2024 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[Sevach]

Good session for the team.

[Vanja #66]

Let's keep the pressure on boys, well done! They must keep Perez behind at all costs, anything less than double podium is underperformance

[IntrinsicVoid]

Very very good depending on the circumstances.

[Fakepivot]

ahh sad he could not improve last run... but man why is it soo inconsistent? like this track.. no one improved their first q3 run i think..

[LM10]

Very good job from both drivers! Keeping Perez behind was crucial and the same can be expected for tomorrow looking at the pace in the sprint race. As expected the car came alive on the hot track.

How the base SF-24 performs against the upgraded cars is really encouraging.

[f1316]

Very good job from both drivers! Keeping Perez behind was crucial and the same can be expected for tomorrow looking at the pace in the sprint race. As expected the car came alive on the hot track.

How the base SF-24 performs against the upgraded cars is really encouraging.

This. The job tomorrow is to keep Max under pressure - probably not quite the pace to win in a straight fight but close enough to make it hard and then you never know what can happen.

[Vinlarr89]

Great performance. Deg should favour them tomorrow too. Impressive considering no upgrades yet!!

[scuderiabrandon]

And Red Bull brought upgrades in Suzuka.

Do we have an idea of how fast this new Red Bull is?

I think it is brilliant, and bodes well a Ferrari v1 vs Red Bull v1.5 and lose only 3sec in 19 laps. Even factoring other considerations.

I believe the upgrades for Red Bull far exceeded expectations

Wasn't the expectation 1-1.5 tenths?

edit: "Red Bull’s engineers believe they have gained a tenth of performance" - https://formu1a.uno/en/ferrari-within-t ... e-the-gap/

Someone I know who most certainly has links with slightly more profiled people at Red Bull said they far exceeded expectations

[Vanja #66]

Sainz should try to undercut Max for second stint and Leclerc should go long on first. 2 on 1 gives this option for extra pressure, but they both need to do their job and work together for the team. On pure pace there's nothing they can do, RB20 is simply too good for that.

[Xyz22]

The race will be against Perez tomorrow. It’s key that we keep P2 and P3 at the start, then the pace will dictate the race.


Excellent quali.

[Space-heat]

Sainz should try to undercut Max for second stint and Leclerc should go long on first. 2 on 1 gives this option for extra pressure, but they both need to do their job and work together for the team. On pure pace there's nothing they can do, RB20 is simply too good for that.

Can not see Sainz agreeing to that. He is such a cerebral driver he will want to optimize his race, plus he is out next year. Crucial for Charles to not lose positions at T1. Hopefully the better quali performance is not at the expense of race pace. Agree with others, race is with Perez, but be in position for the win if Ver has a problems (Aus).

Hopeful we can actually challenge from Imola.

[deadhead]

Higher temperatures = no warm up issue

Very good job from both drivers! Keeping Perez behind was crucial and the same can be expected for tomorrow looking at the pace in the sprint race. As expected the car came alive on the hot track.

How the base SF-24 performs against the upgraded cars is really encouraging.

This. The job tomorrow is to keep Max under pressure - probably not quite the pace to win in a straight fight but close enough to make it hard and then you never know what can happen.

LEC seems confident he can put pressure on VER.

Let’s hope SAI doesn’t go ballistic like he did in China again.

[Xyz22]

Hopefully after what happened in China there won’t be any drama tomorrow

[AmateurDriver]

Great performance. Deg should favour them tomorrow too. Impressive considering no upgrades yet!!

And considering that -at least for the moment- car is comparitevily significantly better in race trim.
One thing puzzles me a bit: why they both got 4 tenths slower in second Q3 attempt?

[scuderiabrandon]

Higher temperatures = no warm up issue

Very good job from both drivers! Keeping Perez behind was crucial and the same can be expected for tomorrow looking at the pace in the sprint race. As expected the car came alive on the hot track.

How the base SF-24 performs against the upgraded cars is really encouraging.

This. The job tomorrow is to keep Max under pressure - probably not quite the pace to win in a straight fight but close enough to make it hard and then you never know what can happen.

LEC seems confident he can put pressure on VER.

Let’s hope SAI doesn’t go ballistic like he did in China again.

He seems confident IF he can stay within DRS which is much easier said than done. Just look how much harder Red Bull can push the tyres at the start of the race. And they do this whilst having good levels of degradation.

The long back straight will be impossible to keep within DRS, they are so much quicker in that twisty bit on HIGH fuel, he'll essentially need to be within 5 tenths at 11 to exit 16 with DRS being available.