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I bet to differ. Landos long run pace on the soft was very good.
I'm not seeing any qualifying pace though and considering how hard is to make a pass, pole is mandatory. Unless Mclaren isn't pushing for qualifying pace yet but at this point I doubt it.
I bet to differ. Landos long run pace on the soft was very good.
I'm not seeing any qualifying pace though and considering how hard is to make a pass, pole is mandatory. Unless Mclaren isn't pushing for qualifying pace yet but at this point I doubt it.
Well pole at Mexico isn't particularly valuable due to long run to t1
I bet to differ. Landos long run pace on the soft was very good.
I'm not seeing any qualifying pace though and considering how hard is to make a pass, pole is mandatory. Unless Mclaren isn't pushing for qualifying pace yet but at this point I doubt it.
Well pole at Mexico isn't particularly valuable due to long run to t1
I’ll be Max’s biggest fan tomorrow cheering him to another pole
It doesn't really matter how long the run is to T1. Max knows how to start well and defend. There's no way he gets passed once he gets that pole and definitely not on a faster car. An 1-2 for our Mclaren boys should have been mandatory.
Mclaren seems to be as good as Red Bull on the first part of the track, losing a lot of time on the second part of the track and slightly better on the third part of the track. Tomorrow on FP3 they have a lot of work to do.
Impressive race pace from Lando in FP2. If that's a genuine advantage over the field he's sitting very pretty. Still question marks over qually pace, but not seen a representative time yet to judge. Not concerned.
From FP2 onboards and data, McLaren (Norris) looks like the best car on the grid. The Ferrari has just engine turned up, and Redbull is good only on the softs, it looked terrible on the mediums. On a slippery track, Norris is not sliding at all on the mediums, and has pace in hand on the softs. Piastri looked to be carrying the same sub-par form, though he has every opportunity to bounce back with FP3 and Q. Unless Redbull pull something out of the bag from Friday data and correct their car in FP3, this looks like slam dunk victory for McLaren.
Looks like a similar trend to many races this year.
Not the fastest car on low fuel but fastest race pace.
Trouble as usual will be following closely and passing cars that are faster in a straight line.
Not sure what the ideal starting position would be here?
Passing is easier at Mexico. But it is just FP2, setup, engine modes, conditions change. The long radius onto the straight looks decent for Mclaren, a chance to get a good run at people.
On another note it looks to be yet another weekend where lando is 'on it' and Oscar not so much.
I've been really impressed with lando since the unfortunate dnf at zandvoort I think hes been really strong, much wiser and shown a really good level of maturity.
The trouble is whether he can win a couple of races which he needs to keep max at bay and to overtake oscar. I can see lando being within 1 position of max at every race but he needs to be ahead at a couple of them.
