langedweil wrote: ↑03 Nov 2024, 22:15
dialtone wrote: ↑03 Nov 2024, 22:13
venkyhere wrote: ↑03 Nov 2024, 21:05
Wet races are a great 'leveller' of the 'equipment'.
This is totally not true. While Max had a great drive and we should all recognize that. It's utterly ridiculous to claim that the car plays no role in the wet.
Peak performance gets changed for driveability in those conditions ...
Tire warm up plays a huge role in the wet beyond driveability. With all the restarts RUS was always extremely quick early on allowing him to defend well. LEC was the only car that wasn't touching wet patches when track started to dry up and took 20 laps to become the 2nd fastest car on track (still 0.3-5s/lap slower than Max anyway).
This is just a couple of items from this race. But if we go all the way back to suzuka 2022 you will still remember the intermediate tires at the end of the race from VER that looked new vs LEC that looked like slicks.
Car balance and tire warm up are incredibly important, then Max takes another step in the wet and he's great there but let's be a bit objective.