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[Badger]

Gone for broke in the final sector where they were lacking. Lucky there was so much runoff.

[euv2]

Engine braking + bit too high entry speed?

Was my assumption too, seems to lose the rear in a flash despite the car being in control.

[avantman]

Sky praising Hannah and the call there, I say that was pure luck that Gasly was not 5 hundredths quicker. Way too risky.

Not sky, its that talking head Collins specifically — a certified Verstappen hater. It was clearly a mistake , that tire strategy starting with FP1 whoever was behind it.

[Sergej]

I think he would have been third, ahead of Ferraris, without the crash

[Emag]

Sky praising Hannah and the call there, I say that was pure luck that Gasly was not 5 hundredths quicker. Way too risky.

Not sky, its that talking head Collins specifically — a certified Verstappen hater. It was clearly a mistake , that tire strategy starting with FP1 whoever was behind it.

I don't know what the strategy even has anything to do with it lol. They can decide on whatever strategy they want, if they have a driver who is 5 tenths slower it just doesn't work at all.

[Valeo]

I think he would have been third, ahead of Ferraris, without the crash

Would have required a really good S3.
Tbh I guess he would have been 5th anyway.
Track improved a lot

[euv2]

I think he would have been third, ahead of Ferraris, without the crash

Would have required a really good S3.
Tbh I guess he would have been 5th anyway.
Track improved a lot

It would been very close, the Ferraris weren't good in sector 3 either, similar pace to Redbull.

[venkyhere]

IIRC, this is the first 'pushing beyond what the car can take' driver error from Verstappen, since 2021 Jeddah.
High speed corners - impossible to beat the Mercedes, in the current state of the grid. Plus I think Verstappen ran with a smaller rear wing (inorder to match the Mercedes deployment in the straights).
I don't think starting grid position matters much on this track, with plenty of long straights. So all to play for tomorrow.

[Badger]

I think he would have been third, ahead of Ferraris, without the crash

Would have required a really good S3.
Tbh I guess he would have been 5th anyway.
Track improved a lot

It would been very close, the Ferraris weren't good in sector 3 either, similar pace to Redbull.

Max could've been ahead of the Ferraris if he improved in the final sector but Merc was out of reach. I'm interested to see the race pace.

[FW17]

Merc lot more deployment in sector 3 i guess

[search]

I don't think starting grid position matters much on this track, with plenty of long straights. So all to play for tomorrow.

as long as he can keep his starting spot. But Mekies & Verstappen both sounded confident that they have enough new parts to replace everything without a penalty.

[FNTC]

Max to Sky saying he had a big moment in turn 6 on the same lap and a small correction causing the crash which "was a bit odd".

[Valeo]

The car wasn't that heavily damaged, looks mostly suspension but surely the gearbox didn't like that.

[avantman]

i wonder if mercedes run with extra sandbags, i mean fuel in their first runs in Q3. This sort of a jump they make in their 2nd run could barely be explained by normal track evolution

[euv2]

IIRC, this is the first 'pushing beyond what the car can take' driver error from Verstappen, since 2021 Jeddah.
High speed corners - impossible to beat the Mercedes, in the current state of the grid. Plus I think Verstappen ran with a smaller rear wing (inorder to match the Mercedes deployment in the straights).
I don't think starting grid position matters much on this track, with plenty of long straights. So all to play for tomorrow.

Yeah, the car gained some downforce with this update but still lacking a bit vs Merc and Ferrari. But weirdly enough, the biggest deficit was actually turn 3 and slightly on t1 in the slower corners where the car was previously very strong.