I just watched some on board videos from Portimao track. Here is one if you're interested
https://youtu.be/8TAA0FDQJRoWhat I can say, it looks like interesting and good track to race. It reminds me other F1 track a bit, just not sure which one. Maybe Zandvoort or Istanbul.
Interesting, what configuration they are going to use, especially in first corner.
Thank you for the link, the course looks really interesting for this year so i am anxiously waiting for this race.
Minor F1 update.
The fact is Ferrari have no chance in 2020, with a shortened season and from a position so far behind Mercedes - where they are actually getting lapped in a race! Equally they have little chance in 2021 with the restrictions that have been put in place for that season due to the Covid19 pandemic. Perhaps with enough little changes they could be competitive in 2021, but it's a lot of effort for a single season before everything has to start again. I think the focus on 2022 makes absolute sense.
Confirmation of the above has now come from the Ferrari chairman (John Elkann).
Ferrari chairman says team cannot be competitive before 2022"This year we are not competitive because of car design errors," Elkann said.
"We have had a series of structural weaknesses that have existed for some time in the aerodynamics and dynamics of the vehicle. We have also lost in engine power.
"The reality is that our car is not competitive. You saw it on the track and you will see it again."
Elkann said that Ferrari supported the decision taken at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to delay new rules aimed at closing up the field until 2022.
But he admitted that this decision, and the fact that teams have to use the same cars again in 2021 as this year, would penalise Ferrari "greatly, given that we start off poorly - and we must be realistic and aware of the structural weaknesses of the machine, with which we have been living for a decade".
He also addressed the team's decision not to renew Vettel's contract and replace him for 2021 with Spaniard Carlos Sainz.
"In the past 10 years we have had champions such as (Fernando) Alonso and Vettel, who have been world champions," Elkann said. "But it is undoubtedly more difficult to rebuild a cycle and ask patience to those who have already won compared to those who have the future ahead of them.
"We are laying the foundations for building something important and lasting, and the contract we signed with Charles proves it: five years, never so long in Ferrari's history.
"Leclerc and Sainz will make Maranello their home, will be close to our engineers. The new machine will be born with them."
It may be that this year and next both turn out to be a Mercedes procession, although Mercedes
have said they're unsure how their car will perform in hot conditions, and there was that potential reliability issue from the first race...
Mercedes will presumably dominate the next 2 years until the new rules come into force, after which the cards will be shuffled again. Until then it will be a one man show, I fear. Mercedes have a little problems at very hot temperatures but the can reduce a little bit the power and the are fast enough.