DRS is pretty much useless at Monza... here's why

[@icewarmth678]

Can't wait to see what ferrari pulls off this weekend. I went to Imola, so I know what ferrari disappointment is.

[@Good_Horsey]

I say bring back the classics, full wets on a dry track.

[@TheMissiIe]

@@Good_Horsey or maybe start on hards, then run on softs from lap 4 onwards

[@khawajabasit977]

@Thank me later 🅥 I have a feeling this one will be uneventful. In Binotto's own words " if you loose the season but win Monza you save the season". Everyone at Ferrari will have their asses covered for this one because they now they'll probably get lynched by the Tifosi if something goes south.

[@peterk3008]

Showing up at the wrong track. Only mistake wich is missing from the list

[@RadarLuv100]

4 stop under green utilizing all 5 compounds regardless of track conditions.

[@shedactivist]

If Ferrari get through their home race without making any monumental strategy errors that will be a win for them regardless of their placing.

[@DrWeird]

Ferrari could double DNF through driver error in the closing laps of the race and as long as they (the team) don't do anything stupid it would be a win!

[@Dorlan2001]

P19 and P20, behind GOATifi 🤡💀🤣

[@LINK-is3oc]

More like put full wets on start of the lap Pit for hards on lap 7 Pit medium at lap 10 Pit triangle at last lap then explode the c4 planted inside the car when its just 200 meters from the finish line

[@danielbateman6518]

​@@LINK-is3oc pit for 3 wheels or 4? Question.

[@Eldrich4291]

"Ok so Sharls box box, box box, for blinker fluid change"

[@Dano_fa14]

Ferrari are probably gonna turn up their engines to the max mode and take an extra penalty later in the season just so they have the advantage at Monza. Not that'll matter once they put Leclerc on wets in the dry and Sainz gets a 40 minute pitstop because they full on forget to bring the wheel gun from maranello

[@impossiblejonathan9650]

That is ridiculously true.

[@theglitch312]

Ferrari is the only team that'll risk blowing up two cars and ceding 2nd in the WCC to Mercedes just to, maybe, win a home race. That mentality is part of why they won't win championships anytime soon.

[@azure89]

imagine they do and the car blows up, the backlash from the Italian media on Ferrari will be devastating

[@junedmomin2106]

Imagine doing that and still being slower than RB on 4 race old engine.

[@salamancadingding]

They'll give Leclerc wets but only 3/4 of the wheels will be tightened.

[@Staticc146]

I’m a Lewis fan but Max and RBR have got it all dialed in this is his championship and prob the next one too he’s a beast !

[@glidertastic5778]

"The next one too" Mercedes fans are masters of downplaying (no offence).

[@AZBCDEE]

@@glidertastic5778 how tf is that downplaying? Downplaying what? You can’t predict the future so that’s why they’re saying probably. Typical whingestappen fan

[@ollieh98]

Next year could be hugely different, teams have had this year to figure out what works and what doesn’t, so can make big changes for next seasons cars.

[@skyv8964]

I'm an RB fan but I'm still hoping to see a shootout between Max and Lewis before the season ends.

[@willhurst]

Agree! but Merc will be in contention and will absolutely be strong at the tracks with lots of medium speed corners as they have been all year. Everything else Max will dominate. Next year will be an exciting season as I think you’ll see three teams on the podium all year.

[@magnustan841]

If there’s one race where the red team have to put it all together, it’s this one. The Tifosi deserve nothing less than a win or at least a double podium.

[@luuduonghy659]

Aston Martin and Alpine fight for the win While Red Bull and Ferrari will struggle since Monza race was crazy

[@rongiefaustino8867]

You just jinxed it lol

[@ligamo]

knowing them, they'll choke massively

[@SRFriso94]

Same was true at Imola (the track officially named after Enzo and Dino Ferrari!), and the only red on the podium was the Red Bulls.

[@AKStovall]

Ferrari deserve a double DNF due to poor strategy... since that is what they seem to be pulling for each weekend anyway... maybe that kindof failure will get Binotto removed as TP, and let someone who actually knows something about racing run the team.

