WCC points after first 4 races:
2022 - 119p (including 12p in the Imola sprint)
2023 - 62p (including 11p in Baku sprint)
2024 - 120p (including 0p from 0 sprints
)
Last time Ferrari had such a good start without having the best or joint-best car on the grid -
never!
In 1998 it was close to this year's start, also 1 win and 4 other podium places but there was also a DNF for Schumi in Australia and a P8 for Irvine in Brasil. Newey's McLaren won the other 3 races. In 1999 they had 3 wins and 2 more P2s, they basically started with the best car and won the WCC even with Schumi sitting out half the season.
Vasseur's impact is bigger than we realised, consistency is completely in line with Red Bull all of a sudden and the only thing missing is outright pace/downforce of the car. I honestly never expected this kind of paradigm shift to happen so quickly.