I think he is struggling massively in the hairpin, gotta see the telemetry thoHammerfist wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:14But why is he so much slower in S3? Running more downforce?SoulPancake13 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 05:46Very early in the session but Lewis had a strong lap there. Hopefully he can carry the confidence into qualy
Don’t think 4-5. 2-3 realistically. Leclerc tasted gravel last push lap in s3. Was a tenth up on his time.SoulPancake13 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:36Good FP1, McLaren again probably have 4-5 tenths on everyone but so far it seem we are second force for the weekend.
No they lapped on softs but RUS immediately lost the front in T1 and then had a fairly average lap afterwards anyway. He was the first lap followed by LEC and then everyone else.
Russell didnt improve on his run wih the softs then him and Kimi went back to the mediumsSoulPancake13 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:36Good FP1, McLaren again probably have 4-5 tenths on everyone but so far it seem we are second force for the weekend.
I think Russell bailed on his soft run towards the end. Solid session from both Charlie and Lewis...strong base. Hopefully they fine tune the single lap pace before quali. But other than Lewis struggling at 14...he seems more comfortable with the car and Charles looks like he can push harder.
He didn't improve on the first run either, they have really high deg and couldn't make the soft work the entire lap.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:42I think Russell bailed on his soft run towards the end. Solid session from both Charlie and Lewis...strong base. Hopefully they fine tune the single lap pace before quali. But other than Lewis struggling at 14...he seems more comfortable with the car and Charles looks like he can push harder.
Nobody did race sims. Everyone followed exactly the same program, feels like they all agreed on what to do.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:43As expected, McLaren look unbeatable for the win...
It comes down to Ferrari understanding the set up and getting the drivers confident in the car in terms of fighting for P2/P3. Both of them looked a bit wobbly (then again almost every driver did). Between this and Friday in Melbourne we can see the car isn't bad in some conditions. But can they translate it to the race?
Deg looked extremely high. Did Ferrari do any proper race sims? I didn't see any. I hope they got enough data from this session.
Merc did have a lot of deg. Waiting to see how ferrari perform over a quasi race distance in the sprint tomorrowSoulPancake13 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:47He didn't improve on the first run either, they have really high deg and couldn't make the soft work the entire lap.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:42I think Russell bailed on his soft run towards the end. Solid session from both Charlie and Lewis...strong base. Hopefully they fine tune the single lap pace before quali. But other than Lewis struggling at 14...he seems more comfortable with the car and Charles looks like he can push harder.
So did Redbull and I'm pretty sure Ferrari does as well. How Mclaren is handling it's tires is just astonishing.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:51Merc did have a lot of deg. Waiting to see how ferrari perform over a quasi race distance in the sprint tomorrowSoulPancake13 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:47He didn't improve on the first run either, they have really high deg and couldn't make the soft work the entire lap.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2025, 06:42
I think Russell bailed on his soft run towards the end. Solid session from both Charlie and Lewis...strong base. Hopefully they fine tune the single lap pace before quali. But other than Lewis struggling at 14...he seems more comfortable with the car and Charles looks like he can push harder.
