Who is really quickest? Mark Hughes' early Australian GP analysis
Added 2025-03-14 08:46:50 +0000 UTCFerrari topped the times - but who was really quickest on F1 2025's first proper day at the Australian Grand Prix.
Fresh from crunching the practice race simulation numbers, we asked our man on the ground Mark Hughes for his take, exclusively for Patreon.
Below you'll find Mark's FP2 race sim data, watch the video to understand it better.
Comments
Hi Joanna. That is accurate, yes. The averages are just the times actually set, without any adjustment for circumstances (other than not counting cool-down or incident laps). There are far too many variables (PU modes, fuel load, timing of runs etc) to try to put numbers on the variables. So the more context you have, yes the better you can interpret those averages.
Mark Hughes
2025-03-14 23:35:15 +0000 UTCCheers Mark. Love powering through the noise half way through ๐ ๐
James Hoyle
2025-03-14 21:00:38 +0000 UTCGreat Video Mark! My issue with the really quick laps on the Ferrari was that while watching the live timing, you could see that Leclerc was using DRS throughout the last part of the stint, while Norris never used it. The DRS was used on the 2 fastest times on Leclerc's run that was not the last lap (so somewhere in the middle of his stint, a 1.21.6 and 1.21.2 respectively) McLaren also seemed to be insistent on sticking behind Antonelli for unknown reasons, while Leclerc was interested in moving away from Verstappen. (and took a slow lap in the middle of the run to do that)
Joanna Xuan
2025-03-14 15:39:45 +0000 UTCMark coming in hot with the analysis on video. ๐ฅ
Stranded_Colourwork
2025-03-14 14:23:56 +0000 UTCBrilliant analysis as always Mark. We are lucky to have your insight. Thank you!
Deck
2025-03-14 14:04:34 +0000 UTCNice to see Mark
Porpoising Papayas
2025-03-14 12:53:06 +0000 UTCThanks Mark. Great context and insight.
Ben DePew
2025-03-14 12:07:12 +0000 UTCUnreal insights - great to have Mark doing one of these videos!
Olli Emmerson
2025-03-14 10:43:11 +0000 UTCAwesome analysis!
Gary Oliver
2025-03-14 10:39:45 +0000 UTCExcellent insight, Mark. I hope this is a regular feature!
Michael Sanderson
2025-03-14 10:39:39 +0000 UTCMark is such an excellent motorsport journalist. To me, he's the absolute authority.
Davy Coolen
2025-03-14 10:10:01 +0000 UTCMark on video ๐ค๐ค
URBAN MOTO-BIKE
2025-03-14 09:19:31 +0000 UTCThis is the first time I've ever seen Mark in a video! More please! Great commentary - now if you'll excuse me, I need to go adjust my fantasy teams ๐
928pilot
2025-03-14 09:18:18 +0000 UTCIn fact Michaerl it pretty much is what you thought in that most of what Mark says on the video is in the article
Shambolix
2025-03-14 09:16:33 +0000 UTCI love this!!!! More Mark more Mark!
Declan Machin
2025-03-14 09:16:12 +0000 UTCFascinating analysis as always Mark thank you. Loving this new content ๐
Jessica Price
2025-03-14 09:09:36 +0000 UTCWhat a wonderful surprise. I saw Mark Hughes in the Patreon notification, and just assumed we were getting an early access article. This was brilliant - great insights.
Michael Holden
2025-03-14 09:07:49 +0000 UTCEchoing Daniel and Birgirโs comments.
Russ Taylor
2025-03-14 09:07:42 +0000 UTCThank you Mark. I have a question. I always Watch the live timing and track position on the Longruns and Norris was relatively close to Antonelli for most of his laps. Do you take these things into consideration? And Charles last two laps were behind Max and considerable slower, so where they counted out for the average? I really like the live Updates, Thanks to the whole Team!
Andrea
2025-03-14 09:01:31 +0000 UTCBrilliant insight! Thank you Mark and the Race for the content ๐
Daniel Ingleton
2025-03-14 09:00:52 +0000 UTCAbsolutely brilliant insight! Exactly what I needed this morning to make sense of the practice sessions ๐๐ผ
Birgir Harรฐarson
2025-03-14 08:54:05 +0000 UTC
