In the round-up: Renault sporting director Alan Permane says Renault were potentially the third-quickest team at Mugello.
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Permane was referring to recent remarks by Daniel Ricciardo about a set-up improvement the team discovered for the car in low-downforce trim and how that improvement can be applied at higher-downforce circuits.
Daniel’s comments in the press recently about finding a set-up sweet spot, that’s definitely right. The car was working very, very well.
But also it’s obvious to see in final practice when we moved away from that sweet spot a little bit – trying to improve things, of course – it wasn’t working so well.
So getting it back to qualifying and again car working really well again I think he was, of course, unlucky with Esteban going off and I think we could have justifiably been fifth on the grid – if we’d had perfect qualifying I think we’re fifth and six.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
LM24: Provisional pole for Toyota; Aston Martin 1-2 in LMGTE Pro (WEC)
Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest time among the LMP1 crews early on with a lap of 3:17.089 in the number seven Toyota TS050 Hybrid, 0.247s ahead of the sister car driven by Kazuki Nakajima.
The inside story of Juan Manuel Correa’s return to Spa, 12 months on (F2)
Correa’s leg remains supported by a thick brace, but he can walk and is planning to have the brace removed soon as part of his recovery.
Lawson coy on 2021 plans as he awaits decision on where he will go next (F3)
Lawson reflected on a season troubled by small issues and a mix of bad luck and controllable mistakes that limited what the team could achieve.
Mick: Vettel ‘sehr hilfreich für mich’ (RTL – German)
Mick Schumacher says a Formula 1 seat in 2021 is not guaranteed solely by his Formula 2 results.
- F2 result key to F1 race debut for Mick Schumacher in 2021
Device to curb microplastic emissions wins James Dyson award (The Guardian)
The prototype reportedly collected 60% of airborne particles from tyres in controlled tests, a notable step in reducing microplastic pollution.
24 Heures du Mans 2020 – Free practice – Night at Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans via YouTube)
Frames – Formula 1 & Le Mans 24 Hours 2019 (Part I) (Jamey Price Photo via YouTube)
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@Johnrkh thinks F1’s poll on reverse grids is designed to nudge respondents toward a particular answer:
Had a look at then filled it out. Like all modern polls it was full of leading questions trying to corral you down a specific path. I voted disagree and said F1 should wait to see how the budget cap and new rules work before introducing a gimmick that was likely to be manipulated anyway
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