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@hectorherbert6585

Жыл бұрын

Which version of the 2022 Mercedes car are you referring to..??

I think most people would look at testing to see how teams go in terms of reliability (no. of laps) and the general design philosophy the team has made for the season. Wouldn't really say that testing times are indicative of the true running order, as we need to see under race/qualy sims to get a better picture of that.

@F1ll1nTh3Blanks

Жыл бұрын

For me I like to take an indication of how each car handles more so than lap times. You can't fake dynamics I think.

@yoeriw7099

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you can usually see if a car looks nervous or not, or if they look to be having some issues Ps. A nervous car is likely to be a b%@ch to fine-tune

@KevinJDildonik

Жыл бұрын

This. It's a combination. Red Bull had the ideal test. It's fast, it's smooth, nearly flawless. Ferrari had an awful test, where everything was fine and the design is just slow, that can be terrifying because how do you bridge the gap when nothing is wrong. Mercedes had a productive test. You'd rather not have problems, but if you do, find them in testing. The fact they finished day 3 so well speaks volumes.

I remember the W11 ran 3rd in preseason then went on to become the fastest car ever. Once again, the W12 ran 7th in preseason and was a rocket during the 2021 season. Mercedes are known for doing this and based off Toto being so calm in press interviews, there’s more in that W14. Horner and RB are watching them, and watching very closely.

@ryanjonathanmartin3933

Жыл бұрын

The W11 was 3rd on *hard* tyres when everyone else went on mediums or softs. Everyone knew that it was the fastest car from day 1 of testing. Don't try to rewrite history. And the W12 was never a rocket haha. Bullshit. It actually had a lower top speed than the Red Bull in the early part of the season and suffered from handling issues. Lewis won three of the first four races mainly down to Mercedes' unconventional strategy and Lewis managing his tyres well. Only when Mercedes rolled out an extensive upgrade package at Silverstone did the handling vices go away and the car look fast in the corners in the hands of Lewis. Mercedes won the Constructors' for 2021 partly because Perez was worse than Bottas. Remember, they won it by 58 points. Skin of their teeth. Enough with the "sandbagging" nonsense. Mercedes will start behind this year.

@FabianDialer-vw1zk

Жыл бұрын

Toto did say they will cheat to win.

@ryanjonathanmartin3933

Жыл бұрын

@@FabianDialer-vw1zk You sure?

@FabianDialer-vw1zk

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanjonathanmartin3933 He Said it at the end of 2022 If Redbull only gets a minor Penalty going over the costcap then Mercedes will do too. He basicaly admited he's going to ignore the costcap which implies cheating as it is to gain any form of Advantage they can get.

@f1usa654

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanjonathanmartin3933 I agree with you, redbull is the favorite to win again. Everyone is barely copying their concept, while they were able to make it even better.

would have been rlly interesting if you went through all the preseason standings and did some statistical analysis on team championship standing throughout the years.

Albon 2023 Champion confirmed

When 90% of people say “don’t read into the times”, they mean exactly what was mentioned at the end of the video. It’s not the sole representation of what each car’s pace is and what the running order will be like. That also does not mean they are irrelevant information. A combination of lap time, how the car behaves going round the circuit, mileage and so many other factors that combine to give an overall picture of how good, or not good, teams are going into the season opener.

The testing chequered flag just came out as did this video what timing

@Austen.10

Жыл бұрын

He timed it for this reason

I hope the teams have shielded their true performance significantly the first session because if not, we are gonna have a similar season as last year. Both the Red Bull and Ferrari are looking very solid again but the Merc looked terribly nervous 🤔

@nikunjmaheshwari596

Жыл бұрын

what the hell were you watching redbull and ferrari are having bouncing problems. mercs were on a completely different programme and they were the only ones who didn't have any problem.

