2022 Australian GP - Race Thread - Charles wins

[Tony]

I believe it, but now I guess we can't say that the Ferrari is vanilla anymore :)

but actually, if we did turn up the engine, we probably didn't have to.

I think it was Alain Prost who said, the goal in F1 is to win by as little as possible. Now we showed everyone that we have 5bhp more.

Maybe i'm thinking too far ahead, but now, RBT can say, hey let us fix this reliability issue in our engine, and add 5bhp "for the good of the sport".

Personally, I hope Ferrari has a lot in reserve and can hide that advantage properly to avoid calls for parity. It would be nice to see Ferrari have a 10 year run to counter balance Mercedes' run.

[Tifoso]

That’s the spirit!

[Tony]

That’s the spirit!

I think we fans have earned that much having waited so long since Ferrari's last WCC/WDC :)

[paneristi]

Personally, I hope Ferrari has a lot in reserve and can hide that advantage properly to avoid calls for parity. It would be nice to see Ferrari have a 10 year run to counter balance Mercedes' run.

You’re a mind reader

[Cavallino]

You’re a mind reader

Charles in Charge!

[Gilles]

I believe it, but now I guess we can't say that the Ferrari is vanilla anymore :)

but actually, if we did turn up the engine, we probably didn't have to.

I think it was Alain Prost who said, the goal in F1 is to win by as little as possible. Now we showed everyone that we have 5bhp more.

Maybe i'm thinking too far ahead, but now, RBT can say, hey let us fix this reliability issue in our engine, and add 5bhp "for the good of the sport".

Personally, I hope Ferrari has a lot in reserve and can hide that advantage properly to avoid calls for parity. It would be nice to see Ferrari have a 10 year run to counter balance Mercedes' run.

That’s the spirit!

I agree on the strategy.
Please Mr Binotto just unlock the pace needed to win, not more, not like in 2019 (although I recognise it was just power and today we have a full car)

[Cavallino]

hopefully they can find a way to test parts, and make iterations, without showiing the pace. I'm sure they can, F1 teams sandbag all the time. Mercedes is still sandbagging!

[SFTifoso]

Porpoising hampers the cars performance. It needs to be fixed.

Of course it does, but it’s not a priority. We seem very capable of dusting the field even with it. Ferrari will only fix it when they know it won’t cost performance. Fixing it now might might leave us looking like RB; an unbalanced, unpredictable car that chews up its tires.

[SilverSpeed]

I believe it, but now I guess we can't say that the Ferrari is vanilla anymore :)

but actually, if we did turn up the engine, we probably didn't have to.

I think it was Alain Prost who said, the goal in F1 is to win by as little as possible. Now we showed everyone that we have 5bhp more.

Maybe i'm thinking too far ahead, but now, RBT can say, hey let us fix this reliability issue in our engine, and add 5bhp "for the good of the sport".

What Charles did with his fastest lap was worse. Now the competitors know they must not get 0.3-0.5 sec faster but more then 1 sec faster... This was not the smartest thing to do.

[jgonzalesm6]

Of course it does, but it’s not a priority. We seem very capable of dusting the field even with it. Ferrari will only fix it when they know it won’t cost performance. Fixing it now might might leave us looking like RB; an unbalanced, unpredictable car that chews up its tires.

Imola is the next GP. Updates are coming for Ferrari to include a new floor. Hopefully, it fixes the porpoising issue so we can be done with it.

[tifosi1993]

Not sure if sprint race weekend is an ideal place for upgrades. Imola is going to be a sprint race, so only one practice session and then straight to qualifying. So not ideal at all.

We need to fix the porpoising but its not like we're in a desperate situation.

[Gilles]

Binotto: “Because of the sprint race, is not the right moment nor the suitable track for experimenting.”

[Tifoso]

I think we fans have earned that much having waited so long since Ferrari's last WCC/WDC :)

Yessir!

[Tifoso]

What Charles did with his fastest lap was worse. Now the competitors know they must not get 0.3-0.5 sec faster but more then 1 sec faster... This was not the smartest thing to do.

