2 tenths at most, he was already insanely quick in all FP sessions, pushing to the limit in every lap...
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Sergio Perez briefly lost the lead to Fernando Alonso at the start but soon recovered and led the remaining laps to easily win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen recovered from 15th to 2nd. Fernando Alonso finished third despite a post-race penalty that was reversed later in the evening.
2 tenths at most, he was already insanely quick in all FP sessions, pushing to the limit in every lap...
I expect a podium. Win if theres a safety car.
I mean Max's fp3 time already has him in p2 on the grid
you assuming that he wouldn't find time from track evolution like everyone else did?No one has RB's straight line speed. That's the problem.
When I read stuff like this I just think back to 1992-3, 2004 or 2014 and think how close it is throughout the field now!
It sounded as if he doesn’t think it will give them much an an advantage, since many of the teams won’t struggle with it much. Didn’t sound as though he thought it was necessarily bad.f1316 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 20:09Charles doesn’t seem very confident about race pace tbh so probably not gonna hold out too much hope for him having a race setup.f1316 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 20:05Leclerc relatively close to a Red Bull - albeit you’ve got to assume Max would have been several tenths down the road.
I hope, based on all their FP prep, Charles is actually set up for the race (given he knew he had the grid pen) but still not quite the pace we expected from Ferrari this year (and Sainz is nowhere).
Max also has 2 new sets by virtue of not participating in Q3.
Hopefully you’re right - and Perez pulled out a special Q3 lap here last year to beat Max (somewhat out of nowhere), so perhaps it’s just a Checo special circuit.
True yeah, I think you’re right that they’re not at all worried about race pace. But also not an “ace up their sleeve” which I was somewhat hoping for, especially on Charles’ car, given they knew he would have to come through the field.86legacy wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 20:16It sounded as if he doesn’t think it will give them much an an advantage, since many of the teams won’t struggle with it much. Didn’t sound as though he thought it was necessarily bad.f1316 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 20:09Charles doesn’t seem very confident about race pace tbh so probably not gonna hold out too much hope for him having a race setup.f1316 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 20:05Leclerc relatively close to a Red Bull - albeit you’ve got to assume Max would have been several tenths down the road.
I hope, based on all their FP prep, Charles is actually set up for the race (given he knew he had the grid pen) but still not quite the pace we expected from Ferrari this year (and Sainz is nowhere).