[greglepore]

Excellent article.
Also this interview with Rahal and the channel's interview with Pato.
I think there's something to Curt's point above, Gannasi has figured out how to trim the car out, and the drivers are both smooth enough (we know Dixon always was) to drive the car that way and not cook the tires, so they have excess straightaway speed. Look at how Palou was able to drive away from Herta at Barber on blacks with Herta on reds.