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    No need to lose all hope. In fact, we should all just stay numb till tomorrow. Then, after qualy, we can rant all day long.

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    We're atleast half a second behind Mercedes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by fmatiasii View Post
    what position?
    In front of Merc on Sunday just check the on-board of Vettel run and you will see that Ferrari was not pushing at all. I still believe we will come good

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    Quote Originally Posted by SinanOzerS View Post
    We're atleast half a second behind Mercedes.
    Today maybe because we were not pushing and with more fuel - do guys thinks Ferrari will show there hands today? what is the point in doing that??? they have learnt from the past

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    Quote Originally Posted by vetalo View Post
    Today maybe because we were not pushing and with more fuel - do guys thinks Ferrari will show there hands today? what is the point in doing that??? they have learnt from the past
    Hopefully, you are right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vetalo View Post
    Today maybe because we were not pushing and with more fuel - do guys thinks Ferrari will show there hands today? what is the point in doing that??? they have learnt from the past
    We'll see tomorrow.


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    After winter tests, Bottas said that they was not pushing for one great lap time, and that they can go faster...so I think we are in same order than last year, maybe RB is behind us, hopefully

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    Quote Originally Posted by KimiBot View Post
    After winter tests, Bottas said that they was not pushing for one great lap time, and that they can go faster...so I think we are in same order than last year, maybe RB is behind us, hopefully
    Then if that's the case, RB will catch us very soon. But in my view, we are not far behind mercs not really .5ths behind.

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    In Barcelona testing 2017 the fastest lap was over 3 secs faster than last years pole time, Hamiltons fastest lap today was almost equal to last yeas pole time. There's still a maybe 3 seconds to gain tomorrow so the deficit is not really representative. I think we're still going to be strong come tomorrows qualifying


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    Given the new rules i.e. with only 4.....let me say that again 4 engines for the ENTIRE YEAR.....practices(if any indication of what we just saw in Melbourne) will be limited as far as engine modes; let alone running the car with limited laps for aero and suspension setups due to the track and/or possible weather inclements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Timpolidori View Post
    In Barcelona testing 2017 the fastest lap was over 3 secs faster than last years pole time, Hamiltons fastest lap today was almost equal to last yeas pole time. There's still a maybe 3 seconds to gain tomorrow so the deficit is not really representative. I think we're still going to be strong come tomorrows qualifying


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    When the fastest time came in Barcelona the track was rubbered in good. Now this is just first day. Of course setup might bring some tenths here and there and like I said a rubbered track is always faster. The thing that I am interested about is the engine not being used to its maximum because of short supply over the year (4). Taking that into consideration, more teams might have not gone very strong in free practice. But by the smile on Wolf's face and general feeling, I will not bet against Mercedes tomorrow or on race day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6 View Post
    Given the new rules i.e. with only 4.....let me say that again 4 engines for the ENTIRE YEAR.....practices(if any indication of what we just saw in Melbourne) will be limited as far as engine modes; let alone running the car with limited laps for aero and suspension setups due to the track and/or possible weather inclements.
    This is just insane, imagine 4 engines only for the whole season? is engine mapping still possible?
    Forza Ferrari


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    this confirms that the engine is not yet 100%
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    Quote Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6 View Post
    Given the new rules i.e. with only 4.....let me say that again 4 engines for the ENTIRE YEAR.....practices(if any indication of what we just saw in Melbourne) will be limited as far as engine modes; let alone running the car with limited laps for aero and suspension setups due to the track and/or possible weather inclements.
    yeah and this is why (as speculation goes) ferrari didn't run much in FP1. The limits on engines per year will be a problem for F1 later on specially for attendances. One proposed solution is to provide free practice engines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NenoX View Post
    yeah and this is why (as speculation goes) ferrari didn't run much in FP1. The limits on engines per year will be a problem for F1 later on specially for attendances. One proposed solution is to provide free practice engines.
    +1.....fans paid good money in the stands. Free practice engines OR make 6 or 8 engines per year.....maybe 10 from an ENTERTAIN perspective as FANS want the teams to go "exceedingly fast" on a couple of laps during practice and put in way more laps than what we just witnessed.

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    Paddy Lowe said in the press conference that engine mileage wasn't a factor for limited running on Fridays and Saturdays. It's tyre allocation that's the limiter. Obviously he's speaking for the Mercedes engine, but ours is a good engine too. We did the whole winter test on just 1 engine.

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    This track is a-typical and very different from Barcelona. I do not expect Ferrari to be competitive enough to grab First or second position. 600-800 gap still exists in my opinion. I hope not.

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    Friday... Let's see what happens tomorrow?

