last year the main advantage of a mercedes came from the fast corners, the high speed section between 7-11. russell and ham had 0.2s+ on max in qualifying there. they were more on less on par in slow speed stuff, but mercedes looked better on the kerbs and had overall slight advantage in low speed corners. but russell made a big mistake coming into the stadium on his best lap and that was it for him, whilst max was able to find a lot of time somehow in the slow corners at the end of the lap. max was making up time on the straights.
this year, i don't think have ever been the fastest cars in slow speed corners at any stage of the season. brrrake have analysed cars strength after the first half of the year(podcast with autosport.com), and his diagram showed red bull were amongst the midfield cars in slow speed, being the fastest car in all other type of corners and the straights. I've no Idea how reliable he is, but he should be.
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