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[Henk_v]

A strong sector 3 is only a good thing if you are doing qualifying or if you are leading with nobody with DRS behind.

In the race, S3 needs management and provides no overtaking opportunities. RBR is setting up the car to ivertake. MCL will have a hard time passing a Merc or Ferrari.

RBR know their only shot is if something happens, and they maximise the odds if something happens, they can still drive to P1, betting MCL will be stuck.

Even if there is no carnage, but just an unlucky situation, they set themselves up to overtake if they find themselves out of position.

Both Max and Piastri are both able to ovetake when needed and thus quickly mive up the field. Lando typically needs a few laps to set up his overtake.

There are realistically 2 ways ro win; T1 carnage or a safety car. They need to be able to capitalise.

[TNTHead]

There's no doubt Macca have all it takes to reach the podium with Lando. Their S3 is insane. But everyone remember, this race is more pressure than any driver can feel ever in his entire career, and it is even greater if you have not won the title. It never gets bigger than this, and it is one race only.

Max is walking in cool, calm, collected. Been here. Done this. I genuinely feel he is completely calm and feels little pressure. Whereas, Lando has EVERYTHING on his shoulders. The weight of Macca and its glorious history is pushing in on him full send...and he has never won a title. There is ZERO DOUBT no matter what he renders on camera, he is quivering and shaking like a madmad inside (because he genuinely cares and wants it so bad), and that often and likely leads to mistakes. Lando, imo, is not a shark. He is not a killer with a killer instinct ready to kill if need be to win, and shark mentality wins titles. It's all still to play. Nothing is done yet.

No doubt he is nervous, but that's expected for any driver's first WDC. Even if he makes a mistake (missees the start, goes wide in some corner, outbrakes and flatspots his tyre etc) - it's the ideal track with wide runoffs, it's the ideal car with so much performance margin over others - finishing P3 will be a cakewalk for the McL39. The one and only issue/risk for him is crashing with another car (whomsoever's mistake it is).

And a DNF. I wonder whether we will see some drivetrain/ice related reliability issues. Mostly the engine suppliers have it under control, but still it is the last race with quite some mileage done.

[Valeo]

Creeping closer, hope there is something left for S2.
Looking at Yuki, that should be the case.

[f1isgood]

Looks like the car will be there but McLaren are just a bit too far unfortunately.

[Aesop]

Hoping for some graining issues to spice it up, then anything is possible.

[Sergej]

so Max is using the Brazil engine

[Juzh]

0,45s lost in S3

[euv2]

Almost 0.5s off in the final sector, if Max can't bridge that gap to less than two tenths, there's just no chance.

[f1isgood]

McLaren car is just too good there.

[Valeo]

It's coming
More concerned about the new tyre run

[Sergej]

Max saving one set of soft...how many left ? 2 or 3 ?

[Valeo]

That was a mighty lap on used.
Yuki Q3 slipstream time!

[f1isgood]

Max saving one set of soft...how many left ? 2 or 3 ?

If he used only one in Q1, then 3. But maybe he used 2 in Q1 given the times I suppose. So I think he has 2 left.

[f1isgood]

This is surely McLaren's on old tires?

[Sergej]

yes he used 2 sets in Q1