Intro

Under the lights on the Jeddah circuit, it was time to get rid of all the sandbags. Engines in top mode, light as you can be on fuel and absolute precision driving on the fastest street circuit of the calendar. The red Ferrari of Charles Leclerc came alive after seeing the driveshaft issues on Max Verstappen’s car but Sergio Perez said, Not Today !! , meanwhile, our old fox Alonso finished P3, eventually starting on the front row thanks to Leclerc’s grid penalty. Let us dive into the data to see who was faster where and how did the car setup make a difference to the qualifying order

PER vs LEC

1. LEC didn’t have the cleanest T1 as he had multiple taps on this throttle, maybe just carrying too much speed into the first corner

2. LEC brakes later than PER in T4 and carries more speed from T4 to T8 . But if you look at the throttle traces, LEC has multiple lifts off and a small tap on the brakes as compared to PER who is super smooth on his throttle application and doesn’t tap the brakes.

3. T15, T22 and T27 have the same signature, with LEC able to brake later and get onto the throttle earlier while the RedBull regains all the time with its efficiency through top speed and carrying more speed through the high-speed corners.

PER VS ALO

1. LEC didn’t have the cleanest T1 as he had multiple taps on this throttle, maybe just carrying too much speed into the first corner

2. LEC brakes later than PER in T4 and carries more speed from T4 to T8 . But if you look at the throttle traces, LEC has multiple lifts off and a small tap on the brakes as compared to PER who is super smooth on his throttle application and doesn’t tap the brakes.

3. T15, T22 and T27 have the same signature, with LEC able to brake later and get onto the throttle earlier while the RedBull regains all the time with its efficiency through top speed and carrying more speed through the high- speed corners.

PER vs RUS

1. Coming to turn 1 Perez has a top-speed advantage and brakes earlier than Russell, and Russel gets a better exit out of the corner

2)Turn 22 Russel brakes earlier and sets up the car for a good exit getting on the throttle earlier than Perez.

3)Mercedes still have a speed deficit compared to Red Bull. It seems Mercedes is losing time in the corners but then gets a good exit to make up some time over RedBull until the efficiency of the Redbull kicks in

Top Speed

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