Lewis also just said in the interview and cooldown room he doesnt think the gap is as big as it shows, said had he not had a bad start, but doesnt think he would have held onto to Max and Lando214270 wrote: ↑23 Jun 2024, 16:44It’s massive bud don’t kid yourself. Too much emphasis gets placed on quali pace, we’re waaay down on race pace. Without a gimmick, like rain or SC we’ve no chance. If they (McL or Rb) get past, they show a clean pair of heelsLuscion wrote: ↑23 Jun 2024, 16:40While Mclaren and Red Bull are definitely faster i dont think the gap is as big as the time sheets shows, Lewis was told by Bono to go into tire management right after he passed Russell, he asked Bono the times Lando was doing and seems like he just didnt bothered to push cause he would have never passed him and he didnt have to worry about Russell behind him
He was a bottleneck on the first stint. The strategy given to him was a function of his outright speed IMO, they cleared RUS right out of the way on that 2nd stint because he would’ve held HAM. It was early for S, so H were what they fitted.
I’m glad to hear that he wasn’t pushing at the end. Because I was keeping an eye to his gap to Max since their tires were relatively the same age and he was losing half a sec a lap. Maybe Merc went too conservative there. Lando and Max were pushing and Lewis should have been allowed to push too.Luscion wrote: ↑23 Jun 2024, 16:40While Mclaren and Red Bull are definitely faster i dont think the gap is as big as the time sheets shows, Lewis was told by Bono to go into tire management right after he passed Russell, he asked Bono the times Lando was doing and seems like he just didnt bothered to push cause he would have never passed him and he didnt have to worry about Russell behind him
He was so much better that he had to stop earlier so he couldn't put soft tyrespantherxxx wrote: ↑23 Jun 2024, 17:26Russell was better than Hamilton again, but it was impossible to defend with the worst tyres.