2019 Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay, 20-22 September

[MtthsMlw]

Mini Sector comparison

[Sevach]

During qualy Brundle and Crofty mentioned that this track has the lowest tyre pressure of the year so far and Ferrari was somewhat known for a hard suspension, so this could have clearly helped the balance as well.

This could be it.

Let's see what Pirelli does next they have been super conservative with min pressures.

[falonso81]

So, you are saying Pirelli is somewhat "helping" Merc by being super conservative with tyre pressures?

[foxmulder_ms]

Hamilton -0.7 of Bottas. Hamilton had a great lap. S3 was unreal.

[Sevach]

So, you are saying Pirelli is somewhat "helping" Merc by being super conservative with tyre pressures?

Lower pressures sure wouldn't harm teams struggling to warm up the tires.

[PlatinumZealot]

Mini Sector comparison
https://streamable.com/vvoaw

Ok nice video.

It is clear that the Ferrari is winning on traction out of corners almost exclusively and it is not necessarily a downforce related thing as people might think. Every slow corner you see LeClerc on the throttle earlier with the car actually carrying itself through without under-steer. Look how calm his inputs are during this too! Great Work by Ferrari on the set-up. Differential, suspension and tyre pressures most likely. I think they will be back to normal form on a medium speed circuit though.

[Wynters]

Great performance from Ferrari!

How on earth did Mercedes make two runs in Q3 with Hamilton with an entire second difference in times? Looks like more mistakes are creeping in.

Start will be interesting, Vettel has every chance of getting Hamilton and there's plenty of opportunity for some formation flying from the Ferrari's to box him out. After that, super easy 1-2 for Ferrari. Mercedes can't touch them at any of the overtaking points and, in the unlikely event that Mercedes gets ahead at the stops, Ferrari can just breeze past on the next lap. Super job from Ferrari team as a whole over the last few races. Night and day from their performances in the first half of the season.

[LM10]

Mini Sector comparison
https://streamable.com/vvoaw

Ok nice video.

It is clear that the Ferrari is winning on traction out of corners almost exclusively and it is not necessarily a downforce related thing as people might think. Every slow corner you see LeClerc on the throttle earlier with the car actually carrying itself through without under-steer. Look how calm his inputs are during this too! Great Work by Ferrari on the set-up. Differential, suspension and tyre pressures most likely. I think they will be back to normal form on a medium speed circuit though.

Actually Ferrari is gaining throughout the whole corner at turns 5, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 22 and 23, not just out of the corners. Right after turn 13 it was even the opposite being the case as Leclerc gained time at the corner itself and Hamilton had better traction out of it and made up time on the straight to turn 14.

[Unf]

Mercedes can't touch them at any of the overtaking points

But they can cut them.

[hollus]

Those minisector videos are not real time. The deltas are not updated constantly, based on GPS or similar. The time deltas are only measured at the minisectors (are there 18 of them or 30 of them?) and then they interpolate between those points. The speed deltas only change every two or three seconds, so using the graphical car deltas to read into things like corner entry is actually overinterpreting the data.

[Morteza]

[ringo]

Mercedes need to go long on the first stint to win this race.

[foxmulder_ms]

Mercedes need to go long on the first stint to win this race.

Nope, they are gonna undercut and go for the hard.

[digitalrurouni]

Wow what a qualifying sessions!! Excellent job Leclerc and Ferrari! I dunno how Hamilton did it but he clawed a bunch of time back. Toto's face at the end of qualifying said it all though lol. Brilliant!

[djos]

WTF is happening?

He’s doing a Ricciardo to Vettel!