#and ofc mclaren can be pathetic sometimes w their strategies

[theconchaverse]

Please say you’re joking with that McLaren tyre management comment? Because if not then wow you really don’t get what you’re watching on track.

Norris has some of the best tyre management in the grid and the main reason they’ve been close to wins in recent races (China, Imola and the inters stint in Montreal) is primarily because of his tyre management. He deliberately holds back to preserve tyres early in stints to be able to make late charges late in the stints when the tyres go off. It’s why he managed to drive a car not suited to the track in China to P2 even before the upgrades. Why he was so fast toward the end of the first stint in Miami to the point that even without the safety car he would have jumped everyone up to Leclerc and then come out on much fresher tyres than Max & Charles (he was literally going significantly faster than anyone else on tyres nearly 30 laps older than everyone else’s because he had managed them so well). Why he almost caught Max in the final stint in Imola, because he held back until the tyres were in the perfect window and then pushed. Why he was so damn fast on the inters in Montreal (go rewatch the race, he holds back significantly early in the stint, that was because he was preserving his inters for when the track dried out a bit and then he starts to push. It’s also how he drove from last to 5th in Mexico last year, how he was so fast in Suzuka last year compared to Oscar (tyre management was the big differential there), why he was so far ahead of everyone in second in Brazil. It’s not just the car. All of them are literal displays of great tyre management right in front of your nose.

The best drivers on the grid at tyre management are Lewis, Max, Lando & Charles. If you want to see any example of terrible tyre management, look no further than George Russell.

Begging some of you to learn something about the sport before putting stupid takes like that out into the world.

maaan no need to be mean about it

yes, he knows how to do it, but neither the team nor him are being smart about it and Montreal was a great example of this, they failed to see that logan's car in the middle of the track would trigger a safety car and so they left lando with those used tires to defend pole position while everyone went for a pit stop. AND THEN HE HAD TO GO AGAINST MAX WHO HAD A FRESH SET OF TIRES.

what I'm saying is, (and this is my opinion, be mad about it, idc) there was no need to push so hard at lap 20 in a 70 laps race with such unstable conditions as Montreal. he knows how to manage his tires but he's not using that skill to get himself in pole position, he lacks consistency and sometimes fails to see how that tire management fits in the bigger picture of the race