for the avoidance of the doubt
these are LEC's lap times (fasters that RUS and SAI) once he got P1
and you can see that even (or because?) he was faster than anyone else
his lap times increased by .8 in 8 laps or .1 average per lap
Ferrari pit wall knows better than we how much he was pushing
i assume he was still pushing since he passed Rus on lap 30/31 st
and lap 36/37 his laps times increased a lot
i have to assume is deg ( which it is a constant if we take the whole 2nd stints)
then before more damage, they called him a fitted Hards
SAI was lapping slower , manage d to get reds in his last stint and keep a P4
for some reason (small difference in setup? or driving style) he was killing his tires faster than SAI
someone could conclude that SAI was smarter than him
I don't believe so
both are skilled, talented and smart
most probably was a bit of setup difference and the f,,, cold weather
BTW the Cold weather helped a lot the MB
the devil is in the small details
31 lap P11:23.003
32 lap P11:24.278
33 lap P11:23.365
34 lap P11:23.388
35 lap P11:23.498
36 lap P11:23.144
37 lap P11:23.453
38 lap P11:23.805
Some additional comment
it were some comments about Ferrari's strategy tools etc >>>> excel etx etx
for those that don't know a reasonably good "strategy plan tool" cost less than 100k and you can find 5 of them in the market
even you can get for free some old in the internet
I believe they use something more sophisticated but not too much , no need.
what it cost a lot is 30+people
working live at Maranello, Milton Keynes every weekend etc
and even with a good excel sheet, you can predict very well what is going to happen
listen to Binotto (and believing 85% of what he say, and understanding he can no tell everything (but he is not lying too) we will understand what is going on
or waiting 6 more months