Silverstone, Free Practice.
Russell's been experiencing the same problem, at the same corners, no matter tyre, since FP - yet nothing had been done about it.
There's 3.5 hrs between the Sprint & Qualifying today. I sure do hope they get everything up to prime within this time.
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น'๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐:
Comparing Russell and Antonelli's Silverstone SQ3 laps, Russell had been so much slower on the Straights. Why so?
Mercedes seemed stumped, but a Power Phase graph comparison gives valuable insight -
Antonelli's car had deployed energy in 2 different instances where Russell's didn't. (These two instances were completely independent to the drivers' Throttle usage.)
Antonelli also deployed longer during Straight Zone 2, where Antonelli had gained the most over Russell. (This was also independent to Throttle, Brake, or Gear.)
This meant, though, that Russell had more Battery left coming out of T9.
However, Russell's car seems to have had a inexplicable Glitch coming into Turn 10 & 11, during which ALL of Russell's battery advantage was lost. Russell between T8 & T9 had a 17% battery advantage over Antonelli - after the Glitch, this became NULL, and then a negative value.
Energy Deployment Issues, especially those related to the ERS, seem to be a HUGE issue on Russell's side.
The glitch at T10&11 is particularly concerning, as it would not be driver performance or even setup that decides results during upcoming races, but the ERS (MGU-K + ES + CE) difference between the cars that dictate speed.
๐ค Match nul contre l'Espagne ๐ช๐ธ
๐ค Match nul contre l'Uruguay ๐บ๐พ
๐ค Match nul contre l'Arabie saoudite ๐ธ๐ฆ
โ รlimination aprรจs avoir emmenรฉ l'Argentine ๐ฆ๐ท en prolongations
La premiรจre Coupe du monde de l'histoire du Cap-Vert : ABSOLUTE CINEMA. ๐ฟ
MERCI POUR TOUT. ๐ซก๐
๐๐จ๐ป OFFICIAL: Cape Verde are OUT of the 2026 World Cup.
One of the most emotional, beautiful, proud teams to see in history of this competition.
500k population, a big heart. What a game, what a team.
๐จ๐จ ET DIRE QU'ILS ONT EU LA BALLE DE 3-3 ร LA FIN DE LA PROLONGATION... ๐
LE CAP-VERT ๐จ๐ป A รTร IMMENSE, HรROรQUE, MONUMENTAL CE SOIR, EN REVENANT DEUX FOIS AU SCORE FACE AUX CHAMPIONS DU MONDE EN TITRE.
LOPES CABRAL A MARQUร SANS DOUTE LE PLUS BEAU BUT DE CE MONDIAL EN PROLONGATIONS.
VOUS NOUS AVEZ FAIT VIBRER, VOUS NOUS AVEZ FAIT RรVER, VOUS NOUS AVEZ รMUS : JOUEURS DU CAP-VERT, MERCI ! ๐คฉ