too. Car upgrades for Silverstone, so hopefully they can show well and race better next time! |
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Possibly it works it's tyres in such a way that they get 'into the window' quickly for qualifying but on a longer run the tyres don't stay in 'the window' and performance drops off as a result.
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Before their domination, Merc had a good couple of years flattering to deceive. Qualy went well but tyres shot to pieces in the first stints and Nico/Schu/Lewis finishing a long way off. Used to happen with Ferrari quite a lot in the 90's and the Saubers. |
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Haas were similar last year with that.
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Bearing in mind all the Merc cars have stepped up how about Merc really pushing engine development to compete with Ferrari that transpired to be it wasnt and then Ferrari got pegged back and Merc by hard work are even further up the road? Only Ferrari could shoot itself in both feet. Still hopefully it legs Williams up
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Fair point; I suppose the tyres may get up to temperature quickly, enough for a quick lap, but then go off and compromise the longer runs.
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I am surprised Williams can't find any race pace, maybe they need to look at their setup, as I feel there is more to come from the car than what we have seen so far
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2012: Brawn denied the team had purposefully built a ‘qualifying car’ Brawn said the team’s difficulties with its tyres was symptomatic of wider problems with the W03: “We have too narrow a window in which we are operating the car – and we have to broaden that, and build more tolerance into how we are using the tyres. 2013: Analysis by former Williams chief engineer and JA on F1 technical adviser Mark Gillan of photos of Mercedes wheels, taken by leading F1 photographer Russell Batchelor of XPB Images, shows the complex internal design which Mercedes has evolved to master thermal management of the tyre. Maybe Mark Gillan can unlock the Williams' potential? |
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They probably just need to soften the rears of the cars. Lower the rear anti-roll bar a bit. I think the increased traction should give them a few tenths.
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