Indeed. But the rear end looks very loose.bananapeel23 wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 19:02It is scarily fast, but the McLaren was also just by far the slowest car on the straights which flattered the Ferrari a bit.Autobahn303 wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 18:54Great race by Charles. Too bad that the safety car ruined it. But man, that car is slippery as an eel.
To be so slow on the straight and that fast through the corners…when was the last time a dominant car was pretty much the slowest on the straight of all the teams?
RedBull for the whole V8 Renault era. No title winning car (with the exception of the MCL38 last year) has had a clear straight-line deficit in the hybrid era.
Leclerc:Mercedes were very aggressive with the choice to go for S at the end, even RUS noted how audacious of a call that was. I think they were helped by the temps dropping a bit at the end, as well as being in clean air [...] When the SC came out, our plans to go M-M-S changed.
I think we had an aggressive strategy before the SC, by starting on the M we kept the door open to go on H for the second stint, or try to extend to put the S at the end. We gave ourselves options, and it was an advantage in the 2nd stint, but the SC took it away.
Oh, and looks like Ferrari aren't fighting that hard for the P3...I tried everything until the end, P4 is where we are now, it's disappointing because we didn't have the performance we were hoping for. I'm happy that we maximized the points but disappointed with the race because we lost the podium a few laps from the end.
The start on medium? We couldn't have done what the others did with the softs. We tried in FP2 and we had a lot of trouble. I don't regret choosing the mediums. We need to check the start, because it's a weak point at the moment.
Vasseur has slowly but surely started to annoy me with the "potential of the car" talks and the general lackadaisical nature in interviews, you can't say that as a TP of a team who would directly benefit from that decision. Ferrari is at best equal with Mercedes for 2nd fastest car by a mile, some more accountability and fight would be appreciatedScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 19:26Vasseur:
Leclerc:Mercedes were very aggressive with the choice to go for S at the end, even RUS noted how audacious of a call that was. I think they were helped by the temps dropping a bit at the end, as well as being in clean air [...] When the SC came out, our plans to go M-M-S changed.
I think we had an aggressive strategy before the SC, by starting on the M we kept the door open to go on H for the second stint, or try to extend to put the S at the end. We gave ourselves options, and it was an advantage in the 2nd stint, but the SC took it away.
Oh, and looks like Ferrari aren't fighting that hard for the P3...I tried everything until the end, P4 is where we are now, it's disappointing because we didn't have the performance we were hoping for. I'm happy that we maximized the points but disappointed with the race because we lost the podium a few laps from the end.
The start on medium? We couldn't have done what the others did with the softs. We tried in FP2 and we had a lot of trouble. I don't regret choosing the mediums. We need to check the start, because it's a weak point at the moment.
Embarrassing that he doesn't fight it after Mercedes screwed Ferrari so hard in Las Vegas 2023, the points could be crucial in the end.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑13 Apr 2025, 19:26Vasseur:
Leclerc:Mercedes were very aggressive with the choice to go for S at the end, even RUS noted how audacious of a call that was. I think they were helped by the temps dropping a bit at the end, as well as being in clean air [...] When the SC came out, our plans to go M-M-S changed.
I think we had an aggressive strategy before the SC, by starting on the M we kept the door open to go on H for the second stint, or try to extend to put the S at the end. We gave ourselves options, and it was an advantage in the 2nd stint, but the SC took it away.
Oh, and looks like Ferrari aren't fighting that hard for the P3...I tried everything until the end, P4 is where we are now, it's disappointing because we didn't have the performance we were hoping for. I'm happy that we maximized the points but disappointed with the race because we lost the podium a few laps from the end.
The start on medium? We couldn't have done what the others did with the softs. We tried in FP2 and we had a lot of trouble. I don't regret choosing the mediums. We need to check the start, because it's a weak point at the moment.
