Even without Alonso, there are not 2 Lances on the grid. Someone like Gasly would've been available and he isn't too far off ocon who himself was reasonably close to Alonso. Reality is that Lance is a slow F1 driver - probably slowest on the grid - and Checo/Vettel's poor form masked that
Remember, last year, Lance looked pretty close to Vettel. Vettel was no longer the driver that drove for RBR. Unfortunately for Lance, Alonso found and learned how to use the Warp drive button on the steering wheel. Lance still hasn't figured it out.organic wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 01:16Even without Alonso, there are not 2 Lances on the grid. Someone like Gasly would've been available and he isn't too far off ocon who himself was reasonably close to Alonso. Reality is that Lance is a slow F1 driver - probably slowest on the grid - and Checo/Vettel's poor form masked that
He was also going to put it P2 were it not for the red flag, his lap was only 4 tenths slower than Max after the 2nd sector (which was purple) but the red flag screwed him, thankfully the result is still the same anyways.
did you get the last sector time of that lap? how far was the gap to max? race pace looks good, alonso looking to put pressure on max today if it's a dry raceKimiRai wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 04:10He was also going to put it P2 were it not for the red flag, his lap was only 4 tenths slower than Max after the 2nd sector (which was purple) but the red flag screwed him, thankfully the result is still the same anyways.
Hopefully tomorrow the engine doesn't explode or he doesn't run out of fuel or a lightning strike doesn't land on him.
Alonso's engineer said the lap was 6 tenth faster than his previous.Alonso Fan wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 07:46did you get the last sector time of that lap? how far was the gap to max? race pace looks good, alonso looking to put pressure on max today if it's a dry raceKimiRai wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 04:10He was also going to put it P2 were it not for the red flag, his lap was only 4 tenths slower than Max after the 2nd sector (which was purple) but the red flag screwed him, thankfully the result is still the same anyways.
Hopefully tomorrow the engine doesn't explode or he doesn't run out of fuel or a lightning strike doesn't land on him.
Ooof so still 8 tenths shy of max. Max really did go all out on that lap then. I see alonso likes to build up to a lap so maybe had the red flag not occurred he could have gone faster on the next lap as would max but the gap could be closerdiffuser wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 08:02Alonso's engineer said the lap was 6 tenth faster than his previous.Alonso Fan wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 07:46did you get the last sector time of that lap? how far was the gap to max? race pace looks good, alonso looking to put pressure on max today if it's a dry raceKimiRai wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 04:10
He was also going to put it P2 were it not for the red flag, his lap was only 4 tenths slower than Max after the 2nd sector (which was purple) but the red flag screwed him, thankfully the result is still the same anyways.
Hopefully tomorrow the engine doesn't explode or he doesn't run out of fuel or a lightning strike doesn't land on him.
I've done an analysis of this in the past by watching the GP starts in Canada for at least 12 years back. Polesitter virtually always leads T1 in Canada. The grid bias is very strong. You basically have to stall to lose the lead.
Thats interesting. Anyways its not like he can maintain the position afterwards even if that happened. 3 drs zones + long straight + redbull top speed means its virtually impossible beating Max unless something weird happens. But yes, if Fernando stays 2nd for most of the race and Max finishes not as far away as the other races then it means the upgrades have worked nicely.
