Out of curiosity, I was comparing the Q laptimes at Zandvoort :
2023 RB19 : 24.324 , 24.504 , 21.739
2024 RB20 : 24.073 , 24.731 , 21.225
2024 MCL38 : 23.824 , 24.819 , 21.030
The most interesting takeway is the amount of swing in the sector times. It's known that the RB is generally faster than the McL in the high speed corners (most of S2) , but didn't expect so much swing - perhaps its the different downforce level choices as S1 is dominated by medium speed corners and S3 has one mega slow section (T11-T12). Which in turn means we will witness a myriad spectrum of wing levels as 'the setup' across teams, come qualifying on saturday.
Another interesting takaway is how the RB20 is a massive improvement (-0.5s+) over the 'world beater' RB19 (shows how bad the rest of the grid was, in 2019). Indication of what a mega monster the McL38 itself was. No words for the McL39, it's going to wipe the floor with the rest of the grid.
