SKYnRacing24 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2024, 11:46
The criticism of Lewis is fair and someone i follow made a good example of why he can't put whole weekends together consistently. This started all back in 2023
2023
Bahrain - good performance, but marginally outqualified + maybe beats Sainz with better race management
Saudi - nowhere on pace all weekend
Australia - good performance, but comfortably outqualified + outstrategised by Russell before red flag
Baku - poor sprint qualifying + sprint + weak first stint main race, recovered well after SC
Miami - out in Q2, average race
Monaco - good performance, but weak in damp conditions on slicks
Spain - very good performance, but poor qualifying (final Q3 run) incl. contact with Russell which he was not completely innocent for and fortunate wasn't worse
Canada - very good performance, albeit weak in damp conditions Q1/Q2, maybe lucky to make Q3
Austria - out in SQ1, slow and track limits disaster in main race
Silverstone - slower than George all weekend, saved by SC, arguably should've passed Lando at restart
Hungary - awful start/lap 1, decent recovery but heavily compromised
Belgium - weak sprint qualifying incl. again unnecessary mix up with Russell + contact with Perez in sprint, good main race
Zandvoort - out in Q2, good recovery after rain chaos
Italy - slow all weekend, contact with Piastri
Singapore - weak qualifying compromised entire race
Japan - weak first stint, good otherwise
Qatar - out in SQ2 + hits George and DNF lap 1
USA - great performance all weekend (sprint q, sprint, q, race)
Mexico - great performance (good Q, solid racecraft + pace)
Brazil - poor tyre management in sprint race, reasonable main race
Vegas - nowhere on pace all weekend + contact with Piastri
Abu Dhabi - nowhere on pace all weekend
2024
Bahrain - average in quali and race
Saudi - nowhere on pace
Australia - out in Q2, average race before DNF
Japan - weak first stint, reasonable recovery
China - good sprint quali + sprint but out in Q1 for main race and zero pace
Miami - scrappy sprint and inconsisent quali, but good race
Imola - weak qualifying, mistake mid race but recovered well
Monaco - average qualifying, nothing race
Canada - weak qualifying, again mistake mid race, decent enough pace
Spain - good performance albeit poor start
Austria - generally slow + floor damage twice in one weekend, 5s for pit entry line