@karl8805

Жыл бұрын

​@@nikunjmaheshwari596 its a bumpy track you pratt..... Rb is literally fine until bumpy sections

@fqeagles21

Жыл бұрын

​@@nikunjmaheshwari596 TBH All top 3 teams have had a Little bit of porpoising

@F1ll1nTh3Blanks

Жыл бұрын

@@nikunjmaheshwari596 Lewis was struggling to keep it on the track and in a straight line compared to Max and Charles who had relatively decentish clean laps. I am not saying Mercedes will struggle but this isn't the kinda start you wanna see.

@quintuscrinis8032

Жыл бұрын

Why would they not give their all during a season? Mercades always sandbag a fair bit in testing, that's just what they do.

Great vid Aldas, Clear for everyone to understand!

I SAW ENGINE MODE 11!!!

They don't have to do full quali laps. They can back off in a sector or slow before the line. There are many ways you have to look at sector times not just lap times.. and even mini-sectors and compare them... it is a heck of a lot of work

@Vier_LeFanz

Жыл бұрын

I disagree... they have to know how the car reacts in the last 2 corners after having a "hotlap" in it. That is pretty impossible to emulate...

This video is really good. Learnt a lot. Thanks

Red Bull and Aston looking great!

This was very insightful.

Fernando Alonso vs Max Verstappen 2023 championship

i get your point, but last year Alpha Tauri for example were fastest once and they finished 9th

Williams wcc confirmed

@Reaz399

Жыл бұрын

Soft tire tax. They‘ll be dead last again, trust me.

Aldas. As always great video.

Aldas enjoy your 23 season, you talk the good F1 talk in the myriad of what's happening. Keep up your content, thank you 😊

Alpha Tauri had the fastest time in the first testing session last year. Haas had the fastest in the second session and the second fastest in the third session. So no, the times absolutely do not matter

It’s awesome seeing the cross pollination of F1 KZreadrs! 👍🏾👍🏾

Amazing info throughout the whole video though👀

2:10 it is 6 compounds (dry) from 2023

I think lap times in testing CAN matter. In like-for-like conditions (e.g. same tyre compound, quali sim, same conditions) then they do matter.

Had a power cut the other day , i said ok its lights out, and away we go !

6 tyre compounds this year btw C0-C5

So if Williams keep it up third best team 🎉

6 this year

Testing is all about averages... average laptime, average amount of laps completed.

Everything matters in testing because the teams test all aspects of their car performance

Wasn't the testing for last year more just because of the new regs?

@Spike-sk7ql

Жыл бұрын

No. It was more because they actually got more up until this year. I'm old enough to remember when teams could hold their own private test sessions for as long as they wanted to. Made fixing a problematic car a lot easier. I think this system is flawed, but so is unlimited testing. 2 formal test sessions pre season work, but the teams should be able to turn their shakedown into a complete race distance test session. Essentially, there should be that one chance to fix any reliability issues with the car before pre season testing.

The issue is that, you don't know if the team are doing qualifying runs on low fuel and maximum engine mode

Aldas, thank you for your work! Really appriciate it!) @Aldas

6 pirelli compounds*

Yet most teams over the years that have been the fastest in testing haven’t been the fastest come the start of the season.

So max on top as normal.

This means Charles' title chances are over already..he was in the pits for length periods today

@etheeen11

Жыл бұрын

Did we through he actually had a chance to begin with

Offer any driver the RedBull right now over any other car on the grid and they'll bite your hand off.

W14 is a 🐢 compared to the rest

Nah, they don't matter. I've seen all kinds of weird anomalies crop up during pre-season testing to give us a completely distorted view of the pecking order. Nobody is seriously trying to break lap records, it's more about testing the reliability of the new car and I suppose the drivers giving their first proper feedback regarding what needs to be improved. After all, there are no prizes or points to be won.

People saying that,just because Mercedes was sandbagging,every year

A topic that can simply be covered in less than 5 minutes and somehow you manage to drag it to nearly 20 minutes for ad revenue. Bravo armchair expert.

