AmateurDriver wrote: ↑09 May 2024, 18:44
LM10 wrote: ↑09 May 2024, 18:41
AmateurDriver wrote: ↑09 May 2024, 18:23
Very underwhelming indeed. Let's hope they'll end up second best in WCC (difficult). And let's acknowledge Vasseur's intellectual honesty nevertheless. He's not saying we're playing catch up, we're just one tenth behind, in the second half of the season blah blah... He's already saying "no way" even before traditional turning point of Barcelona.
Why on god’s earth is it difficult for Ferrari to end up second best in WCC?
Last time I checked there was a misterious orange car quite out of the reach of ours.
Last time I checked you didn't react like that when Ferrari was the car to beat in Australia.
What are you even up to praising McLaren after their upgrade package (which btw can't be judged fully after a single race) and ignoring the fact that Ferrari haven't brought an upgrade yet? Why are you talking like the performance gaps are locked in for the rest of the season? Please help me keep track with your flawed logic.
Also, regarding your post which says that Tifosi cannot afford optimism or that this season is set to be more frustrating than the previous one - talk for yourself. If you're happy being pessimistic, so be it.
I, at least, can bring reasons why Ferrari fans at the moment can be the most optimistic they've been in many years. You, on the other hand, create things out of thin air, such as Ferrari promising things performance-wise, but not achieving it. They've never done that this season. Equally, it's not true that McLaren has not promised anything.
Ferrari is shaping up to get a really solid team in it's entirety under Vasseur. Hamilton surely didn't decide to go there because of the luxury or the glamour or whatever you said. He will come to fight for the title and there must be a reason he's chosen Ferrari. Second big signing will be Newey most probably and that's only the tip of the iceberg. There have been various signings recently and it simply shows on track. I can't help you if you're not able to see the details and the differences to last years on and off track. Xavi's change of role (finally) is just another continuation of smart management and team building.
Also, Ferrari's 2026 PU is set to be the class of the field. So whichever direction I look at, I only see positives for the future and it smells like Ferrari could be the next dominating team starting 2026.