2024 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[Vanja #66]

Leclerc's no 2 PU was taken care of after Monaco, it was reported on several media outlets and here as well. It was a minor issue that required an intervention in the factory, couldn't be solved in the garage. There's no chance any team could run on 3 PUs only, that's 33% longer life span than they are designed for

Both Leclerc and Sainz were on target to use 4 PUs and the team took their chance to give Sainz a new PU in Brasil due to poor starting position only

[Fakepivot]

it is odd that leclerc has been quite lucky this year.. very Unusal...
Soo I predict he will be on course to win but his engine will go PUFFF this weekend..

[deadhead]

it is odd that leclerc has been quite lucky this year.. very Unusal...
Soo I predict he will be on course to win but his engine will go PUFFF this weekend..

why u gotta be like that

[basti313]

the team took their chance to give Sainz a new PU in Brasil due to poor starting position only

Which might be interesting against the McLarens. They are running the engine at its 6th race. So on this power hungry track at least Sainz should have a benefit.
Was this the extra pace he had in Vegas?

[ferrarifire]

Ferrari has nothing to lose, so they'll go all-out with their highest engine mapping. Meanwhile, McLaren needs to be cautious to protect their championship lead.

the team took their chance to give Sainz a new PU in Brasil due to poor starting position only

Which might be interesting against the McLarens. They are running the engine at its 6th race. So on this power hungry track at least Sainz should have a benefit.
Was this the extra pace he had in Vegas?

[Z-one]

old spec for sure

[Waz]

Both teams will put the drivers on the most risk-free run plans possible. A crash would only happen if another driver ran into them.

FP1 conditions won't be representative for qualifying or the race either so missing it isn't a huge blow.

So, like Albon smashing into Bearman in Mexico?

[basti313]

Ferrari has nothing to lose, so they'll go all-out with their highest engine mapping. Meanwhile, McLaren needs to be cautious to protect their championship lead.

the team took their chance to give Sainz a new PU in Brasil due to poor starting position only

Which might be interesting against the McLarens. They are running the engine at its 6th race. So on this power hungry track at least Sainz should have a benefit.
Was this the extra pace he had in Vegas?

Sorry, I do not think this is the reality. These engines are well developed, they know what they can do and what the can not do. The question is what engine modes are still available, but at least this is well known.

[taperoo2k]

Ferrari has nothing to lose, so they'll go all-out with their highest engine mapping. Meanwhile, McLaren needs to be cautious to protect their championship lead.

the team took their chance to give Sainz a new PU in Brasil due to poor starting position only

Which might be interesting against the McLarens. They are running the engine at its 6th race. So on this power hungry track at least Sainz should have a benefit.
Was this the extra pace he had in Vegas?

They'll use whichever mode that achieves a balance between fuel use, performance and reliability. No point going all out then being disqualified if they haven't got the requisite volume of fuel for testing after the race or the engine decides to blow a gasket mere meters from the finish line.

[SoulPancake13]

Charles said today that the new floor wasn't really an upgrade and that they were mostly just understanding the floor as much as possible.

[AR3-GP]

Why did Sainz have such a bad race here last year? Was there a car problem?

[SoulPancake13]

Why did Sainz have such a bad race here last year? Was there a car problem?

Just not on it. He qualified poorly as well with 0 indications of any issues

[AR3-GP]

Why did Sainz have such a bad race here last year? Was there a car problem?

Just not on it. He qualified poorly as well with 0 indications of any issues

Wow, that was a diabolical performance

Well they cannot afford that here...

[SoulPancake13]

Why did Sainz have such a bad race here last year? Was there a car problem?

Just not on it. He qualified poorly as well with 0 indications of any issues

Wow, that was a diabolical performance

Well they cannot afford that here...

In hindsight, I believe he may have been told around that time that Ferrari wouldn't be extending his contract for next season, and by his own admission that was very hard on him at first.

[DGP123]

Just not on it. He qualified poorly as well with 0 indications of any issues

Wow, that was a diabolical performance

Well they cannot afford that here...

In hindsight, I believe he may have been told around that time that Ferrari wouldn't be extending his contract for next season, and by his own admission that was very hard on him at first.

Had a big shunt 10 mins into FP2. Killed his prep, and confidence going into that weekend. No surprise he struggled.