Says the chief engineer Xyz22.
It’s actually very simple.
Every time Charles is kind of happy with the car’s feeling, Sainz is nowhere. Indicates a totally different car behavior preference. The difference is that if Sainz is happy and Charles is not, the latter is still on his level at the minimum.
True, i would also add Ferrari is usually closer to the front when Charles is happy, at least for the last year and a half.
So Ferrari has done a good job on the SF 23? For now, a slower car in the race compared to the Aston Martin? Because Leclerc (as a driver) was clearly quicker than Alonso (and anyone else) in this track.
this is it.
The SF-23 got pole position comfortably and you're saying that Ferrari did a terrible job and that the chassis is not to be saved.Xyz22 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:10So Ferrari has done a good job on the SF 23? For now, a slower car in the race compared to the Aston Martin? Because Leclerc (as a driver) was clearly quicker than Alonso (and anyone else) in this track.
Anyway at least we saw an improvement in this race. No drama strategy wise and bit more speed compared to the first 3 races.
It's a hard read. Sainz was not very quick at all but Leclerc even managed to take pole here in the SF21 so there's some element of Leclerc having an understanding of this circuit that other drivers are not capable of.LM10 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:27The SF-23 got pole position comfortably and you're saying that Ferrari did a terrible job and that the chassis is not to be saved.Xyz22 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:10So Ferrari has done a good job on the SF 23? For now, a slower car in the race compared to the Aston Martin? Because Leclerc (as a driver) was clearly quicker than Alonso (and anyone else) in this track.
Anyway at least we saw an improvement in this race. No drama strategy wise and bit more speed compared to the first 3 races.
The problem Ferrari is having is that the car is peaky. The pure pace is there - obviously - but what they need to focus on now is the performance in the race. For some reason the car loses pace as soon as it's heavy. It seems to be more understeery and less balanced.
The SF21 lacked in many areas, but it had exceptionally good mechanical grip which plays a big role in Baku. That year Charles also took pole in Monaco by over 2 tenths.AR3-GP wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:32It's a hard read. Sainz was not very quick at all but Leclerc even managed to take pole here in the SF21 so there's some element of Leclerc having an understanding of this circuit that other drivers are not capable of.LM10 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:27The SF-23 got pole position comfortably and you're saying that Ferrari did a terrible job and that the chassis is not to be saved.Xyz22 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:10
So Ferrari has done a good job on the SF 23? For now, a slower car in the race compared to the Aston Martin? Because Leclerc (as a driver) was clearly quicker than Alonso (and anyone else) in this track.
Anyway at least we saw an improvement in this race. No drama strategy wise and bit more speed compared to the first 3 races.
The problem Ferrari is having is that the car is peaky. The pure pace is there - obviously - but what they need to focus on now is the performance in the race. For some reason the car loses pace as soon as it's heavy. It seems to be more understeery and less balanced.
In many ways the performance isn't too disimilar to Bahrain. Leclerc could have had pole there, but they didn't do their second run in Q3. Then Leclerc was way in front of his teammate, while Sainz was defending from Hamilton, again.
It just makes Jeddah the outlier more than anything. Charles had the grid penalty in Australia after qualifying on the front row.
I don't doubt Hamilton. What I'm saying is that Leclerc drove the same race in Bahrain already before his DNF. He had a sniff of pole if he did a second run, was miles ahead of Sainz, was only being matched by Alonso, and Sainz only marginally beat Hamilton that day. The same thing happened here in Baku.LM10 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:49The SF21 lacked in many areas, but it had exceptionally good mechanical grip which plays a big role in Baku. That year Charles also took pole in Monaco by over 2 tenths.AR3-GP wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:32It's a hard read. Sainz was not very quick at all but Leclerc even managed to take pole here in the SF21 so there's some element of Leclerc having an understanding of this circuit that other drivers are not capable of.LM10 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2023, 15:27
The SF-23 got pole position comfortably and you're saying that Ferrari did a terrible job and that the chassis is not to be saved.
The problem Ferrari is having is that the car is peaky. The pure pace is there - obviously - but what they need to focus on now is the performance in the race. For some reason the car loses pace as soon as it's heavy. It seems to be more understeery and less balanced.
In many ways the performance isn't too disimilar to Bahrain. Leclerc could have had pole there, but they didn't do their second run in Q3. Then Leclerc was way in front of his teammate, while Sainz was defending from Hamilton, again.
It just makes Jeddah the outlier more than anything. Charles had the grid penalty in Australia after qualifying on the front row.
In this year's qualifying the fastest car other than a Ferrari and RedBull was Hamilton's Mercedes in fifth and he was 1 second behind. That's a serious gap which was not only up to Charles' masterclass. I know Sainz was 8 tenths back in fourth, but while he simply never got it right this weekend, there is no reason to believe Hamilton did not exploit his car's potential.