It was no 2005, was it?
It was no 2005, was it?
Strategy offset was the only thing that made LH had more pace at one time.
Well, at that point in time, RB was MUCH quicker. He was already past Lewis on the outlap, so if Merc pits Lewis, they lose any sort of strategic advantage, so they had to play the extend stint card. Looking at stint number two, it was 100 % the right thing to keep Lewis out, since Max struggled badly at the end of that stint, so it was a high chance of the same thing to happen in the last stint in the final laps.
I'm not so sure, it could have gone either way. Red Bull were obviously confident that at this track a much larger advantage is needed to pass due to dirty air effects.
I don't know how but merc's tyre life is so long. Even in this condition they stayed long to have tyre advantage. So it is not "way faster". Faster is also questionable. But even if merc were faster, there is a young man who knows how to drive, how to save tires and how to win. And at the end this is what matters.pantherxxx wrote: ↑24 Oct 2021, 22:59Super Max! Mercedes was way faster on the harder tyres, but Verstappen managed to pull out something incredible in the last few laps.
I agree, the Mercedes doesn’t work in dirty air, it never did. If Max was P1 after T1 he would have run into the distance I thinkringo wrote: ↑24 Oct 2021, 23:04If Max got the better start at lap 1 he would have been gone into the distance.
Lewis made it a good race. Max also raced very well, putting full trust into his car and driving without any errors.
Perez had issues with his drink so it would have been nice to see him pushing without that issue.
Great racing from Ferrari and Mclaren. I liked that battle.