The race is expected to take place on unusually cold asphalt, which could lead to another very challenging qualifying session.
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Leclerc was really good at that old mickey mouse sector 3, i'm sure that was a factor in the gap he had over Carlos those years.AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:02How Carlos performed vs other drivers in Spain is not so useful to me because none of the others are Leclerc. In 2021 and 2022, there were considerable gaps in Spain in Leclerc's favor. 2023 is not considered because not getting out of Q1 is an outlier result. iirc, the car was steering to one direction last year.Xyz22 wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 17:57There is no need to be aggressive.
I'd like to add that Leclerc is usually quite honest when he doesn't do a good lap in quali. Back in 2021 when he was in pole in Baku, he literally said his lap was not good.
This time he said that there wasn't "more" to extract from the car. Of course with a perfect lap he would have been P3, but we are talking very very small margins. To me, it is clear that both him and Carlos were able to get close to the limit. As a matter of fact, Carlos has quite the record in Spain in terms of qualifying, considering that before matching with Charles he always finished ahead of his teammate outside 2019 with Lando.
The topic is only a small point (although it does not look to have been taken that way). He could have qualified P3. It would have changed his weekend. It would have changed the perspectives about Ferrari's performance. I think it was there for someone like him. That's all.
Something everyone seems to be ignoring is that Leclerc did his medium stint later in the race than Verstappen. So every lap was done at a lower fuel load - 7 laps fuel difference going by the strategy graphic at the bottomdeadhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:29That 2nd stint from LEC seems quite good.
This demonstrates that qualifying is indeed crucial, and it appears the team expects LEC to excel in that aspect. However, he has shown inconsistency on Saturdays, largely attributed to the car's characteristics in my opinion.
MCL38 will be out of reach on certain tracks tho
Leclerc's second stint was at the same time as Norris tbf.organic wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:54Something everyone seems to be ignoring is that Leclerc did his medium stint later in the race than Verstappen. So every lap was done at a lower fuel load - 7 laps fuel difference going by the strategy graphic at the bottomdeadhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:29That 2nd stint from LEC seems quite good.
This demonstrates that qualifying is indeed crucial, and it appears the team expects LEC to excel in that aspect. However, he has shown inconsistency on Saturdays, largely attributed to the car's characteristics in my opinion.
MCL38 will be out of reach on certain tracks tho
Still shows very good pace, but I think it's exaggerated
That gap to Lando is extreme tho...yooogurt wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 19:12The last stint, Max and Charles pushing hard in free air, and only tenth difference
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Norris was even on a used tire set in that last stint. Leclerc and Verstappen were on new softs. If Norris had new, that gap would be bigger.
Also Norris lost time to overtake Sainz and the two Mercedes; I would look at the last stint, there the gaps are realistic, Leclerc one tenth behind Verstappen and Norris ahead by 3-4 tenths on Leclerc.organic wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:54Something everyone seems to be ignoring is that Leclerc did his medium stint later in the race than Verstappen. So every lap was done at a lower fuel load - 7 laps fuel difference going by the strategy graphic at the bottomdeadhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:29That 2nd stint from LEC seems quite good.
This demonstrates that qualifying is indeed crucial, and it appears the team expects LEC to excel in that aspect. However, he has shown inconsistency on Saturdays, largely attributed to the car's characteristics in my opinion.
MCL38 will be out of reach on certain tracks tho
Still shows very good pace, but I think it's exaggerated
Well there you go. It shows how qualifying (as discussed previously) would have completely changed the perception of Ferrari's race and their upgrades.
Only Max on new softs.
Fuel corrected versionorganic wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:54Something everyone seems to be ignoring is that Leclerc did his medium stint later in the race than Verstappen. So every lap was done at a lower fuel load - 7 laps fuel difference going by the strategy graphic at the bottomdeadhead wrote: ↑24 Jun 2024, 18:29That 2nd stint from LEC seems quite good.
This demonstrates that qualifying is indeed crucial, and it appears the team expects LEC to excel in that aspect. However, he has shown inconsistency on Saturdays, largely attributed to the car's characteristics in my opinion.
MCL38 will be out of reach on certain tracks tho
Still shows very good pace, but I think it's exaggerated