📊Best sectors in Qualifying

- Ferrari was the most competitive car in Sector 1 (P1 and P3).
- The very fast Sector 2 (for the most part a long straight with a DRS zone) was RedBull’s playground.
- In Sector 3 (the slowest) the two cars were equally quick, while McL struggled more.

Hamilton’a exclusion from Q3 had to do with an uncompetitive performance in Sector 1.

In Sector 3, instead, he was quicker than Russell despite not running in Q3! (Where the track conditions were better).

🗒Notes on #AustralianGP
-Heroic Sainz WINS through a flawless race. Just 11 points behind VER despite skipping a weekend
-RBR didn’t impress all weekend and is nowhere without VER. The season is still open!
-McL got more points (27) than Merc (26) and Aston (25) did in 3 races!

Laptime change over last year (Qualifying)

🟠McLaren improved the most (over 1.8s/lap), but the starting point was terrible

🔴Ferrari reduced the gap to 🔵RedBull
Instead, 🟢Aston and ⚫️Mercedes got much farther from pole!

Only ⚪️Haas and 🟣Alpine actually got slower

RACE PACE - Australian GP
(Considering each team’s faster driver)

For once, 🔴Ferrari was fastest!
🟠McL was close, though: ~0.1s/lap difference

🔵PER had over 0.5s/lap slower than SAI: VER would NOT have won easily

🟢Aston and Merc were matched

Thanks ‘Formula1 Stat Analysis’ for helping me with this one!🤝

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"I’m having a walk in the original Temple of Speed! 🏎

I’ve measured the banking of the old Parabolica: ~40degrees at the highest point, 7deg more than the most banked corner in NASCAR!

I struggled to reach the highest point by feet."

🔴Bearman asked me for this analysis, and I couldn't refuse!😁

F2 Qualifying
Speed Trap (Vertical) vs Average Speed (Horizontal)

The dashed trend line shows that better average speed↔️higher top speed (Better aero efficiency and corner exit)

Two exceptions:⚫️Rodin and 🟠Campos teams showed large wing load differences!

Made via JMP Software

How does F1 compare to F2?
Speed Trap: ~ +40km/h (+14%)
Average Speed: ~ +35km/h (+16%)

Huge difference!
Their speed advantage over the whole lap seems to be analogous to their top-speed advantage

We can conclude that F1 cars gain a lot... everywhere
And Ollie now knows it!

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RACE PACE - Australian GP

🔴Ferrari was quickest, and just 0.05s/lap separated SAI and LEC!

🟠Norris was just 0.11s/lap behind though: McL can take the jump if the updates work

🟡Perez was half a second behind (damaged floor on his 2nd stint, though)

🟢ALO matched RUS

🟣Alpine's pace was terrible once again: OCO was slower than BOT despite pitting one time more. GAS had the worst pace

The 'Race Pace' analysis script is the first one I've restored, as I know how much you love this analysis!😁💻

TOP SPEEDS - AUSTRALIAN GP

🔴Sainz only used the DRS twice (to overtake VER!)

🟠McL's drag was quite high: PIA only reached 330km/h despite using the DRS often, and NOR was at the bottom of the standings. Solid performance despite that

PER (339km/h) and Haas: very low drag🚀

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🗒NOTES ON SUZUKA TRACK

-One of the most severe tracks on the tyres due to the frequent, long, consecutive fast corners!➡️Wear will be high even on the C1-C3 compounds🛞🔥
-High downforce is crucial, BUT having a single DRS zone will punish excessive drag!💡

Main contenders for the #JapaneseGP:

🔵RBR: will bring updates (floor?); currently the team to beat

🟠McL: high downforce➡️crucial for the fast corners; Double podium last year

🔴Ferrari: has momentum, aero efficient, will update the rear suspension fairing

Your prediction?🤔

Rear Wings!

Japanese GP: Medium-high load wings

✅Downforce CRUCIAL for the many fast corners➡️More grip/preserves tyres
❌1 DRS zone (vs Australia’s 4): Cannot go max load

🔴Ferrari/🔵RBs: least loaded (top speed over grip)⏬

🟢Aston/🟢Sauber: most loaded⏫

Others: in between

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