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[inox]

2019 Top Ten



1. Hamilton
2.Verstappen
3.Leclerc
4. Vettel
5.Bottas
6.Sainz
7.Ricciardo
8.Perez
9.Norris
10.Russell

Thanks! This time they played safe on top 5. Was that proper order then? Not necessarily, but I don't have enough data to challenge it.

Edited by inox, 28 April 2020 - 16:10.

[FortiFord]

I don't think there was a really an advantage for Ferrari at Belgium. Yes, they were faster in qualifying and in the beginning of stints. Hamilton was however faster at the end of stints.

Same thing at Monza, but this time Mercedes was clearly faster in the race.

This was the trend in the latter half of the season. In general, Mercedes was more often either faster or better on its tyres. Final nail to Ferrari's coffin were those cooling rims engineered by Mercedes, which helped to keep the tyres alive.

In general Vettel needed to take much more risks in order to keep championship alive. In the end, most of the points difference was down to Vettel's and Ferrari's mistakes. However, Hamilton clearly had a faster car overall. I think some British journalist failed to see this, thinking it was Hamilton who made the speed difference. For sure, Hamilton deserved to win the championship as he was virtually error free, even though he got involved in many hard fights.

 

 

I think if you look at it objectively on a race by race basis, you will see the cars were quite even, with Ferrari having superior reliability.