Its one of Lewis' worst tracks, lets wait till Silverstone
Its more about Lewis potentially finding a solution to the sensitive tire issues in Barcelona which Allison said he was sending an email to the team about. While Russell is winning the head to head its by fine margins, 0.063 secs here
Sainz also said the Mercs would be hard to keep up with.Luscion wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 18:07Russell and Lewis said they made changes to help with race pace tomorrow, Shovlin saying their race pace wasnt quite on a par with McLaren so they made some changes that costed them a bit in quali. Will be interesting tomorrow, Leclerc thinks Ferrari might be faster with the changes they made and Hamilton thinks he can get past Sainz
This https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1792463637690646868 didn't age well for themAR3-GP wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 18:43Sainz also said the Mercs would be hard to keep up with.Luscion wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 18:07Russell and Lewis said they made changes to help with race pace tomorrow, Shovlin saying their race pace wasnt quite on a par with McLaren so they made some changes that costed them a bit in quali. Will be interesting tomorrow, Leclerc thinks Ferrari might be faster with the changes they made and Hamilton thinks he can get past Sainz
Shows how quick Russell is. No tame driver pairing at Mercedes. They both have to fight for everything.
It's incredible what kind of season 42-year-old Alonso drove last season when the car was good.PlatinumZealot wrote:Also remember Lewis is 39 years old. Russell should be beating him him in Q. Would be shame if he wasn't!
The f1 driver model has a downward adjustment for age. Russell basically is at peak performance and Lewis has lost about 0.25% percent peformance. These units are points per race though.. Which is some arbitrary unit for these driver models that don't directly translate into qualifying pace. However the point is that Russell should have a massive advantage racing against a forty year old Lewis Hamilton.
https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2019/09 ... ics-model/
Merc's in seasons development regularly puts Ferrari to shame. So it's no surprise.maygun wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 19:01This https://x.com/formularacers_/status/1792463637690646868 didn't age well for themAR3-GP wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 18:43Sainz also said the Mercs would be hard to keep up with.Luscion wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 18:07Russell and Lewis said they made changes to help with race pace tomorrow, Shovlin saying their race pace wasnt quite on a par with McLaren so they made some changes that costed them a bit in quali. Will be interesting tomorrow, Leclerc thinks Ferrari might be faster with the changes they made and Hamilton thinks he can get past Sainz