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Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to the line by approximately half a car length to earn an exceptional 100
th pole position.
The progress chart above show comparisons from each team’s fastest lap today compared to their respective fastest lap in 2020 or 2019, depending which one was faster. The results are stunning for Red Bull as they’ve closed 0.877s to Mercedes earning themselves the ability to fight for pole position.
Mercedes and Aston Martins development are among the weakest, eighth and ninth best and only better than Haas which is much in line with what we’ve seen this season so far. It is clear that Mercedes and Aston Martin have not yet fully begun to reverse the devastating effects of the floor changes newly introduced this year. By direct comparison Red Bull posted the third best progress and only just behind the efforts of Williams and Alpine.
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The changes to the floor of the cars introduced by the FIA this year are still proving effective in terms of the reduction of lap time. It has also played havoc with the drivers as seemingly every driver is still struggling with the snappy rear-end characteristics of their cars.
McLaren and Williams were the first teams to dip below their qualifying times compared to 2020 in Imola, but the results are much different this time out. During the qualifying session of the Portuguese GP, an average delta to last years’ lap times were approximately 1.5s.
Ferrari has had a misstep as the car simply did not pack the punch of the two previous races. A good indicator of the struggle is a direct comparison from Alfa Romeo to Ferrari as Ferrari were significantly bettered by Alfa Romeo.
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