AMG.Tzan wrote: ↑23 Mar 2024, 08:50
I’m laughing with people saying “Verstapen pulled this out of nowhere”
Meanwhile Ferrari always does glory runs in practice sessions and even Verstapen himself wasn’t worried at all! They just turn the wick up and they’re back ahead come qualifying! Nothing special there…
I beg to disagree.. the Redbull was quicker than the ferrari only in T6-T11; and was losing more time than what it gained, over just two slow corners T12-T13 (sector3). This was the case throughout qualifying, until final run Q3. If you look at Perez's final Q3 run, he loses 0.3 to LeClerc and Sainz in S3. In Max's final Q3 run, he 'found' this deficit.
I welcome to be proved wrong, but least of all, it is expected that we have a proper surgical reply when rebutting someone's observation, rather than just "Redbull is the fastest car, they were sandbagging" trope. I dont think so. This is a track without the car hitting Vmax anywhere, and also one with many slow turns. Ferrari, with their quicker rotation and shorter gearing in the lower gears, really stood a good chance ; alteast in quali.