[@benbo4394]

Rather than me praying for a massive headwind, I’m just praying for no more disappointment from the home team

[@nightshadelenar]

there's two home teams this weekend, actually. one of them is a given, the other is Alphatauri.

[@WZ97U]

The only headwind we will get is the amount of wind in the heads of the Ferrari pitwall lol

[@Nonameplayer69]

Get ready to see them crash, do a shit strategy or engine blow up.

[@thecompanioncube4211]

There is more chance for a Hurricane wind than Ferrari not doing Ferrari things

[@highferaltruth]

@@nightshadelenar alfa romeo too

[@larsdijk12]

With RedBull, you'd have the chance DRS doesnt work anyway, no matter the circuit. "Max, please only press it ONCE"

[@vrajpatel2763]

but this time don't needed na

[@sevenstars0711]

this was months ago, wake up please

[@bocalex23]

@@sevenstars0711 doesn't make it less funny tho...😂

[@larsdijk12]

@@sevenstars0711 Oh I know, Im a big Max Verstappen fan so I hope it works well ;)

[@adityairawan1843]

Max: "The DRS is not working!" GP: "But you still passed him, tho." Max: "Hehehehehe."

[@m-faccin]

Wind in Monza is rare... very rare. I've lived in the area all my life until 2017 and usually wind is never there, especially early September, still hot, still humid and very sunny.

[@erpaderpa4469]

That must of been fantastic

[@davem8972]

Gonna be another Ferrari disaster this weekend

[@patrickcesalestajodywibowo741]

Sounds legit

[@christianorsa]

You mean... Ferrari disasterclass? Yes, yes indeed

[@Eclipse.227]

The question: -A sh*t strategy -Bad pit stop (30 sec) -Crash wich one?

[@leonand42]

@@Eclipse.227 They should have live betting for how ferrari will fuck up

[@zainstrikes_]

Ferrai are supposedly turning up the engines for this race, but I don't know if that is a good thing.

[@paulmwendamberi755]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Williams higher up on the grid

[@iMajed]

It is not possible. Because King Latifi is only using 1% of his power.

[@jajasking9652]

It might happen, albon is performing pretty decently this season

[@johanfredriksvendsen8482]

Something I am wondering which I feel have been forgotten about because of Mercs "terrible" season. When the teams rocked up at pre season testing, first event Merc had a normal car and then at Bahrain they showed up with their innovative design. Everyone were so excited about their sidepod-less design that would produce so little drag, but now everyone is talking baout how slow and draggy the Merc is. What gives?

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Their ground effect downforce is lower than expected, so they have to run more wing on both ends. The drag vs. downforce on the wings is much higher than ground effect.

[@nicomeier8098]

@@davidbrown8517 If Zandvoort was a sign of things to come, yes.

[@therrydicule]

Expectations. Mercedes been a dominating in F1 since 2014, with hints of something coming out in 2012 and 2013. Anything else than winning all the races by 5 laps and sending everyone out of the 107% is seen as slow for Mercedes, nowadays. I am barely exaggerating.

[@aaryamangupta]

WTF1 is spoiling us with such amazing content :D

[@jayneswinnerton8812]

@Thank me later 🅥 no-one cares

[@EmmEmmE777]

It really depends on what the teams can run to optimize their laptimes, lower drag, lower downforce on a very fast circuit like Monza can be key but you still have to balance everything, so in my opinion in Monza we are gonna see the hugest differences of pace between teams, accounting for the Sprint Race and the grid penalties that might occur we are gonna get an exciting weekend ahead of us, with loads of overtakes made easier by the drs. None the less it's a RedBull 1-2, that thing has a cx of a mosquito.

[@stevendawson6032]

There’s no sprint race this year

[@illyricus.]

No sprint race in Monza this year.

[@maximilianbernardi5743]

Well, it isn‘t a sprint

[@rimbusjift7575]

High speed & low drag = parity. Aka opposite, bro.

