I disregard Mexico, because these two cars were set up very differently, McLaren was down 5kmh on Top Speed and lately they are 1-2kmh down at most. Ferrari was down 15kmh in T7 and T9 in Q3 which is worse than RB19 vs SF23. Ferrari was down only 3kmh in Ascari this year, where McLaren used Spa wings vs Ferrari Monza wings.Juzh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:08 pmNah, mclaren dominates 120-250 corners, of which there are many in brazil. If you look at f1-tempo from mexico you'll see mclaren is leagues ahead of ferrari in those.
Ferrari is good over kerbs and in general in slow speed, something not present in either brazil or qatar.
Mclaren was nearly on pace with Max in brazil already in 2023 and they were fastest in qatar. This year they'll cruise to easy win, provided norris doesnt do his usual choke with the best car.
Esses are Ferrari's main weakness since Monza (a lot smaller than they were in Japan though), I think this may be down to softer roll stiffness and on purpose, perhaps even an inherit trait of SF24 just like '22 and '23 cars.