Interesting, I quite liked it. The softs were to get us off the line quick. Then I guess they thought it was two stop, but that the tyres could comfortably do two stops, so to pit earlier means that Mclaren could just overtake 10 people in clean air, which was a great move. The mediums look like they were better than the hards, just like last week. I never heard why but I just assume they cured in the heat and produced a great racing tyres, the durability of the hard with the speed of the medium, if you can manage them, which Oscar couldn't under pressure from Yuki.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 00:05Yeah, I guess the team did not make a huge mistake by putting them on.mwillems wrote: ↑30 Oct 2023, 00:02Yeah I was being over cautios. Oscar is in his finishing position.FittingMechanics wrote: ↑29 Oct 2023, 23:45
We'll see. I doubt they would push as hard if they thought the tyres will fall apart.
Team should swap and let Lando try and beat Ricciard. Oscar has damage.
Lando on a charge.
Are we still terrible in slow corners? Lol Traction issues?? Nope.
Not great, but most certainly not bad.
It's a frustrating race. Not sure Landos strategy helped him. His soft run did not really light the world on fire and he didn't really gain a lot by doing it.
Then he loses two positions due to a strategy mistake, then loses 5 on restart.
Great run by Lando to go through the field to P5 but Piastri was frustrating to watch as he was not able to challenge guys ahead of him.
All in all, a very exciting race. If Lando had not spun his wheels on the restart he'd be chasing Ferraris now and getting on the podium. But still a tremendous push forward, excellent driving overall.