[@vin483]

Sprint is in brazil

[@kes9684]

Considering how big that main straight is it is amazing how underpowered drs is here

[@sajjadhashmani4064]

Because there is no drag to reduce

[@shouldntyoubecooking]

Can you do a video on how the new regulations have affected overtakes with stats from all the races so far vs previous years?

[@mscbijles1256]

I think it shouldn’t just be overtakes, but also information on gaps between drivers through corners and one or two laps after an overtake. The new regulations were aimed at closer racing, not necessarily more overtakes.

[@russell6075]

They made following cars easier but made the cars the sizes of boats so it cancels it out

[@Slimmeyy]

@@russell6075 They're the same width and shorter in length. The only boat-like aspect is their weight.

[@mscbijles1256]

@@russell6075 maybe that’s a good thing. Too many easy overtakes are just dull, and cars not being able to follow closely just doesn’t get exciting. Close, hard fought battles that only sometime end up in an overtake, are imo the most captivating battles we could wish for (and it may also take a little while for car performance levels to converge more).

[@voidsax]

@@mscbijles1256 Ah yes, making the cars like boats is something good my god… Close racing doesn’t mean anything if you cannot overtake at the end of the straight or while cornering. Spending more than 1 lap to try and get a decent exit of the only corner that precedes a massive straight so you can easily overtake at the middle of the straight because of DRS is not fun at all mate. Whats the point of closer racing if then the slipstream is even weaker and you still need DRS because you cannot put your car alongside another at the end of the straight to try and get the overtake on the braking or while cornering. In motogp the first 10 guys are often in the same tenth, and in a lot of races you can see them switching positions constantly. And that is THE FUN of motorsports, not needing 5 laps to overtake someone and doing it because of DRS xd

[@Smithmatthew9]

Another amazingly edited video Katy.

[@aaryamangupta]

Ayyyyy, wtf1 uploads get me excited.

[@nicomeier8098]

Why? Simple: Monza is a high speed track so all cars already have minimal downforce. Therefore DRS won't add much top speed. I predict that the Red Bulls will have enough top speed without DRS to stay ahead of Ferrari's with DRS.

[@marntell1]

3mins in 10seconds

[@Giors]

Meaning the Ferraris will probably lose drs and consequently even more time... That is if their engine doesn't blow up

[@erpaderpa4469]

Wrong, 1 car vs 1 it is still very effective.. just look at how many passes happened into ascari last year, its when you get a train of people all reaching the same top speed stuck behind a car that is just slightly quicker anyway

[@nicomeier8098]

@@erpaderpa4469 Wrong, you can't compare last years' cars with the ones this year, totally different aero concept.

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@nicomeier8098 which means if anything the drs will be more useful since they can stuck closer through chicanes

[@CharmingRebel93]

Ricciardo: "I never left" 😂

[@ChrisGamingNL333]

I really hope that Ferrari does well this weekend And that's coming from a Red Bull fan

[@bipolarminddroppings]

As fans of the sport we should want all the teams to do well so the competition is great. As a Merc supporter, I hope everyone else DNFs so we can finally get a bloody win this season lol

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

@@bipolarminddroppings if Merc need everyone else to DNF to win, they don't deserve that win. Jokes apart, Merc may get a win at Singapore or maybe at Mexico. Who knows Russell may get it done.

[@AZBCDEE]

@@aishwarygaonkar2601 tussell needs luck and safety cars to win a race. Can never beat Lewis on pure race pace

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

@@AZBCDEE ugh yea right Beaten him on pure race pace throughout this season. And he is the one who needs luck😂😂😂

[@loganparker4001]

The beginning of the season was so much more exciting with Max and Charles battling. As much as Im loving seeing Max take his second WC, I’d also like to see some battles out front lol

[@apostolosnoulas2369]

The low downforce setup not only reduces the drs effectiveness but also the dirty air the cars leave behind making following through the corner easier and not need the drs as much since the drs was to balance the disadvantage of having dirty air of the front car so that balances things out

[@yippithebest]

Can someone please explain the reference to Albon's 'Rocket'? I missed the Belgian GP.. :)

[@ccramit]

I don't know why but I have a feeling Ferrari might actually show up this weekend. Of course it is a home race, but it seems like whenever you expect Ferrari to do well, they bottle it. And when you expect them to not even be in the fight, they put in a decent run. And everyone is expecting Max to run away with it at Monza.

