The beginning of the Formula 1 season has already offered several colorful topics after two races have been run. The first jockey change is just a matter of time.
McLarenes have celebrated the profit in the early part of the errors when the profit has been celebrated as Melbourne’s victory was winning Lando Norris and in China number one was a teammate Oscar piastri.
The World Championship Series is led by Norris, who has gone to the season with clear championship expectations. The last four seasons of the World Series Red Bull Max Verstappen is second after two weekends.
In this story in Sports Expert Jukka Mildh Reply to the hottest topics of the beginning of the F1 season.
1) historical three rejections
Immediately the second race of the F1 season ended dramatically when as many as three drivers were rejected. For Ferrari, the competition became a disaster when both drivers were discharged Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
– A heavy mistake from a hard stable, and especially when their start was so promising. Especially in this second race, the pace was excellent, so of course it is difficult to accept such things, including the owner, Mildh emphasizes.
Leclerc and the third rejected by the Driver Alpine Pierre Gasly was rejected due to the underweight of the car. Their cars turned out to be 800 kilos under the required one. The reason for Hamilton’s rejection was too worn out the titanium plate on the back.
– We want to keep the car as close to the ground as possible. This makes, among other things, adjusting the suspension is very challenging. At the same time, bounces on the surface of the track or crossing the banter will inevitably consume base plate.
The time was the first to reject three drivers from the race. The Formula 1 race has last been more than one driver in the 2023 US GP race, when Ferrari’s Leclerc was rejected and British Hamilton, who was still in Mercedes.
According to Mildh, rejections reflect the really hard development of F1 stables, where the margins are small. All extra pounds of weighting are desired to file off the risk of risks. The rejection of Hamilton and Leclerc took 18 World Cup points from Ferrari.
– Balancing is at the heart of Formula One. The margins are small, the tire wear and other variables are affected, but in the future they must be more accurate. Now that the Ferrari goes, risks should not be risks, as the effects on performance are ultimately very minimal.
2) The challenging role of the second driver
Along with Verstappen, the seat of Red Bull’s second driver has been quite windy in recent seasons. Liam Lawson drove in the previous two seasons in Red Bull’s sister stable for a total of six races and got a place to the number one stable when For Sergio Perez Gave the shoe.
Now, however, Lawson’s early season has been very sad, which is why the stable was rumored to be ready to change the driver immediately after the Chinese GP.
Red Bull’s leadership gathered on Tuesday in Dubai and made its decision. The Japanese of the Racing Bulls Yuki tsunoda Rises to Red Bull and Lawson is dropped in the second stable, the first reported by the Dutchman De Telegraaf.
The BBC calls Quick kicks as one of the most ruthless movements in F1 history.
Lawson, 23, has an interruption from the opening competition and three points in China, as a result of rejections, ranked 12th.
Expert districts have previously criticized that Lawson, a New Zealander, is not the right person alongside a Dutch driver. Only months earlier, Red Bull ignored the tsunod when a replacement was sought for Perez.
Currently, the decision -making capacity of the stable is questioned, Mildh emphasizes.
– As a Verstappen teammate, he has to withstand heavy pressure. I wouldn’t just blame the driver because Red Bull’s pressurized culture does not tolerate that I should move forward constructively. However, the stable is investing in only one driver.
In addition, Verstappen is particularly skilled as the number one driver.
3) a grade for the beginning of Hamilton
Hamilton’s first GP Ferrari left several question marks, with Melbourne’s tenth place. From the opening competition to the headlines, Kipakka and confusing conversation by Hamilton and his new race engineer also emerged.
New race engineer Riccardo adami gave Hamilton several reminders regarding the car’s engine settings, which the British did not like.
– Leave it, Hamilton asked several times.
Hamilton’s collaboration with his previous race engineer Peter “Bono” Bonnington It took 12 years and Mildh recalls that it always takes time to create new personal chemistry.
In the same breath, Mildh points out that F1 stables have been more enthusiastic about dealing with drivers on the race track. The situation has been emphasized as the drivers have changed stables and new drivers have come along.
– At the moment, it would seem to be the trend that race engineers and stables are trying to influence the depot to drive and support a little too much drivers, and thus interfere with their ability to concentrate.
A seven -time world champion Hamilton, who has moved to Ferrari this season, will receive a good grade from Mildh in his early season. Over the weekend, Hamilton got a concrete peak when he took his first sprint win in his career in China.
– It is a big cultural change to change the German stable to Italian. However, Ferrari’s car is in a promising condition and Hamilton did a great job in China. Leclerc and Hamilton are at a steady pace. Their differences are not great, although the stable’s breeder Leclerc gets a particular advantage.
The F1 season continues in Japan on the Suzuka track. The Japanese GP will be driven on April 6.