2023 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[LM10]

It’s not a whole PU, only the ICE on both cars + CE (obviously) and MGU-H on Leclerc.

[JPower]

The deg looks pretty much nonexistent on the end of session runs. LEC running S, SAI on H. Both were a good 3 tenths ahead of Mercedes on similar tires by my very unofficial count.

Don’t know what that means against RB and Aston though.

All drivers seeming to have trouble with T22.

[dialtone]

VER v LEC FP1:


Very few things of note:
* Ferrari running very low engine mode, 15kph difference in speed in the back straight.
* T1 and last corner don't look too bad as of now which is good. They are the 2 traction areas, very promising.



Longer stints LEC vs HAM:
* 9 lap old Softs for LEC look great.

[Kyo]

The deg looks pretty much nonexistent on the end of session runs. LEC running S, SAI on H. Both were a good 3 tenths ahead of Mercedes on similar tires by my very unofficial count.

Don’t know what that means against RB and Aston though.

All drivers seeming to have trouble with T22.

Both ran S for their runs, with Carlos going on hards with 2 mins left till the end of the session (at least the timings apps said so), but yeah, really good deg, basically negative deg. PU clearly turned down as they were 6-8 kph down on Mercs, yet clearly the faster car by at least 4 tenths (LEC quite a bit more). Keep in mind that temps were still higher compared to race time.

[LM10]

Ferrari already 3 km/h up on their top speed of qualifying last season despite really conservative engine mode.

[organic]

The balance looks pretty good onboard, right?

[bagajohny]

The balance looks pretty good onboard, right?

What do you think of the bouncing? To me it looks bad.

[jambuka]

Car seems to suck. p9-p10. We were suppose to be strong in Jeddah lol

[Kyo]

The balance looks pretty good onboard, right?

Absolutely. Way better than Bahrain. Just seems sluggish out of the corners, but rear stability seems on point. Does indicate that Ferrari is running in a lower engine mode with a cut on acceleration (similar way to Bahrain).

[organic]

Wait for telemetry. Likely the same story as FP in bahrain and in fp1 here. Engine is likely not anywhere near cranked

[LM10]

The balance looks pretty good onboard, right?

What do you think of the bouncing? To me it looks bad.

Porpoising has never been a problem for Ferrari. They got most poles bouncing around last season.

[AR3-GP]

Wait for telemetry. Likely the same story as FP in bahrain and in fp1 here. Engine is likely not anywhere near cranked

It’s worrying for the season if they need to use completely gutless PU modes in free practice. You don’t need to run full power but what Ferrari is doing seems a bit extreme, as if they have an issue they are nursing.

[LM10]

Car seems to suck. p9-p10. We were suppose to be strong in Jeddah lol

A super pro tip is to look at other times. You’ll realize that cars like the Haas or the Alpine are clearly faster than Ferrari right now. This should show you that Ferrari’s times are far off from their true pace.

[JPower]

Car seems to suck. p9-p10. We were suppose to be strong in Jeddah lol

Looking at the long runs as they happen, Ferrari is right there with Red Bull and Aston.

[organic]

Car seems to suck. p9-p10. We were suppose to be strong in Jeddah lol

Looking at the long runs as they happen, Ferrari is right there with Red Bull and Aston.

Yes Ferrari has good race pace, but the field as a whole is very close on that. Makes me think small differences actually mean a lot here