2026 Scuderia Ferrari HP F1 Team

[PlatinumZealot]

Yes. In theory he should be a better driver by being paired with a champion.. But look how that worked out for George Russell.

[Mosin123]

you do realize that, during Brembo saga, Charles lost at least 40 points cause of the braking issue.
last 4 races:
72-51 in Charles’s favour
if you want to win races you have to beat your teammate on merit (not only because lucky VSC or technical problem)
What sort of champion is he, if he can’t beat a teammate on merit?
dont forget Lewis is due to DNF this season.

Because CL failed to listen to his team who told him the other brakes was better- but CL was like Nah man, i like these brakes so me use these brakes becasue me know better - i dont care if LH come in and these he has are much better, i want the slower ones, then when i make mistake with bad brakes like the team said, ill blame the team and not me... you mean them brakes?

OK, let’s start from the beginning.

Can you explain to me why Charles didn’t have any brake problems in the first three races? Australia, China and Japan? (49–41pts in Charles’s favour)

Round 4: Miami Grand Prix: Ferrari brought its first major upgrade package, including updated rear suspension and braking system.
The updates introduced in Miami have changed the way the team uses the braking system (including for tyre temperature management). As a result, Leclerc has lost the ‘feel’ he had at the start of the season.

Loic Serra, who was responsible, amongst other things, for these modifications, had previously worked with Lewis at Mercedes and had previous experience with Carbone Industrie brakes. This was one of the reasons behind the introduction of these changes, from which, notably, Hamilton benefited.

From the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, Charles started using CI pads and disc; the rest are still from Brembo.

Now that Charles feels comfortable with the CI brakes, it’s clear from the results: the last four races (76–58pts in Charles’s favour)

There are 11 races left until the end of the season.

Am i supposed to be crying that CL refused to adapt to new brakes and lost points in 2 races because of " HIS " mistakes?

No, no, no, That is his own doing, a " i know better than the engineers " sort of stubbornness. Lets be clear, he REFUSED.

Also, dont make out like CL was destroying LH in the first 3 races, it was pretty damn close between the two. If team have an option that is better and a driver refuses it because its new and doesnt have a feel for it, its just a tough cookie, self inflicted, he should have just got the laps in and learnt.

[woocasz]

Because CL failed to listen to his team who told him the other brakes was better- but CL was like Nah man, i like these brakes so me use these brakes becasue me know better - i dont care if LH come in and these he has are much better, i want the slower ones, then when i make mistake with bad brakes like the team said, ill blame the team and not me... you mean them brakes?

OK, let’s start from the beginning.

Can you explain to me why Charles didn’t have any brake problems in the first three races? Australia, China and Japan? (49–41pts in Charles’s favour)

Round 4: Miami Grand Prix: Ferrari brought its first major upgrade package, including updated rear suspension and braking system.
The updates introduced in Miami have changed the way the team uses the braking system (including for tyre temperature management). As a result, Leclerc has lost the ‘feel’ he had at the start of the season.

Loic Serra, who was responsible, amongst other things, for these modifications, had previously worked with Lewis at Mercedes and had previous experience with Carbone Industrie brakes. This was one of the reasons behind the introduction of these changes, from which, notably, Hamilton benefited.

From the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, Charles started using CI pads and disc; the rest are still from Brembo.

Now that Charles feels comfortable with the CI brakes, it’s clear from the results: the last four races (76–58pts in Charles’s favour)

There are 11 races left until the end of the season.

Am i supposed to be crying that CL refused to adapt to new brakes and lost points in 2 races because of " HIS " mistakes?

No, no, no, That is his own doing, a " i know better than the engineers " sort of stubbornness. Lets be clear, he REFUSED.

Also, dont make out like CL was destroying LH in the first 3 races, it was pretty damn close between the two. If team have an option that is better and a driver refuses it because its new and doesnt have a feel for it, its just a tough cookie, self inflicted, he should have just got the laps in and learnt.

