f1316 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2023, 23:19
Xyz22 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2023, 21:25
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑28 Apr 2023, 21:14
Sainz was on used tyres in Q3, was out of new sets due to Q1 error in T1 after red flag... That Q1 mistake cost him a lot of time, but I doubt he could have gone to P3. Was lucky to keep P4 though...
Only last Q3 run was on used softs. First was on a new set.
Anyway, RB speed with DRS is still absolutely insane. In the main straight before turn 1 Max was 11 km/h quicker than Leclerc.
In some ways isn’t this encouraging for Ferrari?
It won’t be good if Max is <1 sec behind in the race - I’m sure he’ll sail by - but if one of RB’s advantages is under DRS, which can be used during twice in quali and Leclerc still ended up faster, then on a normal (non-DRS) race lap wouldn’t this favour Ferrari? I.e. an advantage of RB’s is taken away.
No idea actually. What we know is that so far this season, Red Bull have had a bigger margin in the races where they cannot use DRS, than the margin they have in qualifying where DRS is available.
If you just imagine that Ferrari already have 2 tenths margin in qualifying, and you use that like an offset for the race pace, then Ferrari will be much closer on race pace tomorrow. I estimate that they will be within half a second of RB on race pace, if not even faster because overall, they seem to have made the car faster by correcting balance issues that were present in Bahrain and Jeddah.
A lion must kill its prey.