I don't expect a car born out of the SF1000 to be great. So yes, I'm glad. P3 is the goal for this year and Ferrari looks to have capitalized.
Interesting.Mattia Binotto:
"We never pushed the car to the limits, neither in the first, nor in the second stint. Others punctured, we know the limits of the car"
https://www.funoanalisitecnica.com/2021 ... 6259765625With Charles starting from 13th position the team could have considered an engine replacement to have a fresher unit in the last few races. Regarding this consideration, the team principal commented: “We considered it unnecessary to mount a new power unit with Leclerc. We introduced the latest specification with development on the hybrid part only a few races ago. Our engine is reliable and does not lose performance as the kilometers traveled increase. So there was no reason to change it. If we had done that, Charles would probably not have reached the eighth position. "
I don’t believe him.
I don't see those reliability issues you speak of. Since Silverstone they've been able to run their engines harder than everyone else without any sort of failure when it counts. Can any other engine maker do that? I doubt
Bottas has used 6-7 engines at this point I think.
I do. Pirelli basically told teams not to go with the one stop and they did it anyway. The SF21 had pretty good race pace towards the end of the race, but they were clearly in tire management mode for most of the race. The Ferrari still eats its front tires so they couldn’t push if they wanted to finish.
During the post race interview, Binotto said their target was one stop and they adjusted their race pace accordingly. They only allowed the drivers to push in the last 10 laps on hards only after they were convinced they would make it.JPower wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 15:55I do. Pirelli basically told teams not to go with the one stop and they did it anyway. The SF21 had pretty good race pace towards the end of the race, but they were clearly in tire management mode for most of the race. The Ferrari still eats its front tires so they couldn’t push if they wanted to finish.
Carlos specifically mentioned McLaren as one of those teams that possibly pushed too far.
On the onboards I watched Lando, Lewis, and Alonso go through the Turn 12-14 complex. Lando punctured his tire right after hitting the outside curb at turn 13. He was on the curbs constantly and pushing hard. Hamilton and Alonso avoided the curbs completely.
