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[ScuderiaLeo]

I didn't hear that though. Pretty sure he said they made changes after the sprint.

He said it in his F1TV interview and the press conference.

They did make changes but no major ones. The main thing he changed on his side was something "related to his driving style" not sure if that means his own driving, or something in the car to better suit him.

Vasseur also said they didn't make that many changes, he thinks the difference is the tire prep not the setup.

[Schippke]

If the strategy is right we can win.

I for one would like to know what makes you think that, based on the evidence you’ve seen this weekend?

Yes, qualifying went well, but what makes you think it won’t be another race of Extreme LiCo for both drivers as of lap 2? They might’ve had decent pace in the Sprint, helped by the fact they didn’t have to worry as much about plank wear/LiCo, plus half the drivers in front of them playing bumper cars…

Hope you’re right, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Russell and Piastri get past without too much hassle. Hope they keep Antonelli back at least…

[Sphere3758]

It looked like they decided to not send the drivers out at the same time to minimize queuing time in the pits. Charles seemed happy to queue up, but Lewis specifically waited till the last moment to leave the garage.

It seems obvious, something Max does every qualifying session. The problem for Ferrari is that it disadvantages one driver over the other, something Max doesnt have to deal with. It looks like Charles accepted the hit for the sake of testing and moved on.

[Badger]

Sir Charles, Sir Lewis. Ride into battle and eat papaya.

[ScuderiaLeo]

It looked like they decided to not send the drivers out at the same time to minimize queuing time in the pits. Charles seemed happy to queue up, but Lewis specifically waited till the last moment to leave the garage.

It seems obvious, something Max does every qualifying session. The problem for Ferrari is that it disadvantages one driver over the other, something Max doesnt have to deal with. It looks like Charles accepted the hit for the sake of testing and moved on.

Leclerc usually goes out early, he's said many times this season he thinks it's more important to get a lap down than try for track evo. With all the rookies and some unpredictable cars red flags in Quali have been common, so I get why he would think that. It's probably him volunteering it.

Russell and Norris also tend to go out earlier rather than later.

[j_ste]

Damn Pirelli…hell have you done

[Luscion]

Well done to Charles he defended so good, Ferrari having the pace to hold off both the Mclarens was good to see, could be down to Mclaren getting the setup wrong, Ferrari nailing theres or both. Shame for Lewis, he was in the fight then was told to lico from lap 20 onwards and just had to lico more and more as the race went on, completely took him out of the fight. Add to that seems like something went from with his car on the last lap, lost a ton of time and almost got passed by Piastri, said he thinks it was a puncture, car wouldnt turn

[ScuderiaLeo]

Thank goodness Hamilton hung onto P4 there!! Terrible luck for him at the end and lots of Lico. Mexico is going to be scary like this

Amazing defending from Leclerc today, truly gave it his all. And good job to the team, love that they took a risk for once and it almost paid off.

[dans79]

Add to that seems like something went from with his car on the last lap, lost a ton of time and almost got passed by Piastri, said he thinks it was a puncture, car wouldnt turn

He thought he got a puncture on the left front, but it seems like maybe the tire just got really dirty or something!

[Xyz22]

Car was decent today, despite all the limitations.
Leclerc race was absolutely insane, especially considering his strategy which was crazy.

[venkyhere]

LeClerc deservedly the Driver of the Day. He not just 'defended' well, he kept his softs alive on heavy fuel load, whilst doing so - that's some amazing skill. I didn't expect him to hang on to P2 for 35-40 laps. I don't think anyone did.
Btw, why didn't LeClerc have to do much LiCo whilst Hamilton had to ? Hamilton did back-off the dirty air from LeClerc and Norris, didn't he ?

[ScuderiaLeo]

Car was decent today, despite all the limitations.
Leclerc race was absolutely insane, especially considering his strategy which was crazy.

In his Canal interview he said he picked his own strategy and had to convince the team to let him do it

It was P3->P3 but at least he had the chance for P2. Which wouldn't have happened if he'd started on the Ms. I'm just happy to see the team taking more risks after it feels like they've played it too safe with strategy recently

[ScuderiaLeo]

Car was decent today, despite all the limitations.
Leclerc race was absolutely insane, especially considering his strategy which was crazy.

In his Canal interview he said he picked his own strategy and had to convince the team to let him do it

It was P3->P3 but at least he had the chance for P2. Which wouldn't have happened if he'd started on the Ms. I'm just happy to see the team taking more risks after it feels like they've played it too safe with strategy recently

LeClerc deservedly the Driver of the Day. He not just 'defended' well, he kept his softs alive on heavy fuel load, whilst doing so - that's some amazing skill. I didn't expect him to hang on to P2 for 35-40 laps. I don't think anyone did.
Btw, why didn't LeClerc have to do much LiCo whilst Hamilton had to ? Hamilton did back-off the dirty air from LeClerc and Norris, didn't he ?

Leclerc did a huge amount of Lico in the last laps probably to make up for not doing it before. He dropped 7 seconds in 8 laps

[ScuderiaLeo]

Vasseur interview reiterating again they didn't change much about the car setup over the weekend, rather they looked at the tires

I am very proud of the team because, after a tough Friday, we managed to make a great comeback. The sprint went well, qualifying too, and today, the pace was there. Charles thrilled us with that incredible defense against Lando, and the pace was really strong. We had to be aggressive in our strategy, trying to take the lead after the first corner: we only partially succeeded, but it was still an excellent result after a complicated Friday.

Honestly, we didn’t find anything specific with the car; it was more about fine-tuning and paying close attention to the tires. Tire behavior can change everything: if you don’t manage to get them into the right operating window, you can easily lose half a second or more. That’s what happened on Friday, but the team reacted very well.

If Charles had started in front, I can’t know for sure, I don’t have a crystal ball, but it would certainly have been a different race. At the start, overtaking is always difficult, and with Lando behind us, we had to defend with soft tires against medium tires, trying to hold on and then make up ground with the harder tire. The strategy worked, even if it wasn’t perfect, but it was the right direction.

Regarding the overall situation, everything is clear internally, even if it may sometimes seem different from the outside. It’s not always easy to stay calm within the team when there’s some noise around, but the president’s message was very clear: we need to focus on the last five races and aim for second place in the world championship. It’s a great challenge.

This result is also important for the drivers. They’ve experienced moments of pressure, but today, Charles delivered a very solid weekend, he was aggressive in his strategic choices and drove very well, especially in the first part when he managed to hold off Lando. I’m very happy for him and for the team: it’s an important boost to approach the last five races of the season in the best way possible.