What we learned from FP3 telemetry breakdown: Mercedes teammate chasm, Lawson's untapped pace, and McLaren's setup split
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What happened
The timing screens never tell the full story on a grand prix weekend, but diving beneath the surface into telemetry and sector splits uncovers where performance was won, lost, and left behind. From an eye-opening intra-team gap at Mercedes to razor-thin margins at Ferrari and contrasting setup philosophies at McLaren, here is what the data showed in FP3 in the Bahrain GP in Malaysia.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below