Starting to feel Leclerc makes that car look too good.Vanja #66 wrote: ↑05 Mar 2023, 18:53I have a feeling it was a silly issue with a secondary PU system, like RB had fuel pump issues early last year. It will be a few days before we learn for sure.
In Leclerc's hands the car was better than I expected in the race, it was very usable on hard tyres unlike last year. The aero setup compromise hurt badly in the race, as expected, but again not as bad as I thought it would be. Hopefully it will be solved for Australia, shouldn't hurt as much in Jeddah. From Baku on, the team will have learned how to setup the car as good as it can be, so things should improve. Remains to be seen how much other teams can improve.
Sainz is seriously subpar, both on pace and tyre management. Wonder how bad it would've been if the car wasn't to his liking...
It's a car which has major flaw regarding tyre management. only good for initial 3-5 laps , overheats the tyres, degradation sets in and bang it's a midfield car.
It's only because Mercs themselves are nowhere near that it holds that 2nd best car spot by default.