Perez quickest in final practice as Leclerc spins into barriers

12 comments on “Perez quickest in final practice as Leclerc spins into barriers”

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   Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
   27th August 2022, 13:23

   I really don’t understand Leclerc’s mentality. I realise you need to find the limit for qualifying and can therefore make a mistake even in P3, but he’s starting from the back anyway this weekend. There was nothing to gain and he was pushing like crazy. As they pointed out on Sky commentary he nearly lost it at the same corner on his previous attempt, so really this was quite predictable. Luckily he got away without badly damaging the car, but the worrying thing is he doesn’t seem to be learning from his mistakes.
   1. 

      MichaelN
      27th August 2022, 13:31

      I really don’t understand Leclerc’s mentality.

      He has to find the absolute limit in S2 because that’s the only place where Ferrari can make up time. Their top speed is too low. They’re losing multiple tenths through S1, which is just a single corner.
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   MichaelN
   27th August 2022, 13:28

   Completely pointless red flag by the race director.

   Oddly, Ferrari still seems to set up their cars as if DRS wasn’t a factor. But top speed has so far been the winning ticket far more often than pace through medium speed corners. Leclerc’s race is going to be pretty tough with this Sector 2 focused set-up while Verstappen will probably sail into the top spots quite easily.
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   t1redmonkey (@t1redmonkey)
   27th August 2022, 13:29

   Red Bull seems by far the quickest on this track, but fairly sure Perez won’t deliver in Qualifying. My money would be on Sainz to get pole, maybe with a Merc in 2nd.
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      MichaelN
      27th August 2022, 13:37

      It’s Pérez’ pole and win to lose, for sure. The Red Bull is very strong.
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   Proesterchen (@proesterchen)
   27th August 2022, 13:34

   The Mercedes are simply flying now that they were the only ones to bring a new floor to the race their bespoke floor regulations came into force.
   1. 

      MacLeod (@macleod)
      27th August 2022, 14:07

      Did they it seems the new chasis of Red Bull does wonders!
   2. 

      G
      27th August 2022, 14:51

      All that fuss and lobbying for reg changes and Merc still seem about a sec a lap slower. Are they just too draggy for these high speed circuits?
5. 

   theRealMax (@millionus)
   27th August 2022, 14:16

   Is that Williams pace real? And do they have 2 upgraded cars now or does Albon still have the edge.
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      t1redmonkey (@t1redmonkey)
      27th August 2022, 14:34

      Guessing you stopped watching towards the end, most of the field overtook them by then and they ended up in the lower midfield as usual. They were probably just doing their program in a different order to the other teams, also why Alfa Romeo were 2 secs ahead of everyone else near the start of the session. They gave Latifi the same upgrades as Albon at the last GP (Hungary) I believe.
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   Picasso 1.9D FTW (@picasso-19d-ftw)
   27th August 2022, 14:27

   manor bodywork damage

   As the song goes:
   “But how strange the change
   From major to minor”
   1. 

      Proesterchen (@proesterchen)
      27th August 2022, 16:11

      Manor bodywork damage is when you let Nick Wirth design your car.

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