2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku, April 26-28

[LM10]

Both Ferrari’s with slimmer rear wings. They put the slimmer one on Leclerc’s car as well for the second runs.
Looks like Mercedes has more wing than Ferrari now.

[JPBD1990]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

[LM10]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

They just keep on understanding the car and it mostly is set up I assume. But of course, the upgrades seem to work as well. Though, I don’t know how much they help them in those twisty sections.

[drunkf1fan]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

Due to their power advantage they are pretty much running more overall downforce than everyone else. Also more aggressive in tire warming so are keeping tire temp better over the lap, better for braking and corner exits and they still have that power down the straight.

Everyone else took off most of the downforce they could so they aren't vulnerable on the straight but that is killing them on tire temps and general cornering performance.

[LM10]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

Due to their power advantage they are pretty much running more overall downforce than everyone else. Also more aggressive in tire warming so are keeping tire temp better over the lap, better for braking and corner exits and they still have that power down the straight.

Everyone else took off most of the downforce they could so they aren't vulnerable on the straight but that is killing them on tire temps and general cornering performance.

Mercedes was running visibly more rear wing than Ferrari in FP3.

[JPBD1990]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

Don’t get me wrong, merc clearly hasn’t even started the engine yet... but should be close at least, which is encouraging!

[yener]

After the Qualifying session Lewis will tell this:

It's unbelieveable, Ferrari was so fast. But the team did a great job and gave us the first start row, i did not expect it. I want to thank the engineer and all mechanics. We found the sweet spot and hopefully we can stay at front of the ferrari's tomorrow.

[Danlizzyman]

After the Qualifying session Lewis will tell this:

It's unbelieveable, Ferrari was so fast. But the team did a great job and gave us the first start row, i did not expect it. I want to thank the engineer and all mechanics. We found the sweet spot and hopefully we can stay at front of the ferrari's tomorrow.

Brilliant, bang on!

[drunkf1fan]

So until now Ferrari has been doing poorly in slow corners, then this.... what is happening?

I know they brought updates, but surely slow speed corners are where aero plays the least importance? Puzzling

Due to their power advantage they are pretty much running more overall downforce than everyone else. Also more aggressive in tire warming so are keeping tire temp better over the lap, better for braking and corner exits and they still have that power down the straight.

Everyone else took off most of the downforce they could so they aren't vulnerable on the straight but that is killing them on tire temps and general cornering performance.

Mercedes was running visibly more rear wing than Ferrari in FP3.

Today, not yesterday, yesterday Ferrari was making all their lap time in the first and second sector, today in the earlier runs before Ferrari gained like 15kph on the straights in the final runs Ham was purple in S1, 0.002 behind or something after s2 and lost half a second on the straight.

Then I think Ferrari just turned their engine up and found time in every sector including a massive amount in s3. Yesterday when Ferrari had more wing they gained much less on the straight but way more in the corners.

[MtthsMlw]

Gasly getting a new gearbox (+5 places) but that doesn't matter anyways.

[Phil]

I wouldn't be surprised if the pole setter will not win this race, unless whoever starts on pole can really drive off into the distance and react to pretty much anything that happens and every eventuality. If not, the chance of a crash and a safety car throwing chaos is just relatively big...

[Hammerfist]

Due to their power advantage they are pretty much running more overall downforce than everyone else. Also more aggressive in tire warming so are keeping tire temp better over the lap, better for braking and corner exits and they still have that power down the straight.

Everyone else took off most of the downforce they could so they aren't vulnerable on the straight but that is killing them on tire temps and general cornering performance.

Mercedes was running visibly more rear wing than Ferrari in FP3.

Today, not yesterday, yesterday Ferrari was making all their lap time in the first and second sector, today in the earlier runs before Ferrari gained like 15kph on the straights in the final runs Ham was purple in S1, 0.002 behind or something after s2 and lost half a second on the straight.

Then I think Ferrari just turned their engine up and found time in every sector including a massive amount in s3. Yesterday when Ferrari had more wing they gained much less on the straight but way more in the corners.

Ferrari still gaining a bunch of time in s2. They cannot be touched there. I expect merc to close the gap in the other sectors come qualifying.

[search]

problems for Mercedes are fairly obviously the tires, not the engine. Will be tough to get it sorted for Qualifying.

[Sierra117]

EPIC Gasly buahahaha

[NathanOlder]

Vettel seems to be struggling compared to Leclerc in Q1, had an extra flying lap and still 6 tenths off Charles