2024 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[CouncilorIrissa]

Behind Merc and MCL on a supposedly favorable track.
Not good.

Sainz did a good job, Charles was on it until the last lap.

[dialtone]

Behind Merc and MCL on a supposedly favorable track.
Not good.

Sainz did a good job, Charles was on it until the last lap.

Zhou ruined his lap, obviously not his fault but having another car close in front ruins visibility.

[CouncilorIrissa]

Behind Merc and MCL on a supposedly favorable track.
Not good.

Sainz did a good job, Charles was on it until the last lap.

Zhou ruined his lap, obviously not his fault but having another car close in front ruins visibility.

Ah, he had Zhou ahead of him? Makes sense then, unfortunate.

[Xyz22]

Bad performance in the wet as usual.

Strange to see RB struggling as well. Pace was ok in SQ1 and SQ2 which bodes well though.

[AR3-GP]

Behind Merc and MCL on a supposedly favorable track.
Not good.

Sainz did a good job, Charles was on it until the last lap.

Zhou ruined his lap, obviously not his fault but having another car close in front ruins visibility.

[Xyz22]

Behind Merc and MCL on a supposedly favorable track.
Not good.

Sainz did a good job, Charles was on it until the last lap.

Zhou ruined his lap, obviously not his fault but having another car close in front ruins visibility.

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Lucky to escape there

[Vinlarr89]

Any damage? Car looked good in the dry. RBR and FER struggled in the wet.

[Emag]

Rain is less likely for the rest of the weekend. On the dry the order will be reinstated. There's barely any data to judge whether or not racing for something more than P3 is on the cards though. Tomorrow will be a good indicator.

[CouncilorIrissa]

Any damage? Car looked good in the dry. RBR and FER struggled in the wet.

Does not look like it, the impact was far too light.
These front wings appear remarkably sturdy sometimes, I vividly remember Saudi Arabia 2021 where Hamilton's FW survived being faceplanted into Max.

[Vanja #66]

Doom and gloom mood is understandable, but unjustified. SF24 and RB20 aren't heating up their tyres as quickly as other cars in front. In turn, they are far superior in the race and this will be the case tomorrow morning in the sprint. Session was short and hectic, track surface is unacceptable both in wet and dry, making RB20 and SF24 look even worse on a cold wet track. F1 Tempo does not have the times yet, but it will be interesting to see the traces in the wet

SQ2 showed what will be the most likely order tomorrow in both the Sprint and Q, since it looks to be a dry Saturday all day.

[CouncilorIrissa]

SF24 and RB20 aren't heating up their tyres as quickly as other cars in front. In turn, they are far superior in the race and this will be the case tomorrow morning in the sprint.

What are your thoughts on the impact low-grip, but dry conditions make on relative car performance in general? Are they beneficial for the SF24 because of all the sliding causing higher wear? Or am I getting this wrong?

[Vanja #66]

What are your thoughts on the impact low-grip, but dry conditions make on relative car performance in general? Are they beneficial for the SF24 because of all the sliding causing higher wear? Or am I getting this wrong?

When you have a problem with deg on a normal track, you'll have a bigger problem on low grip track compared to a car that's good or great on deg, since every car will slide more than usual. Top 5 cars seem to be in almost the same downforce trim between themselves, so there's no reason to expect things to be any different than Suzuka.

What will work in favour of RB20 and SF24 is the rain that again washed up the track before tomorrow's Sprint. Sprint is not so short, plenty of time for rivals to eat their tyres even if they are ahead. DRS is ok-ish here, it should help those 4 cars lose less time in traffic.

[killua]

Heard that the rain is quite heavy right now and it wouldn’t stop until tomorrow morning. not sure the circuit would be completely dry or not in the sprint.

[CouncilorIrissa]

We should hope for a clean start then. SC would be a massive help for the cars in front.

[Seanspeed]

You can if it's achieved through illegal means. And if it was a legitimate grey area, then it's on Binotto again for not getting his way the FIA.

And two out of three wins came from circuits that reward engine power disproportionately. Post-Singapore the chassis had finally became somewhat competent, but race pace still remained a weakness that was never rectified under Binotto.

I'm not saying that I hate the guy, but his work, both as TP as well as TD was meh at best.

He did a good job with the 2022 PU though, credit where credit is due.

Some of y'all are wildly spoiled if you think legit championship contending cars in any period can leave somebody as just a 'meh' TD. smh