The regs have changed (floor edge/diffuser throat) estimated to reduce performance by about 5 tenths so to gain 1s over last year, you'd need a 1.5s step.
They have a history of bringing a strong, new car at the beginning of the season and then tapering off. 2015, 17, 18, 19 and 22. Lot of times, they sit on some pony, grey tricks that the competition finds out and throws them off mid-season. I won't be surprised if the new car would be the benchmark in the first race and hopefully they would have enough reliability on the car and no pony tricks.jumpingfish wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 13:35I'll believe in their titles only at the end of the 2023 season.. Before that moment all those "+30 hp", "1sec+ faster than.. " give hopes but then nothing happens
Has there been any reports of a reshuffling of management under Vasseur? Otherwise I cannot see how strategy would improve.LM10 wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 16:19Pole positions usually show the pure pace of a car. Race pace is about tyre management more than anything else. If you have a car capable of getting pole most of the time, you don’t have to worry THAT much, to say the least.jumpingfish wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 15:58Pole positions are good, but I'm more interested in the racing pace of the 675 adn strategy, because even starting 1-2 in Monaco, they managed to lose. What is the use of pace on one lap if they come to the finish line in races later than their rivals.
What Ferrari needs to improve on primarily is tyre management and strategy obviously.
Only positive if Mercedes and RedBull didn't improve by 2 secondsVenturiation wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 13:18The new car is more than 1 second faster
For our information, the numbers from the Ferrari simulator are extremely positive, with highly-qualified sources revealing that the 2023 car is over one second faster than last year’s machine. This is an intriguing estimation from the Maranello camp, considering the 2023 regulations introduce significant variations in terms of overall aerodynamic load.
I don’t see competitors catching up and Mercedes won’t beat Redbull for 2nd place
Duchessa is very reliable
https://www.formu1a.uno/ferrari-675-ove ... simulator/
It has been like 20 days since he is in office.AR3-GP wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 19:12Has there been any reports of a reshuffling of management under Vasseur? Otherwise I cannot see how strategy would improve.LM10 wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 16:19Pole positions usually show the pure pace of a car. Race pace is about tyre management more than anything else. If you have a car capable of getting pole most of the time, you don’t have to worry THAT much, to say the least.jumpingfish wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 15:58
Pole positions are good, but I'm more interested in the racing pace of the 675 adn strategy, because even starting 1-2 in Monaco, they managed to lose. What is the use of pace on one lap if they come to the finish line in races later than their rivals.
What Ferrari needs to improve on primarily is tyre management and strategy obviously.
With that said, if the 675 is fast, and can manage the tires, strat would be redundant in most cases (that was Merc's recipe for a few years).
and almost a decade of watching the bumbling from afar....F1NAC wrote: ↑21 Jan 2023, 19:24It has been like 20 days since he is in office.AR3-GP wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 19:12Has there been any reports of a reshuffling of management under Vasseur? Otherwise I cannot see how strategy would improve.LM10 wrote: ↑19 Jan 2023, 16:19
Pole positions usually show the pure pace of a car. Race pace is about tyre management more than anything else. If you have a car capable of getting pole most of the time, you don’t have to worry THAT much, to say the least.
What Ferrari needs to improve on primarily is tyre management and strategy obviously.
With that said, if the 675 is fast, and can manage the tires, strat would be redundant in most cases (that was Merc's recipe for a few years).