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I really hope Lando has the race pace to at least keep up with Max ahead of the rest if not outright win it tomorrow. Would shut up the naysayers who say the win in Miami was not deserved. I am somewhat worried about the deg though.
I've watched Piastris lap again - we shouldn't be too disappointed about his second run. He would have been P7 or P8 (behind both Mercedes and Ferrari) so he didn't lose that much. He will start P9 due to Perez penalty.
Just saw the replay of Lando's pole lap and wow is that car super balanced. It just bites seemingly perfectly everywhere. Barely any movement in the tricky T10 as well. He ran slightly wide in T11, but wouldn't have cost him too much time because he kept the speed up.
I've watched Piastris lap again - we shouldn't be too disappointed about his second run. He would have been P7 or P8 (behind both Mercedes and Ferrari) so he didn't lose that much. He will start P9 due to Perez penalty.
That's true, so instead of being upset about Oscar mistake we are all super happy now for Lando. So that small incident with Charles paid back and karma said to prize Lando with a pole )))) Well done!
Just saw the replay of Lando's pole lap and wow is that car super balanced. It just bites seemingly perfectly everywhere. Barely any movement in the tricky T10 as well. He ran slightly wide in T11, but wouldn't have cost him too much time because he kept the speed up.
Car looked super lovely on that lap.
Great. Finally, Lando got a balanced car. And here is the result.
I really hope Lando has the race pace to at least keep up with Max ahead of the rest if not outright win it tomorrow. Would shut up the naysayers who say the win in Miami was not deserved. I am somewhat worried about the deg though.
In the race simulation on the Soft tyres, Lando was stable with the pace. In this case, on the Medium and Hard tyres, everything should be just as good in terms of tyre degradation.
Extremely happy for McLaren, for Lando…Barcelona has been a boogie track for McLaren for a long time, to deliver pole is validation of all the work done during the last 1.5 years.
The race tomorrow will be tricky, tire degradation will play a huge role, strategy and pit stops will challenge the Team, but there is pace to maintain the lead if Lando gets a good getaway.
Lando also getting a tow on his pole lap, so the gap between 1st and 2nd is close.
It wasn't to the same effect as Max though. Might have emphasized the gap to P3 a bit, but with Max, it's probably the balancer which put Lando slightly ahead. Gaps are super tight though.
One thing team could think about is whether Piastri could have towed Lando. He aborted his lap in front of Lando. With these super tight margins - they need to make sure they use every bit possible.
Lando also getting a tow on his pole lap, so the gap between 1st and 2nd is close.
It wasn't to the same effect as Max though. Might have emphasized the gap to P3 a bit, but with Max, it's probably the balancer which put Lando slightly ahead. Gaps are super tight though.
Not sure, it was a shorter tow but he was also much closer to the car.
We can see in the telemetry shortly. But Max didn't outright gain time as Lando would have got some too, so the tow delta isn't as big as first thought.
.069 is the difference on the straight. Some of that is the setup I think.
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)))) Well done! 
