cum_hoc

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A technical write-up of the upgrade package Ferrari will bring to the SF-24 in Imola.

 

“Following thoughtful discussions between David Sanchez and the team leadership, the mutual decision has been taken for David to leave the team.

“Upon our joint reflection, it became apparent that the role, responsibilities, and ambitions associated with David’s position did not align with our original expectations when he agreed to join us in February 2023.

“Recognising this misalignment, both David and I agreed that it would be best to part ways now, so to enable him to pursue other opportunities that will better leverage the full scale and breadth of his remarkable skillset.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

A bit off-topic but, given the lap time that Max (and Charles) managed to put in this qualifying session, if the race is close, either of them might be tempted to get the fastest lap point and break Pedro de la Rosa's record this year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

To me it's encouraging the fact that Ferrari didn't take a step back with the developments introduced last year. Little by little Fred's influence is being felt. The strategy has improved and the number of errors have gone down. I'm less worried about them this year.

 

Ferrari made a massive step in race pace vs last year (~1.4s/lap), but the RB20 is the car to beat!🏆

They had the same pace over a race distance However, Verstappen had minimal tyre wear (even on the softs!), indicating that he was not even pushing 100%😳 Crazy consistency👌

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I hope Ferrari's pace is strong enough to put up a fight. The data of the long runs suggest that RBR is stronger on the C3, but Ferrari is stronger on the C1, which over a race distance puts them even. It's possible (and likely) that RBR have more pace in reserve, but the gap shouldn't be unsurmountable.

 

The average of the timings of the race sims are off by 10s but Mark Hughes's remarks remain valid: the Ferrari was much faster than the Red Bull. It's obvious Red Bull is holding back performance but, how much? In any case, Ferrari might give Red Bull a harder time this year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was under the impression that it was set on the medium (C3). Is that not the case?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was a fuel pump issue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

So is that 1m31.344 from Verstappen ominous or it's just preseason testing and times don't matter?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is what I call wisdom right here 👆

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yep. He plays Frasier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Props to you for grasping the concept of wet bulb temperature and getting why it's always lower or equal to the dry bulb temperature. It's not exactly obvious why that's the case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I fell in love with that car the moment I saw it. The two-tone versions with the carbon fibre exposed are chef's kiss

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm also partial to Sync. It's impressive how much of the UX was kept in making the transition to the Fediverse. I honestly can't tell the difference between the previous Reddit client and the current Lemmy client

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used to think like this but now I realise that being in power is much harder than I thought, especially in the context of a democracy. Inevitably, in order to get something done, you usually need the cooperation of your political opponents, which usually requires to make compromises that you're uncomfortable with or make you go back on campaign promises.

That said, I think I could do a better job than Trump since I think I could at least manage to not put myself in so much legal trouble.

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