Udi

F1 📊

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Would give 🇭🇺 to LEC because of HAM penalties, but definitely not 🇧🇷 for LEC with Lewis starting at the back and ought to have been ahead were it not for miscommunication.

Also can’t justify Madrid to LEC when HAM was ahead at time of DNF (and Charles was using the old engine due to driver error at the last race)

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@dxbestani 🇬🇧 LEC
🇧🇪 LEC
🇭🇺 LEC (HAM penalties)

HAM 11-9 LEC

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@12Shakur Kimi had a good season and much better pace in 2013 than 2012 tbh (pre-Singapore back injury)

So I’d say there was at most a couple of tenths but no more, Red Bull was too far out of reach

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@F1_driven Surely you mean 1?
Leclerc - Barcelona (DNF from P6)
Hamilton - Madrid (DNF from P2)

Lewis has no other DNFs and Leclerc was Monaco and Italy.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@dxbestani He’s talking as if Charles is just any other driver 🤦‍♂️

Of course it’s going to be tight, even if Lewis does his absolute best.

Nothing will ever be good enough it seems

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@iFLOOPY perhaps, but so was Leclerc and only Russell and Charles actually stayed out long enough to get those temps.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Long radius slow speed corners 🤝 Norris domination

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Interlagos is full of long radius slow speed corners, similar to the Hungaroring.

Except here we’ve also got long straights as well. I feel the layout has elements that can work in favour for each of the Top 4 teams.

Should be an interesting weekend.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Looking over the lap times, Lewis had good speed in the 2-3 laps with slicks in the rain.

Only Norris and Antonelli were faster but they also had significantly fresher tyres whereas Hamilton was on 20+ lap old tyres at that stage.

Was quicker than Lawson, Piastri and the Red Bulls ahead on fresher tyres.

Obviously it’s difficult to compare directly due to track position, however by inspection he had a lot of speed.

It’s a strange one because when he was with Button in these conditions it’s where Jenson would excel. Think Brazil 2012 or Hungary 2011.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@AndyGraham22 what a waste of water that was yikes

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@Laptime_f1 @CurveTorque There’s no way Piastri was fastest 💀

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@piastrisphere fair enough

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Piastri splitting from Webber cannot be a good thing, whichever way you spin it.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@geekedguy67 🤣🤣🤣

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Turns out the straights were too long for Ferrari 💀

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@vaibhavlall2 I don’t think yesterday had anything to to with the wet.

In the dry they were painfully slow all weekend. The wet doesn’t magically make that disappear.

Unless it was full extreme wets, they were bound to have a miserable race.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

What Hamilton and Leclerc really needed today was the full wet conditions from Q1. Aside from that, their hands were tied.

Meanwhile on the opposite end of the spectrum we have Aston Martin who have such little front grip that the inter-dry phase worked brilliantly for their car and the rear tyres were in perfect shape 🤣.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

What Ferrari need, and I think it’s the most important thing to do, is to build a slightly front-limited car for 2027. In this rule set, it’s the way forward.

Red Bull is the prime example. The car isn’t overly sensitive at the front, it’s rather numb aerodynamically but that makes it efficient and capable in all conditions.

Take the opening stint, for 1-2 laps the sharp front end of the Ferrari worked wonders for Lewis as he fired up the tyres and passed everyone on Lap 1. However, after that the rears have overheated and they’re driving on ice.

The Red Bull however naturally has less front grip, so maybe takes longer to switch on but they don’t suffer from the rear stepping out and that keeps the balance for the whole stint.

Rear tyres always wear faster than front tyres, so having a car that is rear-limited isn’t great.

The pattern from the inter-dry phase repeats in the dry as well. It’s just showcased better in extreme conditions.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

@pqtdc So why did they tell him the rain was staying like that, then last minute call him in?

[Udi @FormulaPace]

So when others mess up it’s ok but for Lewis he should somehow be all-knowing. Sure.

And also no, staying out when there’s not enough rain (as there wasn’t to that point) is not the right call, look at Brazil 2012. You can lose 40s for no reason.

He said he was told the rain was staying as it was in the pen after, so based on all that information yes he was right to stay out no question.

[Udi @FormulaPace]

Up and down race for Lewis. Some good moments, decent start but struggled (both cars) on used inters. His pace on the Softs was fairly strong though. Let down by strategy late on not switching tyres on the right lap and made a good save on slicks in the rain. Made the right call early on too, so honestly I think he did all he could with what was presented to him.

Should’ve been considerably ahead of his teammate despite starting last which is slightly annoying, but no point complaining over a P7 and P9.

Not sure yet why he didn’t pit