ringo wrote: ↑09 Apr 2022, 16:29
Leclerc talent really apparent this year. I think from what i observe the cars are about equal with different charateristics. Charles driving style just has more potential to extract more speed. Max style in theory isnt optimal, the early braking thing and lags between brake and throttle. I guess Leclerc is more confident in his car. Max making errors is nothing new. We saw it last year as well. He either still got pole or lost pole, but some would just say he is pushing so hard that's why this happens.
I think he needs to change approach and let the car come to him. Same as Sainz. He is pushing too hard. Sainze should just accept that Leclerc is faster. He will consistently be in the top 2 rowd and then he can try and win a race frim there. He has to play to strengths and just give up on trying to be faster than Leclerc.
As for mercedes.. i think Hamilton will be on podium again. Some crashing will take place with Max and Charles or Perez. I also feel the Mclaren isnt out of the woods reliability wise.
Max was equal to Charles in that last lap until the last two corners, all weekend we have seen the RB be poor there for both Perez and Max so before you want to start jumping on driving styles remember that part
Max said that he doesn't have balance in the car, it overtsteers and then understeers, he doesn't understand what is going to happen, so therefore he cannot plan a way of attacking it. In the race fans comment section a member stated that the car could be going through a pressure shift due to the ride height fluctuating under braking, which is known to happen in GE cars.
This doesn't seem to be a factor in Ferrari, you point the car into a slow corner and it turns in
The slight hope is that Max has gotten glimpses of good balance from the car and when he has, he has shown how quick it is, he was 5 tenths up on Perez in the first lap of Q3 (before the lockup) and in Q3 in Bahrain he had a great first lap which he said felt good so we shall see what happens