Correct.siskue2005 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2021, 19:35It's not that they alternate who goes out first, but they alternate "who gets the choice to". Come France bottas can decide if he wants to go first or second. It's been the same since 2012, 2013.zibby43 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2021, 19:27It’s true. Merc alternate who gets the tow. It’s been known for a few years now. And it was confirmed by the team today.aMessageToCharlie wrote: ↑05 Jun 2021, 17:15
Yeah sure, man. And conveniently it was Hamilton who got the benefit first and the water boy delivering the water first.
I'm not moaning either. I admire teams doing these kinds of litte tricks to get the last drop of performance out. This is what F1 should be all about. Ferrari used to do it in the past and I think Red Bull were trying it a few times also.
The other teams were not brave enough. Mercedes ahead with their game again. Leclerc... Maybe a great strategy by the team to get him capitalize on the Mercs slip stream. But knowing Ferrari it could have also been blind luck. Anyways, great lap from Leclerc. Hope he can spice things up at the front tomorrow.
Leclerc, Hamilton, Verstappen. It's time!
Easy way to verify is to see who goes out first in Q3 at Ricard.
At Monaco bottas decided to go first, as its not good to be the last person their due to yellow and red flags.
Bottas today:
“We alternate and this weekend was Lewis’ choice to decide who goes first out the garage so obviously in the first run on Q3 he had my tow and in the second run I tried to get tow from Charles but there was the red flag which stopped my flying lap.”