Macklaren wrote: ↑20 Apr 2018, 14:45
dren wrote: ↑20 Apr 2018, 14:35
F1NAC wrote: ↑20 Apr 2018, 13:38
You should all take into consideration that RB was running fresh set of softs before making any conclusions regarding on RB's pace in China
Alonso was about 25 seconds from the closest RB at about lap 25. That RB had already pitted once where Alonso had not. Between race strategies at that point, Alonso averaged about a second a lap loss to the nearest RB.
Yes, again because he was running a completely different strategy on different tires. Also starting 10 pace behind hurts your ability to run in the pace. I'm by no means suggesting that the McL has the same pace as the RB. It prob not 1sec/lap in Race trim though.
Australia, Alonso P5 20 sec behind Ricciardo.
We can blame strategy or anything. But also remember that not getting into Q3 allows you to start with fresh tyres which should give you extra pace. Ricciardo was not starting 1st either so he is also dealing with traffic
Also, you can look at qualy times, maybe not 1 sec but around 0.6 - 0.8 easy
Anyway. We will see in 1 month where this amazing 2018 car is.