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[Sergej]

suspect we'll have a nightmare of deg this race

[CjC]

am I wrong or Max used two sets of soft in this session ?

From what I saw you are correct

[euv2]

The softs won't end up being used in the race, Max lost all pace within 2 laps, whereas the mediums in FP1 held up pretty well. Max is yet to use the hard this weekend, tomorrow will give us a good indication of what the strategy will be in the race, might even see a M-H-H, the pace on the hards was pretty competitive with the mediums, temps are also going to be much higher for the race.

[venkyhere]

suspect we'll have a nightmare of deg this race

comparing the fuel runs between Norris/Russel/Verstappen,
- Redbull and McLaren hiding pace (they didn't even go to 8th gear in the straights)
- Mercedes are hiding lesser
- McLaren is class of the field through T6-T7 (advantage atleast 0.2s) and unchallenged
- Mercedes struggling through T4 and T9-T10 massively, compared to the other two.
- If the teams maintain the same wing levels for Q and R, then Redbull is going to blitz with straightline speed, and suffer tremendously with deg.

This looks like McLaren and Max are going to run away as a triplet from the front, and if the Redbull suffers it's usual tyre deg, Max will have to defend against the likes of Russel/Antonelli/LeClerc, for which, the straightline speed will help. The way it looks now, I can't see both McLarens away from the podium, no matter what grid slot they start from.