US GP - RACE PACE 🏁

🟠 NOR was <0.1s/lap slower than VER on average; 🔵 VER was managing, yet NOR was stuck behind 🔴 LEC for long!

HAM was 0.18s/lap slower than LEC; PIA’s gap to NOR was over twice that!

Finally, a race where Ferrari could fight McL.

🟢 RUS won in Singapore’s heat, yet Merc was only 4th fastest in (hot) Austin.

Little pace from 🟡 Racing Bulls; none from 🟣 Alpine.

After the summer break, the quickest RBR (VER) has had a better race pace than the quickest McL.

VER has to recover 40 points in 5 weekends, or 8pts/weekend on average: hard but doable, considering his (and McL's, especially PIA's) current form!