waittt please elaborate on it not being the blankets?
OKAY so according to sky Italy, it was reported that the bankets were functioning and the tyres were within the right temp when Charles left the box yesterday, but he had to slow down on the out lap (to let Alonso by iirc) and the tyres cooled down dramatically + he wouldn't have been able to bring them back up to optimal temperature without overstressing them. When he started the quali lap they were too cold. Then the normal question would be “if the tyres were within the right temp window when he left the garage and he wasn't stuck in the pitlane for that long, how did one (1) slow sector in the outlap affect it so dramatically?” Unfortunately that's not a follow up question any journalist has asked. Considering unlocking my twitter so I can do that myself.
Note: as always in F1, teams lie. They don't want to advertise weaknesses, duh. There's been #discourse yesterday bc Charles yesterday immediately after quali said his tyres were 10 degrees too cold and Fred gave a complete different answer, which to me doesn't really mean anything except the problem wasn't clear cut and they hadn't debriefed / looked at data yet, but there you have it — they could be covering up something (all teams do this). I am not expecting we will ever find out what exactly happened, whether that's bad data reading or an equipment malfunction or some garage member actually fucking up. However!!! tyre blankets and their cables are third-party equipment, and I genuinely cannot think of a plausible reason for a team to cover up that some cable malfunctioned or whatever. If they say the blankets were working, I'm actually inclined to believe it just because the blankets aren't Ferrari made lol
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Ride 711: A new bike!!
Pag 1
5: Retired from the first years' race:
Rokudai Renta
Pag 3
1: Alright, okay
This is good
4: Watching the first years' race on Minegayama was exciting as always
“Will they be okay riding a a bike like that?”, I think stuff like that
5: Two years ago it was Onoda with his city bike..... and this year it was Rokudai especially
Since his was a cross-bike “remodeled as a road bike”
6: Here
Pag 5
1: A week after the first years' race. Early morning
Sohoku high school's bicycle racing team morning practice
2: Waaaaa
Pag 6
1: Re.... real road bikes are so amazing, teh....!!
2: Waaaaa
3: This is amazing, Kinaka-kun!!
It moves forward and forward amazingly!!
4: Shut up! You're saying “waaaa” and “aaaaah” too much
Aaaaaah, I'm sorry, teh!
Ah, I said it again, the
5: Well
It's a new bike.... and a “road” bike, I know the feeling of riding a new one for the first time!!
Pag 7
2: Good grief, Rokudai
You're so lame, until when are you going to wear your middle school jersey
Ah- Kinaka-kun
You have time today after school?
3: Let's go to a bicycles shop
Uh-
5: Waaa!
This one?
And this one is nice too, right?
What do you think, Kinaka-kun!!
6: Ahh... maybe the right one is better
Surprisingly, he has good taste....
7: Ahh.... after
8: then
Pag 8
1: That time..... at the beginning..... when I made fun of you for being a manager and all that
For that
2: I'm sorry
3: I mean-that's... I thought you might still be worrying about that
Well... that and, you, too
4: During the first years' race a week ago, I saw firsthand your riding, and on the summit's finish line
5: I lost
7: I acknowledge it!! That's!! You're amazing!!
Pag 9
1: Saying always “that's” and “that” when speaking is bland, teh
Whaaaa!? You!! I'm apologizing honestly!!
2: I was joking, teh, I was joking, teh
Sorry
3: Thank you, teh
4: I don't get praised much, so.... I felt awkward.... teh
6: If Kinaka-kun hadn't been there, I wouldn't have worked that hard, teh
7: Ah ah ah, is that so? Really?
Yeah!!
Pag 10
1: That color suits you!!
He's in a good mood now
2: Take the socks of the same color, that'd be cool
Eh, really!!
3: Let's keep going, how much money do you have!?
I have plenty, teh!! 200 yen!!
He can only buy the socks....
4: More importantly, Rokudai. You-
I'll bring him there again
5: You'll stay in the bicycle club, right?
Huh!? Yeah, that's right
That's!! And you're aiming for the top, right!?
Uhm... ah... of co....
6: Then that bike of yours won't do
Pag 11
1: Huh
2: Bicycles races are for a specific type of bikes
And that's road-bikes
3: Your bike was originally a cross-bike for city riding, “remodeled as a road bike”
I don't hate that kind of things, but
The transmission forcibly attached to the handles installed in the dowel hole for the basket
4: A heavy frame that prioritize robustness, and a thin clank
5: Like that, in time of need, you can't fight!!
6: That's... uhm
Next time, I want to race you without any machine handicap!!
7: Race….. !?
8: Against..... me...?
Yeah
Pag 12
1: This time, I'll win officially!!
Pag 13
1: What's up with them.... those two
Are so fast!!
They passed us!!
2: Let's pass them, Rokudai!!
Today's practice is to catch up with Kaburagi-san and the other second years who are ahead of us!!
Pag 14
1: Which one of us will catch up first!!
It's a race!!
2: Yeah!! Teh!!
Pag 15
2: With my skills and stamina, I can't catch up
I can only cling to him with everything I have, teh
As expected....
3: As expected, Kinaka-kun is strong, teh
This year's first years' race.....
Pag 16
1: He's not the “winner” of the first years' race for nothing, teh!!
The first years are getting closer
They're coming, Issa, seriously
Pag 17
3: First years' race results:
First place: Kinaka Tsugunao
4: And also, Kinaka-kun
Pag 18
1: Kinaka-kun is kind
2: He came to talk to me after the first years' race
3: He became kinder to me in class, too
You forgot your eraser!? Here, I'll lend you mine!! Good grief
Ahh.... than you, teh
6: He started to worry about me
7: Maybe
He could feel that I was getting restless
Ah
Pag 19
4: The day after the first years' race
5: Officially
7: ….. are you sure?
Pag 20
1: Thank you for your help
Kai-chan and Kyou-chan quit the bicycles club
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