Oh ok, thanks for the clarification.
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Despite some worries over tyre blistering, the French Grand Prix became straight forward affair for Lewis Hamilton and the entire Mercedes AMG F1 team. Once again, they finished 1-2, with Leclerc completing the podium for Ferrari.
Or does it just seem that way because Gasly is so much worse than Ricciardo? Maybe RBR car is at similar level to before, just before RBR had two tier 1 drivers, now they only have one.
Vettel would surely have not been able to be 2 seconds a lap faster. Vertappen's tryres must have been near to explosion at that point for this to happen. Do you think you're in a better position than the whole strategic team with data to tell that it was the wrong decision to pit?matt_b wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 17:02Go look at Max's sectors from the moment he said his tyres are f'd, it would've been very close and exciting to see, but it is what it is, they did say plan f (f standing for fastest lap, how the sky pundits didn't know that was surprising)
Why did it belong to McLaren? They secured those positions yesterday with qualy, I'm sure Riccardo could have beaten them if he was closer.TAG wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 17:12The future of F1 is bright with young talent and I'm a fan of Leclerc, I'm a fan of Albon and I'm a fan of Norris. A lot of desperation from Ricciardo there at the end, I'd be expecting at least a five second penalty, sloppy to say the least. Besides Mercedes, well I should say Hamilton and his Mercedes, today belonged to McLaren.
As soon as Max managed to maintain his place and pull away McLaren slipped into a preservation mode to keep on top of tyre graining. They could have pushed harder, but there was no need. Yes, Lando got swamped up at the end with the hydraulics issue, and a bigger gap would have saved him, but you can't account for those misfortunes. They had plenty in the tank to keep Ricciardo behind on true pace, was never really racing Max to be honest. The race belonged to McLaren as they made the biggest improvement over the weekend relative to the others, hard to argue otherwise.
I think it would've been close, the gap was 3.2 seconds at the time of pitting so he would've needed 1.6 seconds per lap with the engine turned up to 11 and much fresher tyres against a car with f'd tyres, a battle would've been possible, never mind though the drama with Lando was exciting enough at the end.LM10 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 17:33Vettel would surely have not been able to be 2 seconds a lap faster. Vertappen's tryres must have been near to explosion at that point for this to happen. Do you think you're in a better position than the whole strategic team with data to tell that it was the wrong decision to pit?
Why go into tyre preservation in round 2 and still pitted the same as the others?Xero wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 17:45As soon as Max managed to maintain his place and pull away McLaren slipped into a preservation mode to keep on top of tyre graining. They could have pushed harder, but there was no need. Yes, Lando got swamped up at the end with the hydraulics issue, and a bigger gap would have saved him, but you can't account for those misfortunes. They had plenty in the tank to keep Ricciardo behind on true pace, was never really racing Max to be honest. The race belonged to McLaren as they made the biggest improvement over the weekend relative to the others, hard to argue otherwise.
It down to the horse power, Honda is much much further down than the three manufacturers even with the new spec 3.0. Renault is as good as the top and can pull a high engine mode in race and immediately be a second quicker which was what Hulk did when rest of midfield pitted.ringo wrote: ↑23 Jun 2019, 17:31Looking back to qualifying and the race, it seems the Honda engine is not very drivable at this track. It was evident from watching max's laps. Honda need to sort out their engine mapping.
Renault on the other hand we very much versatile today, all 4 cars in the top 10.
Right on the mark for that penalty. Good to see the stewards doing a good job
