I can understand, it kinda feels like a race-win stolen from the team. It's so painful even as just a supporter, as although the car is clearly slower you just hold on to hope since they are first, and then that hope is inevitably crushed into so many pieces ruthlessly like a compressive load test on a brittle material. Literally the only driver faster in the whole field was Hamilton.
This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
Their race pace has gotten better progressively, not from zero to today’s pace. They’ve had much better performance the last couple of races than in the first half of the season.politburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
If they keep up this progression, they could affect the outcome of the title races even though they won't be directly involved. Imagine a few "stolen" race wins near the end of the season. Could get very spicy.LM10 wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:35Their race pace has gotten better progressively, not from zero to today’s pace. They’ve had much better performance the last couple of races than in the first half of the season.politburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
The race pace has been strong yes but combining that with the whole weekend will be key, seems they have hit the sweet spot for the race pace. This, Imola and Monaco are truly the only races where we can say the entire weekend has been strong imo. I say this because It's already a great season compared to the last, the team has already scored more points than they did all of last year, but if they can contend for 2nd or 3rd place (maybe) in the races it will be a cherry on top...LM10 wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:35Their race pace has gotten better progressively, not from zero to today’s pace. They’ve had much better performance the last couple of races than in the first half of the season.politburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
You might be right there!Just_a_fan wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:37If they keep up this progression, they could affect the outcome of the title races even though they won't be directly involved. Imagine a few "stolen" race wins near the end of the season. Could get very spicy.
As usual, he was able to manage his tires better than Bottas. He did a longer stint on the mediums so his tires were fine by the end of the race. Once Bottas said he wasn't going to make it until the end of the race at his pace, it was over.
Hamilton always manage to put heat into the tires much easier than the rest, his aggressive driving style is a good match with the stone hard tires used in last stint, when people struggle to put them into their operating window, Lewis reach that window easily
When he wins a title for Ferrari I could agree. Meanwhile Alonso did much more for Ferrari than Charles has done yet (fighting for titles with an inferior car)Carl Mccoy wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:15Great race by Ferrari. I don't expect such good pace. Charles is best thing happen to Ferrari since Michael.
It feels like most of the magic for Leclerc was in that medium tyre. He was brilliant on that and indicated he could have gone longer. I have to admit I don't know how Sainz fared on the same tyre, but driving in the lead is different to driving in the pack. For whatever reason the hard seemed to work better for Hamilton. Maybe he was the one able to take that tyre into the sweet spot like Leclerc on the mediumpolitburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
I didn’t remember Alonso won the WDC with the Ferrari F14TAndres125sx wrote: ↑19 Jul 2021, 12:50When he wins a title for Ferrari I could agree. Meanwhile Alonso did much more for Ferrari than Charles has done yet (fighting for titles with an inferior car)Carl Mccoy wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:15Great race by Ferrari. I don't expect such good pace. Charles is best thing happen to Ferrari since Michael.
But I agree he´s one of those special drivers who can do things wich didn´t look possible
When Ricciardo pitted, Sainz had clean air and for a few laps was the quickest car on track until Bottas started pushing.El Scorchio wrote: ↑19 Jul 2021, 13:00It feels like most of the magic for Leclerc was in that medium tyre. He was brilliant on that and indicated he could have gone longer. I have to admit I don't know how Sainz fared on the same tyre, but driving in the lead is different to driving in the pack. For whatever reason the hard seemed to work better for Hamilton. Maybe he was the one able to take that tyre into the sweet spot like Leclerc on the mediumpolitburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
Very promising then!JPower wrote: ↑19 Jul 2021, 14:56When Ricciardo pitted, Sainz had clean air and for a few laps was the quickest car on track until Bottas started pushing.El Scorchio wrote: ↑19 Jul 2021, 13:00It feels like most of the magic for Leclerc was in that medium tyre. He was brilliant on that and indicated he could have gone longer. I have to admit I don't know how Sainz fared on the same tyre, but driving in the lead is different to driving in the pack. For whatever reason the hard seemed to work better for Hamilton. Maybe he was the one able to take that tyre into the sweet spot like Leclerc on the medium
He was very quick in clean air as usual.
Yep, the clean air definitely helps. Binotto made reference to Carlos driving faster with the clear track ahead. Also, I believe Leclerc was also posting personal best on the hards as well; But no matter, the SF21 doesn’t have the speed of the Mercedes.El Scorchio wrote: ↑19 Jul 2021, 13:00It feels like most of the magic for Leclerc was in that medium tyre. He was brilliant on that and indicated he could have gone longer. I have to admit I don't know how Sainz fared on the same tyre, but driving in the lead is different to driving in the pack. For whatever reason the hard seemed to work better for Hamilton. Maybe he was the one able to take that tyre into the sweet spot like Leclerc on the mediumpolitburo wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:32This is a great question, if they can figure it out and have more races like this it will be cherry on top of the rebound season.El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 19:29Gutted for Charles today. Where did that stellar pace come from though? Tyres, pressures, ambient or track temps?
