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    2018 Russian GP build up thread.

    Tired of seeing the Singapore thread at the top. Lets look to Russia.


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    Everyone is "locked and loaded" on the hypersoft.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnY0Ig3V4AA8lKB.jpg
    It's not how start but how you finish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6 View Post
    Everyone is "locked and loaded" on the hypersoft.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnY0Ig3V4AA8lKB.jpg
    Kimi will be on Michelin snow tires, just to calm the Geman down come quali. Ferrari needs this race!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6 View Post
    Everyone is "locked and loaded" on the hypersoft.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnY0Ig3V4AA8lKB.jpg
    ferrari going very aggressive at each race. I still wonder what went wrong with ferrari in Singapore quali on HS tyres.

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    Sad thing is that Kimi will be getting the useful tow again at Sochi instead of Seb
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mwk360 View Post
    Sad thing is that Kimi will be getting the useful tow again at Sochi instead of Seb
    It's Kimi turn, we don't have no1 and 2

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    Quote Originally Posted by zike View Post
    It's Kimi turn, we don't have no1 and 2
    Lol yes this year unfortunately. Im sure the genius pitwall crew have a great reason for this. As seen by the beautiful results of seb and kimi messing each others races in china and monza
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Apparently this is a pic from yesterday of the Legendary Seb doing testing for Ferrari



    if im correct, Leclerc did testing the previous day to Seb , so maybe they are getting them used to the car on those new pirelli tyres for next year. lets hope they got the perfect data
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by zike View Post
    It's Kimi turn, we don't have no1 and 2
    Which is very stupid!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by stefa View Post
    Which is very stupid!!!
    no doubt, putting drivers feelings above the championship has brought zero advantage when it comes to points that matter.

    Lewy and perfect no.2 Bottas have the best dynamic for teaming up whilst all other teams have fights between each other
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Yes, we need team orders, forget racing.

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    No more mistakes please, Ferrari's red trainers have too many self-inflicted bullet holes as it is!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KimiBot View Post
    Yes, we need team orders, forget racing.
    Yes; I agree. Forget teammates competing against each other when both championships are on the line.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Giallo 550 View Post
    Yes; I agree. Forget teammates competing against each other when both championships are on the line.
    Ferrari forgot about team mates competing against each other since Rubenization time. I can't imagine next year @ Ferrari if the German does not win this year. Will the #1 spot be negotiable ? I actually feel sorry for Leclerc when he has to move over!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brembo View Post
    Ferrari forgot about team mates competing against each other since Rubenization time. I can't imagine next year @ Ferrari if the German does not win this year. Will the #1 spot be negotiable ? I actually feel sorry for Leclerc when he has to move over!!
    I think you've got a little thing for Rubens.


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    Little no! A big heart for Rubens who Todt wrecked with his radio! No chance on earth to come in 1st. Schumy was the best , he didn't need the midjet wrecking Rubens chances how ever few there were. Not true??? Austria 2002 ! Boring ? For me too.

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    The softest compounds will be used in Russia. Three races this season have had the hyper softs tyres (Monaco, Canada and Singapore). It wasn't even close to have two normal pitstops in Monaco or Singapore because drivers could manage them and a pitstop would have lost them time. In Canada Ferrari started on the ultra softs because they managed to do Q2 on that compound. They never used the hypers in the race. Neither did Merc. RBR did start on the hypers and did 16-17 laps before switching to the super softs to the end. Everyone in the top six was on the super softs until the end. So the question prior to qualifying now will be if it's possible to do Q2 on the ultra softs as in Canada? If not then everyone in the top 10 will have to start on the hypers. Even though Russia is very easy on the tyres (some special asphalt) that will be the only chance to maybe have a two-stopper. Maybe the hypers will go off quicker than in Canada. There are at least a few quicker corners in Sochi compared to Montreal that may eat the tyres a little bit more. If they go off after 10 laps it may not be possible to do 40+ laps on the yellow softs without losing all pace on the last few laps. If it's possible to do Q2 on the ultras it will be a sure one-stop race for the frontrunners. If that happens our package will again not be able to extract the full potential. And if you add the fact that Merc seem to have found a new way to manage the softest compounds it will be hard to win.

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    Ferrari-vet will win Russia

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    it's true that no driver has won 3 races in a row this year. Hopefully that's a good sign for us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nani_s23 View Post
    Ferrari-vet will win Russia
    that was our impressions and guesses in both Monza and especially Singapore where everyone tought we were the team to beat......and look what happened, "two chains" won both of those races

    let's hope Ferrari and Seb can do something about that....and by that i mean a WIN
    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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    Giovinazzi will be driving for Sauber in the FP1, replacing Ericsson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tifosi1993 View Post
    Giovinazzi will be driving for Sauber in the FP1, replacing Ericsson.
    also

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    Markelov - Renault
    Norris - McLaren
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    does anyone know what the current situation is with the top team's power units? Do RBR for example get penalties?

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    https://twitter.com/wtf1official/sta...67492410097664

    mercs have advantage going into the RussiaGP looking at history lol

    plus their team work
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by KimiBot View Post
    Yes, we need team orders, forget racing.
    championships > keeping kimi happy, but its already too late they are way too behind, still might have a slim chance if they finally enforce team orders
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Yes, we can blame Kimi and Team if Seb does not win WDC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KimiBot View Post
    Yes, we can blame Kimi and Team if Seb does not win WDC.
    we can blame all 3 if we dont win WCC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrarichamp View Post
    we can blame all 3 if we dont win WCC.
    Yeah, we should win WCC at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrarichamp View Post
    we can blame all 3 if we dont win WCC.
    ^ this plain and simple , again for the WDC as well
    hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
    Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
    lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwk360 View Post
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn37tHAWkAABpB6.jpg
    https://twitter.com/wtf1official/sta...67492410097664

    mercs have advantage going into the RussiaGP looking at history lol

    plus their team work
    Pff...Why starting this build up thread so early

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