It's possible, Mercedes could be good and it's not the easiest track to overtake on. But my expectations are that McLaren will be clearly fastest and that it will take a mistake from Lando. Also, it will take a great weekend from Max because I don't think the car will do him any favours in AD.Juzh wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025, 21:44If max wins we need 2 cars in between that are not mclaren, that is the simplest explanation.Badger wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025, 21:33AD is the track I've had least hope for since a while back, RB had no pace there last year. Realistically I think Lando still needs a shocker there, probably a DNF. I don't see 3 cars beating him on pace, or more like 4 cars since Oscar will pull out of the way in case he needs to.
Peter Bayer (most likely using the same software as Red Bull) said before the weekend, that a two-stopper in Qatar is 20s slower than the one-stopper would be.Vettel165 wrote: ↑30 Nov 2025, 21:51The positive is we have 3 practice sessions to fine-tune the car.
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Lap 7 is insane timing. A couple laps later and Mclaren would have stopped. How this has gone is almost unbelievable. Two 25 lap stints. The perfect coincidence.
I am sure 9 of 10 teams before the race discussed this. If SC/VSC happens before lap 7 no pit, otherwise we pit. Logic says with mandatory 2 pit stops, one topic on the table would be VSC/SC and to pit or no. Seems only McLaren didn’t consider this