organic wrote: ↑23 Oct 2023, 00:16
Wouter wrote: ↑23 Oct 2023, 00:15
organic wrote: ↑23 Oct 2023, 00:06
Lap 47. When he stopped for the soft tyre (making his 2nd stop).
Contrary to what you've written, Ricciardo was actually on a 1-stopper but when it became clear that the 1-stopper was going to result in an absolutely dire result they boxed (far too late for a regular 2-stopper strategy) just to give time to Daniel running on low fuel with the soft tyre
OTOH Tsunoda's actual strategy was M-H-M which was probably the quickest way to run the grand Prix and they boxed for the softs right at the end because they had a pitstop gap and could get an extra point. Not to say Yuki didn't drive brilliantly - he did - but his strategy was perfect making the direct performance comparison to ricciardo useless
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Ricciardo was from the beginning more than 0.5 sec per lap slower without debries in his car and on the same M and H tire.
I'll give you the stats tomorrow.
He was running a 1-stopper from the beginning hence more management.. while Yuki was always running the 2-stopper hence he can push more
This situation will always create a pace difference
I believe the debris ricciardo had removed was picked up on lap 1 from Ocon anyway so would've affected from the start. Ricciardo also had damage from contact with Stroll
Engineer told Daniel he had damaged front brake duct and floor on the radio at the end.
In the sprint we saw ricciardo have competitive race pace, at least as quick as Yuki. There's not much merit in trying to claim that he's now 0.5s slower a day later with the same setup on the same track in similar conditions when so many factors point towards extraneous factors
Very true but those that don't explore or ignore all the facts are blind to this. Ricciardo after the race
"“On the medium compound, we were doing the same lap times as Yuki,
but because I was on a one-stop, there was a bit more tyre management going on for me. Physically, I feel better today than yesterday, so the Sprint race was a good warmup for the Grand Prix."
AlphaTauri technical director Jody Egginton confirmed Ricciardo’s pace dropped off as a result of the damage his car sustained.
“Daniel’s race was more difficult later on, but he also put in a very well-managed first stint, opening up strategy options for him,” Eggington said.
“However, soon after his first stop, he picked up damage to brake duct parts, resulting in a significant loss of aero load and aero balance, meaning he was unable to run at the pace he was capable of and fell back into the chasing pack.
“Later on, we took the gamble to stop and try to resolve the issue in case of a late race Safety Car. Although we improved the car balance at the stop, the race finished without incidents, providing no opportunity to move him forward.”
The late pit stop allowed Ricciardo to record the fastest lap of the race but his teammate Yuki Tsunoda snagged the championship point by beating Ricciardo’s lap time on the very last lap.
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