Yeah, no question about it either. Without that PER was on his ass the last 3 laps.JPower wrote:I hope Leclerc buys Sainz something for that defense. Think it saved that podium.
Maybe, but lets see how they stack up on a conventional race weekend, when there are 3 practice sessions and the likes of Mercedes and Aston are setup more optimally...
That was just the DRS effect. We could see how easily he disposed of Norris and Hamilton when he was actually quicker than them. Too bad he was such a hothead chasing Leclerc and getting the off-track penalty later. It would have been an easy 2-3 for Ferrari otherwise.
Not at all, he had 10s advantage when Perez caught up Sainz and ended up with 12s advantage.
He was quicker in the second stint as well.Vanja #66 wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 16:31That was just the DRS effect. We could see how easily he disposed of Norris and Hamilton when he was actually quicker than them. Too bad he was such a hothead chasing Leclerc and getting the off-track penalty later. It would have been an easy 2-3 for Ferrari otherwise.
Perez was lapping in 1:8.1 and LEC in 1:8.9-1:9, he might not have caught up but it was going to be extremely close.
Nah. That was one lap. He went to 8.5 and slower beyond that. Considering that Leclerc had like 6 seconds on Sainz already, don't think Perez would have done anything about Leclerc.
It was +4s when Sainz got through the traffic, went up to almost +8s from there and came back down to about 4-5s before 2nd stops. At that point, Leclerc was trying to extend the stint while the team was expecting to go for 3 stops.