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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
Right . That's why MAX had to push his car beyond the limits in Q3 and hits the wall ..
MAX was Shaving walls like crazy to be faster than HAM's RocketShip !
And that's why HAM's pole lap looked so relaxed , because his RocketShip has so much more power , topspeed and pace .
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How do you know Hamilton wasn't flat out pushing it to the max, but Lewis was just better at keeping it on line? Because he knows Max is behind him and he cannot afford to not get pole, so he has to make sure he gives it his all just in case. So there's no way Lewis would have let it slide during qualifying.
Then with a broken front endplate, Lewis was still able to pull away from Max. Without an end plate the high pressure air can spill over the edge of the wing to mix with the low pressure air creating a vortex. This creates alot of drag slowing the car down and causes it to lose alot of down force as well, and since it was on one side it causes handling imbalances. So that takes alot of skill to manage.
Do I think Lewis is better in terms of raw speed vs. max? No I think they are very evenly matched. The place where Lewis is better is in terms of racecraft, because he has the ability to understand when to back off and when to fight - lose the battle to win the war. Max doesn't have that yet, maybe he never will with his agression, but that is what makes Lewis faster overall... If Lewis can win this season it will show you how good he really is.