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      01-21-2019, 02:22 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by scflaw View Post
There was a youtube channel that broke down why ferrari had a faster car in the beginning of the season. Apparently they had something with the battery technology that allowed them to have 1-2 seconds more of DRS compared to the Benz. Mercedes complained and they had to remove it but was not publicly announced. Of course this is all conjecture without proof. Although they really screwed the pooch in Italy when they catastrophically screwed up the pit strategy.
This may very well be true, and might have brought them closer to equal with Mercedes. But this whole "Ferrari was faster" thing is not actually correct.

In the first 11 races, it was 5 poles each for Ferrari and Mercedes, and 1 for RBR. To me, that doesn't say "Ferrari was faster". And Vettel only won 4 races in the first half, same as Hamilton. Other factors contributed to Vettel's points lead.
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