Mercedes was a bit better anyway, especially sector 1 was the difference maker. Don't think we had enough pace for pole. At least MCL are behind.
Russell's final sector on pole lap wasnt the best, so it could have been much closer. Maybe not enough, but now thanks to Norris' scummy tactics we'll never know.
Yeah but they were different approaches to the lap. Max’s first lap he was more measured early and very fast at the end. On his final lap he just went full push from T1 and you could see the tyres already starting to give up towards the end of S2. The Merc had a solid 1-2 tenths advantage in S1 and that made the difference.
Merc are faster on the straights, no? will be difficult to overtake and win on track even with better degredation. Undercut also will depend heavily on gaps behind, and how close PIA and ANT are to Max. Best chance is turn 1. After that odds of a win go down a lot.pantherxxx wrote: ↑04 Oct 2025, 16:16On the long runs in practice Verstappen's pace looked much better than Russell's. Max has to win this tomorrow with an undercut, to keep the championship hopes alive.