yooogurt wrote: ↑19 Oct 2024, 21:01
And in a couple of moments Carlos was diving so hard, just knowing that Charles would leave the place (he wouldn't let both drivers down, would he?), it was so dirty, I had a better opinion of Carlos before today.
We have been shown time and time again that Ferrari is fine with Sainz and Leclerc battling each other stupidly hard, so is it that surprising Sainz keeps doing it?
I find it hard to blame Sainz here. He was the faster Ferrari at the start. Yes, we all know this usually ends with him cooking his tires, but the "why" about it doesn't change the fact he was a faster car behind his slower teammate and he was losing time behind Leclerc. I can't remember what race I said this about earlier in the year, but if they're going to take opposite strategies every race they might as well start letting Sainz pass Leclerc so they don't waste each other's time. If Leclerc's strategy is the right one he'll end up passing Sainz at the end anyway.
But the team encourages him to do things like this by not speaking up about it. Literally as I'm typing this, an interview came on my TV of Vasseur saying at no point did they think about team orders or telling them to stop. In Leclerc's post-race interviews he doesn't seem mad at Sainz, just frustrated by how things turned out which I think is fair.
What's most important from this session is a) they left with more points than their competitors and b) they know how to improve for qualifying and the race. They did a), let's see if they do b) too.
Interesting thing to note is that Leclerc said they know what's losing them time in qualifying but it's not something they can fix this weekend and not something that can be discussed yet. I wonder if this implies they'll be changing things for the next race, or if he's just hinting to next year's development.
