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[ScuderiaLeo]

Great drive from lewis but Merc just too quick to keep them behind

Honestly I don't know if there's any point wasting tires in fighting Merc right now. Just a waste of tires and fuel at least at the current stage. If not for the SC Hamilton might've been vulnerable to those behind, he drove really well but fighting that Merc almost killed him

[ali623]

Yeah Mercedes are miles ahead, watching Antonelli once again drop down the order at the start then easily pass both Ferrari’s by lap 12(?).

Russell is just managing out front.

[j_ste]

Good fun race at the beginning. Mercedes has too much, it’s not worth wasting tyres at the beginning. Just got to hope they come back to you at the end….which is also, unlikely.

Also…it’s critical that we qualify ahead of McLaren. These launches and the chance to get both cars ahead of both Mercedes, is probably the only other way we can have a slight chance of winning.

[j_ste]

Leclerc could have won if it weren't for the wheelspin on the SC restart. Another bottlejob for his collection, I guess.

Calma…he was great today.

[matt_b]

Ferrari not too far behind on race pace but in these cooler conditions Mercedes are just a little bit better on tyres and you see that after 10 laps, they aint light years ahead like in qualifying though.

[Luscion]

Great drive from lewis but Merc just too quick to keep them behind

Honestly I don't know if there's any point wasting tires in fighting Merc right now. Just a waste of tires and fuel at least at the current stage. If not for the SC Hamilton might've been vulnerable to those behind, he drove really well but fighting that Merc almost killed him

While that's technically true these guys want to win and arent just gonna give up in the opening laps cause the car behind is faster, lewis wasn't in danger of losing p3 without the SC, he was pulling away from Norris

[Sidiamal]

Hamilton's move at Turn 9 was one for the highlight reels, reminded me vividly of how he took Vettel in China 2011. Superb defense but unfortunately ravaged his tyres in the process. Ferrari not having an FP1 to hone in the car really showed itself, the graining is brutal. They'll have another attempt for Q and R and hopefully they can close the gap some.

[ScuderiaLeo]

While that's technically true these guys want to win and arent just gonna give up in the opening laps cause the car behind is faster, lewis wasn't in danger of losing p3 without the SC, he was pulling away from Norris

I agree of course but SCs are pretty much a given right now with the unreliability of these cars. Either way it was a decent race for Ferrari and good drive from both so I can't complain much

[SB15]

No way Leclerc was complaining about Lewis doing the classic switchback...

[Sevach]

Good fun race at the beginning. Mercedes has too much, it’s not worth wasting tyres at the beginning. Just got to hope they come back to you at the end….which is also, unlikely.

These rules favor repassing, Russell was faster but Hamilton kept the fight for a while.

Once he broke away he had an easy run.

[edu2703]

Calma…he was great today.

"Great" is a very strong word. He performed as expected, nothing more, nothing less.

What doesn't help Leclerc's reputation are these mistakes that often prevent him from achieving a better result, coupled with the radio messages complaining about his teammate over trivial matters. Today, he was heavily criticized in the race discussions on my F1 group. Just look at the replies to the tweet with the gif to get an idea of ​​that.

Anyway, I hope Ferrari at least gets a second row in qualifying, to give Lewis and Charles a good chance in the race on Sunday.

[aberracus]

Calma…he was great today.

"Great" is a very strong word. He performed as expected, nothing more, nothing less.

What doesn't help Leclerc's reputation are these mistakes that often prevent him from achieving a better result, coupled with the radio messages complaining about his teammate over trivial matters. Today, he was heavily criticized in the race discussions on my F1 group. Just look at the replies to the tweet with the gif to get an idea of ​​that.

Anyway, I hope Ferrari at least gets a second row in qualifying, to give Lewis and Charles a good chance in the race on Sunday.

Car 16 was having Tyre slips that same lap, so no you can say it’s am error.
What charles said about Lewis in the corners it’s obviously out of context

[ScuderiaLeo]

I'm sorry but surely people aren't going to start arguing over a heat of the moment radio message?....

In other news Leclerc just said this in the press conference via FormulaPassion

The result doesn't satisfy me, the sensation of the car has been good but our energy management is costing us.

I don't think we have an advantage for tires [compared to Mercedes] and in qualifying we aren't optimizing our processes yet. There's also something we can't explain to ourselves yet.

Any idea what he's referring to?

Also Hamilton estimated Mercedes's advantage in race pace is around 3-5 tenths

[ScuderiaLeo]

Hamilton on the gap to Mercedes being smaller in the race:

I have been with Mercedes for a long long time so I know how it works there. In qualifying they have another mode that they can go to, bit like party mode back in the day. Once they go to Q2 they switch that on. We don‘t have that.

[Luscion]

Hamilton on the gap to Mercedes being smaller in the race:

I have been with Mercedes for a long long time so I know how it works there. In qualifying they have another mode that they can go to, bit like party mode back in the day. Once they go to Q2 they switch that on. We don‘t have that.

It's a shame Ferrari are lacking on the engine side right now, it would be great if the battles we've gotten between them and Merc in the opening laps lasted a lot longer