He should have slowed down and come in second. That way they wouldn’t know our true pace. Show off. Who needs the extra point anyway?

[Aziz]

Binotto: “Because of the sprint race, is not the right moment nor the suitable track for experimenting.”

But as far as I understand, RB will have a big update package in Imola, right?

[Gilles]

Possible, we will see. They are under presure, not us.
Since this race is not the right one to achieve new parts evaluation, their updates could be more weigh saving than aerodynamic.

[PURE PASSION]

Till now RedBull declares that there is nothing wrong with the ice ,but it was fuel system troubles .
So they can't fix something on the ICE for reliability issues!!

[aroutis]

What Charles did with his fastest lap was worse. Now the competitors know they must not get 0.3-0.5 sec faster but more then 1 sec faster... This was not the smartest thing to do.

Let them sweat. We had to endure all the <censored> about advantage AMG.
Time for everyone to remember that Ferrari has the best engine.

[aroutis]

He should have slowed down and come in second. That way they wouldn’t know our true pace. Show off. Who needs the extra point anyway?

Exactly; I mean, we must be cheating, how can Ferrari be so fast, right? :D

[paolo lalli]

Charles should not fear the development of redbull or any other team for that matter.The way I see it catch ferrari if you can.remember the salary cap and 140 million and dropping in this sport does not go far.I believe ferrari will have the most amount of money for development in hand after any upgrades forthcoming.

[jgonzalesm6]

Carlos Sainz's Chaotic Weekend | Jolyon Palmer's F1 TV Analysis | 2022 Australian Grand Prix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAVJS5FZpE

[jgonzalesm6]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsvU8_bb4Q

[Tifoso]

Thanks for the links, fratello.

[ntukza]

I believe it, but now I guess we can't say that the Ferrari is vanilla anymore :)

but actually, if we did turn up the engine, we probably didn't have to.

I think it was Alain Prost who said, the goal in F1 is to win by as little as possible. Now we showed everyone that we have 5bhp more.

Maybe i'm thinking too far ahead, but now, RBT can say, hey let us fix this reliability issue in our engine, and add 5bhp "for the good of the sport".

We have a lot more than 5bhp. Let them sweat.

Plus, Charles said they thought they would struggle here so they genuinely thought they needed the extra power. What a pleasant surprise.

[ntukza]

What Charles did with his fastest lap was worse. Now the competitors know they must not get 0.3-0.5 sec faster but more then 1 sec faster... This was not the smartest thing to do.

Our competitors are well down the road with their next updates, only to be shown that the gains they will make are nowhere near good enough! And that's due to something they can't do anything about (power).

[aroutis]

We have a lot more than 5bhp. Let them sweat.

Plus, Charles said they thought they would struggle here so they genuinely thought they needed the extra power. What a pleasant surprise.

What amuses me is the level of desperation I can see (already??) in several sites (that I will not name, why should I advertise them) where fans of certain teams already hope
that Ferrari is almost developed in full, so , when (random example) Mercedes finally solves their issue, not only they will catch up, but, they will also get ahead into a heroic race to WDC / WCC.

[Gilles]

What amuses me is the level of desperation I can see (already??) in several sites (that I will not name, why should I advertise them) where fans of certain teams already hope
that Ferrari is almost developed in full, so , when (random example) Mercedes finally solves their issue, not only they will catch up, but, they will also get ahead into a heroic race to WDC / WCC.

What did they call their last big update? Legendary?
True, we will remember it for a while...

[Tony]

Exactly; I mean, we must be cheating, how can Ferrari be so fast, right? :D

I think we have to be careful here, because Mercedes and Red Bull together can coerce the governing body into making clarifications that could hurt Ferrari. This is what I was referring to when I suggested Ferrari should not show its true potential.

[tpe]

From the press conference:

George Russell: "The Mercedes safety car is 5s faster than the Aston Martin safety car."

Charles Leclerc: "Let's put a Ferrari safety car, then it will be 5s faster than a Mercedes."

I would love to see an FXX as a safety car

[Gilles]

I would love to see an FXX as a safety car

With Jean Alesi or Nigel Mansell behind the wheel