Fakepivot wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 18:33
so I took a look at lec fastest lap and lando fastest lap, Mclaren is faster in almost all the corner, and Ferrari gained mainly on straight due to drs. so, in the interview Lando was pretty confident they had faster pace than Leclerc and undercut cost them. I guess suzuka will be tough.
Norris was wrong. First stint he held leclerc up. Had Charles been in front he would have pulled clear and not needed to put so early as a result which created the tyre offset later.
Second stint, hard to measure direct comparison because of the tyres offset. Landos lap times were better, however he had fresher tyres throughout the stint and leclerc didn’t cycle his correctly at the start of the stint.
Third stint. Leclerc faster throughout even with the offset. And there was probably more left in the tyres but he was saving some back for the fastest lap IMO
Japan is a different proposition. Hard to know who will be where as some development no doubt will arrive. Most corners seem to be in the Ferrari sweet spot I would say? But RB will be able to run less wing and be faster on the high speed sections I would have thought. Think tyre deg will play a big part again which may favour Ferrari for second best.