I am hoping for some magic from Russell or Lance to help out Alonso
I think Fernando could have improved and even taken the purple sector 1 himself on a second lap like Stroll did.KimiRai wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 21:29An even better qualy than Bahrain ahead of one Ferrari this time as Nuno Pinto and the simulator said, Carlos who did a mistake on his lap.
Clean lap from Fernando, no mistakes like the last corner in Bahrain, very well done. Maybe the tires were a little too cold as you could see him doing a little weavings on the main straight as he was starting the lap and it could be the reason why there wasn't much improvement from Q2, he probably would have benefited from a second warmup lap if the team had sent him a minute earlier. Regardless very good job by Fernando. This is one of the qualys of the season where he isn't at his best (Ocon beat him twice in 2021 and 2022) yet he finished ahead of Stroll, and without being 100% adapted yet as you could see from a small spin he had.
About Lance, great job as well by him. He was visibly pushing a lot much more than Fernando and he was closer on one lap but when you push so much there can also be consequences and they happened with that mistake he had. Also it's possible he pushed a little too much on the first part of the lap (purple sector) and perhaps the tires were a little cooked by the end, but well done still.
Fernando will be on the "bad" side of the grid tomorrow so I don't have huge expectations for the start and Russell could prove to be a problem if he has a great launch but only in the first laps. I'd say the objective is to be P3 again as Max will very likely catch up and maybe even win the race. I think Fernando should be able to stay ahead of Leclerc/Sainz if all goes well.
I think p3 is very much possible. Mercedes can't challenge AMR and Charles is unlikely to come all the way through and pass Alonso. Verstappen is the only one that Alonso has to watch out for in his mirrors IMO. A variation of Ver/Per/Alo is likely again to meNAPI10 wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 23:51Alonso is keeping excitement in check & unlike last week, focusing on scoring points rather than fighting for the podium. He said, "Our main goal is to come away from this race with as many points as possible".
Podium will be a surprise; looking at the straight-line speed of the car.
its kinda give and take with the tires though. you saw how stroll was off the pace by the end of the lap. i think alonso was pretty close to what could be expected. he could have probably beat leclerc but perez is out of touch in quali on this track. alonso doesnt always improve in q3 from q2 pace, but hard to argue that hes not getting the max out of it unless a teammate starts beating him from time to timeAlo_Fan wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 01:58I think Fernando could have improved and even taken the purple sector 1 himself on a second lap like Stroll did.KimiRai wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 21:29An even better qualy than Bahrain ahead of one Ferrari this time as Nuno Pinto and the simulator said, Carlos who did a mistake on his lap.
Clean lap from Fernando, no mistakes like the last corner in Bahrain, very well done. Maybe the tires were a little too cold as you could see him doing a little weavings on the main straight as he was starting the lap and it could be the reason why there wasn't much improvement from Q2, he probably would have benefited from a second warmup lap if the team had sent him a minute earlier. Regardless very good job by Fernando. This is one of the qualys of the season where he isn't at his best (Ocon beat him twice in 2021 and 2022) yet he finished ahead of Stroll, and without being 100% adapted yet as you could see from a small spin he had.
About Lance, great job as well by him. He was visibly pushing a lot much more than Fernando and he was closer on one lap but when you push so much there can also be consequences and they happened with that mistake he had. Also it's possible he pushed a little too much on the first part of the lap (purple sector) and perhaps the tires were a little cooked by the end, but well done still.
Fernando will be on the "bad" side of the grid tomorrow so I don't have huge expectations for the start and Russell could prove to be a problem if he has a great launch but only in the first laps. I'd say the objective is to be P3 again as Max will very likely catch up and maybe even win the race. I think Fernando should be able to stay ahead of Leclerc/Sainz if all goes well.
Lance had a mistake at turn 22 which is where the time went awayzoroastar wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 07:30its kinda give and take with the tires though. you saw how stroll was off the pace by the end of the lap. i think alonso was pretty close to what could be expected. he could have probably beat leclerc but perez is out of touch in quali on this track. alonso doesnt always improve in q3 from q2 pace, but hard to argue that hes not getting the max out of it unless a teammate starts beating him from time to timeAlo_Fan wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 01:58I think Fernando could have improved and even taken the purple sector 1 himself on a second lap like Stroll did.KimiRai wrote: ↑18 Mar 2023, 21:29An even better qualy than Bahrain ahead of one Ferrari this time as Nuno Pinto and the simulator said, Carlos who did a mistake on his lap.
Clean lap from Fernando, no mistakes like the last corner in Bahrain, very well done. Maybe the tires were a little too cold as you could see him doing a little weavings on the main straight as he was starting the lap and it could be the reason why there wasn't much improvement from Q2, he probably would have benefited from a second warmup lap if the team had sent him a minute earlier. Regardless very good job by Fernando. This is one of the qualys of the season where he isn't at his best (Ocon beat him twice in 2021 and 2022) yet he finished ahead of Stroll, and without being 100% adapted yet as you could see from a small spin he had.
About Lance, great job as well by him. He was visibly pushing a lot much more than Fernando and he was closer on one lap but when you push so much there can also be consequences and they happened with that mistake he had. Also it's possible he pushed a little too much on the first part of the lap (purple sector) and perhaps the tires were a little cooked by the end, but well done still.
Fernando will be on the "bad" side of the grid tomorrow so I don't have huge expectations for the start and Russell could prove to be a problem if he has a great launch but only in the first laps. I'd say the objective is to be P3 again as Max will very likely catch up and maybe even win the race. I think Fernando should be able to stay ahead of Leclerc/Sainz if all goes well.
lance and alonso, both had issues with oversteer too… feel like a tenth could’ve been gained by nando, and 2 tenths by lance, had they had a clean lapyinlad wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 11:58Lance had a mistake at turn 22 which is where the time went awayzoroastar wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 07:30its kinda give and take with the tires though. you saw how stroll was off the pace by the end of the lap. i think alonso was pretty close to what could be expected. he could have probably beat leclerc but perez is out of touch in quali on this track. alonso doesnt always improve in q3 from q2 pace, but hard to argue that hes not getting the max out of it unless a teammate starts beating him from time to time
Now that is something I had not considered. Does Angela dislike the Strolls or does not feel combatable moving to AM?
Announce ? There has not been any announcement to date that there is a difference.