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I think Monaco can be okay for Charles if they lower the car. Lewis may suffer there judgeing by his Jeddah issues. Imola has smoother and longer corners which wont demand much dancing on a knife edge so he went okay there.
Monaco him and Charles will need to dance on the edge of a carbon nano tube to get any decent points.
Williams will be strong and Vcarb who have good low speed traction.
Imo monaco will be very problematic. Williams will be strong there and so will aston. Judging from the cars behavior in low speed i dont think they will make q3 but I hope im wrong. Of course race pace is meaningless there so qualifying will be everything.
If they have to qualify on inters Ferrari will be out in Q1
I think Monaco can be okay for Charles if they lower the car. Lewis may suffer there judgeing by his Jeddah issues. Imola has smoother and longer corners which wont demand much dancing on a knife edge so he went okay there.
Monaco him and Charles will need to dance on the edge of a carbon nano tube to get any decent points.
Williams will be strong and Vcarb who have good low speed traction.
Imo monaco will be very problematic. Williams will be strong there and so will aston. Judging from the cars behavior in low speed i dont think they will make q3 but I hope im wrong. Of course race pace is meaningless there so qualifying will be everything.
I am on a fence on how car performance will be in Monaco. Everybody will be forced to raise the car and will bring high DF wings, so floor pure performance could be overwhelmed by other factors there.
Not to mention Charles skills on his home streets…
I think Monaco can be okay for Charles if they lower the car. Lewis may suffer there judgeing by his Jeddah issues. Imola has smoother and longer corners which wont demand much dancing on a knife edge so he went okay there.
Monaco him and Charles will need to dance on the edge of a carbon nano tube to get any decent points.
Williams will be strong and Vcarb who have good low speed traction.
Imo monaco will be very problematic. Williams will be strong there and so will aston. Judging from the cars behavior in low speed i dont think they will make q3 but I hope im wrong. Of course race pace is meaningless there so qualifying will be everything.
Aston are a bit of an unknown for Monaco, but they didn't handle the kerbs and slow corners at Imola well.
Williams are strong on high speed tracks but they haven't shown much in traction or slow speed sections to believe they will be good at Monaco either.
And the updates on the floor TD might have nerfed the traction on the Mercedes, going by Imola.
Article also says the modified rear suspension has passed the dynamic bench test, is being tested in the wind tunnel with different aerodynamics and is expected for Silverstone
Generally, I don't take these F1 youtubers seriously, but one thing I agree with the 'oh the humanity' channel and all other F1 content creators :
"poor guy LeClerc".
He is burning himself out at Ferrari - it's been what, 8 yrs, 7 yrs ? The kind of talent he is, he has to be one of the unluckiest drivers in the sport. Yes, he had some mistakes in him, losing P1 in the race at times in 2022 (which is the only time Ferrari had a 'legal' winning car) , but boy or boy, how many times has he been screwed over by the pitwall and the engineering team ? This season he is in 'rottweiler mode' with the pitwall, but I can understand that. I have been watching F1 for almost 2 decades and never felt sympathy for any driver. But this time, I genuinely feel sympathetic towards LeClerc. Winning Monaco and Monza in 2024 have been the only 'ecstatic' cherries on an otherwise sub-par cake of a career in red for him.
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According to that video, He should behind a dark room thinking of ways to improve, who will attend the race weekend? Signed an autograph at race weekend = bad? criticise what needs to be criticised, these kind of talk is moronic..
Last year, we had an ultra-dominant Red Bull in the first seven races, and then a McLaren that recovered strongly. I hope we can have this kind of turnaround starting from Barcelona. In Spain, there will be a change to the technical regulation for the wings , which we have worked a lot on. It should be an advantage for us , but it remains uncertain. So we must win all the points possible until Barcelona .”
"I am only aiming for the win. The podium is not something I particularly dream of. For several Grands Prix, our weak points have been the slow corners . Unfortunately, in Monaco, there is only this type of corner, so I expect a complicated weekend . At the same time, the circuit is so special and unique that we can hope that there is something in the car that we have not yet discovered and that will reveal itself here.”
Among the positive aspects of working with Hamilton, Leclerc also mentioned the driving style: “ He is extremely talented, [Lewis]has a very interesting driving style, which I can use myself in certain moments of the race , when it is the right time.
Last year, we had an ultra-dominant Red Bull in the first seven races, and then a McLaren that recovered strongly. I hope we can have this kind of turnaround starting from Barcelona. In Spain, there will be a change to the technical regulation for the wings , which we have worked a lot on. It should be an advantage for us , but it remains uncertain. So we must win all the points possible until Barcelona .”
"I am only aiming for the win. The podium is not something I particularly dream of. For several Grands Prix, our weak points have been the slow corners . Unfortunately, in Monaco, there is only this type of corner, so I expect a complicated weekend . At the same time, the circuit is so special and unique that we can hope that there is something in the car that we have not yet discovered and that will reveal itself here.”
Among the positive aspects of working with Hamilton, Leclerc also mentioned the driving style: “ He is extremely talented, [Lewis]has a very interesting driving style, which I can use myself in certain moments of the race , when it is the right time.
He is being coy on what that driving style of Lewis is, but i believe it to be some kind of tyre saving technique.
It's clear he and his engineers have been studying Hamilton's driving.
Lewis needs to study Charles as well for qualifying.
I hope what Charles says about the turnaround at Barcelona is true and it's not just a dangling carrot by Fred to pacify the drivers.
Could Ferrari still win the constructors theoretically after Barcelona if the scored 1-2 in every race to the end of the season? Assuming McLaren gets 1-2 up to bacelona and 3-4 after.
