A not-insignificant part of their 'faster car' advantage has literally been their amazing ability to still have great pace late in a stint/race.catent wrote: ↑02 Sep 2024, 15:38We must not be watching the same season because I have not seen McLaren exhibiting consistently superior tire deg to Ferrari on the balance of the 2024 season. They’ve simply had a faster car since Miami.Seanspeed wrote: ↑02 Sep 2024, 15:02I cannot for the life of me comprehend this new trend of thinking only the last race matters when judging performance or characteristics or whatever. Analyzing trends is far more important than one single race/race weekend.
Yes, Ferrari on the whole has had worse tire degradation than Mclaren. It's a strength of the car relative to previous years, but it's not something that has especially enhanced Ferrari's competitiveness over the top competition this season, either. I think that's an entirely reasonable claim. Monza was an exception, not the rule.
This is something that is pretty well observed by pretty much any reasonable person watching. But for some reason, this topic is full of bizarro takes on pretty much everything.