[@activ5947]

Hahaha no. They will lose. Every thought they will win zandvoort before so maybe u just dont think that much

[@sanderjansen5632]

My question is even, will the be a rearwingless test this year? The new floors make more downforce the faster it goes so the speedy corners should be able to be done at full speed

[@jkliao6486]

In other words, this is why DRS is not going away any time soon. If you can't overtake at Monza with minimum DRS effect and one of the longest straights followed by one of the biggest braking zone, you won't be able to overtake anywhere else without DRS.

[@WTH1812]

For everyone wanting to get rid of DRS in F1, just look at DRS trains. This is what racing without a DRS system would be because no one would be able to pass.

[@titancheat]

No

[@soundscape26]

Well yes... it's obvious that without the DRS overtakes would be drastically reduced.

[@harryh536]

Fascinating. The system to boost straight line speed does not help at the track with long straights.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

It may help the slowest teams, but if you are already running a low-downforce, low-drag wing ... it helps much less.

[@pauls5745]

here since setups here make the drag low, they should switch to use an added power boost in those zones

[@Fosten12]

Because the maximum amount of straight line speed adjustments are made beforehand. Theoretically, DRS is always on.

[@grommile]

@@pauls5745 F1 abolished Monaco steering racks; I can't see them being in any hurry to approve Monza engines.

[@monx1983]

@3:05 would love to say Charles, but with Binotto still at tp, wouldn't think so. One way or another they're gonna effed it up and will say to their drivers to just deal with it.

[@colmconneely3994]

Ferrari new livery will make it impossible for them to overtake with drs

[@gemberkoekje]

So what you are saying is that we should install a giant fan at the end of the straight in the chicane so that there's more wind on that straight? Maybe even change the straight into a tunnel, so that you can have that extreme wind tunnel effect. All for better overtakes, of course.

[@shimozu92]

I'll speak up for the broadcasters on the wind issue. It's my first year watching and they definitely made it clear (to my memory) how big a factor wind has been at certain sectors of several tracks this year.

[@JAM95041]

as a new f1 fan i like this videos that bring up a topic i would have known nothing about!

[@areasquirrel]

The old Hockenheim would have been pointless for DRS too. The same narrow wings would appear there in my memories from my early days watching F1, and the last 4 years of that layout.

[@whocares2465]

But you have to agree, that track was iconic on it's own

[@davec8921]

Hopefully the current cars will follow better through some of the high speed corners leading to those straights too. I'd love to predict a Merc win or something but I think more of the same from the last few months.

[@mrbungle3310]

It will be interesting this year

[@peterfconley]

Designing an F1 car is more of an aerospace project than an automotive one. Downforce is a function of airspeed like lift is for an aeroplane.

[@novadawg6913]

I'm torn about this weekend. I want Ferrari to do well, but I also wanna see Max try and break the consecutive wins record (9 wins by Vettel). Considering how absolutely dominant Max has been this season, it feels like a great time to try. I guess I'm hoping for a Max 1 Ferrari 2 &3 podium this weekend then

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

Also remember Max has terrible luck in Monza. Never been on the podium. So he will have to break that trend too.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

I wish that Variante Rettifilo chicken was a right and left split chicane. If you were side by side down the front straight with a competitor, you should choose the opposite side to try and make a pass.

[@ReinhardP]

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Matt: kmph

[@hansmuller1933]

01:15 As rather new fan of F1, knowing about the good days of Williams, but not seeing their best days, it's a funny thing to hear.

[@Nate_Mophi]

Leclerc wins Monza 2019 and crashes out 2020 Gasly wins Monza 2020 and crashes out 2021 Danny wins Monza 2021 and ....?????

