Seems like Sainz has to exit the hairpin at least within a half second. 6-7 tenths he's been exiting behind hasn't been close enough.
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Think Lewis is quicker than him at the moment
Hamilton showing some really nice pace here.
Nonetheless to consistently get great exists from the last hairpin under pressure
Yep. At least under 0.5
Pathetic so far from sainz. The new bottas
Yeah, doesn’t quite look like it’ll happen. Now that Max is out of DRS it’s done.Sainz needs to first land an overtake though for that to happen.
Verstappen is doing all the hard work in sector 1.
aye. he’s not trying anything different either to try and get closer to max before the drs straights.
Lewis has shocked me today, in FP said the car was undrivable.
Race the car is flying.
Sainz is doing almost everything here to be fair to him.
Sandbagging all along
Max is just so much better than Carlos
Can Le Clerc catch Russell?
Sainz looks closer?
Go on Chuck! Take that podium from Mercedes.
If he does, it’ll be on the final lap looking at the pace.
Leclerc driver of the day for me, from back of the grid to 5th maybe better.
Surprised that Sainz is still in range tbh
Sainz is messy in that chicane before the hairpin.
So the big hole worked in the end...
Max is keeping it cool. Looks like it’ll take a mistake from him to let Sainz in but I can’t see it.
Seems Le Clerc is feeling the age on his mediums now.
Nah, they just reverted to Russell’s set up after the stupid experiments.So the big hole worked in the end...
Benefitting from DRS and the occasional slipstream.
Alonso
By his words he would finish the 70 laps before Ocon completes 1
By his words he would finish the 70 laps before Ocon completes 1
who knows, maybe sky have something when they hinted Lewis was running the same set up as Russell.So the big hole worked in the end...
DRS the only thing keeping Sainz behind close, if not for DRS he would be far behind.
Alpines keeping Alonso behind Ocon is ridiculous.
Alpines keeping Alonso behind Ocon is ridiculous.
He’s dropping outside of the operating window! His lap time has been consistent with Russell for the last couple of laps so he’s not making any inroads on the gap.
Sainz will win a GP when one falls into his lap via retirement of enough of his close rivals or other favorable circumstances. On straight up pace he won't be winning. I like the guy but he just doesn't seem to be at the very top level.
Sainz much closer this lap…
And for all the moaning from Hamilton, they had pretty much the same pace as Ferrari this race.
Leclerc was faster than everyone else, but he can't get close to Russell even on mediums.
Leclerc was faster than everyone else, but he can't get close to Russell even on mediums.
Really composed drive from Max.
Sainz bottled his hairpin. Muppet.
Some great driving by both
Max really showing his class here, only Lewis and Leclerc can keep up with him.
Really feel for Alonso, Alpine are a joke, they fecked him over once again.
Really feel for Alonso, Alpine are a joke, they fecked him over once again.
Take a bow son. The best driver the past 6-7 years.
Sainz had it to 0.5 and lost 0.3 in the hairpin before the straight. That was the chance.
First podium for Hamilton since the opening race of the season.
Sainz is always the bridesmaid and never the bride.