Emag wrote: ↑28 Mar 2021, 16:54
I feel like they "chickened" out a bit on Q2 to be honest ,especially with Norris. Both AlphaTauris were 0.6s off McLaren's on the first run with medium, but then Gasly went 0.1 ahead of the time Lando set on the mediums on the second run. Lando had a good first lap. I am certain he would have made it to Q3 had they given him another go on the Mediums. But then again, if he had messed up the lap they would have started something like 13th, so it wasn't worth the risk maybe.
Team is currently borderline Q2 medium team. They were close to it last year, they were close yesterday. As you said, they might have made it on mediums but it was very risky and as Perez and Tsunoda showed, can bite you in the ass.
Hopefully they make that step forward so we can qualify on better tires.
Team seemed bullish.