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[Ben1980]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

Last corner has nothing on whatever happened in sector 1, he lost .164s though of course it doesn't help.

Oscar also yellow in sector one.

[mwillems]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

It's not greed, he was overly cautious because he locked up before and the car bit too much when he broke earlier. He didn't meant to put it on the kerb. Just goes to show how little confidence there is that he willingly doesn't drive the car to the limit at certain place.s

I was thinking this about S1 and that they are nervous for what the car will do that they are being cautious. Dawned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Downforce777]

Again, both drivers lost pole position, there were so many mistakes, they bottled sectors and couldn’t complete a lap, today they definitely could have been 2 tenths ahead of Verstappen

[mwillems]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

Last corner has nothing on whatever happened in sector 1, he lost .164s though of course it doesn't help.

I saw this yeah. Think the car was locking up so they tried to keep it in limits.

I suggested before the race that this might be the kind of track that means the car teases mistakes from the drivers.

[Slahinki]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

Last corner has nothing on whatever happened in sector 1, he lost .164s though of course it doesn't help.

Oscar also yellow in sector one.

Yeah, wonder what was going on there.

[Ben1980]

Again, both drivers lost pole position, there were so many mistakes, they bottled sectors and couldn’t complete a lap, today they definitely could have been 2 tenths ahead of Verstappen

Bottled?

[Darth-Piekus]

Again, both drivers lost pole position, there were so many mistakes, they bottled sectors and couldn’t complete a lap, today they definitely could have been 2 tenths ahead of Verstappen

The Mclaren and Red Bull cars are much more closer than people think.

[CjC]

Bring on the race on tomorrow.
Lando looks more like his old self too. His pace on the inters was mega in the Sprint and I started to get the impression through quali that he was faster than Oscar and was McLarens best shot for pole

[ringo]

Drivers did not really make mistakes. The car was consistently locking. It's not its best this weekend.

Lando will pass Max on the track though. Maybe both Mclarens.

[mwillems]

TD

I’m looking forward to this race. This is a rear limited track but the Mclarens issue isn’t with front or rear limited tracks, but tracks that demand that we adapt our corner entry. I’m unsure how these corners will challenge the front of the car, but it will be an interesting weekend and hopefully it doesn’t tease out mistakes from our drivers.

Unfortunately, this was the case.

I nearly posted earlier that in Q the car will be closer to the performance edge, so watch out, but thought better of it.

[Balalu]

Probably a bit too late to say this, but I don’t like what Oscar did to Kimi lap 1 at all. It’s not a way of racing I personally enjoy seeing even if it’s technically legal.

Those sort of moves are the sole criticsm I have had for Max. Hope Oscar doesn’t turn it into a norm.

If that was Max on Oscar or Lando, people would be critical of him.

If we accept it by Oscar, will need to accept it all round.

This is not even remotly close to Max's contoversial moves. Piastri was bang-on correct.

[Emag]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

Last corner has nothing on whatever happened in sector 1, he lost .164s though of course it doesn't help.

They have been weak-er compared to RedBull in S1 all weekend. They were poor in the last runs, but a 28.3 was the best they could pull off. They lose almost a tenth to RedBull in T6, its actually insane. Maybe that new floor is putting it in the work.

Anyway, Lando definitely lost pole in T17 though, because as expected, S2 is complete McLaren territory :

[Darth-Piekus]

Does anyone know of an upgrade package that Mclaren might be preparing to fix these issues of the car and make the Mclaren get the upper hand that they deserve?

[Emag]

Does anyone know of an upgrade package that Mclaren might be preparing to fix these issues of the car and make the Mclaren get the upper hand that they deserve?

They already have the upper hand. Up to the drivers to put the laps together.

[Slahinki]

Lando screwed himself on the last corner by being greedy.

Last corner has nothing on whatever happened in sector 1, he lost .164s though of course it doesn't help.

They have been weak-er compared to RedBull in S1 all weekend. They were poor in the last runs, but a 28.3 was the best they could pull off. They lose almost a tenth to RedBull in T6, its actually insane. Maybe that new floor is putting it in the work.

Anyway, Lando definitely lost pole in T17 though, because as expected, S2 is complete McLaren territory :

Ah bugger. Will just have to get the job done from P2 then. At least the race pace seems to be ahead of the rest still.