McLaren Effect, Red Ball, Ferrari, Mercedes Equivalence after Max Virstaben’s victory in Imola | F1 news

MAX Verstapn width reminding that it cannot be deducted from the 2025 F1 title race with the dominant Prix Grand Prix from McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piaastri.

Imola was completely contrary to Miami, where McLaren took a comfortable one -two margin of half a minute for the next car, creating a feeling that the tournament would soon become a two -horse racing between PiaSSTRI and Norris

Instead, Verstapen wins back at 22 points of PiaSSTRI, and only nine points behind Norris.

Red Bull, like other major teams, brought promotions to Emola, but in his case, he undoubtedly led to the strongest performance of the race for some time.

“McLaren looked very fast in the long run,” said the director of the Red Paul Christian Horner.

“But to get the speed we did in the race, most likely since Brazil last year and which was wet, this was the first time we have been able to withdraw from McLares.

“This is very encouraging and a great result of the effort behind the scenes.”

Therefore, did Red Bull win with one follow -up or have they made a basis in the continuous development battle?

Did Red Paul on conditions with McLaren?

Upon arrival to IMola, McLaren won five of the six opening events, and the only unnova came in Japan, where they actually stumbled behind VerstapPen but they have a stronger pace.

Verstapen has operated a new floor in Miami, which seems to have no difference, but in imola they reviewed the back of the car, including the suspension to improve air flow, and in particular, they had a new hood -like hood -like shape.

These promotions are not necessarily the reason for performing a wonderful weekend in Red Bull. Many McLaren’s pace came from the entry of tires into the right window and has little deterioration.

It seems that Red Bull has found something in this field and its revised rear suspension, along with engineering adjustments such as changs on Camber and toes, made a difference in how the tires work.

Horner revealed that the RB21 is in a “Better Window” because it “took the slip”, allowing drivers to manage the frame temperatures and pay more powerful as well.

“We brought some accurate new parts to IMola. On Friday, we somewhat understood that they were doing and managed to control the preparation around them to Saturday,” explained Horner.

“After Max jumped on the car on p3, it was much happier. This is what continued in the qualifiers.

“Going to the race, we did not know what we expected wise tires because McLaren looked good on Friday.

“We generally thought that it would be very difficult to overcome them, so it was reassuring that our deterioration was actually better than their decomposition.”

Did McLaren not take a step forward?

McLaren also reviewed the rear parking of their car and brought a new rear wing to Emola. From iMola alone, Red Bull made a greater performance of McLaren performance.

At any time, PiaSSTRI or Norris complained of a specific problem with the car, whether it is exaggerated or less for example in some corners, so it was not like McLaren back.

Team manager Andrea Stella pointed to the laying of the IMOLA rapid path that flows as a major cause of Red Bull’s height at a pace, as it was also strong in Japan and Saudi Arabia – two other circles with a lot of high -speed corners.

“We will have to look at the data. We will have to look at the tire behavior,” said Stella.

“What happened in Imola is a mixture of Red Bull, and I think they were improved, and they have developed their car during the last two race and took a step forward.

“If we look at the speed of the corners and compare the speed in Miami, it is a completely different system.

“Our car is strong in track layouts like Miami, Bahrain or China. But when it comes to high -speed angles as we have here in IMola, I don’t think we enjoy any specific feature.

“Plain Planning, Red Bull offers, I think they are the two factors that mean that they had no advantage.”

A weekend of two halves in Ferrari

Ferrari was on the catastrophic Saturday, as Charles Licerk and Luis Hamilton came out in the second quarter, giving the team the worst qualified result ever in Emola.

But they ran things in the race while Hamilton flew on the field to occupy fourth place in what he described as his favorite race for the year 2025 so far, even more enjoyable than his victory in China.

Lackerek was also a big pace on Sunday, but it was regrettable with the timing of the virtual safety car and car safety, so he settled in sixth place behind Williams Alex Alex.

Both drivers were not satisfied with the rear instability on the SF-25 throughout the season, so Ferrari tried to process it with a new background angle, rear wing and beam wing in IMALA.

There is a clear trend that Ferrari has a much stronger race compared to its speed on one roll, and team manager Friedrich Vasuor stated that it is “perhaps there” with McLaren at the pace of the race.

“I don’t think we have the best car. Even when we are in good condition in the race, we are not faster than McLaren,” he said.

“What is clear is during the past three or four events, we always had a much better pace in the race. In Jeddah we were the fastest in the right track on Sunday and we were three tenths in the qualifiers. In Miami we were much faster in the race than the qualifiers, IMola was the same.

“It is clear that we are struggling to extract the best in the car on Saturday. At the end of the last two weeks, we did not improve in the new tires in the qualifiers, so we have to do a much better job on Saturday from Sunday.”

Mercedes misery amid no effect on promotion

There was gossip around the ring in the week leading to the first European race for this season, which was somewhat excited by Mercedes.

They revealed a new front comment and a front wing in Emola, but they eventually left disappointment because of the clear lack of influence.

George Russell maintained his strong qualification by obtaining third place, but after that he lacked the speed in the race and was forced to settle in seventh place.

It looked as if the invitation of a strategic strategy and the timing of a virtual safety car played a major role in the bad result, but Russell was great about the W16 case.

He said Sky SPORTS F1: “The trends are completely clear. When it’s hot, we are slow. When the atmosphere is cold, we are fast. This was the same last year.

“We were doing everything by preparing to try to find solutions, but it is clear that there is something more essential in the car.

“I will not say that we are running out ideas to solve the tires, but as I said, it is a kind of baked in the car.

“Therefore, we need to find a better compromise, especially before the next race. We are approaching the summer and does not bode well for us. We need to think quickly.”

What are the conclusions that can be extracted?

In the constantly changing F1 world, you can only judge the car’s performance of the weekend or two holidays.

Monaco Grand Prix this week is strange because there is no other path in the calendar with many slow angles, so we look forward to the Spanish Grand Prix race at the end of the month as a big test.

Traditionally, a quick car around the De-Barcelona-Calonia circuit, fast everywhere. If Red Bull can take the battle to McLaren there, the Verstapen is good and real in the battle in the championship for the rest of the year.

Ferrari is walking on hand, but it has not yet opened it, especially in the qualifiers. They will look at Red Bull in the form of Emola though and they believe that it is possible to get the car and tires that work on one roll, without hurting the race speed.

As for Mercedes, the warm weather is a clear weakness and is far from the perfect when F1 is often visited by hot countries. It is a characteristic of last year’s car they did not ask for, and it will be difficult to change any time soon.

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