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[Emag]

slower than Lando yesterday but the track is slower too
PIA times compare well to RUS who just started his race sim (track now quicker than when PIA did his first stint)

Quite a bit slower actually. Also slower than Leclerc yesterday, but as you said, not comparable track conditions. Lets see how it will be in comparison to Russell all the way.

[FittingMechanics]

Doing plenty of laps. Currently most of top teams.

I hope the team does couple of qualy sims at the end.

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Oscar's second stint is being significantly affected by Ocon ahead of him at the moment. Bear this in mind when analysing that (tyre age ~15-18 laps he's been close to him)

[Emag]

Oscar's second stint is being significantly affected by Ocon ahead of him at the moment. Bear this in mind when analysing that (tyre age ~15-18 laps he's been close to him)

Ocon using drs to defend as well … the ocon special

[Darth-Piekus]

I would love to see Oscar doing a qualifying lap just to throw us a treat.

[Emag]

At least the first stint of Oscar looks quite a bit better than Russell’s both from a performance pov and a deg pov.

[FittingMechanics]

At least the first stint of Oscar looks quite a bit better than Russell’s both from a performance pov and a deg pov.

And it looks like last stint (on C2) is better. Track seems about 6-7 tenths slower than yesterday.

[Darth-Piekus]

Though I don't expect Mclaren to chase time the car is a top tier car. Lando proved it yesterday when he went purple on a harder tyre before abandoning.

[Macklaren]

Disappointing performance run at the end. Purple in S2 but way off in S1 and S3. Probably just turned down

[Emag]

With (probably) slightly better track conditions, Russell kind of matched Oscar's pace in his second stint. Now Russell is looking about 2 tenths off in the third stint, but Oscar cut that one short anyway.

So at least at the hands of Oscar, the car was pretty good on the first stint, matched with Russell on the second.
Mercedes seems like have improved quite a lot in terms of deg, but their best stint (the second) came at a later time when the temps were slightly lower.

[Macklaren]

With (probably) slightly better track conditions, Russell kind of matched Oscar's pace in his second stint. Now Russell is looking about 2 tenths off in the third stint, but Oscar cut that one short anyway.

So at least at the hands of Oscar, the car was pretty good on the first stint, matched with Russell on the second.
Mercedes seems like have improved quite a lot in terms of deg, but their best stint (the second) came at a later time when the temps were slightly lower.

Agreed but RUS rears looked TERRIBLE at the end of his run

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Disappointing performance run at the end. Purple in S2 but way off in S1 and S3. Probably just turned down

Commentary claims McLaren are struggling in the low and medium speed relative to Red Bull, haven't seen telemetry

[Emag]

With (probably) slightly better track conditions, Russell kind of matched Oscar's pace in his second stint. Now Russell is looking about 2 tenths off in the third stint, but Oscar cut that one short anyway.

So at least at the hands of Oscar, the car was pretty good on the first stint, matched with Russell on the second.
Mercedes seems like have improved quite a lot in terms of deg, but their best stint (the second) came at a later time when the temps were slightly lower.

Agreed but RUS rears looked TERRIBLE at the end of his run

As far as I could tell, that wasn't the case no? His second stint was very consistent, doing mostly low 35s (35.1). Was he on C2 or C1 though? Because Oscar was on C1 for his middle stint.

[Emag]

Disappointing performance run at the end. Purple in S2 but way off in S1 and S3. Probably just turned down

Commentary claims McLaren are struggling in the low and medium speed relative to Red Bull, haven't seen telemetry

They have consistently been really competitive on the middle sector both on the race sims and their "quali" sims, so even if they are, it doesn't seem like it's a significant disadvantage.

[mwillems]

Bear in mind that if Day 1 is commented on as strong, Day 2 was demonstrably strong, it's quite possible the team chose to ensure their pace wasn't visible today, so as not to build up expectations or pressure.

Or Day 1 and 2 flattered a little.