There is always hope, when Charles is your main competitor. I wouldn't bet against Charles not kissing the wall in Quali on any particular weekend. P2 would be a great place to start the race, which is achievable with a bit of luck and underperformance of Sainz. They can win from there.
I think Marko has more realistic take. Marko is in garage with more information from engineers I would say whereas Max and Checo are more looking at the delta and how the car feels which is obviously terrible given the ride and low engine modes. Normally the gap isn't so bad with the engine mode low because Ferrari don't usually push their engine until Saturday but at Monaco they gave Charles full beans from fp1AR3-GP wrote: ↑24 May 2024, 19:58Sounds bad to me:organic wrote: ↑24 May 2024, 19:51Marko
Doesn't sound so bad TBFWe have to look for a set-up that will allow us to attack the kerbs more. Max said the car was jumping like a kangaroo, and Perez also had the same problems.
We have to try not to make the car jump and not lose downforce. We learnt a lot from the long runs, so we know which direction to take to improve. But whether we will be able to do that before qualifying, I would say, remains to be seen."
-Ver after FP2"I don't think I can describe what is going on. It's difficult, but not what I did not expect. The worst possible outcome of the weekend. The bumps, kerbs and camber changes, we lose a lot of laptime, as the car struggles to drive.
"We don't have a clear direction. These things we can't change with set-up. cause it's how the car is made. We can make some set-up changes overnight. They [Ferrari] are miles ahead, I am not even thinking about that. I am just focused on making the car more drivable."
Max fourth after Friday practice in Monaco: 'Really tricky'
Published on 24 May 2024 by Stefan Meens
“It was pretty difficult but we knew coming into the race this weekend that this might be the case", explained Max after practice. "There was a lot of bouncing and temperature changes on track, which also made it tricky. Every time we went over a bump, the car lost a lot of lap time and on this track one small jump can result in you ending up against the wall. We are looking into a solution ahead of the weekend to sort this out."
Max added: "In general, the issue is a bit more difficult to solve in set up and it won’t be a quick fix but we are going to work on it overnight; we don’t expect miracles but are still looking ahead to tomorrow. Ferrari are also looking quick but I am not thinking about that ahead of tomorrow. Overnight we are going to review the issues that we have and we will hopefully improve the drive of the car ahead of qualifying.”
That's what comes from having a dominant car and a weak team mate. Except for Senna who had a dominant car and a world champion team mate. Senna's performance is one of the reasons he's still held in such high regard.
All his team mates have looked weak. That is much to the credit of Max. Perez falls in the Bottas category, and was given much less.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑24 May 2024, 23:51That's what comes from having a dominant car and a weak team mate. Except for Senna who had a dominant car and a world champion team mate. Senna's performance is one of the reasons he's still held in such high regard.
But none of them world champions or likely to be. Senna (and a few select others) raced world champions in the same car and succeeded.napoleon1981 wrote: ↑25 May 2024, 00:01All his team mates have looked weak. That is much to the credit of Max. Perez falls in the Bottas category, and was given much less.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑24 May 2024, 23:51That's what comes from having a dominant car and a weak team mate. Except for Senna who had a dominant car and a world champion team mate. Senna's performance is one of the reasons he's still held in such high regard.