AR3-GP wrote: ↑19 Nov 2022, 20:34
Alonsismo wrote: ↑19 Nov 2022, 20:29
Since canada, sainz-leclerc battle in qualy is tied 7-7
What do you think changed from Canada onwards? I couldn't possibly put my finger on it.
sainz had a very poor start of the season, and the porpoising really hurted his driving style.
this was one problem.
at the same time, at canada we got the first race (monaco is a very unique track) when sainz had confidence on the car.
if you analyze each qualy/race, in the first half of the season, the races with more porpoising, were the races in which sainz was really slow (on the seconf half of the season, the cars didnt had porpoising)..
adding this to the bad luck he had on australia and imola, it made the explanation of why he was so unconfident on the car and why he looked so far from leclerc those first races.
since canada, leclerc got 174 poings, having only the france DNF
since canada, sainz got 151 points, having austria, suzuka and austin DNF.
they are again really tied