Just_a_fan wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020, 16:44
JordanMugen wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020, 16:35
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020, 16:17
Someone please put Russell in a faster car, even the Ferrari!
Or the Red Bull!
It staggers belief that some think Hamilton would comprehensively defeat Russell.
Russell would give Hamilton a lot of trouble. He'd give Max or Charles a lot of trouble too. The kid is seriously quick.
The results really do speak for themselves. There's a certain type of spatial awareness you develop that just makes you fast. This track really rewards that because of the blind corners. A lot of times on this track you get lucky and find that perfect line and you can't find it again for some reason. It's a very inconsistent track so having any sort of consistency is incredibly difficult.
Perhaps pole was just down to being able to form that spatial map of the track in your mind, and the extra lap gave Hamilton that edge. Whereas the other drivers had to do one cold timed lap, Hamilton was able to work off a rhythm which you absolutely need for sector 2. He just put it together when it mattered and completely deserved pole.
Russell can do that with just one timed lap, if he were in that Red Bull he'd be right up there with Max.