F1 2021: New season discussion and chat

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6 Winners and 6 Losers from 2021 F1 pre-season testing
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6 Winners and 6 Losers from 2021 F1 pre-season testing | Formula 1®

Formula 1’s shortest pre-season in years is done and dusted, with teams enjoying just three days of running to get their cars in shape for the 2021 campaign. After testing wrapped up on Sunday night, we picked out six winners and six losers from the long weekend in Bahrain...
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Gary Anderson: Why I'm baffled by Williams' 'peaky' philosophy: https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-why-im-baffled-by-williams-peaky-philosophy/

"... We also heard a few drivers commenting about the amount of turbulence the Williams caused when they were behind it. That will again be coming from the same thing.

If you have reasonably consistent airflow over your car, the wake you generate will be less turbulent than if aero surfaces are stalling and reattaching, so not only does that create problems for you but also anyone else trying to follow closely.

It’s probably not a coincidence that when Red Bull lost half of its engine cover on day two of testing that Sergio Perez was behind Nicholas Latifi when it happened. He would have been in that variably-affected airflow, which just gives everything a harder time. ..."
 
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Gary Anderson: Why I'm baffled by Williams' 'peaky' philosophy: https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-why-im-baffled-by-williams-peaky-philosophy/

"... We also heard a few drivers commenting about the amount of turbulence the Williams caused when they were behind it. That will again be coming from the same thing.

If you have reasonably consistent airflow over your car, the wake you generate will be less turbulent than if aero surfaces are stalling and reattaching, so not only does that create problems for you but also anyone else trying to follow closely.

It’s probably not a coincidence that when Red Bull lost half of its engine cover on day two of testing that Sergio Perez was behind Nicholas Latifi when it happened. He would have been in that variably-affected airflow, which just gives everything a harder time. ..."
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Seems a good defence mechanism, drivers following will struggle to get close to and therefore past a Williams.
 
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Naks said:
Gary Anderson: Why I'm baffled by Williams' 'peaky' philosophy: https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-why-im-baffled-by-williams-peaky-philosophy/

"... We also heard a few drivers commenting about the amount of turbulence the Williams caused when they were behind it. That will again be coming from the same thing.

If you have reasonably consistent airflow over your car, the wake you generate will be less turbulent than if aero surfaces are stalling and reattaching, so not only does that create problems for you but also anyone else trying to follow closely.

It’s probably not a coincidence that when Red Bull lost half of its engine cover on day two of testing that Sergio Perez was behind Nicholas Latifi when it happened. He would have been in that variably-affected airflow, which just gives everything a harder time. ..."
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Reverse card.

Apparently one of Williams' major problems last year was its inability to follow other cars, hence we would see Russell qualify well but then slip back in the races. It didn't like traffic.
 
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I created a MyBroadband F1 Fantasy league if anyone wants to join:

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You can also join with this code from the league page: 4803bb2ef6

If there's already a league, please link me to it.
 
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