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Originally Posted by Bubbles
Max acceleration in sector 2-3 was impressive. The new PU may have upped the midrange power significantly. It will be interesting how the low downforce package impacts tire wear. Is Perez running a lower power mode?
The post-qualify press conference is always good.
Max: we had a strong performance, car feels good.
Hammy: You wouldn't believe how many changes I've made since practice one, car wasn’t performing this weekend and car was unbalanced, with my tweaks I felt more comfortable and pulled out a P2 in qualification. I've been generally unhappy in the car all weekend, it's been a really, really hard weekend mentally just trying to get the car into a happy place.
Bottas: the car felt strong this weekend, we have good pace.
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Yes MAX was really impressive . But today at the finish line it really matters .
The new HONDA spec-2 PU pulls more power , +/- like in the Merc territory.
The previous HONDA PU was well known for extreme vibrations in the cockpit . With the spec-2 PU the vibrations are gone , that's why MAX feels more comfortabel and relaxed in the 16-B .
Low downforce on this track gives (normally) less tire wear .
Checo runs the same downforce and power setup as MAX .
7Hammy whines exaggerated as usual .
Bottas ? Will lose it vs Checo , because he never had racecraft .
Checo..