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[DoctorRadio]

I thought about replying to you with a surly response in the Mclaren thread but I saw Mr Alonso had given me an opportunity to make light hearted of the situation

Why surly?
This is F1 guys, don’t take it too seriously.

To be honest I thought your ‘courage’ comment was a tad patronising but as I generally can’t be bothered with the bickering I just left it. I’d rather have some light hearted humour once the dust had settled

Ok

[scuderiabrandon]

Go easy on me, it’s took a lot of ‘courage’ for me to post this

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/alons ... /10657674/

Alonso reckons Ferrari had the ‘fastest car all weekend’ in Singapore

No need to feel nervous! Thank you for posting and contributing!

Imho this is a bit of Alonso showing how well he did by overemphasising the strength of the car just in front, mixed with the fact that Ferrari were genuinely very strong. I do think McLaren - Norris in particular - were a little stronger though.

I appreciate the welcome but my reffering to needing ‘courage’ was a naughty response to something DoctorRadio said in the Mclaren thread yesterday
Im a 12 year veteran really

Anyway, yes I too believe it was just Alonso massaging his ego after a fairly decent drive

Alonso will take a dig at Ferrari at every opportunity he gets. I'm sure you can find at least 4 articles on 4 different occasions this season alone where he has done said similar things.

[f1316]

No need to feel nervous! Thank you for posting and contributing!

Imho this is a bit of Alonso showing how well he did by overemphasising the strength of the car just in front, mixed with the fact that Ferrari were genuinely very strong. I do think McLaren - Norris in particular - were a little stronger though.

I appreciate the welcome but my reffering to needing ‘courage’ was a naughty response to something DoctorRadio said in the Mclaren thread yesterday
Im a 12 year veteran really

Anyway, yes I too believe it was just Alonso massaging his ego after a fairly decent drive

Alonso will take a dig at Ferrari at every opportunity he gets. I'm sure you can find at least 4 articles on 4 different occasions this season alone where he has done said similar things.

Ok fair enough, I didn’t appreciate or understand the sarcasm, so took it at face value. Funnily enough 2012 was my first year on this forum too.

I think Alonso also has a “I could have won x more championships if I’d stayed at Ferrari” narrative in his head too, so I’m sure that’s part of it. The Ferrari was genuinely very fast in clear air though - 2nd and possibly 3rd as well should have been on the cards as Piastri didn’t look too special and Max had his struggles.

[scuderiabrandon]

I appreciate the welcome but my reffering to needing ‘courage’ was a naughty response to something DoctorRadio said in the Mclaren thread yesterday
Im a 12 year veteran really

Anyway, yes I too believe it was just Alonso massaging his ego after a fairly decent drive

Alonso will take a dig at Ferrari at every opportunity he gets. I'm sure you can find at least 4 articles on 4 different occasions this season alone where he has done said similar things.

Ok fair enough, I didn’t appreciate or understand the sarcasm, so took it at face value. Funnily enough 2012 was my first year on this forum too.

I think Alonso also has a “I could have won x more championships if I’d stayed at Ferrari” narrative in his head too, so I’m sure that’s part of it. The Ferrari was genuinely very fast in clear air though - 2nd and possibly 3rd as well should have been on the cards as Piastri didn’t look too special and Max had his struggles.

It was fast but it had an extremely narrow window of performance in qualy trim, unfortunately that is 90% of the job in Singapore. I personally believe we could have fought for victory had we started on the 1st or 2nd row but saying we were fastest is overemphasising to make himself feel better about the result. At best, we were as fast as McLaren in race trim and could've capitalized on Norris' mistakes to win the race.

However, do yourself a favour and look at the ease at which Norris took pole. A rather comfortable and pedestrian pole lap. I'm certain that car had at least 3 tenths of performance left in it qualy trim had he wringed it a bit more.

[CjC]

Interesting that you see it as a dig, I never looked at it that to be fair and now you mention it I think I can recall at least one occasion this season where Alonso was overly flattery towards Ferrari

[CjC]

Just out of interest what did happen to Leclerc in quali? I’m assuming he over pushed and went over a white line?

[dialtone]

Just out of interest what did happen to Leclerc in quali? I’m assuming he over pushed and went over a white line?

Cold front tires. -10C out of the pits.

[CjC]

Why didn’t he set a time though? Was he so far off the pace he just aborted the lap?

[Xyz22]

Why didn’t he set a time though? Was he so far off the pace he just aborted the lap?

He tried to do a top lap despite the tyres being out of optimal range -- > Locked up in the first corner and then got track limits.

[CjC]

I see, thanks. Plenty for him and Ferrari to evaluate over the next 4 weeks then.

[Xyz22]

I see, thanks. Plenty for him and Ferrari to evaluate over the next 4 weeks then.

Yeah, the quali was compromised before he even started the lap. With these tyres you can't afford to be out of the optimal range. Even 1-2 degrees and it's over.

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The "best car all weekend" is still nonsense, though, to be honest. Ferrari was struggling to get the softs to work all Saturday.

[Emag]

The "best car all weekend" is still nonsense, though, to be honest. Ferrari was struggling to get the softs to work all Saturday.

It comes from the fact that Lando said after Friday that he didn't anticipate big improvement and that he was happy with the lap. Also said that if Leclerc wasn't happy with his lap he would be worried about the small gap. As it turned out Leclerc wasn't happy with the lap, so people were right to assume Ferrari probably was looking like the better package at that point.

Lando really likes to play himself as the underdog though. He could have been driving the F2004 20 years ago and he still would have found a way to make himself look like he was struggling before the actual race.

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The "best car all weekend" is still nonsense, though, to be honest. Ferrari was struggling to get the softs to work all Saturday.

It comes from the fact that Lando said after Friday that he didn't anticipate big improvement and that he was happy with the lap. Also said that if Leclerc wasn't happy with his lap he would be worried about the small gap. As it turned out Leclerc wasn't happy with the lap, so people were right to assume Ferrari probably was looking like the better package at that point.

Lando really likes to play himself as the underdog though. He could have been driving the F2004 20 years ago and he still would have found a way to make himself look like he was struggling before the actual race.

To me, Ferrari looked better on Friday as well, but on Saturday McLaren made a bigger step. Norris' pole lap wasn't particularly good, but still not within reach, I'd think. Let alone a perfect lap.

[Vanja #66]

Sorry but it is catch 22. Last year we all complained about the tyre deg situation and the complete lack of race pace as a result of this.
We were getting poles but couldn’t hold them because the tyres would go away so quick.
There’s a balance, and MCL has it right in the sweet spot. Thats clear, and that’s ok. I don’t think Ferrari are too far away if I’m honest.

People complaining about lack of race pace, believing there's a fundamental degradation issue (like W15 has) and there actually being a fundamental degradation issue are two different things. There were 3 races where SF23 exhibited worse deg than RB19

-Bahrain, where they ran less downforce because new wing kept breaking
-Hungary, where I believe they messed up with setup (other hot races weren't an issue really)
-Monza, where Sainz had more deg in 1st stint because he wanted to keep P1 vs Max

Towards the end of the year, Leclerc often had longer stints on Mediums than Max and kept a very good pace on them. The car was limited with aero in several ways, suspension couldn't be set up to satisfy good ride height in both Q and R trim and it was altogether very peaky and had a small window for optimal floor performance. Deg was an issue very rarely and there was always something that contributed to it