The 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix featured a chess-like race with the slimmest of margins between rivals; mistakes, strategy and the aid of a wingman would help Lewis Hamilton triumph. Let’s crunch the numbers and see what really went on at Autodromo do Algarve in Portimao. Easily the most difficult assessment to make in F1 is the illusive oddity otherwise known as ‘race pace’. Nobody really knows what it is, it is liquid in nature comprising of a vast array of convoluted variables and various items on the cars themselves requiring some form of management throughout the race, it is impossible to conclusively put an exact number to ‘race pace'. Over time I’ve come to believe that if...
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