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stormybadger8 said:On what specific basis did you reach that conclusion? 🙂
The massive advantages gained from that 0.017 margin Ferrari displayed during today's FP2 session. 🙂
You can safely disregard Sebastian Vettel's FP2 time. There was a massive delta created in the final sector, mainly because he caught a double slipstream—it was essentially the same situation Esteban Ocon found himself in at the start of Spa-Francorchamps.
What constitutes a true anomaly? In this context, we are looking at a statistical outlier of such magnitude that the probability of it ever happening again is effectively zero. Practically speaking, there is no chance of a repeat.
What matters most is that his timing was practically identical to Lujo and Kimi. Actually, if you look closer, Lujo was slightly faster than him through those first two sectors.
On the other hand, Lujin's lap was executed with a rather significant error during S3...
In truth, nobody actually managed to put together a perfect flyer by hitting the best possible times in every single sector. Sebastian Vettel came the closest, specifically during that one lap where he hit that statistical anomaly—something you practically never see happen during Q3 qualifying. It’s unheard of.
Given how they always seem to be playing games during FP1, FP2, and FP3—and even dragging it through Q1—it’s no wonder people get such an unrealistic sense of hope regarding their actual pace.
