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“internal prediction of a three tenths of a second gain actually looked like a four to five tenths backwards step”

Toto Wolff, read out by Edd Straw, at 7:46 of “Red Bull’s sudden F1 supremacy over Mercedes explained” on The Race’s channel.

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  1. 7:36 its aged tarmac and long radius low-speed corners? Or was the upgrade actually misfiring
  2. 7:42 versus the team's pre-event expectations? After qualifying team boss Toto Wolff reckoned that
  3. 7:46 internal prediction of a three tenths of a second gain actually looked like a four to five tenths
  4. 7:51 backwards step, and said the car now looks draggy on the straights, as well as being plagued by
  5. 7:57 understeer in the slow corners. The data from qualifying backs that up, with Antonelli losing
  6. 8:02 three of the five tenths he gave up to Verstappen in Q3 through the low-speed turns one and two alone.

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