2025 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[ringo]

Not looking bad. I didnt see much running from Lewis. He seems to be taking his time to put things together. The other drivers are raring to go and pushing. Notably Sainz Bearman and Russell.
The Williams is a surprise. Makes you question how did they manage to make such a huge step . What'a going on behind the scenes with Vowels etc.

I guess FP2 will show us more of the pecking order and what Lewis is putting together.
He's probably overwhelmed with the differences and should have done the young driver testing last year. He underestimated how alien Ferrari would be to his British teams.

[Chuckjr]

Lewis doesn’t have time to slowly pull it together. He needs to score big now if he plans to contest for the DC. Competition is too tight this year to take it easy and slow. Score big now or become #2. The end.

[Chuckjr]

Double post.
Delete.

[ScuderiaLeo]

Some hope for you guys



#Norris is putting in a good time, but you can see that he was definitely pushing harder than #Leclerc in many aspects. The Englishman also makes a noticeable mistake at Turn 5. #Leclerc, on the other hand, is very strong through Turn 6 and does well in 10-11. #Ferrari is really slow on the straights, even with a decent DRS boost. On one hand, it's due to engine mode; on the other, they seem to be running quite a lot of aero load. The critical point for the red car seems to be stopping the car at Turn 11, but the impression is that, at least for Charles, he has the car "in hand" (he plays a lot with the throttle in corners, did it all session long). Let's see how things develop because there were also moments where it seemed like #McLaren and Ferrari were finding their lap times in slightly different ways. There's a lot to uncover. #AustralianGP

[ringo]

Lewis doesn’t have time to slowly pull it together. He needs to score big now if he plans to contest for the DC. Competition is too tight this year to take it easy and slow. Score big now or become #2. The end.

It's 24 races. He can put in the building blocks now to build on to progressively strenghten over the season. It's not his first rodeo, so he probably using the time now when things are not critical to get bedded in.
I am still questioning his spirits to find the ragged edge in qualifying at 40 years old. He's just not gonna be on a knife edge like Charles.
So he has to build on tyre management, race starts, race engineer trust and stint pace.
Even for us fans, doing sports and exercise in our 20's is just so much more effortless than over 35 or 40. Lewis is gonna need to train twice as hard as Charles and eat some animal protein to have a chance.
Another factor is Hamilton's habbit of starting his seasons slow. He takes some time to get into the groove. This new team may need 6 races for him to fit like a glove.

[SoulPancake13]

The car in Charles's hand looks super strong - great responsiveness and the strong S3 speaks to very good tyre wear.

[SoulPancake13]

This race sim from Charles is mighty, before hitting traffic (aka Max) the times were crazy, he hit a 1.21.2

[ScuderiaLeo]

This race sim from Charles is mighty, before hitting traffic (aka Max) the times were crazy, he hit a 1.21.2

Looks very close so far! But I doubt either team is showing their full hand, so we'll just have to wait and see how it unfolds tomorrow...

[CouncilorIrissa]

The race sim looked real good.
Charles managed to hit 21.2 before running into traffic. Same with Lewis, finished the sim with 21.2-21.5

[SoulPancake13]

This race sim from Charles is mighty, before hitting traffic (aka Max) the times were crazy, he hit a 1.21.2

Looks very close so far! But I doubt either team is showing their full hand, so we'll just have to wait and see how it unfolds tomorrow...

Charles hit a 1.20.8 after letting Max go up the track. I am tired of pretending this isn't a strong car - they are in the fight for a win here to me.

[Luscion]

This race sim from Charles is mighty, before hitting traffic (aka Max) the times were crazy, he hit a 1.21.2

the times in the 1.21's for both Norris and Leclerc are them using DRS, Charles using it a good bit behind Max, Lando a good bit behind Kimi. Piastri and Lewis were the ones not using drs for most of it and Lewis was matching times with Piastri and then got a little bit quicker

[dialtone]

This race sim from Charles is mighty, before hitting traffic (aka Max) the times were crazy, he hit a 1.21.2

the times in the 1.21's for both Norris and Leclerc are them using DRS, Charles using it a good bit behind Max, Lando a good bit behind Kimi. Piastri and Lewis were the ones not using drs for most of it and Lewis was matching times with Piastri and then got a little bit quicker

No, LEC never did a single lap in 1.21 behind Max, although he did use DRS when he was behind him, had a bunch of 1.22.5+ before placing a 1.31+ to let Max up and immediately placed a 1.20.8 without anyone in front and no DRS on 20+ lap old tires.

[ringo]

Mclaren vs Ferrari.
Behind them is Mercedes then Redbull.
The VCARB is looking like a smooth car to drive.
Ferrari have a good chance of the constructors. For some reason the 2025 cars or tyres produces big gaps between experience and rookie drivers. Lewis and Charles vs Lando and Oscar seem to be the most reliable pairings. The other teams will not have the backup from their rookies.
Practice 2 looked good. Hamilton wants less understeer in his setup. He is 4 tenths behind charles but the car is well behaved despite the understeer, no fighting the wheel and counter steering.

[deadhead]

How big of a concern is the lower top speed compared to the MCL?

"Even in race pace regime #Ferrari very slow as top speed compared to #McLaren , look at the numbers above of #Leclerc vs #Norris on track together with an almost equal time. It seems due to the sum of engine and load. Ferrari seems to start from a very slow intro to then grow up to the times McLaren, which however has a less conservative pace at the beginning of the stint. #AustralianGP"

[SoulPancake13]

How big of a concern is the lower top speed compared to the MCL?

"Even in race pace regime #Ferrari very slow as top speed compared to #McLaren , look at the numbers above of #Leclerc vs #Norris on track together with an almost equal time. It seems due to the sum of engine and load. Ferrari seems to start from a very slow intro to then grow up to the times McLaren, which however has a less conservative pace at the beginning of the stint. #AustralianGP"

I believe we are running significantly higher DF than McLaren. Not a worry for now.