2025 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[yooogurt]

It all depends on how much better Lando's race pace is and whether or not Ferrari will be impacted by LiCo.

no chance

[Jdn1327]

I am fairly certain out of the races I can remember happening in Mexico, only Max has kept the lead in lap 1 starting from pole back in 2022. Pretty much guaranteed pole loses p1 here so there will be chances tomorrow. It all depends on how much better Lando's race pace is and whether or not Ferrari will be impacted by LiCo.

Well...the last 5 races have been won from pole at Mexico. So losing 1st place isn't the be all and end all. Just hoping for a strong race from both ferrari drivers. Maybe mclaren race pace is just out of reach for ferrari. But who knows..

[Xyz22]

Very strong session.

[Sergej]

I am fairly certain out of the races I can remember happening in Mexico, only Max has kept the lead in lap 1 starting from pole back in 2022. Pretty much guaranteed pole loses p1 here so there will be chances tomorrow. It all depends on how much better Lando's race pace is and whether or not Ferrari will be impacted by LiCo.

Well...the last 5 races have been won from pole at Mexico. So losing 1st place isn't the be all and end all. Just hoping for a strong race from both ferrari drivers. Maybe mclaren race pace is just out of reach for ferrari. But who knows..

since 2017, only two times the race was won by polesitter, 2022 (Max) and 2024 (Carlos)

[ScuderiaLeo]

P3 is the best position to start in but we can't dismiss Norris being almost a second quicker..even if he lost the lead at turn 1 he would surely get it back. A P2 P3 finish would be extraordinary the team should focus on protecting that from the Mercs and Verstappen

[dans79]

P3 is the best position to start in but we can't dismiss Norris being almost a second quicker..even if he lost the lead at turn 1 he would surely get it back.

It depends how good the car is in dirty air compared to the car in front. The following car can lose a lot of time in turns 4 through 11, and 12 through 17.

[Luscion]

Max doesn't think he has the pace so theres potential they can get a double podium, they just need to keep it clean into turn 1, the last two races here one of the top 3 cars have ran off into the grass at turn 1

[yooogurt]

It depends how good the car is in dirty air compared to the car in front. The following car can lose a lot of time in turns 4 through 11, and 12 through 17.

If he suffers from dirty air, he will then overtake due to tire degradation, McLaren is too good at cooling.

[yooogurt]

Charles: "i think i've rarely seen such a fast race pace since the beginning of the season from Lando in fp2, also a few laps in fp3, so i think it's going to be incredibly difficult"

[atanatizante]

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Leclerc and Norris have a new set of softs since they only used One in Q2.

If I were LEC I'd risk to redo the same Austin tyre and race strategy, bearing in mind that here is an 1-stop race, he starts on the first row but most of all for that he could be aggressive in turn 1 (which he previously did in the past, btw.), something that LAN couldn't afford to do in the eye of conquering the WDC.

Another reason that LEC could start on the softs is due to the fact that most of the top teams will start on the medium tyres based on their race simulation saying that the optimal race strategy is for a long first stint on medium tyres in order to maximize a potential of a SC or VSC phase at the beginning of the race. But most of all they prefer to start on the mediums due to better tyre management on high fuel and particularly for the MCL39 due to outstanding tyre management in hot track conditions although with just one caveat: they need to run in clean air as we could easily saw in Austin! So had NOR lose track position/positions after T1-T4 he must regain that/those as soon as possible...

And last but not least, in order parts of the world there's a saying which says: when there are two battling the third will prevail! So who knows what an old fox could do here...
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On another note, at Friday FP in Austin both LEC and HAM run some flowviz on their main plain rear wing and the beam wing... bearing in mind that since the summer they stop upgrading the car could it be just track related changes or updates? or could it be minor upgrades for the upcoming (similar to Austin) 3 medium to low DF races such as: Brasil, Qatar and Abu-Dhabi, meaning they striving for the 2nd spot in the WDC after all?

[Juzh]

Leclerc P2 lap from qualifying 1:15.848

https://streamable.com/kl6jqm