📊 CHINESE GP - RACE | STINTS

🟥 Ferrari had no chance in the Chinese GP: 🟦 Mercedes were the 'Kings of Wear', as their laptimes NEVER trended upwards!

1st stint (🟡 Mediums):
Mercedes held a constant pace, while Ferrari showed degradation.

2nd stint (⚪️Hards):
Mercedes first ran steadily, then started pushing, improving by ~1 s/lap (despite increasingly worn tyres!).
They gained up to 0.9 s/lap on Ferrari and later ran sub-1:36 laps.

Ferrari's wear hurt by:
- In-team battles;
- Pushing harder in corners to offset the power deficit;
- Possibly running less downforce due to lower PU output;
- Possibly, Car traits/setup that stress the tyres more.

Cars now start with ~70 kg of fuel (vs ~100 kg before).
Empty vs full tank is worth ~2s, not ~3s, yet Mercedes still improved their pace through the stint.

In the end, it didn't matter: Mercedes were unreachable.

This feels like 2015 again: Mercedes fastest, Ferrari clearly 2nd, and no other real F1 title contender.