Q2 russell went like 20 secs later than Hamilton.ringo wrote: ↑23 Sep 2023, 16:29To be fair to george his runs were at different times. Maybe his choice but Lewis did his runs when the track was more ramped up. So theyre closer than the 3 tenths. The other theory is Lewis is hiding his hand like he did when paired with Rosberg.
Q3 3 drivers went for 2 runs on new tyres, 1 improved with 0 pressure on his lap, having already won pole, 2 did not improve.
Ramp up likely had nothing to do with it.
Maybe Hamilton just had a good qualy and Russell just a slightly worse, with different setups or whatever.