I agree completely. I am not a fan of Pierre in the RBR. Kvyat easily holding him behind for half of the race should be very telling. If the driver's were swapped, i fully believe Kvyat would have passed the STR..
Gasly said he had debris lodged in his wing elements so that likely affected overall aerodynamic effect. No weird PU behavior.super cool wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 17:43It just could be that Gasly had sustained some damage or weird PU behavior or something. But nonetheless great comeback for Dani, even after a serious off track session he was able to hold onto that point.
Albon also had the upgraded front wing available but he destroyed it in the first or second practice session. STR probably only brought 2 updated FW’s because Albon did indeed drove the rest of the race weekend with the pre-season front wing spec.McMika98 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2019, 15:57It seems that Danni had the upgraded front wing while Albon still used the old ones. Dani had good pace on hard tyres. Hopefully they will have the upgrade next race, they need some extra downforce to get in front of midfield. I think Albon will get better of Danni in the long run esp on tracks he knows.
Let's see how he does in qualifying in the next few races. He would have easily made it to Q3 if they put him out for a second run when the track was rapidly improving. That was a team mistake. Gasly didn't look to force a pass on a sister car, which should be expected after he crashed twice in testing. The STR looked to have a lower down force set-up, which made passing harder I'd assume.
And when you consider that Gasly ended in 4th place last year in Bahrein, then Kvyat must certainly score a good place with a greatly improved engine.
This was quite obvious on the onboard footage. Kvyat visibly kept driving away from gasly on the straights when they both had relatively same distance to the traffic in front.
