Alex García

F1. See it. Feel it. Live it.

[Virutas de Goma™ @VirutasF1]

El valle verde, segunda parte

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[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@MedF1osTV @audisport @F1 Esa imagen tiene IA está la marca de Gemini abajo a la derecha. Es absurdo hoy en dia ya no te puedes fiar de que es real o que no lo es.

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@123pnz Si solo fueran 11k..., si sumas los 3-4 streams que hay en youtube suman 60k. Es una salvajada

[Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team @AstonMartinF1]

"There's more flexibility for innovation and different approaches than first meets the eye."

Adrian Newey opens up about innovating with the 2026 regulations, what he thinks of the team, and getting inside the minds of Lance and Fernando.

Click to read the UNDERCUT interview.

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@victorabadf1 Aqui uno en Irlanda que la recibió la semana pasada, pag 54 voy ya, de poquito a poquito engancha!

[Maro Engel @MaroEngel]

It’s just way too easy to run a driver off in F1. Easiest thing in Motorsport to do, just open the steering a bit release the brake a bit... And yes Max would have done the same as Oscar yesterday if the roles were reversed. Don’t blame the players. Have a good look at the rules.

[Maro Engel @MaroEngel]

Idea for F1. Everyone wants to see side by side racing. Then you need a set of rules that allows/promotes that. Away with the who was ahead at the apex. Bring in as soon as ther’s overlap you need to leave racing room. Look at @supercars & @DTM for the great side by side action!

[Scuderia Ferrari HP @ScuderiaFerrari]

Sempre Forza Ferrari

[Dr Obbs @dr_obbs]

Now that the FIA has CONFIRMED that the cross brake clarification was not based on something any teams were doing, let's look at the race pace changes over the season and see if we can make sense of it all.

To help visualize the changes to the race pace differences over the first half of this season I put together this chart...With context. And context is key here. Thanks to @FDataAnalysis and his amazing repository of data from his analysis. Be sure to subscribe to his buy me a coffee (in his bio) for access to all the data!

What you see is the race pace delta with Red Bull as the comparative baseline. If the values are positive, then Red Bull had a positive race pace delta to the next closest constructor meaning they were faster. The value bar is the average delta and the image shows who the closest constructor was. If the value is negative, then Red Bull was slower than the fastest (race pace) constructor. The average value is by how much they were slower, and the icon indicates who the fastest constructor was. Let's analyze.

At the start of the season Red Bull was the fastest. They came out of the box with an aggressive winter development, and it seemed to work. The next closest constructor was Ferrari, but they were an average of around 4 tenths/lap off the pace of the Red Bull.

In Miami during the sprint race the Red Bull of MV was the fastest, with Ferrari close behind. The gap was nearly 2 tenths, about equal to Australia (similar tracks). It wasn't until the race when MV damaged the sidewall of his diffuser that the pace fell off, and McLaren found their form. Remember that after a sprint race, McLaren was able to tune their setup for this updated car to maximize the performance. Job done. Even so, Red Bull was only 0.07s/lap off the pace of the McLaren. And as the image shows, this is exactly when McLaren released their biggest update of the year. A big change to the car that resulted in a big performance jump that saw them significantly close the gap to Red Bull. It was also Miami when Mercedes started a raft of updates that would put them on the development path they are bearing fruit from now.

Imola, and Canada were a bit of a mixed bag with MV pulling magic tricks to win those races in the second fastest car. Yes, McLaren was again marginally faster. On average 0.03s/lap difference between McLaren and Red Bull over those 3 races. That's how close the margins had become. Meanwhile Red Bull was struggling with updates that had made the car peaky and difficult to setup. During these races, Mercedes was again plotting their course and finding more and more gains.

Austria and Barcelona saw Red Bull bounce back with more close margins being just 0.045s/lap faster than the McLaren.

It wasn't until Silverstone, Hungary, and SPA that the RB20 really started to fall off the pace (as the graph shows). Over these last 3 races, the average race pace gap to the fastest constructor was nearly 2 tenths per lap! A stark contrast to how the team began the season.

So how did we get here? A sensible discussion please.

1) As the graph shows, the shift in balance of power from Red Bull to McLaren was all on the back of the Miami upgrade. A few problematic updates for the RB20 contributed as well.

2) Mercedes closing the gap has put pressure on Red Bull in single lap pace. This puts the RB20 back in the grid in dirty air, and as we have seen, clean air is king. Not something the RB19 was at all experienced with.

3) Changeable conditions over multiple races made a problematic RB20 even more problematic. What worked for one practice condition didn't work for the changeable race condition. Again, the signs of a peaky car.

4) ATR reductions for Red Bull from 2023 and 2024 would have impacted the later season development of the RB20. Since 2023 was such a dominant season, RBR was able to shift resources to work on the initial RB20 launch spec front loading the whole development process. However, where they would be harmed is on the in season development as this resource front loading wouldn't be possible. This is what we are seeing now. Teams with more ATR doing more in season development, gaining more ground on the P1 constructor.

When the first half of the season is put into context, we now can see how Red Bull has fallen back. The regulations are written to promote such a closing up of the grid via ATR. Red Bull has also contributed to this in their lack of delivery for many of their recent aero updates. Development gains for lower placed teams would be possible with even more aero development time. It really isn't a complex equation. What I can't seem to explain, however, is how Ferrari has found themselves from being the second fastest constructor at the start, to the 4th fastest now. But, there is nothing simple about F1. As @mollym_o and I have been saying for some time now,

"It's easy to be fast, it's harder to stay fast."

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@dublinbusnews 151 towards city center 16:50-16:55 at stop 2382 didn't want to stop bcs I didn't press the button at time (lie) I pressed between stops at normal time, very disrespectful with me....

[Dani Juncadella @dani_juncadella]

El jodido #1 🫡

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@Joseelcofrade A nadie le importa Enric Pechofrio Mas jajajajaja

[Punto de Break @PuntoDBreak]

🗣️ Janvier: "Somos lo más bajo de lo bajo. Pierdes en cualquier ronda de Wimbledon y al día siguiente no puedes acceder al sitio. Te echan. No nos respetan, no nos tratan bien. Es un reflejo de la vida en general"

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[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@123pnz Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh no opino como tu, me caes maaaal, enteraooooo 😑 estaria bien que la gente tolerara que la gente exprese sus opiniones como quiera, ni Charly esta de acuerdo contigo a veces y no veo dramas 🙄

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@dublinbusnews Which is the sense to have 3 buses running together (three 13's) towards Grange Castle but in the opposite direction no buses coming to stop 4576?? It is not your fault but when the hell will this bus service be changed???

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@lidl_ireland @Seamusdo It's happening again. It doesn't care the day of the week, the manager is not doing his job, poor workers

[Alex García @Alex96f1]

@dublinbusnews very good job driver 151 in stop 1407, he didn't stop and the bus wasn't full... Give another bus on this line at 7, it's the 4th time that this happen

[El retrovisor de Stroll 🇪🇸 @7nsua]

La IA que traduce videos es una cosa...

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