He doesn't say there were no balance issues, just that they didn't spend time during the test trying to optimize that part of things, as he seems to think they can fairly easily do that in the simulator. Sounds like he's saying that testing was about assessing the working parameters of the car and trying to figure out where there can be useful avenues for improvement.Luscion wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 18:11Leclerc saying theres no balance issues with the SF-25, they were just trying different set up directions to understand the car and never optimized it
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/03/ ... ce-issues/
Seanspeed wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 19:42He doesn't say there were no balance issues, just that they didn't spend time during the test trying to optimize that part of things, as he seems to think they can fairly easily do that in the simulator. Sounds like he's saying that testing was about assessing the working parameters of the car and trying to figure out where there can be useful avenues for improvement.Luscion wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 18:11Leclerc saying theres no balance issues with the SF-25, they were just trying different set up directions to understand the car and never optimized it
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/03/ ... ce-issues/
I think perhaps here we've gotta realize that 'balance' can be a relative and broad term depending on context. And overall, just going by comments alone, there's really not much to gleam about Ferrari's potential competitiveness or issues. Though that seems to be the same down the whole grid, and no doubt for most any given year.
hes saying the problems people saw in the car wasnt because of an inherent balance issue with the car, its because they were just doing a wide range of setups on the car“But to be honest, it’s not like we’ve had an issue during testing with the balance. We haven’t done anything to try and cure the balance issues we’ve had. Because we were just trying different options of set-up."
You're kind of proving my point that 'balance' can be a nebulous term. He doesn't state clearly what you're suggesting at all, but he absolutely does say they had balance issues. We just dont know exactly what he's expressing overall.Luscion wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 19:45Seanspeed wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 19:42He doesn't say there were no balance issues, just that they didn't spend time during the test trying to optimize that part of things, as he seems to think they can fairly easily do that in the simulator. Sounds like he's saying that testing was about assessing the working parameters of the car and trying to figure out where there can be useful avenues for improvement.Luscion wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 18:11Leclerc saying theres no balance issues with the SF-25, they were just trying different set up directions to understand the car and never optimized it
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/03/ ... ce-issues/
I think perhaps here we've gotta realize that 'balance' can be a relative and broad term depending on context. And overall, just going by comments alone, there's really not much to gleam about Ferrari's potential competitiveness or issues. Though that seems to be the same down the whole grid, and no doubt for most any given year.hes saying the problems people saw in the car wasnt because of an inherent balance issue with the car, its because they were just doing a wide range of setups on the car“But to be honest, it’s not like we’ve had an issue during testing with the balance. We haven’t done anything to try and cure the balance issues we’ve had. Because we were just trying different options of set-up."
You shouldn't take his comments too seriously. Everyone else could have bicycles for cars and he'd still be playing underdog, that's just the way he is.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 23:37https://www.planetf1.com/news/lando-nor ... ata-reveal
Norris comments are very interesting. He basically says here that McLaren knew ferrari fuel for run plans and that ferrari will surprise everyone with their pace this weekend.
In my mind, I don't see why ferrari would risk dialing in a new front suspension to look slow...seems a bit odd to me.
I really believe they are aiming for championship, and they are opening telling us about it... they would not say that openly if they felt they could not. I mean we didn't hear Charles speak about aiming to win championship in last year, he did speak about it at the start of 2023 before the testing, but he never spoke about it later on.
I really believe they are aiming for championship, and they are opening telling us about it... they would not say that openly if they felt they could not. I mean we didn't hear Charles speak about aiming to win championship in last year, he did speak about it at the start of 2023 before the testing, but he never spoke about it later on.
