ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:08 am
A summary of Formu1a.uno's latest livestream.
https://x.com/FerrariF1FRA/status/1851741670972305567
- The work Frédéric Vasseur has done in 12 months is enormous. Seventy percent of the people in Maranello have been there since 2018-2019, but the mentality is now different. There is a real hunger to win, and they feel no mental pressure because they have nothing to lose. The team feels very unified.
- Something noteworthy about Carlos Sainz’s exceptional laps in Q3 in Mexico: Sainz is one of the drivers best at managing tire temperature over an entire lap. He doesn’t make the car slide much, which prevents the tires from overheating, keeping him competitive throughout the lap. This was a decisive factor in Mexico.
- Quietly, Ferrari has recruited three or four very important engineers (don’t bother looking on LinkedIn, they can’t be found) to assist in car design and development. These engineers are already working on projects for 2025 and 2026.
Thanks for sharing again, always some nice insight from formu1a.uno team
Some of us have been saying for a while that Vasseur has dramatically changed the approach of the team. There's a lot of energy and time wasted when people lament and regret a bad result or a wasted opportunity. Similarly, getting one good result used to lead to long celebrations and feeling of overconfidence. There were some remnants of it visible in Canada and Baku after Monaco and Monza wins, luckily everyone was fully focused in Mexico and hopefully they remain so in Brasil this weekend.
I think Sainz was excellent in traction zones in Mexico, he was completely confident in the car and this got him those 2 extra tenths. His aggressive style allows him to heat up the tyres nicely and gives him an advantage in such a benign car like SF24, whereas Leclerc's less aggressive driving makes an aggressive car like SF23 find its sweet spot.
Interesting info on those engineers, I wonder if they are outside of F1 since their recruitment went completely under every radar it would seem