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I'm more than confident that in the race Lando won't drag Oscar like he did today, at least not until the pitstop.bananapeel23 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 21:30Leclerc needs to pass one of the McLarens immediately tomorrow if he wants to chase down Russell/Verstappen.
SainzBoth of my laps were really good. There wasn't much difference between them in any of the corners, I was doing the same lap times. That was the maximum the car could do today. So P5 is not great, but at the same time we got the McLaren right in front of us, so it could have been worse. We need a good start, good first few laps to try to pass one of them and put the pressure on the other.
I think we're fast in the long runs, but as I was saying this morning, overtaking is very complicated and difficult. We probably aren't going to be able to use that pace to the fullest. But we'll see, every race is different.
VasseurWe were about 2 or 3 tenths off with the soft tires over the weekend, and that's what we missed in Q3 today, 2 or 3 tenths. Compared to Charles, I was missing a bit more. In the last run of Q3, I didn't have a slipstream, and I was losing quite a bit on the straights. But honestly, there's not much more to it, P5 is the maximum for us today. It's exactly what we expected coming into the weekend, 2 or 3 tenths behind the leader, whoever that leader is.
Let's just see if something happens in the race tomorrow. We've been having understeer issues, but only with the soft tire, so maybe in the race tomorrow we'll look much better.
Everyone tries to get the most out of the car, and you can't just choose a setup that's better for for qualifying. Today it was more about tire management on the warm-up lap than just the setup alone. For this reason, there were sometimes significant variations in performance levels between different teams and drivers. The best strategy is a one-stop race, and we're well equipped for that. If we need to switch to a two-stop strategy, the choice between using a Medium or Hard tire will depend on the timing of a potential Safety Car.
Well, at least they’re encouraged about the long runs, which I wasn’t sure if they would be or not after the sprint. Feels like they may need to be patient tomorrow but aim will be to outscore McLaren and anything else is a bonus. Even that will be hard but Piastri didn’t look strong in the sprint.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 21:59Post-qualifying interviews
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SainzBoth of my laps were really good. There wasn't much difference between them in any of the corners, I was doing the same lap times. That was the maximum the car could do today. So P5 is not great, but at the same time we got the McLaren right in front of us, so it could have been worse. We need a good start, good first few laps to try to pass one of them and put the pressure on the other.
I think we're fast in the long runs, but as I was saying this morning, overtaking is very complicated and difficult. We probably aren't going to be able to use that pace to the fullest. But we'll see, every race is different.
VasseurWe were about 2 or 3 tenths off with the soft tires over the weekend, and that's what we missed in Q3 today, 2 or 3 tenths. Compared to Charles, I was missing a bit more. In the last run of Q3, I didn't have a slipstream, and I was losing quite a bit on the straights. But honestly, there's not much more to it, P5 is the maximum for us today. It's exactly what we expected coming into the weekend, 2 or 3 tenths behind the leader, whoever that leader is.
Let's just see if something happens in the race tomorrow. We've been having understeer issues, but only with the soft tire, so maybe in the race tomorrow we'll look much better.
Everyone tries to get the most out of the car, and you can't just choose a setup that's better for for qualifying. Today it was more about tire management on the warm-up lap than just the setup alone. For this reason, there were sometimes significant variations in performance levels between different teams and drivers. The best strategy is a one-stop race, and we're well equipped for that. If we need to switch to a two-stop strategy, the choice between using a Medium or Hard tire will depend on the timing of a potential Safety Car.
How is it that when sainz is in front of Leclerc, (0.03s ahead in SQ) you are in ecstasy, but when Charles demolishes sainz (0.2s!) you are quiet. With this amount of understeer, sainz should be a lot closer.
Both went faster than yesterday so they both have improved. Leclerc improved more. A good riposte for the perceval.SoulPancake13 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 22:40What happened to Sainz today? All weekend he was faster than Charles here, but today he was 2 tenths off. Genuinely not trying to start anything, just wondering if he said anything about his lap?
He said he had difficulty with understeer in S2, and he lost a few milliseconds on the straights because he went out of towing range.SoulPancake13 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2024, 22:40What happened to Sainz today? All weekend he was faster than Charles here, but today he was 2 tenths off. Genuinely not trying to start anything, just wondering if he said anything about his lap?
About this topic. Did you notice Zhou performance improvement after the new package Sauber brought in Vegas? Before that he was always qualifying 0.5s or worse behind Bottas. Two quali sessions in a row where Zhou is ahead now. Said the car has completely changed and now does what he wants.
Ferrari is tipically set up softer, better at slow speed and less sensitive to ride height variation than the Mercedes, maybe these characteristics will get Hamilton in fighting shape, but that's a maybe.Xyz22 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2024, 00:12
About this topic. Did you notice Zhou performance improvement after the new package Sauber brought in Vegas? Before that he was always qualifying 0.5s or worse behind Bottas. Two quali sessions in a row where Zhou is ahead now. Said the car has completely changed and now does what he wants.
