No chance bro... be realistic. Norris even said in the post quali interview 'we have the fastest race car' when Alex Brundle asked about race pace. Never seen Norris let it slip out like this. The MCL39 is in another league altogether.pantherxxx wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 17:28Well it could have been worse. 3 tenths is a lot but let's hope in race pace Verstappen can match or beat the mclarens.
Only three corners, to build a 0.3s advantage - T1, T4, T5. The only place where RB21 was marginally better was that Max didn't have to lift for T9 and T14, but the Mclarens were lifting to 90% throttle (if you can even call the 10%, a 'lift').
The only hope for Verstappen is that Piastri and Norris will fight it out for T1 and he might sneak up a place. Even if Max goes to P1, the track will be hot enough to ensure his tyres die prematurely and the McLarens pass him before lap 10. My prediction is that McLarens will gap the competition by more than 30 secs.