2022 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[JPBD1990]

People talking about the drivers these days reminds me of being a kid and comparing dads with my friends, and saying things like ‘my dad could lift this entire house with his bare hands’ and my friend rebutting by saying ‘my dad could lift the entire town!’ It’s as if, for you to be a fan of someone, they can only be the absolute best, most flawless, GOAT, etc. people can’t seem to accept that Charles made a mistake because they feel that somehow diminishes him… he is a human. He made a mistake. It’s not the end of the world, and it’s not the end of his career.

I vividly remember people saying the same things about Schumi. Spa 2005 springs to mind (it wasn’t particularly memorable but it was the first race I ever watched of my own volition so it’s stuck with me). He crashed with Sato and people immediately said he’s too old, he should have bowed out on the high of 2004, etc. people have said it about Hamilton - as recently as Imola last year. Of Alonso before his return to F1, then for many races while he got up to speed again in those first few races. Everything is not black or white; good or bad. Best or worst. Charles is a fantastic driver and imo a generational talent. He’s made a few mistakes, as they all have. The end.

Guess what? None of them are perfect. People need to learn to take the good with the bad and get tf over it.

This is a great season for Ferrari in so many ways, but somehow I miss racing in the midfield. It was so much less exhausting on this forum, on twitter, etc.

[Big Tea]

I agree 100%
Binotto did not want to discuss the issue with reverse it is clear they have an issue there!!!!!!

Do you and tpe both realize that Perez had the same identical problem in canada when his nose got stuck in the safety barrier?

Could it be that, and I might be going off on a limb here, reverse isn't designed to take the car out of the safety barriers when they are stuck?

Didn't Perez actually engaged reverse?
In Leclerc's case, it seems that he could not engage it, more or less. I would be more than happy if the issue was that reverse is too weak and cannot pull the car out of the tire barriers (although I doubt!)

There may well have been some reason the 'brain' though it was not a good idea to allow him to select a gear, be it reverse or forward. For instance, one of the wheels having no traction (over rev?) or something damaged or misaligned.
I don't think there was radiator damage but a cooling or hydraulic/oil line may have become crimped or detached.

We don't get to know this stuff.

[pipoloko]

la istoria e finita !!!!!!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scuderia ... 0944-CWy_/
as said is more about the English conspiracy hahahhahah

[johnny comelately]

re the Charles crash, in the Jolyon Palmer analysis he showed comparative speed traces showing Charles later braking and slightly higher speed on entry but this doesnt mean that it was too late, too high as the comparator may have been slow (or is it averaged).
And Nico Rosberg raises the question of critical wind gusts, this may have some bearing because the dust after the crash was getting blown in that direction.

[Sevach]

[Spoutnik]

[F1NAC]

Jeus Christ Hill

[mzso]

Jeus Christ Hill

He may be right. More suited to lead a constantly bumbling team. Meanwhile Leclerc should go to RB or Mercedes.

[Spoutnik]

Jeus Christ Hill

He may be right. More suited to lead a constantly bumbling team. Meanwhile Leclerc should go to RB or Mercedes.

Yes. It might be due to the fact that Sainz has more experience, and experienced very different teams/cars.
We've seen it last year too.

[mzso]

We've seen it last year too.

Seen what?

[Spoutnik]

We've seen it last year too.

Seen what?

Trying to cover strategic mistakes/hesitancy

[tpe]

What I find amazing is that no-one said a word about Binotto's comments about LEC's mistake.

He used the word "champion" I don't know how many times. Which can be easily translated to "in my eyes, Leclerc is No 1 driver, our future champion".
Still in GB they handed the win to SAI.

That doesn't make ANY sense.

[JPower]

What I find amazing is that no-one said a word about Binotto's comments about LEC's mistake.

He used the word "champion" I don't know how many times. Which can be easily translated to "in my eyes, Leclerc is No 1 driver, our future champion".
Still in GB they handed the win to SAI.

That doesn't make ANY sense.

It makes perfect sense if you’re not a conspiracy-addled drama addict.

The team made a strategy mistake. No one was “handed” anything.

[Gillian]

Jeus Christ Hill

He may be right. More suited to lead a constantly bumbling team. Meanwhile Leclerc should go to RB or Mercedes.

Leclerc vs Verstappen at RB would be fantastic but I don't see any reason for Ferrari to let Leclerc go. Doesn't make sense for Leclerc either. He has more chance of beating Sainz than Verstappen. And he already has the best car right now, at worst second best. He needs to cut out the little mistakes which I'm sure he will with time. The PU needs to be reliable which I also have no doubt about will be achieved. That leaves the strategy to get on par with RB which is achievable as well especially considering some silly mistakes on strategy where made due to circumstances caused by Leclerc himself.

[ringo]

The team's lineup us perfect IMO.
The first time in a while fighting at the front, and with 2 capable drivers.
They drivers are young and will gain more experience. Sainz is a better leader indeed, he just doesn't have the raw talent of Leclerc. Leclerc is melodramatic and i think he needs to change that if he wants to lead. Nothing wrong with being honest with yourself, but as a leader being hard on oneself and self deprecating can impact team spirit.