atanatizante wrote: ↑24 Oct 2020, 17:00
I don`t get it: drivers complaining for the soft tyres are graining, meaning they couldn`t get enough heat into them.
Then Merc drivers and Albon went on the medium ones and get better times despite this tyres has a higher operation window than the softs.
Seems to me that (at least for the Merc drivers) they couldn`t afford to get to much load/heat into the softs not to overheat towards the end and thus slide more and end up with a slower time. And the reason why they couldn`t afford is due to their race setup which favors the medium tyres they`ll start on the race tomorrow ...
So I expect a 1 stop race for them and 2 stops for all but VER who is a dark horse for the race.
And last but not least very good job for LEC once again!
The softs start going off in sector 3, the rear left overheats and leads to entry oversteer, the medium keeps its temperature perfect but requires a aggressive out lap to turn on. The hard tires won't work too well, and the mediums will not be enough to do a one stop, the softs won't last more than 13 or 14 laps, so it looks like mediums to lap 35-40, then softs and pray they can make it to the end. Or starting on softs, and praying the mediums can make it to the end. Either way I see a one stop being marginal unless the hards work.