Sergej wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 23:27
I don't understand why they gifted Sainz P2, in the end they pitted 4 laps after him, was that worth giving the position away ? maybe Sainz would have passed Max regardless, but still
Yes it was better to give up position then to fight Sainz. Clearly the goal was to stay ahead of Lando.
Our car was solid on medium tyres, but had problems with hards. I watched the onboard and the car had major understeer. You know Max hates it, he likes it when the car will rotate with a good front-end in the corners.
I think Mexico could be damage limitiation with all this low-speed corners with a high downforce setup. Mclaren could be faster again. Brasil could bring rain into the play and a chaos.
What I do find quite hard to understand is how we lost the pace from sprint race to today. The car had better grip and balance there, we pulled away from Lando. They need to analyse this.