dialtone wrote: ↑19 Oct 2024, 22:09
Emag wrote:yooogurt wrote: ↑19 Oct 2024, 21:46
Yes he was, but how many moments have you seen, when a teammate with the same tires in drs train was faster than his teammate at the beginning of the race on a equal car?
I don't believe that it was a matter of skill, and I can't find any other explanation than that Charles had less battery power.
Certain drivers deal with certain situations better than others. Instead of just always assuming Charles is intentionally being slow early in the stint, you could also view it from another perspective and notice that this is actually a pattern and perhaps Charles is just weaker earlier on the stint. It's not just against Carlos that he has struggled like this at the beginning of the stints.
You have an opinion and are justifying it. Charles takes time to warm up tires and today used battery in the attempt with george. Sainz never took off.
I don't really have the opinion you think I have. My opinion is that Charles is a generational talent and on the same tier with Max, Lewis and Alonso (prime) of the current grid.
My other opinion is that I think the expectation that people have here for Carlos to be a "good boy" and sit back to let Charles to charge up and get the results in the end is not realistic. Especially when the team has sacked him for next year. There is no incentive for him to give up a position to Leclerc if he has the pace to fight him. Even more so on a sprint.
Carlos took advantage of Charles' weak(er) pace at the start. You think that's because he was attacking George and I also disagree with that. There wasn't any serious attempt by Charles at any place in the track where it would suggest heavy battery usage. It also doesn't make sense to drain the battery like that early on in the race.