Lots of confidence from RBR and Merc that they’ll both be ahead of Ferrari in the race. Firstly, I hope not, secondly they’re relying a lot on the long run pace from Friday, without thinking that Ferrari will have noticed that and changed some stuff too.
Imo the ferrari will be better than redbull but the key feature could well be tyre management here. If certain people are willing to settle for 3rd say they could manage the tyres and cruise home. I do think however this track will not lend itself to liberty's obsession with safety cars so I don't see the field being artificially bunched up 3 tines to make a race in the closing stages.
Agree tyres look the key to this one mate. I’m amazed the hards aren’t working so far this weekend - it’s roasting hot and I’d have thought it’s ideal for them but the Friday runs were 1s a lap slower on them. I do wonder though that they might just suddenly click in after 10-15 laps and go a long way. The FP2 data was only like 8-9 laps maximum so I wonder if someone will chance them and go long for track position and see if they can hang it out. Someone like a Sainz/Perez/Hamilton could take that punt
Yeah there is confidence from RBR and Merc- Ferrari did some much better long runs in FP3 so hoping they have given themselves a proper chance. All sorts of undercut chances I’d have thought too?
I would say there is there is very little familiarity regarding setup as we are now using completely different downforce methods. It would have been easier previously as the design platform was pretty stable over the years. This is now a concept they haven’t used in over 40 years
Hamilton had enough already, Russell probably beaten him more times already then Bottas did in 5 years as a teammate lol
Hmmmmm. K.mag delusional there. Disaster for Hamilton. He can't be arsed staying out and team having to tell him to stay out and fight for points. That's the biggest indicator of extremely demotivated 7 times champion imo. Schumacher was 6th there for half a lap. I expect him to go backwards all race now. Russell hanging on here though.
