Something to laugh at later on in the season I'm sure...
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@dm55555567@redclerc Genuinely not, just trying to understand the fume.
If I was speaking in hypotheticals, I would suggest that there are brake characteristics that are a bit shit. I suspect he'll switch to CI this weekend and will more than likely not solve those issues & will revert to Brembo
@redclerc Last I heard I'm only one person, but nice one.
From what I've seen/read he's obviously struggled with the brakes regardless but I don't think he's categorically called the car unsafe, nor as he insinuated that it's been caused by changes in Miami.
@dm55555567 I only have three braincells unfortunately.
And that might be the case, ofc CL already had wet weather driving in these new cars in Barca, not sure Lewis did.
I believe this upcoming test is just a normal tyre test for context
Remembering last season when the complaints was that Leclerc did *too* many test days and it was Hamilton fans spending the aftermath of races hypothesising mad theories as to why his teammate was beating him
Funny to see the shoe on the other foot
looking forward to charles, having already lost 900km of track testing to his teammate who used them to try the only brakes that are safe on the car since then, losing another 900km at these barcelona ones or having to share them with that same teammate or a development driver
@dm55555567 Get your initial point & if it happens it'll be interesting to see if there is a difference for Charles if he tests the CI brake discs.
But by the sounds of it, despite having opportunity to do so CL hasn't wanted to make those changes yet so doubt he would've tested them then
@j1065568@monequaque Surely it is just a case that first time they were available they were used by the driver who 1) asked for the change and 2) would be better positioned to know if it was a good step?
It is & Charles will get that chance next
@CL16_inside@Auto_Racer_it Interesting, so nothing has actually changed with Charles' brakes, Lewis has just moved back to a more familiar part and it's obvious an improvement on the general SF set-up
@SwervinF1 Next car behind was 60+ seconds behind, what exactly did he lose?
And if P2 is the answer, what reason would Ferrari have to swap the drivers via staggering the pit stops?
Lewis Hamilton: "Yeah, I mean everyone says Charles [Leclerc] is the fastest over a single lap so to.. I think though I've kind of proven I have done pretty good laps in my lifetime, so and obviously hopefully you can see I still have the pace, I still have what it takes to win and compete so yeah, to be at his home track here to be slightly ahead I think is positive but it's one place and ultimately we as a team want to be first and second."
[Question asked: As a driver you always want to beat your teammate even if Pole's not there, so is that almost a little win for you that you were able to be ahead of Charles on a circuit that he is so good at?]
Easily forgotten but Newey is Aston Martin's TEAM PRINCIPAL, yet hasn't spoken once to F1TVs media or any other outlets since testing.
Not a shed of accountability, and yet everyone seems completely fine with that
On the circuit where the engine matters least, Aston Martin finished furthest from the pole position time
🇦🇺 Australia: 4.40%
🇨🇳 China: 3.41%
🇯🇵 Japan: 4.36%
🇺🇸 Miami: 3.76%
🇨🇦 Canada: 3.61%
🇲🇨 Monaco: 4.58%