Xyz22 wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 20:20
scuderiabrandon wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 20:14
Xyz22 wrote: ↑15 Sep 2024, 19:59
They won't win it. Baku was a big Ferrari track and they lost massive amount of points.
Long story short Ferrari (including drivers) was just too confident. They thought they would have won easily when they were leading the race by 6s. Hopefully they will learn from this.
You are correct regarding their complacency in the race, but you can't honestly say that it didn't look like we had it in our hands until we didn't.
I think at that moment, it was not the wrong decision to not race Piastri very hard, in hindsight, it was of course. We all thought he'd drop off, like he did in the first stint, but it never came. We were outplayed and outsmarted, just like we did it 2 weeks ago. The margins are fine, it happens, and it hurts a lot.
However, I do agree I think the DNF and not winning put us completely out of contention for either championships.
I don't know mate especially knowing how important free air is. I think another driver would have struggled to stay a lot of laps within DRS range and put pressure. Track position is just too important in pretty much every track, providing you don't make an absolutely insane strategy like Leclerc in Hungary.
Agree on fine margins. I'm really pissed off because we could have won this race quite "easily". It's rare to have a car good enough to win...
AH, but they were so quick on the straight. I was almost certain being 6 tenths back would've allowed a move, but it didn't. On top of that, he said he couldn't brake as late as Oscar into turn 1. I agree we win that race if we stay ahead, but that is only because I have the benefit of hindsight. He put 6 seconds on Piastri in 14 laps. I thought just get the tyres into a good window, wait for him to drop off and fight our way back. That drop just never came and we couldn't pass on the straight.
If you want to really look into what caused the big loss is the very poor in lap. Although I still believe McLaren were too good on the hard tyre. They had 0 degradation and could put straight out of the box. Even if you ignore Piastri. Look at Norris hard stint.
It is safe to say we were fooled by how poor they were on the medium. I think it is circumstantial, I don't really think there is anyone to blame. Then, I also believe Leclerc made us look much faster on the hard than we really were.