organic wrote: ↑05 Mar 2023, 19:25
Artur Craft wrote: ↑05 Mar 2023, 19:13
So, race pace wise, we got:
RB >>> Leclerc >>Sainz~=Alonso >Mercedes
What? Alonso was miles quicker than sainz but spent 2 stints in essentially traffic.
Sainz never got away from Hamilton either, the distance between them never went beyond 4s even with Hamilton in heavy administration mode, most of the time around 3s.
Hamilton probably could've gone quicker and got to the back of Carlos earlier, but he would probably fry his tires doing that (Russel being the example), their pace was essentially the same.
I'd say the Ferrari car is better because Hamilton with all his skills in administrating tires still couldn't get by Carlos who is just bad when the car isn't easy to drive, Charles who can handle some instability and difficult cars was much further up the road.
Fernando vs Charles TBD.