Maybe, but you´re assuming a car wich Leclerc don´t like will be good for Sainz, and that´s a wrong assumption.Xyz22 wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 21:42Sorry but this narrative is false and i don't understand why it has become a reality in the first place.trinidefender wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 20:00Sainz complain many times about the handling of the car. I think you’re quite mistaken if you believe that Ferrari built the car to favour Sainz. Also from your writing it seems that you heavily favour Leclerc. May I suggest you don’t underestimate Sainz so much. He might not have the complete raw speed as Leclerc in qualifying but on race pace he's there or thereabouts, he also definitely has a smarter racing brain.Fakepivot wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 15:00
If Binotto would not be fired in 2022, he would be now, how can he oversee a car that was worse than f-75 ? it made no big improvements. Tyre wear was still a thing at start. on top that let's not forget how he allowed Sainz camp to dictate how car should favor Sainz.. if Binotto was still there 100% they would have lost Leclerc to other team and forget getting wcc and wdc for another 5 to 10 years..
I quite like Fred, he accepts if they made mistakes, plus Charles has lot of confidence in him, I am excited to see how Fred and Charles partnership will turn out.
Leclerc's advantage over Sainz, from 2021 to 2023, has been higher in race trim than quali trim on average.
Having said that Leclerc had way more issues than Sainz with the SF 23 for two main reasons:
- The car is very limited on the front end. Formu1a.uno reported recently that the SF 23 was one of the car which spend the least amount of time in a corner (it was the case even in Abu Dhabi)
- The car would become extremely unpredictable with an oversteery balance, which is usual what Leclerc goes for
Long story short the SF 23 was pretty much the "Anti Leclerc" definitive car Now i don't know if they did it on purpose (i doubt it), but yeah it's clearly the car Leclerc hates the most.
The car can be "undriveable" for both drivers. This is Ferrari, keep that in mind, they can make a car wich do not suit any of their drivers
About Binotto-Vasseur... With Binotto Ferrari was 2nd (only comparing this ruleset), scoring 73% of RBR points. With Vasseur Ferrari was 3rd, scoring 47% of RBR points.
Obviously points and results are not everything, but they´re a very important factor to consider, and difference was huge, so someone should point this out
Anycase, I think TP is not the weak point at Ferrari, probably could be better, but apart from car perfomance itself, IMHO strategy department is by far the weakest link at Ferrari with several decisions wich were completely amateurish, for both drivers