As typically occurs lately, in Mexico, Scuderia Ferrari failed to duplicate the surprising qualifying end result (the place the Maranello group locked out the entrance row) over the 300 km race distance. In reality, shortly after 9 PM (Italian time), the Saturday feat was rapidly nullified by an unfortunate begin for the crimson automobiles, which Max Verstappen managed to show right into a lead in flip 1.
To be honest, despite the fact that Charles Leclerc’s automotive was lacking the left endplate after Sergio Perez’s reckless maneuver, the Monegasque driver’s tempo was constantly sturdy in comparison with the remainder of the sector. So good that the Ferrari man managed to increase the primary stint till the thirty first lap to attempt to make the onerous compound final till the top of the race. The collision involving Kevin Magnussen and the ensuing race neutralization required an entire redefinition of the strategic situation. Ferrari and Mercedes each had the identical tire availability: a set of latest hards and a set of used mediums.
Mercedes, benefiting from superior tire administration, selected an aggressive technique, utilizing the medium compound from their Q1 run on Saturday. Ferrari opted for a conservative method, persevering with with the onerous tires within the hope that the degradation of the mediums on the Silver Arrows would inevitably grow to be evident within the remaining a part of the race. The technique labored solely midway, within the sense that Lewis Hamilton set an unsustainable tempo for Charles, whereas Carlos Sainz managed to fend off George Russell‘s assaults and create a big security margin over the Mercedes #63. However, Charles Leclerc, in “Excessive Gasoline” circumstances and with a “wounded” automotive, had lined 31 laps at a good tempo, a truth that can’t have escaped the strategists in Maranello.
Each Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had a set of used medium tires from Q1 with simply 3 laps of “put on.” On the time of the restart, there have been precisely 35 laps to go along with roughly 50 kg of gas. Why not take dangers at the very least by diversifying the methods? Was this a alternative shared with the drivers or a dictate from the pit wall aimed toward maximizing the Maranello group’s total efficiency? We are going to by no means know; nevertheless, totally different selections would have been helpful to at the very least collect information on the efficiency decay of the 2 tire compounds. One speculation is that the 2 “Carlos” are shadowing one another to realize the higher hand within the drivers’ standings, aligning their selections. Staying inside the realm of conjecture, such an method could be an indication of little braveness on the a part of the drivers. In any case, the 2023 Components One championship for the Prancing Horse won’t be remembered except for Carlos Sainz’s feat in Singapore on the Marina Bay road circuit.
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For the drivers, the attitude is kind of totally different as a result of combating for supremacy within the inside hierarchy carries important weight, particularly with the renegotiation of the subsequent collaboration contract on the horizon. The Mexican Grand Prix leaves a bitter style not due to Pink Bull’s virtually sure victory however due to the shortage of braveness in making an attempt to upset a script that appeared already written earlier than the race restart on the 4.304-kilometre Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico Metropolis.
Oct 31, 2023
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