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BEST QUALIFYING SECTORS📊

S1 (Slowest): VER quickest, RUS 0.07s behind.

S2 (Medium speed): HAM and RUS quickest. VER just 6th.

S3 (Fastest): RUS quickest; McL had the worst top speed yet was competitive here (fast in the hairpin+chicane).

Ferrari uncompetitive everywhere⚠️

Ferrari's unexpected elimination in Q2 seems to have been influenced by the cold weather: the SF-24 is very gentle on its tyres, so it struggles to heat them up quickly.

McL's top speed was the slowest of them all (just 323km/h, vs Aston's 331, Merc/RBR's 328, and Ferrari's 327).

Longitudinal/Lateral Grip

🟡VER's braking was unmatched:
~0.5g higher than RUS
~1g higher than NOR
Trail braking was superior, too.

🟠NOR's braking (and left corners) were far worse.

🟢RUS was consistently close to the car's (inferior) grip limits: well done!

How much was Russell's slipstream (from ALB) worth?💡

RUS Best Lap: 1:11.742, 328km/h
RUS Pole Lap: 1:12.000, 334km/h (+6), ~0.07s gained

Would have been P3 without that (behind NOR).

Different ERS for HAM: only 324 on the main straight, but quicker on all the others.

LONG RUNS FROM F1 FP3 (M tyres):

🔴Sainz quickest: Ferrari couldn't extract the car's potential in qualifying. Their pace should aid their comeback.

Still, 0.9s/lap away from last year's race-winning pace (most teams were far from their limits).

🟠No representative runs from McL.

As even the quickest driver (SAI) was almost 1s/lap off verstappen’s pace last year we can conclude that the FP3 was not very representative.

More suspense for the race!

Comments on Canadian GP!

- Another multi-team fight: RBR/McL/Ferrari in Imola, Ferrari/McL in Monaco, RBR/McL/Merc here
- Ferrari’s worst result since Aus ‘23. Engine issues, no grip, bad strategy
- Solid Aston
- RIC’s P8 silences his critics
- Double points for Alpine

YOUR take?🤔

RACE PACE Canadian GP:

🟠NOR had the best pace, but🟡VER was just 0.03s/lap behind: a McL victory was in the cards.

🟢After passing ALO, HAM's pace was clearly better: he matched VER since the restart. If only he qualified P6...

🔴Driving on HARD slicks under the rain =💀

This version of the plot includes only the drivers who covered over 90% of the laps, for which the comparison is more representative (same track conditions and average fuel levels).

Leclerc's engine problem was even bigger than it sounded like:

Fastest Lap with the problem:
L23 1:26.623: 306km/h with DRS.

Fastest lap after solving it:
L39 1:26.012: 308km/h... without DRS.

It was like running with negative DRS, plus a loss of acceleration.

Leclerc’s paradox:
- The more it rained, the more the car struggled with the track conditions compared to the competitors.
- The less it rained, the more the engine problem impacted his pace.

The guy really cannot go 2 race weekends without problems.

GAP TO VER - Canadian GP (Non-lapped drivers):

⚪️MAG quickest until Lap 5: was P4, but the Haas cars (on full wets) quickly lost pace as the track began to dry.

🟠McL quickest on the drying track.

RUS: excellent start and end of the race compensated for the slower middle part.

The longest stint in the Canadian GP belongs to... Ocon! (Tied with TSU)

SAR triggered a SC on Lap 25➡️Most drivers pitted
Not Ocon, though: he did 44 laps on his Inters; the time saved by pitting just once helped him get P9.

(In Turkey '21, he did all the race on a single set!)

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Visualizing the airflow around Mercedes' sidepods! 👀 (Collab with @justf1car 📸)

Mercedes introduced a zero-pod design in 2022, but had to switch to a more conventional one mid-2023.

They progressively mitigated the car's high drag, but the gain in downforce wasn't as apparent.

Example:
Best Mercedes Quali lap - Saudi Arabia
2022: 323km/h top speed, 232km/h in T9
2023: 329km/h top speed, 229km/h in T9
2024: 332km/h top speed, 228km/h in T9

A zero-pod design is expected to produce MORE drag, as the sidepod does not shield the rear tyres from the incoming airflow.

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McLaren was mighty in the 2nd part of the 1st stint: the track was drying but still very slippery.

They locked the 2nd row in quali despite the worst top speed: excellent downforce.

In the race, the slippery track made their downforce even more useful and reduced the drag penalty.

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QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE

📈Mercedes, McL, Alpine, and Racing Bulls have improved throughout the season.

📉Red Bull's gap to the fastest lap was significant in the last 2 events. Aston got worse, too, compared to the start of the season.

(Using each team's fastest quali lap.)

Ferrari’s case is hard to interpret:
1) After a very strong start, the team has gotten slower in qualifying until China.
2) After that, they progressively improved, culminating in Monaco’s pole.
3) Lastly, that pole was followed by their worst 2024 qualifying session.

2024 QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE
[🟣Canada]

Merc and RacingBulls had their best qualifying in Canada. The track suited Williams, too.

🔴Ferrari, instead, struggled massively: as in China, they had tyre temperature issues.

🟠McL is versatile: consistent and solid performance.

Who’s your bet for the Spanish pole? 🤔