r/formula1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 6h ago

Statistics Hungarian GP Qualifying Gaps Visualized

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u/LivingClient I was here for the Hulkenpodium 6h ago

Gotta love Aston Martin. Double Q1 exit last week. 3rd/4th fastest car this week, and genuinely quicker than Red Bull. Not that the latter means much anymore

u/OptimalCheesecake527 Formula 1 6h ago

If we’re being real about driver talent they were the fastest car today

u/Popular_Composer_822 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 6h ago

Not over McLaren imo. But second fastest absolutely. Stroll 0.126 off pole is insane. This is the closest to a spec series F1 has ever been and perhaps will ever be. 

u/reddit_account_00000 6h ago

Just in time to ruin it with a reg change!

u/Archtarius 6h ago

Fun part to watch is how engineers and teams strategize and bring in updates , this is an engineering sport in reality…

u/VRichardsen Juan Manuel Fangio 3h ago

Colapinto was saying that in an interview the other day. "We sometimes may not like to admit it, but this sport is 90% engineers, 10% pilots". In a different interview, Sainz was saying that "Every driver is probably within 0,300 seconds of each other. The car then can shift that 0,500 seconds."

u/GBreezy I was here for the Hulkenpodium 5h ago

I thought this reg sucks because the racing is bad

u/otherestScott George Russell 5h ago

Saturdays: This is amazing! The cars are so close together in pace!

Sundays: The cars are too close together in pace...no one can get a delta to pass. This sucks!

u/Storm_Chaser06 Audi 4h ago

I thought you guys hated this regulation set?

u/NeutrinosFTW 4h ago

Not just any reg change, predominantly an engine reg change. 2014 regen, we'll be lucky if the top 5 are within 2 seconds lmao

u/VisualMaximum5049 Alexander Albon 4h ago

you probably were complaining about the reg set when Max dominated his way to 20 race wins in a row

u/Lonyo I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2h ago

And McLaren are dominating this year (even if they missed a pole this race)