This weekend, the 2021 F1 mexico season is about to start. This is one of the most exciting and exciting seasons in F1 history, whether the constructors' championship is Mercedes-Benz or Red Bull, whether the drivers' championship is Hamilton's eighth crown or Verstappen's first title to open a younger era for F1, it depends on these last five stops.
In the current constructors' standings, Mayben leads by 33 points at 460.5 vs. Red Bull 437.5, but in the drivers' standings, Red Bull driver Verstappen is 287.5 vs Hamilton 275.5, a 12-point lead. Although there are still 5 rounds of matches behind, the two have not opened the gap this season.
One of the fiercest title battles in F1 history
The weekend at the U.S. station was a good reaction to the tension between Verstappen and Hamilton. In the second practice session, the two men competed on the track and overtook each other. In the end, Hamilton took advantage of the inside line to force Verstappen to give way at Turn 1, and Verstappen was so angry that he raised his middle finger in the back and scolded on the team radio: "Silly X idiot!" ”
Then we saw Verstappen win Over Hamilton in qualifying, and Hamilton succeeded in overtaking at Turn 1, with the strength to interpret "your uncle is your uncle". But Red Bull and Verstappen have resorted to a combat pit stop strategy, twice early to change the tire, either win or lose. In fact, Mei Ben is still the one with the key, but the first time they chose to enter 3 laps late, giving Red Bull an advantage of 6.7 seconds; the second time they decided to enter 6 laps late, Hamilton dragged out two laps and said "There is a good play in the last 3 laps". But he was unable to catch up with Verstappen before the end of the game, doubling his original six points behind.
This past week, Both Mei Ben and Red Bull have been talking harshly. Retired champion Rosberg said he was bullish on Hamilton for his eighth title. Hamilton himself said that he had fought countless battles since he was 10 years old, implying that Verstappen could not threaten him.
But Red Bull Racing consultant Marco is also full of confidence, "If Verstappen had not lost 50 points for other reasons, he would have killed the championship suspense a long time ago." Marko referred to this year's British station Verstappen collided with Hamilton in the first lap and withdrew, and was directly pulled by the opponent to lose 25 points; while Azerbaijan Verstappen withdrew from the leading position, and Hungary was knocked off the track by Meben Bottas, and finally only scored 2 points.
Red Bulls of May ben unveiled each other
The past has passed, the mouth cannon is not considered productive, we say something with technical content. Under Hamilton's fist and Verstappen's middle finger, what cards are left in the last 5 stops, Meben and Red Bull?
In the 2021 season, Red Bull returned to the first echelon, and the paddock fight with Mei Ben never stopped. Mercedes succeeded in cutting off Red Bull's rear wing, which in turn attacked Mercedes's suspension. Even in the maintenance area of the two teams, there are more dramas than ever before. The biggest topic of conversation before the American Grand Prix was the back suspension of the Meben, the straights lowering the body to reduce the resistance, and the curves raising the body to increase the downforce and diffuser capacity. The design was controversial and may have violated the "no active variable suspension" rule, but on closer inspection this was achieved through aerodynamic technology, and 8 of the 10 teams were in use.
So the question is, who doesn't use it? Whoever complains is useless, naturally red bull and little red bull. Why not? Of course, the aerodynamic system design is not the same, and it is not used.
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But the U.S. race also revealed another thing, and The stability of Meben is still in doubt. Previously, Meben replaced 6 sets of internal combustion engines for Bottas, which made people doubt the stability of the car. But the insider can still see that this is a new limit of Meben's exploration of the engine, in case Hamilton can adopt it at a critical moment.
However, in the American race, Toto Wolff admitted that the bottom plate of the W12S needs to be raised to reduce the damage of the bumps to the car. We saw the data for practice and qualifying, with the single lap of practice for Both Serbottas and Hamilton on Friday in 1 minute and 35 seconds, almost a second faster than Verstappen. In Saturday's qualifying, Red Bull ran a time of 1:32.910, faster than Hamilton, and Red Bull Ii driver Perez was only 0.015 seconds behind Hamilton, almost letting Red Bull win the first row.
Red Bull's racing "speed-up", especially the improvement of second driver Perez's qualifying and regular results in the last two races, is due to the "comeback" of master Newey. A while ago, Newey had a bicycle accident and had several surgeries. But in Turkey, he returned to the paddock and immediately discovered the problem of racing - before Turkey, Perez had been on the podium twice; in Turkey and the United States, Perez was on the podium.
In the last 5 stops of the season, Red Bull and May Ben will inevitably be ALL IN. Verstappen is going to compete with Hamilton for the title, and number two driver Perez is also going to compete with Bottas. If the Mexicans can fully tap the potential, it is the most powerful stamina of the Red Bull Racing Team.
Source: Thoughtful