2022 Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team

[101FlyingDutchman]

It is strange to see Ferrari is fast again in front of the home crowd...you can't recover half a second in one race ...this is my theory...Ferrari has been running their engine conservattly due to reliability issue and here they ve released the full beans...expect to go bk behind redbull again from next race..

No I think it’s been ride height at Spa that cost them dearly compared to the RB18. If they can run the preferred ride height/suspension they’re suddenly vaulted straight back into contention. It’s an oddity of the RB18 that the philosophy of its floor isn’t much dictated by the height over the deck

[JPower]

Going to be an interesting one tomorrow. Leclerc will likely start ahead of Russell, Lando, and Ricciardo.

If they can create trouble for Max, it should give him time to bring the tires in before Verstappen catches up.

[Gillian]

It is strange to see Ferrari is fast again in front of the home crowd...you can't recover half a second in one race ...this is my theory...Ferrari has been running their engine conservattly due to reliability issue and here they ve released the full beans...expect to go bk behind redbull again from next race..

No I think it’s been ride height at Spa that cost them dearly compared to the RB18. If they can run the preferred ride height/suspension they’re suddenly vaulted straight back into contention. It’s an oddity of the RB18 that the philosophy of its floor isn’t much dictated by the height over the deck

Exactly and lack of pace only was an issue in Spa, not so much in other recent races... Ferrari likely could have won France and Hungary was close.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

[politburo]

Going to be an interesting one tomorrow. Leclerc will likely start ahead of Russell, Lando, and Ricciardo.

If they can create trouble for Max, it should give him time to bring the tires in before Verstappen catches up.

Lando never defends Max, and I wouldn't expect Ricciardo to do so either. May only Russell.

[mendis]

It is strange to see Ferrari is fast again in front of the home crowd...you can't recover half a second in one race ...this is my theory...Ferrari has been running their engine conservattly due to reliability issue and here they ve released the full beans...expect to go bk behind redbull again from next race..

No I think it’s been ride height at Spa that cost them dearly compared to the RB18. If they can run the preferred ride height/suspension they’re suddenly vaulted straight back into contention. It’s an oddity of the RB18 that the philosophy of its floor isn’t much dictated by the height over the deck

Exactly and lack of pace only was an issue in Spa, not so much in other recent races... Ferrari likely could have won France and Hungary was close.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

Budapest, Spa and Zandvoort got probably screwed up due to bad setup. They said before the weekend that they will turn up the engine a lot more, which could be the case. Carlos did a good race sim in FP3, so hopefully that should give good platform for Charles to move ahead. Start is going to be crucial.

[politburo]

It is strange to see Ferrari is fast again in front of the home crowd...you can't recover half a second in one race ...this is my theory...Ferrari has been running their engine conservattly due to reliability issue and here they ve released the full beans...expect to go bk behind redbull again from next race..

Singapore and Japan are winnable races for us but the rest after that might have to take similar risks with the PU. It's literally a toss-up for us to finish the race. I just hope Sainz gets thru the field quickly so he can be a roadblock for Verstappen after his pitstop. He is the only hope, all the other drivers will let Verstappen thru.

[f1316]

The most encouraging thing to me is Charles’ confidence regarding race pace; he seems very comfortable with the balance this weekend. Might Max be stronger? Probably, but if the overall pace is ok, I think Charles can fight, especially if he builds a gap while Max is coming through and protects against the undercut for a likely one stop race.

Anyway, I’ll savour today - the car was strong on one lap and coordinated slipstreaming wasn’t even needed to be fastest. Great to see the crowd reaction and Ferrari having the pace on merit to score pole at Monza.

[Big Tea]

Going to be an interesting one tomorrow. Leclerc will likely start ahead of Russell, Lando, and Ricciardo.

If they can create trouble for Max, it should give him time to bring the tires in before Verstappen catches up.

Lando never defends Max, and I wouldn't expect Ricciardo to do so either. May only Russell.

I think Russell would defend against the safety car

[Swed3121]

Any further update on Leclerc’s grid penalty?
Can’t imagine RB / merc won’t protest his track limits breach in Q1

[Shal_Leg16]

Any further update on Leclerc’s grid penalty?
Can’t imagine RB / merc won’t protest his track limits breach in Q1

i have checked media many times. there is no news regarding this. Also if they penalized Gasly & Co so instantly i.e. Laptime deleted instantly why would they take so long for Leclerc ?

[Schippke]

The most encouraging thing to me is Charles’ confidence regarding race pace; he seems very comfortable with the balance this weekend. Might Max be stronger? Probably, but if the overall pace is ok, I think Charles can fight, especially if he builds a gap while Max is coming through and protects against the undercut for a likely one stop race.

He might be comfortable, but the car looks a bit on the ragged edge compared to the Red Bull. Hope there is a clean start to the race and Charles can get away from Russell early on, but fully expecting Max to be up to 2nd before Lap 10 and start hunting Charles down. The lap from Charles yesterday was Mega, but Red Bulls race pace in comparison to everyone else is more than enough to close that gap. Unless Ferrari really had everything truly turned down on Friday compared to Red Bull...

Not expecting Russell to hold up or battle much with Max; Him winning will also help in taking points off Ferrari to keep Mercedes with a decent chance of securing 2nd in the constructors.

[saviour stivala]

Any further update on Leclerc’s grid penalty?
Can’t imagine RB / merc won’t protest his track limits breach in Q1

i have checked media many times. there is no news regarding this. Also if they penalized Gasly & Co so instantly i.e. Laptime deleted instantly why would they take so long for Leclerc ?

Very disappointing this delay in penalising Charlies isn’t it?.

[tpe]

I wonder if a 2 stops strategy would be better for Sainz. A S-S-M specifically

[mendis]

I wonder if a 2 stops strategy would be better for Sainz. A S-S-M specifically

This is a straight forward 1 stopper on paper with S-M.
If a SC happens before 1st pit stop, then it would remain a one stopper.
If SC happens after the scheduled first round of pit stops, then a 2 stopper is a possibility. In such a scenario, it would be S-M-S as the car would have gone on to Mediums at 1st pit stop.
The only dilemma is if the SC happens after couple of laps from 1st pit stop. Anything later is fine.

[Juzh]

Any further update on Leclerc’s grid penalty?
Can’t imagine RB / merc won’t protest his track limits breach in Q1

i have checked media many times. there is no news regarding this. Also if they penalized Gasly & Co so instantly i.e. Laptime deleted instantly why would they take so long for Leclerc ?

He wasn't over the line from the onboard. Off board is too low res and misleading, line is quite thick. Even if he was it was like 5cm, who cares.