2021 Formula 1 Thread

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Originally Posted by DLSTR

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Pirelli make the tires per the F1 contract. Use them, adapt and make your chassis work. That is a team problem. Just dont tell them that LOL! RB perhaps the whining-ist of all. They forget what its like to win and be a target. Grow up, shut up and compete. Thats for all teams.

But Red Bull did make the chassis work for the first half of this year. That, and whatever power improvements they may have made, paid off for 10 races. Mercedes wasn't the powerhouse that they were in the last two seasons. But for whatever reason (blame the Baku punctures), Pirelli has changed the design and it favours MB again. Not implying that this was intentional, but that is one change that I don't believe can be computer or wind tunnel modelled. And teams are trying to race and develop a whole new car under a cost cap this year.

Saying "make your chassis work" is oversimplifying things. Otherwise, all of the other teams would have been there already last year, with no cost cap to contend with. But nobody other than Mercedes really managed to in over 40 races until this year. IMHO.