scuderiabrandon wrote: ↑28 Aug 2023, 22:34
I agree totally that this duo won't work long term due to the preferential differences they have in terms of car balance or Ferrari need start to cater to only one side of the garage.
So far with the sample size we have, Ferrari have generally been more competitive when the car suits LEC more.
Correlation not causation.
In general, almost every Ferrari over the hybrid era has had some weird handling characteristic or defect that rears its head across the season regardless of who is in the driver lineup whether it be Alonso/Seb/Kimi/Leclerc/Sainz.
So no, I don't think performance is driven by which driver finds what balance more comfortable, more the Ferrari chassis/aero departments moving in different directions to where they think is best and sometimes benefitting one driver over another at some particular point in a season.
I think you all are giving the drivers' perferences too much credit in how these cars have performed on track. Having aero balance issues, design flaws, and lack of tire understanding are bigger issues are than who likes oversteer or understeer more. The SF-23 doesn't handle well for either driver. It sucks. Plain and simple. If both drivers were replaced with anyone else on the grid, it would still be the same unbalanced, unpredictable mess its been all season.