They took 5 seconds off of Stroll for 2 change of directions on Sainz. I'm not sure how that works cause Sainz was ahead. Stroll on Fresh Mediums passed him like he weas standing still.
They took 5 seconds off of Stroll for 2 change of directions on Sainz. I'm not sure how that works cause Sainz was ahead. Stroll on Fresh Mediums passed him like he weas standing still.
We never had a chance on Race pace with Russell. Alonso didn't even try to keep Russell behind. When you see that, you know he's not racing him.Otromundo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 16:48Well... well... They have time to practice and improve their pit stops. With that and a "decent" car, if they let Fernando choose the tire strategy... next year... maybe...
I really liked the first half of the race. I thought the Mercedes were within striking distance, but I'm not complaining: things have improved quite a bit, although there's still work to be done.
Yes, but I thought ALO was waiting for RUS. The MBs hadn't been very impressive, while the AM seemed to have improved quite a bit. I've since seen that RUS overtook it and then pulled away, as you rightly say. But as you can imagine, I'd rather get my hopes up about RUS than BOR.diffuser wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 16:50We never had a chance on Race pace with Russell. Alonso didn't even try to keep Russell behind. When you see that, you know he's not racing him.Otromundo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 16:48Well... well... They have time to practice and improve their pit stops. With that and a "decent" car, if they let Fernando choose the tire strategy... next year... maybe...
I really liked the first half of the race. I thought the Mercedes were within striking distance, but I'm not complaining: things have improved quite a bit, although there's still work to be done.
IF you have F1 subscription go back and watch the whole section with Stroll pitting for the mediums. He really drove well there.diffuser wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 17:14So on Lab 54 Stroll is chasing Saints and Boroletto. Stroll gets a reall Stron run into turn 6. Coming out of turn 7, Stroll gets a really good jump out of the corner on Sainz, pulls up besides him. Both Sainz and Stroll have DRS, Sainz on Bortelleto. Stroll Passes Sainz on the right then moves to the left, then realizes he wants to move back to the right to get into slip stream from Bortoletto. With Fresh tires Stroll sticks right behind Boroletto in turn 9. This was all out turn 7 and 8 into that long straight in to turn 9. This what he got the penality for.