Cs98 wrote: ↑05 Nov 2024, 13:40
It's simple. Alpine had an easier time generating tyre temp and Max had a lot less incentive to take big risks in awful conditions given the WDC.
having full wet setup and more downforce helps generating tire temperature faster of course. But they alpines were faster in those the most worst conditions not only than max but all other top cars and drivers.
When the race was restarted on lap 33, Alpines and Max were driving away from Norris and Russell all the way up to the moment when Sainz crash. In some sense Lando got so lucky with that crash, otherwise Max would've beaten him, Russell and Leclerc by even larger margin.
just look at the wings of the cars, it's very evident how less wing Red bull were running with, especially compared with Alpine and Mclaren.