Honestly, it looks to me like the combination of the tire spec change and the move to the long wheelbase just isn't working for Kimi. He seems to be struggling for front end grip an awful lot of the time, the car pushing and washing out...the exact opposite of a Kimi-style car. Romain's happy with it though, so you could hardly fault the team for sticking with it as he's sticking with them.
Kimi isn't really racing poorly though. He doesn't look like a bored man with his opportunistic pass on his teammate in Korea or his robust defense today.
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