[ 2020 ] Scuderia Ferrari - Ferrari

[Big Tea]

Vettel is likely on his way out. At least I hope he is, as a fan of the team.
Doubt his contract gets renewed.

I think we will see that Ferrari was much more aggressive with the design of this year's car than they might otherwise have been, because of the dramatic rule change for 2021.

This is a lame duck season with nothing to lose, in a sense, because it's all going to change dramatically after this year. So all that there is to be gained are wins and a shot at the championship. I think Ferrari will be very aggressive with the car in this sense.

They like Seb in the team, i think he just has to not take Charles out any more, to keep his seat

On the car, it's risky being 'aggressive', that's how the suspension broke in Austin and Mercedes went the whole year being compromised by their cooling. Also the Haas that Ferrari do the concept for seems to have the inboard biased cascade wings again so that suggests to me their own car will be a development, more than anything completely new. I bet it's the same recipe as Mercedes: mega hot combustion, fancy new AM methods and cooling to enable that, and even tinier packaging to go with that

I think it'll be close this year. Nobody will be taking their foot off the gas, especially Ferrari after another year with no championships

How good is Charles at interaction with the engineers? Seb seems to be a useful 'tool' in set up and development, but Charles has comparitavly little experience. Seb possibly worth his place for this

[izzy]

How good is Charles at interaction with the engineers? Seb seems to be a useful 'tool' in set up and development, but Charles has comparitavly little experience. Seb possibly worth his place for this

Yes that's got to be a factor hasn't it. Seb is super hard working and technical, like when his tyre failed at the start in Abu Dhabi and he was going down to look at it, and went to the Pirelli factory. He just gets so intense in the car he goes ott sometimes, is his biggest problem. But Charles has said he's going to try and be a bit more reasonable on track as well, so it might work out between them. I bet they and Ferrari are looking at Lewis and Valtteri - Oz, Bahrain, Silverstone - and thinking 'okay this is how it's done, space goes both ways in the end then we both score'

[jumpingfish]

https://twitter.com/pirellisport/status ... 8802796544

[F1NAC]

this could be new suit colors for 2020.

https://twitter.com/Vetteleclerc/status ... 1483439105

[jumpingfish]

this could be new suit colors for 2020.

https://twitter.com/Vetteleclerc/status ... 1483439105

yeah and their numbers on suits so inconspicuous..

[waynes]

[dtro]

So much for a muted launch event/not building too much hype 0_0

[bosyber]

The start was good - nice tunes in classy surroundings, not (yet?) a lot of endless talk before we get to see the car; well done really.

[Ringleheim]

The whole production is overly done. And now the audio is way out of synch with the video.

[waynes]

Live on sky sports F1 in the UK. dont remember seeing a live launch before

[F1NAC]

That better be damn good car this year. Do not even think about disappointing me this year

[Ringleheim]

Louis Camilleri comes across as being a very timid/shy guy, totally out of his element speaking in front of a large group of people. Guys/gals who end up in positions like that usually are not that way at all.

[Ringleheim]

That better be damn good car this year. Do not even think about disappointing me this year

Haven't you heard? The aero calculations are suggesting the whole design is a failure. Or something like that.

[Sevach]

I don't have the stomach for this show...

[Holm86]