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I'm not saying they've produced a turd, I'm just saying it looks extremely likely they haven't built the large leap forward they needed to fight for a championship on a real competitive basis. A top car like the Mclaren shows a more effortless manner in its ability to get around the track and deliver laptime at will. The Ferrari simply does not.Timtim99 wrote: ↑28 Feb 2025, 16:27What observations led you to believe that Ferrari hasn’t nailed it during testing? They’re following a structured testing program, evaluating how the car responds in various racing conditions. Testing isn’t just about speed or balance; it’s about executing all planned assessments to gather crucial data.
Quite clear that for now McL is ahead by a significant marginTimtim99 wrote: ↑28 Feb 2025, 16:27What observations led you to believe that Ferrari hasn’t nailed it during testing? They’re following a structured testing program, evaluating how the car responds in various racing conditions. Testing isn’t just about speed or balance; it’s about executing all planned assessments to gather crucial data.
No banding on the tyre so c3?
Maybe they tested something, but with 1hr30 left they went out with full tank on c3 tyre which looked like a 1st stint until they hooked him in, presumably to make setup changes.outlap
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Watching the telemetry, Lewis is roughly 5~10 KM/H slower on long straights and short straight too. Looks like they are running on lower engine mode for sure. Same as Leclerc Yesterday.
For the people who like to overanalyze his body language... he didn't seem upset or happy. Very neutral. He's gotten better at hiding his emotionsIt's tough to confirm the feeling given the weird conditions we have found in Bahrain this year. There is no reference for these conditions when looking at previous years. Today and yesterday, we struggled with the balance, so our work will be on there.
It's too early to say how happy we are with the car. We'll see in Melbourne when we put it all together. The last two days we have been focused on testing setups and finding better balance, and we were able to complete the program we wanted in order to check this.
Besides the event in Milan, there's a lot of work to do. We'll be doing quite a lot of laps in the simulator to find the last details that will make the difference in Australia.
The race simulation from yesterday is a first glimpse of what we can expect, but there are a lot of unknowns still so we need to take it with a pinch of salt. However, it was an important run to understand where we were lacking compared to McLaren and how I feel about the car. And like I've been saying we still have work to do before Melbourne on the balance.
Ferrari needed a very strong start so this is very worrying.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑28 Feb 2025, 17:09Leclerc press conference:
For the people who like to overanalyze his body language... he didn't seem upset or happy. Very neutral. He's gotten better at hiding his emotionsIt's tough to confirm the feeling given the weird conditions we have found in Bahrain this year. There is no reference for these conditions when looking at previous years. Today and yesterday, we struggled with the balance, so our work will be on there.
It's too early to say how happy we are with the car. We'll see in Melbourne when we put it all together. The last two days we have been focused on testing setups and finding better balance, and we were able to complete the program we wanted in order to check this.
Besides the event in Milan, there's a lot of work to do. We'll be doing quite a lot of laps in the simulator to find the last details that will make the difference in Australia.
The race simulation from yesterday is a first glimpse of what we can expect, but there are a lot of unknowns still so we need to take it with a pinch of salt. However, it was an important run to understand where we were lacking compared to McLaren and how I feel about the car. And like I've been saying we still have work to do before Melbourne on the balance.
The issue is clear. The drivers aren't comfortable with the balance of the car and they've been saying this all weekend, even through their typical PR responses.
For what it's worth, he also said he is 300% (yes, 300%) confident in Fred and the team's direction for the car, they only need to nail down the details now.