AVERAGE TIME IN PITS - Chinese GP

🥇🟡RBR was fastest: flawless execution by
@F1mech and his crew!
🥈🟠McL: +0.06s slower
🥉🔴Ferrari: +0.10s

🟢Sauber desperately needs the updated wheel nuts to fix their troublesome pit stops.

Aston’s average was high due to STR.

TYRE DEG
(PIA excluded due to the damaged floor)

Aston: 4 tyre sets
RBR/Mercedes: 3 sets
NOR: 2 sets (M-H)
Ferrari: 2 sets

🟠NOR: excellent pace on the Hards (same as 🔵RBR); very good on Medium with low deg.

🔴Ferrari slower than NOR on both compounds.

Merc lacked pace on all compounds.

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📊Positions gained in the Chinese GP

📈Hamilton gained the most (P18 to P9).
📉Bottas lost the most (P10 to P20 due to his retirement).

Ferrari recovered well after a disappointing qualifying (4 places gained in total).

The opposite for Aston: ALO and STR lost 4 places each.

Via @JMP_software

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REMEMBER WHEN REDBULL WAS UNDERPOWERED?

Their '17 car was held back by Renault's low power (and unreliability):
-Competitive in street circuits
-Unsuitable for fast tracks

Still, Newey's team trimmed the rear wing significantly while retaining good downforce: P4 by Daniel Ricciardo in Monza!

Remember when Ferrari surprised everyone in 2017?

The SF70H was much shorter than the Mercedes (3594mm vs 3726mm wheelbase)

Strengths:
-Downforce
-Race Pace

Weaknesses:
-Top Speed
-Reliability (season-end)

In '18/'19 Ferrari reduced the drag - but lost their downforce edge.

📸: Foto Morio

📉Mercedes' inexorable (so far) decline:

POINTS AFTER 5 RACES:
2019: 217 (1st)
2020: 180 (1st)
2021: 148 (2nd)
2022: 95 (3rd)
2023: 96 (3rd)
2024: 52 (4th)

Will the team come on top of their problems? And when?🤔

The 'Ferrari Rollercoaster'🎢

POINTS AFTER 5 RACES:
2019: 121 (2nd)
2020: 55 (3rd)❌
2021: 78 (4th)
2022: 157 (1st)✅
2023: 78 (4th)
2024: 151 (2nd)

Ferrari was 3rd in '20 (due to poor competition), and just 4th in '21 and '23!

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🗒Notes on Miami GP

- Low grip➡️High track evolution: timing in quali will be crucial!
- Long straight➡️Excessive drag will be costly! Peculiar track, as it includes a very slow section, too.
- Rear-limited, due to the frequent traction zones.

Your prediction?🤔
📸 @pirellisport

REAR WINGS - Miami GP

⚫️Merc: Medium-high load🔼 (very deep spoon)➡️They'll struggle on the straights

🟠McL: Medium▶️
🔴Ferrari/🔵RBR: Medium-low🔽

🟣Alpine is testing two specs:
-GAS: Medium-low🔽
-OCO: Low load!⏬ (Engine deficit?)

Very diverse choices across the grid!
📸 @AlbertFabrega & @Graftechweb

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McLaren's upgrade is massive!💡

🟣RedBul-style extended upper lip
🔴Shorter, wider inlets
🟢New cooling louvres
🔵Redesigned sidepods➡️more 🟡undercut (that allows air to reach the back)

9 performance updates (0 to 2 for the other teams): can you spot a few more?🤔

Norris was already quicker than both Ferrari cars in China, which couldn't heat their Hards properly.

If this upgrade works as intended, I expect them to get closer to RBR and fight more easily with Ferrari in all conditions.

Ferrari will introduce their big update in Imola.

TOP SPEEDS - FP1

The figures relative to each car's fastest lap don't tell the whole story:
-PIA (Only 50% of the updates) 337km/h
-NOR (Updated car) 341km/h [+4km/h]

🟠Norris' updated McLaren had an excellent top speed despite running a relatively loaded rear wing