silver wrote: ↑29 May 2022, 07:51
With the way SF75 loads the front for a sharp bite and the oversteer, no wonder they have so much grip for one lap and face difficulties in tyre management in races. Although it looked good in Spain where the race didn't go normal, we have to see how it goes in future races. They should look at protecting the tyres and avoid so much oversteer that cooks the tyres, but it seems like Leclerc is happy with this pointy setup that puts him on pole most of the times, even though he was consistently being overtaken in races. With a gritty driver like Max behind in races with a car that has good tyre life, it's difficult to get away with such a biased setup.
I hope Monaco goes to Leclerc. He deserves it so much in front of home crowd.
I think its not right to say Ferrari have difficulties in tyre management in the race. Ferrari had a clear advantage in the first few races regarding tyre management. It was only in Imola and Miami when there were problems, and it both were related to set-up decisions made to get out the DRS-window immediately. In Barcelona they did not take this approach and tyre wear and management was not a problem and the F1-75 used its tyres nicely again. So, in Ferraris case, tyre management depends on the set-up decisions clearly. And its a positive thing and a great job done by the designers, because the F1-75s suspension obviously has a big window to play with. In Monaco Ferrari seems to have choosen a similar path like they did in Miami and heat up the tyres quickly. But in Monaco tyre wear is not a problem at all and in Monaco this should be an advantage, as they should be able to put 2 secs between themselves and the Red Bulls in the first few laps. The Red Bull always needs some laps to heat up the tyres and and their suspension does not have a such a wide range of variations like the Ferrari. So i think what was a disadvantage in Miami, will be an advantage in Monaco.
