🗒Key points:
- Mercedes: strong enough chassis for their PU advantage to dominate on pace and straights. They may detune the ICE in the next 3 races to push rivals outside the ADUO window (based on race-estimated PU power), preventing engine development.
- Ferrari: best chassis and clear 2nd-best car. Much worse tyre deg than Mercedes; more power would let them run higher downforce and improve wear. Right now, they must push harder in corners, hurting tyres.
- Alpine FINALLY competitive! Best of the rest with Haas, both quicker than HAD’s RBR.
- Cadillac is slow but at least finishes races, unlike Aston and VER’s RBR. McLaren couldn’t even start: from WCC/WDC winners to just 1 point ahead of Haas!
This season will hinge on politics more than ever: ICE/ERS power-split debates (to reduce clipping), the compression-ratio saga, and possibly teams limiting power to block rivals’ concessions... teams which are best at lobbying will have a critical advantage!
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Formula Data Analysis 📊 CHINESE GP - RACE | RACE PACE PACE PER TEAM (1 STOPS) 1️⃣ Mercedes 2️⃣ Ferrari +0.64s/lap 3️⃣ Alpine +1.32 4️⃣ Haas +1.43 5️⃣ Racing Bulls +1.81 6️⃣ Audi +1.83 7️⃣ Williams +2.47 8️⃣ Cadillac +3.51
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