[@mattwhite9780]

crashes out of the sport :(

[@elmurcis1]

So SC, Red flag and standing restart predicted. Noice!

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

Nice trend catch on. So let's guess who will crash at Monza 2023 Oh.. I mean yea who wins at Monza '22

[@Nate_Mophi]

@@elmurcis1 fingers crossed

[@stevendawson6032]

Wins again

[@rafa57games]

You also forgot to mention that all the turns are chicanes. It's very hard to overtake on then, because the track narrows down, and the inside becomes the outside

[@Kualinar]

The rear wings at Monza are often refereed as razor wing. Then, there is barely any intense braking there. Long, fast straight and fast corners.

[@nathangek]

Idea for replacing DRS: A mandated push to pass button which is always gives X percent more horsepower. Teams can decide themselves if they want the baseline tune to be more or less conservative. If they're more conservative then the push to pass mode can be run for a long time but the regular mode becomes a bit useless. If the baseline tune is already pretty on the limit then you want to limit your use of push to pass when it is strictly necessary. During qualifying they always run this mode which is then fixed for the entire weekend. I think this reduces the gimmick factor since the teams are back in control of when they apply it and it provides a tradeoff between the possibility of grenading your engine or having an easier time overtaking. What do you guys think?

[@lukehazz9287]

What about the gearing, that they all have to choice at the start of the season

[@brittle1]

Cuz teams already running low wing, saved you 3 minutes

[@janeshwarprasad4734]

let's go lewis hamilton

[@stevenwex8966]

The solution is for F1 to come a kitcar series, like Australia's V8 supercars. Not a one make series but the cars sharing alot of common parts. In the V8 suupercars thier ran the same chassis, rollcage and gearbox but run different bodywork and motor. Even thou V8 supercars only as twoo makes it's not limited to two makes.

[@Roguescienceguy]

When you said there is one more problem and it's invisible, I thought you were gonna say Latifi😜

[@U2MrPERFECT]

Ferrari Monza weekend prediction: The crew end up being sent by accident to Mugello.

[@fernando_chadlonso]

Ferrari:We are better in the corners. Red Bull:VTEC JUST KICKED IN YO!

[@Mr.Korzack]

A potential counter-point is why qualifying sessions in recent years at Monza have become a bit of a joke... If cars generate less drag, that should create less dirty air & less of a slipstream tow... However we know that's not the case at Monza. It should help serve a fascinating race, even if the logic doubles-back on itself throughout the weekend (Also, fair play Ferrari for painting their engine covers yellow to camouflage when it inevitably catches fire)

[@samjohnson7325]

No one wants to see an overly dominant team, but tbh I think it would be really cool to see max break the records for the most consecutive wins and the most wins in a season in the same season

[@Darrentalksball]

This is why F1 should run a "push to pass" button similar to Indycar at tracks like Monza, Spa, Canada, etc etc

[@ramonhuurman4493]

sure, more artificial stuff on a car.. lets get rid of DRS first

[@Darrentalksball]

@@ramonhuurman4493 you do realize that almost everything about these cars is artificial, right?

[@kouathalla9040]

So what you're saying is, if they carry the same setup as Spa, is _Williams have a chance?_

[@szandorthe13th]

what i always love is how the engines go to the highest rpm of the year

[@anthonyschroeder521]

This actually misses the most important historical reason overtaking was a challenge. Gearing. F1 cars run too short of gears at Monza because this is the only track that would benefit, but others have better traction and acceleration using shorter gears elsewhere, so the top speed limitation at this track in particular is not aerodynamic, but mechanical. As the top speed has nothing to do with the aerodynamica of the car (or dramatically less so), decreasing the drag of the package doesn't help overcome the literal limitations that the cars are running peak rpm at 8th gear and just are not allowed to run faster due to engine/transmission damage risks. Toto has come flat out and said it that they could go a lot faster at Monza, but then they would suffer everywhere else, and this is also why Monza of all tracks shows the least progress from the 80/90s cars.

