Erling Haaland it seems iโve grown quite fond of you tho there are no sexual urges or desires you come to me as a long lost friend whom I once picked apples with in papas orchard
The all-time leader in race starts for the 5 most winningest teams in F1 history ๐
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton (246)
Red Bull - Max Verstappen (217)
Ferrari - Michael Schumacher (180)
McLaren - Lando Norris (158)
Williams - Alex Albon (96)
Question: ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น'๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ?
The tyre allocation for the Barcelona GP weekend was 2 Hards, 3 Mediums, and 8 Softs. Almost ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, opting to save them for the Sunday race.
Which means, there was ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. It was ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ to decide on the settings, including the front wing angles.
Russell's pace was amazing during Qualifying (with Softs) + 1st Race stint (with Mediums). He'd had given precise feedback on his balance during FP, found what worked best for him - and it paid off handsomely.
However, setup for his 2nd Race stint was decided by Engineers on his side of the garage. They did NOT manage to find the optimal balance for him like Antonelli's Engineers did, leaving George to fend off with an Understeery car. (He still, however, managed to gain on Hamilton.)
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ on radio how he wanted it changed: by "point 3". He even offered a precise value.
However, ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ฌ "๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐" ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ "๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฃ" at his 2nd pitstop.
Russell had ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง in his 2nd stint, which lasted 24/66 laps. In his 3rd stint, he got a "๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐" that "certainly compromised his pace in the final stages." And he had to manage this setup for the remaining 30/66 laps of the race. When Antonelli emerged from the pits with a primely balanced car, Russell only had a 2 seconds advantage on him. He still managed to hold his teammate off for ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐.
In the last 6 consecutive races,
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ.