#the car is undrivable

[il-predestinato]

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[rb19]

From the Archives: "Verstappen 'driving style' myth is a trait of greatness" Jan 19, 2021 by Matt Beer

"As a driver, it doesn't matter if you have an understeering car, oversteery car, slippery surface, grippy surface, you constantly adjust your driving style to that. If you just say 'this is my driving style', this is how it's going to be, you will not be quick. I think you learn in your whole racing career from go-karting to F3 to whatever, every weekend the car behaves a bit differently, so you always have to adjust to it. It's every weekend, constantly you're adjusting your driving style a little bit to make sure that the car is working well. And of course you try to set the car to your liking but it will never be fully to your liking. You always have to fine-tune. Or at least you try it. And at the end that’s what makes a driver fast."

Throughout F1 history the very best have had very different careers, been very different personalities, and on the surface seemed like very different drivers. But if they share one defining trait it's their capacity to handle different situations and adapt to what is required in each moment: they have a wider operating window. Verstappen speaks of adaptability as if it is second nature. Probably because it is. This is a young man who has been carefully moulded into a world-class driver. The devotion to the craft of driving, instilled at such a young age, is why at 23 he has greater intuition and 'feel' than most will have at the peak of their powers. [...] Verstappen's ability comes from his intuition, which in turn a legacy of years of relentless preparation and practice. So, when he finds himself dealing with a skittish rear end, or in greasy conditions, or driving through rivers like in the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix, he has an extraordinary bank of data to use to handle those challenges. And he can access it automatically. It's why he handles them better than most, why even if a data overlay of a given lap or a comparison of a race stint might have shown Gasly or Albon where Verstappen was quicker, and a binary idea of what he was doing to be quicker, it doesn't fully account for how he was doing it. Driving a car is a dynamic process, with multiple inputs and countless adjustments. It's an immensely complicated sensory puzzle and piecing it all together through conscious thought is difficult, if not impossible. Most of what makes Verstappen so effective is happening on an unconscious level. [...] So, what can lazily be described as Verstappen's 'driving style' is far more complex than that. He doesn't have one way of driving, he has the skills required to drive in multiple different ways and is building more and more experience to know what way works best in any given moment. That manifests itself in such delicate, refined inputs that most drivers can see what he's doing and get close to replicating it, but not quite. And that's worth tenths of a second at a time, especially when it comes to the 2020 task of taking a capricious car and driving around its vices. This is what is second nature to Verstappen now, why the speed seems to come so effortlessly. In 2020 he augmented that with further gains in maturity and judgement. This is a vital second trait that will, car permitting, allow Verstappen to translate his performance into championships. [...]

[grogumaximus]

[easytask0]

i've realized that the reasons many give for why landoscar isn't like brocedes have nothing to do with the lore and context of brocedes and more with how mclaren approaches the landoscar rivalry. i mean, the reason there are no stakes, no tension, no drama is because the team smooths out any rough edges in private and for the cameras they're all family. the team has corrected any hint of tension that was seen a few times last year and the pr is stronger than ever.

lando today didn't even have the chance to be frustrated about losing the lead because then he had to do an interview with oscar and tell him that he'd been supporting him in the race or something like that lol i'm telling you, there isn't a driver who is genuinely happy about their teammate taking the lead in the standings.

the fluffy and boring relationship of landoscar is clearly pushing by mclaren, those guys are barely friends and i think they have enough background to have something rancid. i just hope that one of the two gets crazy and shows that frustration, conveniently both of them, please.

[valyrfia]

In terms of mental health and mentality.(Aside from Norris, I'm not comparing them at all. Completely different situations) I genuinely don't think any other driver coulve come out as stronger as Charles did out of 2022 and 2023. I know that when we remember those times is with anger, pain, frustration and heartbreak but seeing this season and Charles is completely another driver,or actually the same but just, above others in terms of mentality (and he was already an exceptional driver) the performances he has been putting out with a car that had no place showing those results , would be more appreciated if the prize was something bigger. So now looking back at it it's like, this made him stronger, that wasn't a curse, or an unlucky fate, that was a journey. It wasn't fair, it shoulve been better for him but look how far he has come. And the crazy thing is I don't even see this current Charles as his prime prime, I feel like he has something more to display in terms of skill and talent that have not been appreciated yet but I can bet anything that it will. So it makes me kind of emotional and proud. He is truly so strong

I agree. 2022 and 2023 was truly the depths, but I think it taught Charles how to find resolve and work one's way out mentally of what feels like a black hole. I also think it honed his ability to deal with any sort of car and car unpredictability. His consistency in what has not been the fastest car in the past year is absolutely unmatched. A lot of people are comparing it to Max's consistency and talent in his 2020 season. I also completely agree that Charles is not yet at his performance ceiling, he's climbing steadily to his prime but his improvement in even the past year has been noticeable (I don't think the Charles of 2022 had the skill or the experience to pull off the drives he delivered this year in Suzuka and Monza). Charles has further to go soon and if Ferrari do indeed pull through as the strongest or even second strongest team next season (which, Forza) Charles will be one to watch for the championship.

[maxpadelchampion]

I hope Red Bull are not happy with themselves when they got both drivers into q3 for the second straight race bc the car is still undrivable don’t get it twisted

[25points]

theyre going to kill my goat 💔

[runawaymun]

THE CAR DRIVES

[6-epigraphs]

Keep Yuki off your mouths 🤠

[cecoeur]

But what’s everyone going to do now that they can’t ride the “yuki deserves the redbull seat” bandwagon.

[usa-on-three]

YUKI IN RED BULL???

[xoxogeorgiegirl]

can someone please hold my hand and tell me that the yuki to rbr rumours are just normal rbr second seat gossip

[cherrari]

When you/federico say it’s a mechanical issue does that mean it’s something that could hypothetically be fixed? Sorry if this is an obvious question. so Ferrari’s suspension issues last yr for example couldn’t be fixed bc it was innately part of the car—but the balance issues this yr are something that can be altered?

ferrari didn't have "suspension issues" in the sense that the sf-24's suspension was actively causing them difficulties, at least not as far as i'm aware. they changed suspensions because they wanted to overhaul their aero and they felt limited by the previous design in how much they could pursue this

but anyway what he means is that the issue is not that the car isn't that it's inherently lacking in pace, it's that they weren't able to find a way to setup and/or drive the car that reliably utilizes this pace. so theoretically if they can narrow down which adjustments on the car and driving are exacerbating the issue, they can prevent it and take advantage of the car's downforce without the fear of going into the wall at every corner

i recommend reading his replies to that tweet if you have an account, because he goes more in-depth about his thoughts there

[usernyoom]

Oracle Red Bull Racing's special livery for the 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix. Inspired by the RA272, the livery commemorates the team's final year of partnership with Honda.

[pinkeoni]

How and why did you get ur laptop and car stolen? Did you have tags on them to relocate it?

Never drive a Kia, anon.

[ourladyoftheflytrap]

Up late thinking about her (1979 chevy c10)