So 2023 started off bad, but managed to claw back some lap time come end of the year. Lets hope SF24 will give us tifosi something to smile about.
1 MERCEDES 173
2 FERRARI 99
3 RED BULL RACING HONDA 64
4 MCLAREN RENAULT 18
5 RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 17
6 ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 13
7 RENAULT 12
8 HAAS FERRARI 8
9 SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 4
10 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
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1 Valtteri Bottas FIN MERCEDES 87
2 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 86
3 Sebastian Vettel GER FERRARI 52
4 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA 51
5 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 47
6 Sergio Perez MEX RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 13
7 Pierre Gasly FRA RED BULL RACING HONDA 13
8 Kimi Räikkönen FIN ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 13
9 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN RENAULT 12
10 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 8
11 Nico Hulkenberg GER RENAULT 6
12 Carlos Sainz ESP MCLAREN RENAULT 6
13 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RENAULT 6
14 Lance Stroll CAN RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 4
15 Alexander Albon THA SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 3
16 Daniil Kvyat RUS SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 1
17 Antonio Giovinazzi ITA ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 0
18 Romain Grosjean FRA HAAS FERRARI 0
19 George Russell GBR WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
20 Robert Kubica POL WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
Guys stop bashing drivers! No matter whom Ferrari sign, if they have mediocre car, he will be wasted and at the end frustrated. Look at Mercedes and Botas! You don't need to have to Senna in the team. That time in F1 is long gone. Now it is a time of a great machine. With that everything is possible!
What do you think about Leclerc's strategy? I think of it as trying to do a bit more. Do you think Leclerc would've gained a position if he pitted earlier? I think this way they decided to stay longer in case there's a SC.
Leclerc is every bit as fast as Vettel this season. This hasnt happened for 5 years with Kimi, its big difference.
Look at the race sectortimes at fia.com
first and third sector good but 2 sector 0.3 slower.
We have a real gem in our hands with Leclerc. From the moment Ferrari showed interest in signing him I knew he must very good as Ferrari is a team who is not known for signing young drivers. They followed him in F2 and closely observed the telemetry in Sauber in which they saw massive potential.
Maybe the problem doesn't lie that much with Seb. Leclerc might be just that good. But yes, calling Vettel a non elite driver might not be an overstatement. Doubt Seb will resign after 2020. Sad to say, but he'll maybe retire.
I hope for the best though, and hope Seb will prove us all wrong as I like Seb as a personality.
lol nice trolling
This is similar to Max v Ric. Leclerc starting to get faster and faster while reliability issues and his own inexperience cost him dearly, it is bound to stop, and Vettel will be losing on pure pace. Thing is, Vettels driving style is inherently slower then Leclercs (or Kimis even) so when they are on top of their game, he will come behind.
Again, its 5pts difference after 4 races with Leclerc losing 10 duo to reliability in his dominant display in Bahrain. He has pace to beat Seb, so lets wait with counting.
One more aspect that no one mentioned.
Maybe, just maybe, Leclerc was trying too hard yesterday because he needs to be in front of Vettel in order to avoid team orders.
Just maybe...
Vettel: "Especially here you need the confidence in the car. I am not yet there. I can feel that I am not driving at my best because simply the car does not respond the way I like [...] I seem to be more sensitive at the first races than at the test."
So Seb knows that he is not at his best.
I think it is irrelevant who is faster, Seb or Charles, we have a bigger problem, our PU needs more horses
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