Omosh

One step at a time. Our mistakes do not define who we are. Tomorrow is a promise to no one.

[Formula 1 @F1]

POINTS FOR FERNANDO 👊

#F1 #BahrainGP

[Omosh @Robo_96]

Yuko Tsunoda has more points this seasons than Cadillac and Lance Stroll.

[Omosh @Robo_96]

Starting procedure suspended in Sepang. Most drivers can't get their cars going. Bizarre. #BahrainGP

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya’s domestic debt has hit a record Sh7.78 trillion for the first time ever.

President William Ruto’s government has borrowed Sh3.4 trillion from the domestic market alone since taking office

[Paul Muite SC @Paul_Muite]

Bwana C.S., tell us the reasons for closing SHA.
The 103 billion paid for the SHA software owned and operated by private individuals- will it now be refunded?
You and the President have consistently told us that SHA is working despite the evidence on the ground...

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@Salim8James @maurine_kayna 😱☠️

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@ouma_neko Why must we always associate wealth with the devil? What if the wealth is acquired by legitimate means? Is there joy in poverty?

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer https://t.co/rxaDO9gv82

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@SimplyEXT 😱💀

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

1.9m Kenyans stop sacco savings as take-home pay drops

https://t.co/yihx6QJWPh

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@Lolaschanne Where do I get the 100k?

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@F1 They're running away with it.

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@F1GuyDan I like his consistency.

[Omosh @Robo_96]

Redemption for George Russell.

[Formula 1 @F1]

Talk about a comeback drive! 💪

👏👏👏 @Isack_Hadjar

#F1 #AzerbaijanGP

[Omosh @Robo_96]

George Russell wins in Baku.

[Ruth Buscombe @RuthBuscombe]

Mercedes: "And for my next trick… ready, set, slow." 🪄

Mercedes and George built their 0.8s pole margin from thinking fast AND slow.

Lots of things made that lap fast: the driver, the car, the timing. But starting it slow made it faster.
Silverstone: Mercedes coasted across the line to go faster. Baku: they charged across it.

GIVES UP: ~9 km/h (up to 13) for 370 m = costs ~0.1s by Turn 1 GETS BACK: ~7 km/h (up to 10) for 1,540 m down the final straight = up to 0.36s back (0.15s on Leclerc). Pole by 0.837s.

Start slow: out lap and into Turn 1, flat out but held in 7th, and the car stops accelerating because it's superclipping (harvesting at full throttle). 298 km/h at the line while the rivals shift to 8th and deploy: 302 to 311.

Finish faster: on the final straight the rivals run dry. George doesn't. 331 km/h peak and 314 at the flag, against 302 to 309 for the others.
Why it works: recharge resets at the line. At Baku the FIA allows 9.0 MJ on out laps and 8.5 MJ on a qualifying lap. So the harvesting before the line comes out of the bigger budget, on the lap that isn't timed.

Every push lap in Q, 20 drivers shifted to 8th before the line. Mercedes never did (0 of 9). George first tried it in Thursday's FP2, and both cars used it on every push lap in FP3 and Q. Kimi did it too, before his crash in Q1.

Could everyone do this? Don’t think so, each PU is different, code and the thing itself, so it’s not that simple to just copy past it, only McLaren and Ferrari tried the Merc PU Silverstone lift, but no other power unit has shown this one. Even the Mercedes customer teams (McLaren, Williams, Alpine) shifted to 8th like everyone else.

Could a customer copy it? We don't know. Would be interested to know if there was a conversation in McLaren before P3 and Q if they spotted it if they could try it to go faster.

That's the bit I love. Some teams are still chasing reliability and fixing problems. Mercedes are past that and into optimising, finding a tenth in the gaps.

Is it why George got pole? It's part of the margin, not all of it. He had clean air and no tow, and he was quickest through the castle and sector 2 too. But it shows you that even at the front, with pole in the bag, F1 teams are still relentlessly pushing for extra performance.

It's not a magic trick. It's maths.

[Omosh @Robo_96]

@autosport 😱