For what ever reason that second was dropped, and for what ever reason the C2 and C1 stints where cut short, it doesn't mean they didn't started it as a race sim. Fuel loads and fast pit stops for only changing tires suggest it started as a race sim.LM10 wrote: ↑26 Feb 2023, 01:58Dropping one second in lap time already in the fourth lap on C2s can’t be a race sim. No matter the car, no matter the driver, no matter the track.Bisonas wrote: ↑26 Feb 2023, 01:39High degradation was my assumption. yes.
I expected Sainz to do 15-20 laps on the C2 and he did 8 with clear signs of degradation.
I remind you that all pit stops where in and out, fast pit stops changing tires only.
When they have so comparable first stints, and both do fast pit stops for tires only, i assume they are on race sim.
It's the logical assumption. C2 Sainz stint looked like high degradation for me. For you maybe it looked normal. its ok.
There are 1000 possible reasons why they may aborted the sim and that C2 stint looks very weird in did. I am not in their garage to know what happened. From the times (fuel load) and the fast pit stops though i do assume they started it as a race sim.
Some people may think those 3 stints where executed as planned and some (like me) may think it was a race sim cut short for what ever reason. For me, watching lap by lap on live timing both Alonso and Sainz it looked like a race sim cut short. But this is the AM thread and i already feel that we are over debating what ferrari did.