I don’t know why you’re getting so emotional about a thing regarding a team you don’t care of.NathanOlder wrote: ↑28 Apr 2019, 23:10Yeah lol Leclerc already on Vettels pace at worse. Vettel is the one who needs to go if anyone. Team orders in 3 races, 2 --- strategies for Leclerc and a major PU problem.
How many points is Vettel in front of Charles now? 40 or 50 ???
Oh wait....
You have to see the power struggle after Sergio Marchionne died. I saw Sergio a big force behind Ferrari's revival. He was the one who had put Arri on the job. Bino has some serious problem with the way he is running things, why take so much load on yourself when you already has a good team in place in 2017 and 2018 ready to oversee operations.Scorpaguy wrote: ↑28 Apr 2019, 23:13So far this year, Ferrari has been:
...bluffed in testing
...belittled in Melbourn
...bettered in Bahrain
...outclassed in China
...left with no answers in Azerbaijan
I was openly critical of firing Arri and Kimi. The big red was far better off this time last year. Bini appears the adroit checkers player forlornly thrust into a chess tournament. Leclerc, seems pretty well neutered. At least Arri was a fighter and had passion. Bini just seems flummoxed that his engineer "numbers are not adding up" and hoping he can find the error in his math.
I think Binotto´s approach is better, colder and more focused as Todt was. But they problem is that he is also the technical leader and I am afraid this is too much work for him.wickedz50 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2019, 07:24You have to see the power struggle after Sergio Marchionne died. I saw Sergio a big force behind Ferrari's revival. He was the one who had put Arri on the job. Bino has some serious problem with the way he is running things, why take so much load on yourself when you already has a good team in place in 2017 and 2018 ready to oversee operations.Scorpaguy wrote: ↑28 Apr 2019, 23:13So far this year, Ferrari has been:
...bluffed in testing
...belittled in Melbourn
...bettered in Bahrain
...outclassed in China
...left with no answers in Azerbaijan
I was openly critical of firing Arri and Kimi. The big red was far better off this time last year. Bini appears the adroit checkers player forlornly thrust into a chess tournament. Leclerc, seems pretty well neutered. At least Arri was a fighter and had passion. Bini just seems flummoxed that his engineer "numbers are not adding up" and hoping he can find the error in his math.
Bring back Arri now and Bino please focus on getting the aero and engine numbers fixed for 2020.
Umm I see Mercedes making the pole and achieving another 1-2 with a short but confortable margin over Ferrari. People should start realizing that they have the best package.f1316 wrote: ↑27 Apr 2019, 21:01I still think Ferrari will be proven to have had the fastest car this weekend, with a combo of slipstream and colder conditions (plus Leclerc’s crash) affecting their qualifying pace.
If so - and we’ll see - that would mean 2/4 races where they were fastest - if indeed they’re still not on top of their car then still being fastest half the time is pretty good!
The problem though is the same as last two years: fast car but combination of bad track operations and, imo, drivers who far less frequently perform exceptional qualifying laps than the competition, are making the difference.
I agree that the stat sounds impressive (and it is) but compared to the previous record holder - the FW14B in the hands of Mansell/Patrese - the gap between the front 2 and the next is much smaller. Mansell was regularly 1s ahead of P2 (usually his team mate) and often 2s ahead of P3 in qualifying. That was a truly dominant car.
I don't really see a difference between Alonso's Ferrari stint and Vettel's (so far), result-wise. Also, Vettel is driving his 5th year with the team, so I think they are comfortable with him? Seb's speed comes when he is comfortable and can trust the car. Look for example his 2015 performance and the first half of 2017. He was near perfect then. The problem with Seb (and Ferrari as well) is when things don't go according to their preliminary calculations. A driver like Hamilton for example, would start to drive in 'safe mode' and is somewhat off pace (Baku 2016, China 2018, again Baku 2018). In such a scenario, Vettel starts to push harder than possible (Baku 2018, Germany 2018, Japan 2018), thus he is almost never off pace, but is more error-prone. Really I can't think of a race, when Seb was 'slow' (safe for Silverstone 2016). What we see here aren't 'flaws', but different approaches to a certain scenario. The former being more conservative, but guarantees a points finish, the second being more passion-driven and may result in a better result, but is incredibly risky. But after all, this is what makes the show, right?selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2019, 13:09Replace Vettel bring back Alonso for 202 to win both the championship. Vettel is going worse and worse each year. Ferrari won't lose anything if they replace Vettel.
Who else can be? I don't thin no one can fight back with Hamilton and Co. Alonso is the right person for Ferrari in 2020.
So what he's telling is that Ferrari went for a conventional suspension (which isn't a new thing for them to do) and that's the issue they are having?LostInTranslation wrote: ↑29 Apr 2019, 16:02An interesting article on FormulaPassion.it by Alberto Antonini, formerly responsible for the communication of the Ferrari team until last season. Use some translator if you do not have a connection with Italian language. I think it's worth it.
https://www.formulapassion.it/motorspor ... 33453.html
Of course.LM10 wrote: ↑29 Apr 2019, 16:37So what he's telling is that Ferrari went for a conventional suspension (which isn't a new thing for them to do) and that's the issue they are having?LostInTranslation wrote: ↑29 Apr 2019, 16:02An interesting article on FormulaPassion.it by Alberto Antonini, formerly responsible for the communication of the Ferrari team until last season. Use some translator if you do not have a connection with Italian language. I think it's worth it.
https://www.formulapassion.it/motorspor ... 33453.html