Hmm.. no complaint could also mean he went to the 'can't be bothered' mindspace.Sergej wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 16:31Max didn't complain about balance, he said he simply lacked grip; I didn't pay much attention to his "fast" lap but I guess he did some mistake/had some trouble, Perez is "only" 8 tenths off; he tried a second attempt and was improving S1 and S2 but then abortedvenkyhere wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 16:17I just looked at FP2 timesheet (didn't watch) and the laptime on S (I guess it would be on S as they have to do quali sims in FP2) look totally bad. 1.2 seconds from P1. Even if half of it is engine mode sandbag it's still a mega gap. What were the two drivers' complaints like ? understeer or kerbs ? or both ?
the positive is that Mercedes seems nowhere so maybe a P5 is doable for Max, then we have to hope Leclerc can block Lando from winning.
Anyway, the only way to 'damage-limit' is to qualify as high as possible, and hope that the Ferraris can pull a hat out of the bag and get 1-2 in quali.
I watched the highlights (or portions of it) - Mclaren (Norris) and Ferrari (leClerc) look to be on rails, except that the S3 kerb riding looks poorer on the Ferrari. Yes, the Redbull looks 'fantastically slow' on the S run, some of the onboard I saw had Max and Perez flailing at the steering like crazy, to make it turn 90 degrees. I think having to increase ride height and the 'now reduced' rear diffuser opening , are resulting in very poor DF levels.