Xyz22 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 00:29
Vinlarr89 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 00:25
They wouldn’t have kept 2nd even with mediums on the second start. You can say what you want about strategy, but there’s very little else they could have done once that red flag came and wiped the 3 sec advantage leclerc had over ham and both on hards.
Personally I’m happy with the result given how poor this car is in race trim!
How do you know? Leclerc kept 2 with the hards for a bit.
The car wasn't bad with the mediums. I think they were on par with MB more or less.
Pace was falling off towards the end of the medium stint. That was 31 laps on new mediums. I don’t know how used the used set of mediums were and I might be wrong but I think Leclerc would have been there for the taking the last 8-10 laps.
Either way, they believed that the mediums would fade and the hards would come into their own, and stuck with the strategy of the hards.
No red flag and they take P2 today IMO