Last year Lando was the fastest on day 1 and they were worst in first race so definitely judging by time is not correct

Redbull and Alpine look really good imo, i think Alpine might take a little step ahead of the midfield

Bracing for all those clickbait videos about X team struggling at practice 😅

Nice Mercedes left the car black and removed the sidepods, so Lewis can show off his gold chains, earrings and tooth much better

Which Mercedes car are you referring to..??..when you say you 'spotted' their problems right away..??..because you know that on pre-season F1 testings in Spain/Catalunya last year (2022) on day 3..,Mercedes team was still running both 'podded' version of their car..right..??..Hamilton clocking actually the fastest lap of the day with 1.19.138 (and 161 laps)....both drivers did actually really good on time sheets...but this car never raced ,never became an official race car ..then they introduced the 'no-pods' version of the new race car...

@XsYoutube

Жыл бұрын

He was at bahrain testing, Testing in catalunya wasnt even available to public

@hectorherbert6585

Жыл бұрын

@@XsKZread you did not listen to what he said..he mentioned the problems on the Mercedes last year (2022) in Spain..so I asked him which Mercedes car .. :the 'podded car' or the 'podless' car..day three of testing last year in Spain,Mercedes was running the 'podded' car ,not the car they raced with all season...

@XsYoutube

Жыл бұрын

@@hectorherbert6585 where the fuck was he in spain there

@XsYoutube

Жыл бұрын

@@hectorherbert6585 the clip where he is talking about the mercedes not looking good is him literally standing in bahrain

@hectorherbert6585

Жыл бұрын

@@XsKZread 🤪Did I say he was not in Bahrain...???..did I say he was not..??..you obviously have not watched the video properly nor read my comment at all..!!..starting at 9.50 ,he talks about the Mercedes car at testings in Spain last year.(2022).my question to him was which car..the pod-less car or the podded car that never raced..??..read & listen..

I also think there’s no point in really sandbagging. Is Ferrari is slow that doesn’t mean Red Bull slows down on their car development. And if Ferrari is fast then Red Bull will still be doing that same car development trying to catch up.

Are you Gordon Ramsey's son? @Aldas

If we don't use lap times, what else have we got?... Paint job? Livery? Sponsors? Reputation from back-in-day performances when men were men?... Nah

@ploppyjr2373

Жыл бұрын

We can see the cars drive. That’s what you have

Mercedes looks really awful this morning. And I like that a lot! :P

@loseweightusingketo

Жыл бұрын

Pretty obvious why. I mean zeropods isn't THE problem but one of many fundamental flaws with their philosophy.

@k3corvette35

Жыл бұрын

Merc's reign is over and I couldnt be happier !! 😂 P.S. Toto🐺🖕from 🇺🇸 for trying so hard to keep Andretti out of F1 🏎 !! What are you so afraid of Toto? Besides your not adding to your billion$ as your taking all those $$$ from 🇺🇸fans, but continue fighting a TRUE American team from joining F1 when the growth of F1 has surged vastly in the U.S. ! Seems Merc cares more about being Woke and SJW then actually providing its F1fans what they really deserve ! That's a American team that can actually develop it's own car and then fight for titles. It rather keep Haas representing 🇺🇸 with its second fiddle approach by being a B-team for Ferrari happy with scraps and barely scoring points. But oh yeah they're gonna be a for e cause the HULK is back ? What a joke Gunther Steiner is as a team principal and he should be fired by Gene Haas for bad mouthing the USA and its driver's !

@SwaggySimon20

Жыл бұрын

I don’t what yah was watching but they looked way better than last year

@loseweightusingketo

Жыл бұрын

@@SwaggySimon20 Shh.. Let the man dream

@k3corvette35

Жыл бұрын

It's in the bag baby ,the Sandbagging that is !! Just tired of Merc's bullshit and Toto Wolff think he and Lewis are F1 ! Thrilled their reign was put to a end by a worthy champion in Verstappen ! Who put to rest any doubts about that worthiness with his back to back titles and soon to be 3rd in a row ! Go MAXattack 2023 F1 champion!! 🏆🏆🏆🏁🏎💨 P.S.🖕to Toto🐺 from 🇺🇸 for his desire to keep Andretti out of F1 !!!!

I enjoy your videos Aldas, but this feels like content for the sake of content 😅