It wasn’t until he arrived Miami that this problem cropped up – so when exactly was this change supposed to have taken place?? Besides, having used the same brake manufacturer throughout his entire career, was he supposed to drop Brembo straight after Miami, after just one Grand Prix? You’ve no idea what you’re on about... (autoracer did article about this brembo saga - read it)


He wasn’t “destroying” Hamilton, but he was faster and scoring more points… The same has been happening for the last four races – he’s scoring more points…


Besides, this doesn’t put Hamilton in a positive light, given that he’s been driving with CI brakes for a good few years now, whilst Charles has scored more points than Hamilton after just two Grands Prix after he starts using CI brakes...

[Mosin123]

OK, let’s start from the beginning.

Can you explain to me why Charles didn’t have any brake problems in the first three races? Australia, China and Japan? (49–41pts in Charles’s favour)

Round 4: Miami Grand Prix: Ferrari brought its first major upgrade package, including updated rear suspension and braking system.
The updates introduced in Miami have changed the way the team uses the braking system (including for tyre temperature management). As a result, Leclerc has lost the ‘feel’ he had at the start of the season.

Loic Serra, who was responsible, amongst other things, for these modifications, had previously worked with Lewis at Mercedes and had previous experience with Carbone Industrie brakes. This was one of the reasons behind the introduction of these changes, from which, notably, Hamilton benefited.

From the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, Charles started using CI pads and disc; the rest are still from Brembo.

Now that Charles feels comfortable with the CI brakes, it’s clear from the results: the last four races (76–58pts in Charles’s favour)

There are 11 races left until the end of the season.

Am i supposed to be crying that CL refused to adapt to new brakes and lost points in 2 races because of " HIS " mistakes?

No, no, no, That is his own doing, a " i know better than the engineers " sort of stubbornness. Lets be clear, he REFUSED.

Also, dont make out like CL was destroying LH in the first 3 races, it was pretty damn close between the two. If team have an option that is better and a driver refuses it because its new and doesnt have a feel for it, its just a tough cookie, self inflicted, he should have just got the laps in and learnt.

It wasn’t until he arrived Miami that this problem cropped up – so when exactly was this change supposed to have taken place?? Besides, having used the same brake manufacturer throughout his entire career, was he supposed to drop Brembo straight after Miami, after just one Grand Prix? You’ve no idea what you’re on about... (autoracer did article about this brembo saga - read it)


He wasn’t “destroying” Hamilton, but he was faster and scoring more points… The same has been happening for the last four races – he’s scoring more points…


Besides, this doesn’t put Hamilton in a positive light, given that he’s been driving with CI brakes for a good few years now, whilst Charles has scored more points than Hamilton after just two Grands Prix after he starts using CI brakes...

CL has been that fast, he is behind his team mate. Like seriously, Australia, LH finished up CL back side even though he started 7th and CL 4th ( only 0.1 between them though )....... Just 0.7 behind at finish line.

China, in sprint LH qs3 was some 0.4 faster? but finished 2 secs behind, but they provided some great entertaining battles. Q3 was also close, Race, Well, LH finished a head. 3 sec lead.

Cant count japan, Cause LH had deployment issues in both q3, and the race. which cost him dearly.

So im not sure you can claim CL is faster tbf. Seems very close. im sure if you got a calculator and worked out the exact time differences at the end of each session, itll be nice to see. Table does not lie, LH is joint 2nd currently, so its clear to see, he has finished races quicker overal than CL, who some times, doesnt finish cause of his own mistakes. So you cant discount them, because they are driver mistakes.

[deadhead]

So far this season Leclerc has been driving around at around 85% capacity and this weekend he seemed to be back to ~90%

[PlatinumZealot]

When did he drop to 85% of his capabilities? And why the sudden loss in consistency?

[NoDivergence]

Leclerc would rather die than help Ferrari

https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/4967 ... -zandvoort