Leclerc in the post qualifying media pen interview mentioned first row was possible. He obviously went back and looked at the time he lost, in the car he probably thought he lost more.Juzh wrote: ↑09 Jul 2023, 13:25Why is it surprising? These two corners are flat out and ferrari just carries their higher speed with the lower wing. Higher wing on RB is working in chapel. To me it all seems very logical.dialtone wrote: ↑08 Jul 2023, 17:48Here we go the telemetry:
LEC v VER
https://i.imgur.com/lB2zN9w.jpeg
* Very surprising Ferrari gaining time in Maggotts and Becketts despite a smaller rear wing, although Chapel was worse for LEC.
What isn't logical is how leclerc thinks he was in a fight for pole. He wasn't. He lost at most 2,5 tenths in stowe, and that would mean matching verstappen's pace trough there which he wasn't ever gonna do with lower wing. A tenth was maybe gone in brooklands but Verstappen also didn't hit the apex there and didn't have the perfect lap if we're doing it in this hypothetical way.
P2 was reasonable, pole not so much. Required perfect lap from Lec and mistakes from Verstappen.