[USA Qualifying] Russell was Superclipping more than Antonelli on every flying lap. Allowing for how fast each driver left the corners, Russell’s car was 0.11-0.17 s slower on the sector 2 Straights on every Q2 and Q3 run. • On the Straights, Russell’s car harvested 0.03-0.15 MJ more per lap. Most of it came between Turn 10 and Turn 11, where he started superclipping 7-36 m earlier than Antonelli. • Both were at 100% throttle until braking, so the difference is the car, not the driver. • It happened in the same places every run, with no tow (Antonelli was 8-12 s behind), the same wind and the same tyres. • The extra harvest didn’t pay back. Russell reached the next corner slower, so he recovered less under braking, and his total harvest and deploy ended level with Antonelli’s. That’s where Russell's lap time went: sector 2, on the Straights. (*In the corners, each had his strong spots: Russell at Turn 1 and the Turn 3–5 esses, Antonelli at Turns 19 and 20.) • On Q2 second runs, their laps were 0.03 s apart. Russell’s car lost about 0.22 s on the Straights, and he got about 0.20 s back in the corners. • Russell’s last Q3 lap was 0.25 s slower than his best. Almost all of it was on the Straights, where the model has his car putting less energy to the wheels. It all points to a more harvest/superclipping-heavy energy plan on Russell’s car, detrimental to lap time.