The F1 performance advantage in the modern ground effect era changes from week to week – but no team can truly work out why, writes Mark Hughes
Right now the only consistently quick car in F1, fast track or slow, hot or cold, is the McLaren. The form of the cars from Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes is notably schizophrenic. Sometimes even within the same race weekend. The Red Bull doesn't like a big spread of corner speeds, the Ferrari isn't at its best on long fast corners, the Mercedes is not at its best on hot tracks etc.
George Russell got a bit frustrated with it all at Baku after observing that his pace in the first stint wasn't even in the top 10 but in the second stint was faster than anyone's – for no apparent reason he could see. His default was that it must therefore be differences in the performance of each set of tyres.
"It's pretty infuriating that it changes this much," he said. "It's not just the Mercedes, it's every team and every driver..."
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