unpopular opinion, but bahrain 2024 was actually a great race from charles but people are too blind to see it because they only see the ferrari social media graphics post-race with 'p4' as his result.
MY GUY, with 100 degree brake imbalance was second fastest in sector 2, the most driver-dependent and technical of all sectors with heavy braking. key words; driver-dependent and heavy braking.
most would have considered retiring with a brake imbalance that extreme, but Charles LECUNT managed to bring the car home with p4 and was second fastest behind that rb rocketship in a sector that was the most difficult, skill-dependent, and heavy on the braking.
lewis hamilton speaks to spanish media after the race, bahrain - march 2, 2024
Interviewer: "Hi, Lewis. So we heard that you had some seat problems. Could you explain to us a little bit what happened there?"
Lewis: "Yeah, honestly I think I was braking into turn one and then the seat just shifted, and my left butt cheek fell, basically. I think it just cracked, just snapped, something snapped, so then it was moving around for a while. [laughs] So I was basically… Yeah… Like my butt was in the air. On one side it was up in the air." [laughs]
Interviewer: "Well, sounds fun."