[@DiogeneDeSin0pe]

Short explaination of DRS train, locomotive is .5 second faster without DRS, following wagons are as fast but with DRS, things equalize themselves and no passing. That is a DRS train.

[@sportsmag6148]

Could this be big weekend for Williams and Albon???

[@xFurashux]

Let's be honest. Ricciardo won at Monza because they told Norris to stay behind him.

[@kben24]

For DRS to work at Monza, you’d have run it through Curve Grande, right up to the second chicane.

[@DancersDiary]

do you own any of those videos? if not how did you get all those permissions to use them?

[@NightSmk]

What about the Gear Ratio? ⚙⚙⚙ At Monza you often see them hitting the limiter way before the end of the straight. Especially when slipstreaming. Or is this something they can't change overnight?

[@a.b.8035]

Teams cannot change the gear ratio every race. So they'll have to find a compromise that works on all circuits

[@nightshadelenar]

the gearboxes are governed by max and minimum gear ratios, and can not be changed without making a new spec gearbox, and thus requiring to run that one as well including the penalty that comes with it. overall i think they'd rather the rev limiter over 5+ grid drop and loads of time for making that different gearbox, if they even can in the first place.

[@zonoskar]

Isn't it because the gearbox ratios are fixed at the beginning of the year and cars will be running close to max rpms at Monza, so reducing drag doesn't mean the car can go any faster as the engine cannot do more rpms.

[@rafo6303]

The red bull just isn't going to use a rear wing in Monza

[@Symhon]

Albon Q3 in Monza 2022. Come back to this when it happens.

[@sinantuna2859]

The last 2 years were both absolute carnage, so you never know

[@steveshuffle]

Actually DRS did help last weekend. Apart from in overtaking Williams :)

[@stevejeromelawrence5285]

Why don't the enable drs in the straight after ascari given that these new generation cars have lesser slipstreaming effect

[@mefisto7654321]

Hmmm… after seeing RB rear wing in FP1 and FP2, I think that DRS definitely will make a huge difference for them.

[@selder_7]

I suppose they could regulate a higher minimum rear wing size to make the DRS here stronger

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

The explanation of how a headwind affects DRS in the video is the opposite of what commentator Alex Brundle said during the F2 sprint race at Zandvoort this past weekend. He said the headwind _reduced_ the effectiveness of DRS not increased it. Is someone wrong or does the nature of the headwind wind and other factors mean the wind's effect on DRS can go either way depending on the circumstances?

[@giuliobaecker5476]

I’m pretty sure what WTF1 said is true, maybe some exceptions? But you can think of it like they are going 300k two cars if there’s a 60k head wind that’s like another 60k on top. So upending the wing would have a huge effect, essentially the fast your going the bigger the effect. Does that make sense? I could be totally wrong but makes sense in my head.

[@THEhondasan]

Here are my predictions for the top 3, Max Perez and Gasly. That Honda engine is a rocketship.

[@stevemcrichards8768]

Spicy headwind FTW!

[@butIwantpewee]

Considering how important top speed is at Monza, and how fast the Red Bull is in a straight line I think we wil lhave to use a calender to measure Max's winning margin this week.

[@gandalf_thegrey]

I havent watched to video, so I'm gonna shoot my shot for an explanation: Everyone is driving Monza packages anyway that reduce drag as much as possible. When you almost have no rear wing, you don't gain much by reducing even more.

[@adamjensen8112]

Feels like you meant to say more about how the wind typically acts at Monza than you did

[@persey4542]

Good looking forward to them working more for an overtake rather than drive-bys on the straights. It'll force them to take more exciting opportunities. Ban DRS at some tracks I think.

[@Mr-sBinotto]

I cannot imagine how many overtakes we will see in Interlagos. Where DRS makes a 15-20 kph difference.

