That makes it quite challenging for the strategist to do their work.
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Max Verstappen took victory after leading virtually the entire race in Qatar. Oscar Piastri enjoyed another solid race to finished second while his team mate Lando Norris ensured another great result for McLaren.
That makes it quite challenging for the strategist to do their work.
I actually thing it's the opposite. Someone like Hulk will be screwed if they mandate a three stopper, because they can't use their two sets of hard tyres as they normally would like to. 3 Stops + 20 laps max plays in the hands of those with fewer good race tyres left.
No but he spent all early laps dead behind the red tire starters (overtaking them again) asking a lot of the tires plus there were like 7 laps behind the SC making any potential tire wear advantage null/too short to have a go. Piastri spent the lap that Max was stuck behind George well.Juzh wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 22:43gg max for 3rd wdc and piastri for not losing his head and taking the w. Tomorrow ez win for max. Norris would be in a position to cause trouble but he nuked himself yesterday so thats that. Even so P2-3 is still on the cards for mclarens, with SC maybe even more. Max wasn't gaining all that much in sprint towards the end there.
GP commented (quite upset) that Max pushed the tires too hard at the beginning of the stint (temperatures). This likely was the reason why he didn't have anything for Piastri. Rosberg said Max's front left was dead at the end.Sieper wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 23:03No but he spent all early laps dead behind the red tire starters (overtaking them again) asking a lot of the tires plus there were like 7 laps behind the SC making any potential tire wear advantage null/too short to have a go. Piastri spent the lap that Max was stuck behind George well.Juzh wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 22:43gg max for 3rd wdc and piastri for not losing his head and taking the w. Tomorrow ez win for max. Norris would be in a position to cause trouble but he nuked himself yesterday so thats that. Even so P2-3 is still on the cards for mclarens, with SC maybe even more. Max wasn't gaining all that much in sprint towards the end there.
There is an air of Brazil/Austria around it to be honest...with the dead front tires.
they'll probably need to start of softs and hope for at least one Mercedes to do the same and get into the lead for the first stint. I don't think I've ever seen this much of a tyre advantage at the start before as it was the case today.
Jos didn’t think so after the sprint. And he seemed well informed about the tactical plan.AR3-GP wrote: ↑07 Oct 2023, 23:35There is an air of Brazil/Austria around it to be honest...with the dead front tires.
Rb had these performance swings at the beginning of the year. The opposition was just too slow to do anything about it. Mclaren is now very fast, so when RB is weak, it's no longer enough.
What RB have going for them is the massive grid disadvantage the Mclarens brought upon themselves. Who knows, maybe the Mercs will be trouble tomorrow.
Norris had DRS in s1 after he passed Russell. Also Max did a better lap time 2 laps earlier, and then he couldn’t keep that pace. I am sure Lando also would not be able to keep these mid 1.25s.
I am not so sure. Have you analyzed Hamilton’s free air lap times? There weren’t many so difficult to tell. They are likely behind Max but that can not be concluded from this sprint.
I dont see where mercedes can pull from those 3-4 tenths they lacked in quali on friday and in general this year.
