I believe he's already been holding back. You can see how close everyone seems at times, but he immediately pulls out of DRS from everyone, then just manages. No one is ever really as close as they seem to be.Big Tea wrote: ↑25 Jul 2023, 18:29I am expecting Max to be told to throttle it back soon. In fact, he may already have been told but in 'Max style' disregarded the instruction. If it keeps looking obvious that one car (should I say team??) is so far in front of everyone else they will be looking for some reason to clip its wings 'for the show'.Hammerfist wrote: ↑25 Jul 2023, 17:41The gap between Redbull and the next best in qualifying is going to be huge this time. Would not be surprised if it's over one second. If checo doesn't qualify top 2 it would be a really bad job by him. With the long straights and high speed corners this is a Redbull haven.
Possibly already the car has not had full range in qualifying, but it has to be released for the race as there may be unforeseen things. I also suspect the same happened at Merc when there was not a direct fight between the two drivers.
I think there's a better chance of Seargent getting a P2 than Max getting a P2.