[@revenantreborn]

I have a sneaky feeling alonso is going to create a drs train of 7 cars then pit for hards then get podium finish while ferrari amps up their power for the home race and the blow up or bottle it in the first chicane and max does a zandervoort and finishes the race 50 minutes ahead of everyone because he's a Lewis Hamilton in Brazil last year and is a maniac for speed and a champion and then albon does a jet flyby and buzzes the tower to score some topgun points in his f-14 tomcat and then suddenly comes George with the struggling car to third while lando has his own race with vettel doing his own thing and we all cheer on vettel and expect mick to do something amazing so we keep him next year and watch Daniel in 17th place sadly :( that's how I think this race will go or a red flag because Yuki gets ahead of himself bless him. Tell me what yall think😂

[@FFDannyB]

The only way Max doesn't win at Monza is if someone takes him out in the same way he took out himself and Lewis at Monza last year.

[@lucde_ville4743]

I am not a Ferrari fan, but I do hope they get their act together this weekend and at least put up a good fight.

[@optionousprimes]

No mention of the chicanes that negate the large braking zones???

[@ChrisGamingNL333]

Not gonna lie we could do a whole episode about wind and what it does in F1

[@cantrait7311]

Can’t wait to see what Mercedes pulls off this weekend I’ve been to silvers one so I know what Mercedes can be

[@BloodSteyn]

Home Race suffering... incoming.

[@junsengjs]

I'm looking forward to the Albon DRS train.

[@thecompanioncube4211]

This weekend feels like a RB 1-2

[@jordanharris5013]

If I was a team like Mclaren I'd overclock the engine by 5% for qually/race and go for it. I'd rather fight for a podium 1 week and start from the back of the grid the next week. I have a feeling that all Merc powered teams might struggle to make q3. Well Merc might make it but I think it'll be closer than usual. Max will win this race by 45 seconds if there's no safety cars and he doesn't slow down toward the end to minimize risks. Lack of straight line speed has to be the most frustrating thing. Makes overtakes, even with drs open, near impossible.

[@powerofdreamx]

Williams is ready! Top 10 finish coming!

[@soundscape26]

And Latifi will probably still come last.

[@_serpent]

No, team orders helped certain someone to take victory last year. In return he gained staggering 32 points in remaining 8 races that year.

[@CTcuber4K]

Bold predictions: Ferrari will win with Carlos sainz, verstappen leads most of the race but an unexpected slow pitstop puts him behind to finish p2 with fastest lap, Perez will finish p3 with Merc securing p4 for hamitlon and p6 for russel. Norris will slot into that p5 gap while Alonso and ocon secure p7 and p8. Ferrari completely mess up leclercs race finishing p9. Taking the last point will be valteri bottas.

[@basr-i9c]

I`ll have what you are drinking :D

[@CarlBalitbit]

Max is boutta run laps around the competition 😭😂

[@formula1fanatic832]

DRS Does WORK. Otherwise, Drs Zones would be increased + Longer😶 If your right Matt, Then cars should be Allowed to Use DRS Earlier After Turn 7 Before Start/Finish Line😉

[@AlwaysEwok]

If max doesn’t win this weekend in a car 10-15mph faster than the next fastest then that’s just embarrassing for red bull

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

Did a Ferrari team member hack your account to write that comment? 😂😂

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Speed and quickness aren't the same thing; in some races this year, the fastest cars were backmarkers.

[@basr-i9c]

@@aishwarygaonkar2601 He`s ur average hamilton fan 🤣

[@aishwarygaonkar2601]

@@basr-i9c yes got that from his comment

[@temporaneo617]

And yet we still got a drs train on sunday, which is probably why dre vries managed to score on his debut

[@DoubleRD]

maybe with the old cars, im sure the race will be entertaining with the new ones

[@theunknown21329]

Waiting for 19 car DRS train while Max wins by lapping everyone.

[@DJ-hh9np]

Not if u r a red bull with that top speed

[@kyleharrison713]

If Max's car doesn't go wrong he wins far and away. I think the real question is, 'What new Ferrari blunder will happen this weekend?'.. I so can't wait for the end of the year compilation of this ridiculousness.