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    In 2015 Ferrari began the year 1.64% behind Mercedes on pure pace at this track yet went on to win three races. Based on today’s lap times the gap is 0.65%. We should at least wait to see what qualifying brings before passing judgement on their form.

    So we are not running on full engine mode and yet we are closer.

    We have some balance issues and yet we are within 0.5 sec.

    Now this is only Melbourne so wait a few races please but I'm staying optimistic here.
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    http://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari...y-predictions/

    MA seems pretty confident, that there is more to come.

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    i hope for a Kimi win....c'mon iceman

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    even if the car is fast enough, I fear Ferrari will mess it up with a poor strategy as we have seen before.

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    i'm hoping Ferrari have been sandbagging a lot in these free practices, but something tells me that the Merc's have been sanbagging the most in winter testing and come quali they'll turn up the engine that extra bit and and pull HALF a second or more on our best time....i TRULY hope not, but those Germans look pretty sneaky to me and have looked all throughout winter testing....including TOTO wolf....

    i really hope Ferrari will prove me wrong come Q3.....but....don't know, we'll see how happy both Ferrari and fans will be after QUALI

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    You can see Hamilton was pushing a lot harder than Vettel in practice. It looked like Ferrari were taking it pretty easy. Vettels best time was only about a half second faster than his pole time from last year and we already know these new era cars are way faster tgan what practice was showing. I expect Ferrari to start turning the power switch up in FP3 and in all three rounds of qualifying. Its clear from practice so far that the Ferrari is far more stable than the Mercedes. My prediction is that pole position will be in around 1:19.7

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    Hmm long runs

    Hamilton
    13 P 2:28.844
    14 1:59.072
    15 1:28.054
    16 1:27.577
    17 1:27.526
    18 1:27.911
    19 1:28.232
    20 1:34.978
    21 1:28.051
    22 1:28.653
    23 1:28.361
    24 1:41.140
    25 1:33.623
    26 1:28.055
    27 1:28.145
    28 1:30.054

    Vetel
    16 P 2:15.563
    17 1:37.577
    18 1:29.217
    19 1:28.872
    20 1:29.369
    21 1:28.849
    22 1:29.100
    23 1:29.565
    24 1:36.924
    25 1:29.082
    26 1:28.862
    27 1:28.615
    28 1:28.580
    29 1:28.933
    30 1:29.450
    31 1:30.664
    32 1:29.258
    33 1:40.050

    Rai
    15 P 2:13.042
    16 1:59.499
    17 1:28.919
    18 1:28.806
    19 1:28.836
    20 1:29.890
    21 1:29.212
    22 1:28.817
    23 1:29.114
    24 1:29.327
    25 1:30.507
    26 1:34.144
    27 1:28.370

    Worryingly it looks like we're about a second off the pace in race simulation
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fiondella View Post
    Worryingly it looks like we're about a second off the pace in race simulation
    More worryingly, it looks like there is absolutely no tire deg this year. Going to be a lot of 1 stops this year with the race won on Saturdays I fear.
    Forza Ferrari!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickEice View Post
    More worryingly, it looks like there is absolutely no tire deg this year. Going to be a lot of 1 stops this year with the race won on Saturdays I fear.
    yup i'm afraid of that also....whomever qualifies on pole will win because of really low tire deg, one stopper as well as possibly really hard to pass....
    but yeah, our long run sims seem to be about a second off the Mercs...........unless we've run with 105Kg of fuel in there....which i don't think so

    so i know it's still early to take predictions, but from what i've seen in practice, hte Mercs is clearly hte bench mark and we're a SOLID second, so far....

    i really want Ferrari to prove me wrong.....so we'll see
    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.

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    My Opinion is that Ham will be on pole but with a very lille margin. And we will see a great Race with fightings between Seb and Lewis.



    Quote Originally Posted by FerrariF60 View Post
    yup i'm afraid of that also....whomever qualifies on pole will win because of really low tire deg, one stopper as well as possibly really hard to pass....
    but yeah, our long run sims seem to be about a second off the Mercs...........unless we've run with 105Kg of fuel in there....which i don't think so

    so i know it's still early to take predictions, but from what i've seen in practice, hte Mercs is clearly hte bench mark and we're a SOLID second, so far....

    i really want Ferrari to prove me wrong.....so we'll see

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    Quote Originally Posted by nani_s23 View Post
    If mercs continue to dominate again this year, i see change in engine regulations. Bye to hybrid turbo era.
    Hopefully ross thinks in that way.
    There's an agreement that the current engine formula will not change until 2020.

    And if and when it does change, my guess is it will probably be geared towards better efficiency, such as 4-5 cylinder twin turbo, with larger emphasis on electrical power.

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