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[ScuderiaLeo]

I think Ferrari has bigger issues than one driver being slightly slower than the other. It's not like there weren't plenty of weekends where Sainz was a few positions behind Leclerc or less commonly vice versa. The fact their car is deficient feels more relevant to their current standings..

[deadhead]

Solid upgrade.

McLaren simply have the best people at the moment and there isn’t anything anyone can do about that at the moment.

Really curious to see how things stand after Mercedes bring their big upgrade in Canada.

[Xyz22]

McLaren improved a lot because they are also starting to understand how to use the engine properly. They had huge potential improvement coming from the engine as well.

I’m not surprised.

[f1316]

This is honestly not bad, it’s only a disappointment because we were so strong up until the moment that mattered. But to be this close (ahead of one mercedes and fastest in the mediums) is very encouraging while having an engine deficit. The tyre and engine deficits will be either removed or lessened in the race (I doubt they’ll be much running in the soft) so there’s lots to be hopeful about. It’s a good upgrade, just a shame sq3 was, as always seemingly, the worst bit!

[sucof]

It'll be great to see the telemetry, but till then I suspect they were a lot faster than what they achieved eventually.
My first guess was the soft tyre, overheating in q3, and Charles kinda confirmed this.
I do not believe other teams were sandbagging till q3, rather the softs were not used before.
This is kinda okay after a huge upgrade, some will find the sweet spot some miss it at first, with the temps.

[Chuckjr]

It's interesting. Lewis is now facing the hard reality that there's no championship left in him, and Charles is realizing there's no championship winning car at Ferrari until the new regs offer another chance, and even then, the systemic problems at Ferrari will remain. Time for Charles to check out other options. I certainly hope he does. He deserves more wins and a real championship shot, imo. He ain't finding it anytime soon in red. Just not good enough, Ferrari. Sad that.

[bluechris]

Miami was a big upgrade to the car with very little run with the softs. Some teams nailed it and some not, before we throw as always in our magic sofa's all under the bus, let's wait for the weekend to end first.

[Sylv1]

A well-known Italian website is discussing the FIA ​​liberalizing FTM.

I don't speak Italian, so I can't understand.

But it seems a bit unfair put like that, doesn't it?

[SharkY]

I'm not sure, why people are surprised that Ferrari isn't on top, while it was apparent from first 3 races, that the engine deficit is just too much to overcome with aero.
I'd say that this quali result is actually proves that the team has done a good job with the uprgrades. Charles was only 0.1s faster on softs than on the mediums, so it seems the setup left a bit on the table.
Looking at the LEC, NOR & ANT SQ3 telemetry, Leclerc's T1 was less than ideal, as he lost around 0.2s to Norris in that corner alone. Apart from T1 he was actually the fastest in S1 regaining what was lost, especially through the esses and even in the acceleration phase out of T8. But that left him energy starving and likely was harvesting on the following straight, as he lost out 0,25s in this straight alone. Charles was the slowest of them in T13-T16 (maybe the tyres were overheating? On the mediums he was 2 tenths faster out of T16), but on the straight they were achieving similar top speeds and stayed relatively paralell. The last corner didn't change much, but Lando took a different line than Kimi and Charles and gained a fraction. Both MCL and MER had a better acceleration on the final straight.

On the other hand, was it wrong for them not to setup the car towards quali? I mean, what's the point of being P1, when you get easily overtaken on lap 2?

[Juzh]

Charles is realizing there's no championship winning car at Ferrari until the new regs offer another chance

What new regs? We're 3 races into new regs and a different set of new regs is years away. What you're saying after 3 races ferrari/lec should throw in the towel and just wait for the next cycle lol.

[ToffeeTyres]

Miami track is not going to show how good the Ferrari car is. The track is awful but where the track flows a little bit the car looks solid. It’s little mistakes which is easily done in some of the very tight pathetic corners and the miniature chicane plus tyres are cooked at the end and understeer. Canada will be a better track to see where we are. I just hope the reg updates for the engine from Canada forward gets rid of the awful ramp down at end of straights then races will get more interesting and qualifying. Really don’t have my hopes up though. F1 went the wrong way with these engine regulations

[woocasz]

ehh yet another deployment issue in SQ3 for Charles
-6km/h vs SQ2,
0.3s lost vs others

[AnotherAlex]

A well-known Italian website is discussing the FIA ​​liberalizing FTM.

I don't speak Italian, so I can't understand.

But it seems a bit unfair put like that, doesn't it?

Yes, it's absolutely appalling.

Ferrari designed the rear of their car, making whatever compromises were necessary, to enable the implementation of the "flick tail mode" within the regulations.
Of course (according to an automated translation of what Franco Nugnes is saying) all Mercedes had to do was ask the FIA for an exemption to allow for aero in that area, which the FIA put to a vote that was passed by the majority of teams . So now everyone has a cheap knock-off of the design into which Ferrari put all the effort.

They didn't even try to pretend this one was about 'safety'.

I know it's a sport where teams are looking for every advantage, but I'm pretty disgusted by the behaviour of Mercedes/the FIA.

[De Wet]

Miami track is not going to show how good the Ferrari car is. The track is awful but where the track flows a little bit the car looks solid. It’s little mistakes which is easily done in some of the very tight pathetic corners and the miniature chicane plus tyres are cooked at the end and understeer. Canada will be a better track to see where we are. I just hope the reg updates for the engine from Canada forward gets rid of the awful ramp down at end of straights then races will get more interesting and qualifying. Really don’t have my hopes up though. F1 went the wrong way with these engine regulations

Understatement of the Century.

[PlatinumZealot]

Think it will be Lewis’ final season. Shame, but the 8th ain’t coming. Good job by CL, but Ferrari just ain’t quick enough. Another season gone.

Yup. He's just too slow to manage Charles at the moment. 27? Year old Vs 42 year old. 27 is going to be a few clicks faster. The only chance he has is if Ferrari is outright dominant and lucks into it with reliability or just race tactics. He won't do this on raw pace.

On the car and team. I am not enjoying the Ferrari experience so far. We are never the fastest. Even after upgrades we are still mediocre.