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Originally Posted by G30M
Anyone knows how/why Max was so slow in the sprint quali + sprint and so fast in qualifying and grand prix?
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During the Qatar Sprint, Red Bull changed the nose wing of Perez's car to test a different setup, collecting data for the Qatar qualies.
When asked about the bizarre pit lane start following the Qatar Sprint, Perez suggested that he had intended to find space on track, to collect setup data:
"The main objective of today was to be as further back as possible to have as much clean air as possible – that was the objective" and
"I think we managed to understand the car with the changes we’ve done, I think there is some room to improve. What we have to do going forward, we have to try and bring a little bit more balance to the car."
But Horner said something different:
"I don’t know, to be honest. I need to have a chat with him about it. It looked like he just misjudged it, but when the light goes out, you’re supposed to go.".
So
maybe in the end Perez actively contributed to the performance improvement (qualies and race) ?