Comparing 22, 23 and 24 RB cars was more intriguing than Ferrari, so I'll share an interesting finding here. While Top speeds are about the same, 24 car has a minimal advantage on T3-4 and T10-11 straights. I'd dare say it was harvesting more on SF straight than previous years and RB20 is the lowest-drag-car of the 3 of them.
A peculiar thing happens in T11 and T13, RB20 was notably slower than RB19. Max's pole lap was actually the best one in those corners, first Q3 lap was as "slow" as RB18 there. However, in T14 the situation was reversed, but it looks more like Max wasn't as fast as possible there last year. All 3 corners are similar in speed, so either wind was particularly affecting RB20 yesterday or the car is slower in medium speed corners now. T4 is oriented differently so wind wasn't having the same effect and is at the same speed range, so this suggests RB20 is slower in that range now. Of course, it is 99% likely setup related, but peculiar nonetheless.
At the same time, there's big gains in T1 and T9, low speed stuff, which suggest the car definitely has a bit different nature here in Bahrain compared to a year ago, we'll need to se Jeddah behaviour to confirm if it's the car or Bahrain-specific setup. T5-6-7 are slightly better now, but T12 is slightly worse, though T12 looks to suffer from lower T11 apex speed, and lower acceleration - so less deployment now than a year ago.
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