2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Las Vegas Strip, Nov 21 - 23

[TFSA]

Something happened b/w Q2 and Q3, two McLarens, a VCARB and a Haas - they didn't improve their Q2 times by much ; while others did, by considerable margins.
Large delay b/w Q2 and Q3 => track temp dropped further ? how did others cope ? did all those guys adapt their tyre warmup procedure, but these four didn't ? or were these 4 cars already hitting their absolute limit in Q2 itself ?

Likely they didn't warm the tires up properly. In these temperatures, you have to.

[chrisc90]

Something happened b/w Q2 and Q3, two McLarens, a VCARB and a Haas - they didn't improve their Q2 times by much ; while others did, by considerable margins.
Large delay b/w Q2 and Q3 => track temp dropped further ? how did others cope ? did all those guys adapt their tyre warmup procedure, but these four didn't ? or were these 4 cars already hitting their absolute limit in Q2 itself ?

Likely they didn't warm the tires up properly. In these temperatures, you have to.

It was odd, I did note in the discord group at the time that there was only going to be 1 lap to get the prep right. I know Max was doing 2 laps before doing a hot lap and his final run was just 1 prep lap (with GP telling him to do a few brake/start/brake applications).

So comparable to others, not sure what was going on with how many runs they were doing. Sure McLarens were 1 prep lap??

[cplchanb]

Can we say that Hamilton is having a tough time with all the younger guns at their prime? He clearly bodged Q3.

The first mistake was most likely ham's fault, but the second one is a strange snap oversteer mid corner. Just like in Austin, he wasn't even on throttle. Strange car behavior