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Will Mclaren Be Team to beat from Silverstone Onwards? (21 posts)

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Prisoner Monkeys said 2 years ago:

I think people are reading too much into this. Red Bull might have perfected the OTBD, but that doesn’t mean its the sole reason for their success. As Steph rightly points out, Red Bull are not an ultra-competitive team – they just have an ultra-competitive driver. And we’ve seen it plenty of times this year where they dominate qualifying, but lose their advantage in race trim. I’m willing to bet that the RB7 works better when it is lightly-fuelled and on fresh tyres than when it’s fuel-heavy. Adrian Newey is smart enough to know that a strong qualifying position is critical, so the RB7 is really a qualifying car that gets raced rather than a race car that qualifies, if that makes sense.

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Icthyes said 2 years ago:

Considering Red Bull have been caught in the races by McLaren, removing something like 3/10ths from their laptime to McLaren’s 1/10th is going to be pretty significant, especially since pole will no longer be a certainty for them.

I’m not really sure why people are arguing against Red Bull suddenly dropping down as if people have actually suggested that.

Oh and those asking for an explanation: http://f1revs.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-is-red-bull-so-fast-in-qualifying.html

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smifaye said 2 years ago:

Just read the article you posted Icthyes and one thing stood out:

“The total ban of exhaust blowing will cost some Renault and also Ferrari-powered teams as much as eight tenths second per lap.”

That would be a crazy amount!!!!

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US_Peter said 2 years ago:

Did anyone watch the Flying Lap this week? Scarbs seemed to think that Red Bull wouldn’t be affected as much as some other top teams and that their bigger advantage is coming from the design of their exhaust, not their engine mapping. According to his sources Red Bull are not running the exhaust overrun nearly as aggressively as some other teams. When Peter Windsor then asked cheekily who these sources were he basically laughed it off and said people working on dynos. He did imply that there would be other issues that result as a domino effect. I would imagine that that will be similar for all teams though. He also speculates that Mercedes have the most to gain from the exhaust overrun ban. If Red Bull’s advantage is indeed reduced and Mercedes’ deficit is reduced, we could see a 4 horse race in the second half of the season. It’d be great to see some Mercedes podiums in the latter half of the season.

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Faraz said 2 years ago:

Mclaren, Mclaren,Mclaren . Look at Ferrari, The were only a tenth of Red Bull at Montreal. They could very well be in the mix.

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Icthyes said 2 years ago:

I’m sorry Ferrari fans but that’s even more wishful than thinking McLaren will be the team to beat. Montreal is atypical and full of the features Ferrari are strongest in. We won’t get another track like that until Monza, although the Nurburgring should be kinder to them.

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