2019 French Grand Prix - Le Castellet, June 21-23

[GPR-A]

In Post qualifying interview, Lewis said, he was almost half a second up on his own time on his last run in Q3 by the time he reached the penultimate corner, of which he lost over 3 tenths with his mistake in that corner. If that would have gone right, the ultimate time would have been lower by a few more tenths.



Mostly everyone had scruffy lap in Q3, except for Leclerc may be.

[Bill_Kar]

In Post qualifying interview, Lewis said, he was almost half a second up on his own time on his last run in Q3 by the time he reached the penultimate corner, of which he lost over 3 tenths with his mistake in that corner. If that would have gone right, the ultimate time would have been lower by a few more tenths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiylFg4Xl_0

Mostly everyone had scruffy lap in Q3, except for Leclerc may be.

So that essentially means that he was 3.5 tenths faster on S3 alone. How plausible is this?

[timbo]

Guys, could anyone post a streamable link of the Ted's Development Corner II with James Allison?

I'd like this too, I can't see it in my country.

Me too

[mclaren113]

https://youtu.be/3Y6onJXPzN0

Comparison between max and norris q3 laps

McLaren is much much faster on straights..also Max's car on second 30 all 4 wheels were out of the track..the same track position his time didn't count in Q2 I think..how's this possible?

Edit: or maybe his right rear was still on track

[TAG]

Hey @Juhz, I'm sure the community would love to see a side by side between Hamilton's 1st and 2nd Q3 runs!

[NathanOlder]

https://youtu.be/3Y6onJXPzN0

Comparison between max and norris q3 laps

McLaren is much much faster on straights..also Max's car on second 30 all 4 wheels were out of the track..the same track position his time didn't count in Q2 I think..how's this possible?

Edit: or maybe his right rear was still on track

Surprised to see the Mclaren taking time out of the RedBull on a fair few corners. Well done Woking.

[pb6797]

Can anyone find more details around Vettel’s ‘missed upchange’? Is there any indication if his slow qualifying was a car problem?

There is footage of that upshift incident and I've seen it (tho I can't find a link now) it definitely affected his first lap but I don't know if that happened in the second runs as well. It's probably solely down to the heavy wind/lack of grip that he was so slow and maybe a problem in the gearbox contributed just a little to that if it did anyways.

Someone on another forum posted this https://twitter.com/DEESEE15723775

It looks like Vettel couldn't get past fifth gear (wonder if it was a 50p washer, as per Damon Hill in Hungary?)

[atanatizante]

So Renault, at least in Ricci`s case, is set up for more top speed and Macca boys could be an easy target tomorrow ...

On another note, Max and Gasly are at the bottom of the list , mostly due to opting for a high DF set up rather than the power of the new spec.2 Honda PU, seeing that Albon did over 340km/h ...

[NathanOlder]

Can anyone find more details around Vettel’s ‘missed upchange’? Is there any indication if his slow qualifying was a car problem?

There is footage of that upshift incident and I've seen it (tho I can't find a link now) it definitely affected his first lap but I don't know if that happened in the second runs as well. It's probably solely down to the heavy wind/lack of grip that he was so slow and maybe a problem in the gearbox contributed just a little to that if it did anyways.

Someone on another forum posted this https://twitter.com/DEESEE15723775

It looks like Vettel couldn't get past fifth gear (wonder if it was a 50p washer, as per Damon Hill in Hungary?)

No. Thats wrong. Ths turn before that seb was over 30kph down on leclrec so the following 5th gear vs 7th gear means nothing. Seb had already backed off at that point as he had a scrappy lap with a couple of errors already. I feel he felt something possibly but was already out of it so just mentioned it. Dont think it was an excuse for a crap lap tbh.


Edit.
Saying that just noticed Vettel did his 12,500rpm which you dont normally see. A missed upshift would cause that for sure

[TAG]

That's pretty nasty, I hope they won't be be changing a transmission for Vettel before the start tomorrow.

[Godius]

P05 norris 1.29.418
https://streamable.com/yokdl
https://streamable.com/yokdl

P04 verstappen 1.29.409
https://streamable.com/aj8bh
https://streamable.com/aj8bh

P08 ricciardo 1.29.918
https://streamable.com/kukhn
https://streamable.com/kukhn

Verstappen went 4 wheels off track @0:34. He did the same thing in q2, the stewards deleted his lap time but not in q3 it seems.

[Cannonballer]

Hey @Juhz, I'm sure the community would love to see a side by side between Hamilton's 1st and 2nd Q3 runs!

Yes! Please.

[digitalrurouni]

https://www.racefans.net/2019/06/22/gus ... ualifying/

Dang

[Juzh]

hamilton pole lap vs his first run - he's a bit more than 0.5s ahead on his pole run at the pitlane entry line just before he loses the rear
https://streamable.com/138q2


Vettel's first Q3 run - he's stuck in 3d gear after jumping over the kerbs in the chicane (12400 rpm). lap wasnt going really well in any case
https://streamable.com/tfcvc


leclerc P3 lap 1.28.965
https://streamable.com/z2e7l


Vettel's PB lap on medium tyre in Q2 1:29.506 - car seems much more balanced than in q3
https://streamable.com/m4gks

[cokata]

It looks like Merc is now (almost) matching Ferrari in straight line speed. Whether this is due to the new aero on Ferrari which could be draggier, or Merc were running PU2 turned down in canada due to the Stroll blow up, i don't know, but Ferrari are still the quickest in a straight line with a similar advantage to everyone else, it just seems that Merc have made a big step forward. Maybe they are running a little less wing.

The other thing that can be seen is that Ferrari have made a step forward with cornering speed. In Spain they were clearly a step behind RBR, not they seem to at least match them. Also in most corners they don't seem to be as terrible compared to Merc as before, it's just that their straight line advantage has disappeared.