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Originally Posted by GuidoK
I think it had to do with the track drying faster than they anticipated, so that 6 lap or so stint to set a good time was driven faster than anticipated so you use more fuel.
I think the differences between ferrari and RB are so small during qualifying that every liter of fuel they carry extra counts in the final qualifying time.
but in the end they obviously calculated the wrong amount.
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IMHO . I'm pretty sure it was all about weight saving during the qualifing .
In other words : 1 milliliter = 1 gram . Yes that's how they see it ..
RB planned the amount of fuel for 5 laps ,but in the 5th lap they noticed that the track was suddenly dryer and thus faster .
So , they went for that 6th lap and MAX ran purple in the 2 first sectors and was 0.8 sec. faster than Charlie ..
That 6th lap was a pole lap but also a fuel gamble , the rest we know ...
